In Memoriam, Zhenya Kurashova Wine-McDowell

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Zhenya Kurashova Wine-McDowell, founder of the Kurashova Institute for Clinical Studies and longtime proponent of Russian Medical Massage, died June 2, 2011, at age 51, after a long battle with breast cancer. She is survived by her sons, Jacob and Nathan. Wine-McDowell was the chief physiotherapist for Olympic athletes in the former USSR from 1977–1980 and began teaching Russian rehabilitation techniques, including her own Kurashova Re-Education, after immigrating to the United States in 1980. In the late 1990s, she was a frequent contributor to Massage & Bodywork magazine with her Russian Sports Massage column. She was a prolific educator, and in 2003 was awarded Professor of Manual Therapy status by the Manual Therapy Academy in Moscow, Russia.