Malaysian Association of Rehabilitation Physicians (MARP) is a professional organisation for doctors specialising in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Malaysia.
The society supports professional development, advocacy programmes, and serves as the national society body to affiliated international organizations in the field of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. The society continues to expand with almost 70 active members, currently affiliated with the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) and soon to be affiliated with the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (WFNR).
Since 2011 when MARP was formally established, the society has actively organised many local and international conferences including Annual Malaysian Rehabilitation Medicine Conference (AMRMC), 10th ISPRM World Congress (2016), 12th ASCoN Conference (2012) and 18th ASCoN Conference (2019). A collaboration through LOI was signed between MARP and Fraunhofer IEM of Germany in 2018 followed by a MoU between MARP and Cochrane Rehabilitation in 2019.
The society is chosen to host the upcoming 5th Asia Oceania Conference of Neuro-Rehabilitation (AOCNR) 2023 as well as 9th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine in 2024. Amid COVID-19 crises that hit the global at exponential rate, the society continues to support and promote the growth of professional development among its members. MARP is one of the main collaborators in the virtual Malaysia Stroke Conference held on 14th-16th August 2020.
MARP strives to inculcate subspecialties among rehabilitation physicians fraternity in the country and encouraged the formation of SIGs (Special Interest Groups). Since the year 2019, there are 7 SIGs so far under the society; Neurorehabilitation SIG, Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation SIG, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation SIG, Paediatric Rehabilitation SIG, Cardiac Rehabilitation SIG, Musculoskeletal, Pain & Regenerative Rehabilitation SIG, and Amputee Rehabilitation SIG. Concurrently, MARP is in the working progress of forming its own college under the Academy of Medicine Malaysia.