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  • Orthopaedics for Primary Care Virtual Series 2023

    Join us once again for our very popular Orthopaedic Virtual Series for Primary Care! This year's theme includes pediatrics, spine, sports and trauma focused topics. Register now! Read More

  • Congratulations to our 2022 Orthopaedic UGME Fall Research Forum Award Winners

    We're pleased to announce our 2022 UGME Fall Research Forum award recipients! Congratulations to all the presenters, and thank you to all who made the event such a success. Read More

  • UBC Professor Dr. Bob McCormack Receives the Canadian Football League Bob Ackles Award

    We are proud to announce that Dr. Bob McCormack, UBC Department of Orthopaedics Professor, has been presented the CFL Bob Ackles Award. Read More

  • A Flexible Approach to Fixing Pelvic Fractures

    The pelvis plays the critical role of supporting the spinal column and protecting abdominal organs. Ordinarily is it an elegant, butterfly-shaped grouping of bones and ligaments which includes the sacrum (base of the spine); however, an internet search of pelvis fractures delivers jarring images of long and large surgical pins, screws and plates being used […] Read More

  • University of Victoria: Orthopaedic Surgeons Collaborate with Biomechanics Lab Researchers

    By Jolie Leung On September 23, 2022, Dr. David Saliken was joined in the Victoria General Hospital operating room (OR) by Dr. Josh Giles, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UVic along with Dr. Giles’s Post-Doctorate Fellow, Pavlos Silvestros. This was the first time that Dr. Giles and his associate were able to join Dr. Saliken in […] Read More

UBC Department of Orthopaedics. Advancing musculoskeletal health through knowledge and innovation. 

As part of one of the world’s top-ranked medical schools, the UBC Department of Orthopaedics has an international reputation for excellence in teaching, research, and patient care.

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  • Orthopaedics for Primary Care Virtual Series 2023December 5, 2022
  • Congratulations to our 2022 Orthopaedic UGME Fall Research Forum Award WinnersDecember 5, 2022
  • UBC Professor Dr. Bob McCormack Receives the Canadian Football League Bob Ackles AwardNovember 29, 2022

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