Each year, the UBC Department of Orthopaedics recognizes the incredible research by our trainees at our annual Orthopaedic Research Day event. This year’s event was held at BC Children’s Hospital on May 7, 2025 and was hosted by Dr. Fay Leung, UBC Orthopaedics Residency Program Director, and Dr. Michael Bond, UBC Orthopaedics Clinical Instructor.
This year’s review panel included two accomplished orthopaedic professionals:
- Ruby Grewal, MD, MSc, FRCSC. Professor, Hand and Upper Limb Centre, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.
- Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, FRCSC. Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
We are pleased to announce the 2025 UBC Orthopaedic Research Day award recipients:
Resident Research
- 1st Place: Yousif Murad – “Automated IHDI Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks” (supervised by Dr. Kishore Mulpari)
- 2nd Place: Nicole Krysa – “From Injury to Reconstruction: How Rapid Access Acute Knee Clinics Expedite Adolescent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Management” (supervised by Dr. Lise Leveille)
Fellow Research
- Vishvas Shetty – “Sarcopenia Predicts Delayed Ambulation in Geriatric Fragility Fractures of the Pelvic Ring Treated Nonoperatively” (supervised by Dr. Aresh Sepehri)
Graduate Student Research
- Amardeep Singh Sekhon – “Impact of hemodynamic management and anticoagulation timing on intraparenchymal hemorrhage progression and functional recovery after acute traumatic spinal cord injury” (supervised by Dr. Brian Kwon)
Poster Competition
- Grad Student award: Shahriar Shalileh – “A Fully implantable, flexible optical device for neuromodulation of the spinal cord” (supervised by Dr. Dena Shahriari)
- Resident/Fellow award: Jackson Robinson – “Weight Bearing Monitoring Devices in Lower Extremity Fractures: A Scoping Review” (supervised by Dr. David Stockton)
Congratulations to the winners and all speakers who presented this year!
