Awards & Honours

• PGY2 resident Dr. Daniella Crocker who will be completing an MBA program at the University of Alberta.

• Dr. Paul Clarkson, Clinical Professor

• Dr. Henry Broekhuyse, Clinical Professor & Residency Program Director

• Dr. Clive Duncan, Professor Emeritus

• Dr. Gerard Sheridan, Adult Reconstruction, Hip & Knee
• Dr. Courtney Bull, Paediatric Orthopaedics
• Dr. Lukas Grassner, Neurosurgical & Orthopaedic Spine

• Dr. Supriya Singh, Paediatric Orthopaedic Spine

Resident Research

• 1st: Alice Wang (PGY1) – “Cost Analysis Comparing Staged vs Non-staged Pes Planovalgus Foot Reconstruction” (supervised by Dr. Andrea Veljkovic)
• 2nd: Eryck Moskven (PGY2) – “The role of frailty and sarcopenia in predicting major adverse events, length of stay, reoperation and mortality following en bloc resection of primary bone tumours and isolated metastases of the spine” (supervised by Dr. Raphaële Charest-Morin)
• 3rd: Tanya MacDonell (PGY3) – “Highly crosslinked polyethylene liner thickness in THA does not influence long-term survival: A retrospective cohort study with minimum 11 years follow-up” (supervised by Dr. Michael Neufeld)

Clinical Fellow Research

• Gerard Sheridan – “Identification of Protective and Risky HLA Genotypes for the Development of Pseudotumours Around Hip Resurfacing – A Case-Control Study” (supervised by Dr. Donald Garbuz)
• Lukas Grassner – “Serum neurofilament light (NF-L) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) biomarkers and their association with MRI findings in acute human traumatic spinal cord injury” (supervised by Dr. Brian Kwon)

Graduate Student Research

• Shahriar Shalileh – “Fully implantable, flexible optical probes for neuromodulation of the spinal cord” (supervised by Dr. Dena Shahriari)
• Luke Johnson – “Advanced MR imaging of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a pilot study” (supervised by Dr. David Wilson)

Resident Research

• 1st: Alex Hoffer – “Follow up after ACL reconstruction: how long is long enough” (supervised by Dr. Jordan Leith)
• 2nd: Mikaela Peters – “Effect of orthopaedic resident education on screening for intimate partner violence” (supervised by Dr. Kelly Lefaivre)
• 3rd: Hannah Nazaroff – “ The state of MSK education in Canadian family medicine training programs” (supervised by Dr. Adrian Huang)

Clinical Fellow Research

• Gabriel Larose – “The trajectory of long-term recovery following ORIF for distal radius fractures” (supervised by Dr. Kelly Lefaivre)
• Lynn Murphy – “Gender diversity, leadership, promotion, and opportunity among the members of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association” (supervised by Dr. Kelly Lefaivre)

Graduate Student Research

• Luke Johnson – “Digitally reconstructed radiographs to evaluate the effect of patient position on hip migration percentage” (supervised by Dr. David Wilson and Dr. Kishore Mulpuri)

Resident Research

• 1st: Aresh Sepheri – “Evidence Based Surgery in Orthopaedics – Assessing the Change in Incidence of Surgical Treatment for Acute Midshift Clavicle Fractures”
• 2nd: Alia Albaghdadi – “Reliability of Carpal Indices in the Evaluation of a SLAC Wrist”

• 1st: Charlene Harasym – “Measuring cartilage strain using MRI: a cross-validation sub-study” (supervised by Dr. David Wilson)
• 2nd: Michael Frew – “3D-Printed foot prosthesis for children with fibular hemimelia” (supervised by Sima Zakani)
• 3rd: Trevor Fowler – “Ultrasound Screening for Infants at-risk of Developmental Hip Dysplasia in BC: Assessing Access-to-Care” (supervised by Dr. Kishore Mulpuri, Dr. Emily K Schaeffer)

• 1st: Emily Dunnion & Michael Frew – “3D-Printed foot prosthesis for children with fibular hemimelia” (supervised by Dr. Anthony Cooper)
• Runner-up: Genevieve Bonnor – “Development of an Omnidirectional Surrogate Neck” (supervised by Dr. Peter Cripton)
• Runner-up: Adan Moallemi & Nadine Truter – “Optogenetic stimulation in conjunction with biomaterials for axon growth and guidance after spinal cord injury” (supervised by Dr. Dena Shahriari)