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 […]
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 […]
Trainee Spotlight – Luke Johnson
Luke Johnson is a PhD candidate with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics at the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility. Luke’s love of engineering and biomechanics led him to pursue graduate research in patients who have residual hip deformity from Perthes’ disease.
Register now for the 2023 Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Course!
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Congratulations to Dr. Brian Day for his Honorary Membership to the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons!
We are extending our warmest congratulations to Dr. Brian Day, UBC Honorary Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, for his Honorary Membership to the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)!