In the presence of physiatrists, professional researchers, scientists, practitioners and medical students involved in the development of high-quality education in all aspects of clinical skills, Conference Series World Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference was held during November 12-13, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

ME Conferences Group played host to a diverse panel of key members of the Rehabilitation Health 2018 community from research lab, industry, academia and financial investment practices, discussing the future of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialties. This event was really aimed for examining where the real Rehabilitation specialties are going to the future and purpose of the event was to provide an opportunity for cross-fertilization of ideas and development of ideas, in the field of Rehabilitation.

Focusing on Physical Medicine, Physiatrist, Neuromuscular Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury, Sports Medicine, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Neurological Rehabilitation, Brain Injury, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Intervention Strategies on Rehabilitation, Physical Health Management, PM&R Treatment Procedures, Physiotherapy in Treatment & Care, Imaging in Rehabilitation, Physiological Genetic Disorder, Clinical Decision Making and Examination, Applied Science of Exercise Techniques, Artificial Physiotherapy Methods as well, the two days of discussions enabled professionals to gain an insight into the current innovations and opened up networking opportunities.

Rehabilitation Health 2018 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderator of the conference – Dr. Sedik Abokdeer, Northumbria University, United Kingdom who contributed a lot for the smooth functioning of this event.

The conference was embarked with an opening ceremony followed by Keynote sessions and followed by series of lectures delivered by Honorable Guests and members of the Keynote forum.

The highlights of the meeting were the eponymous lectures, delivered by:

• James Stoxen, Team Doctors, USA
• Paolo Flocco, MAIT®, Italy
• Suad Trebinjac, Al Garhoud Private Hospital, UAE
• Moh'd Rami Al-Ahmar, Jordanian Spinal Cord Injury Charitable Society, Jordan
• Pedro Orlando Mena Quiñones, University Hospital of Torrevieja, Spain
• Khader A. Almhdawi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
• Alberto Cliquet Jr., University of Campinas, Brazil
• Bożena Czarkowska-PÄ…czek, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
• Sherif Azmy Rizkalla, Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment, Egypt
• Ali Serhan, Physicians accross Continents, Turkey

These talks were of great interest to the general physiatrists and were enormously informative.

World Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference was a great success with the support of international, multi-professional steering committee and coordinated by the Journal of Novel Physiotherapies; Journal of Physiotherapy & Physical Rehabilitation; International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Open Access. We are happy to announce our 2nd World Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference, which will be held during June 13-14, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.