Susan Chapelle

Susan Chapelle has been a small business owner and healthcare advocate for over 30 years. Susan is the founder of Squamish Integrated Health, a multidisciplinary clinic in Squamish BC and the founder of Aligned Collective, a not for profit community economic development accelerator that helps build local business capacity. She has just finished her second term as City Councillor for the District of Squamish where her focus was healthcare data integration with land planning. Recently, Susan completed her master’s degree in Business Administration at Simon Fraser University. Susan has published extensively in the area of wound healing research as co-investigator with Dr. Geoffrey Bove, D.C, PhD at the University of New England. Work on a National Institute of Medical Science grant to study mechanisms of post-operative adhesion formation has been published at PLOS One. She has recently published on the mechanisms of repetitive strain injuries, which was published in the journal: Pain. Her numerous publications and expertise on the subject of healing mechanisms and manual therapy have offered her the opportunity to travel globally as a keynote speaker and educator. Pre-COVID her work took her to the Netherlands, Germany and India to teach and present as keynote speaker. Susan worked in local hospitals educating physiotherapists on both breast cancer care and post-surgical care for Muscular Dystrophy in rural aIndia. Susan’s love of hands-on work and helping her patients to achieve their healthcare goals is exemplified in her almost 30 years as a massage therapist. Susan’s new clinic space is back where she started, in her home space in Downtown Squamish. Her clinic is safe, comfortable and located down a windy garden path in the back of her home.