Bonita Sawatzky
READI DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Division:Orthopaedic Research Hospital Site:Vancouver – Blusson Spinal Cord Centre Dr. Sawatzky was one of the original principal investigators (PI) of the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) when it opened in 2008. She brought her passion and expertise of understanding mobility related issues in gait and wheelchair propulsion to this […]
Tym Frank
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Division:ArthroscopyHospital Site:Fraser – Burnaby Hospital Dr. Frank joined the UBC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2018 as a clinical instructor. Dr. Frank graduated from McGill University in 2006 with a BSc in Physiology. He then went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto, graduating with an MD in 2011. His […]
Alastair Younger
PROFESSOR & CO-DIRECTOR, MENTORSHIP & WELLNESS Division:Distal Extremities Hospital Site:Vancouver – St. Paul’s Hospital Dr. Younger grew up near St. Andrews in Scotland and completed his medical degree in Aberdeen in 1985 and trained for a short time in the National Health Service before moving to Canada to do a Masters in Kinesiology at Simon […]
Spinal cord injury research at UBC receives $48M grant
UBC researchers, Dr. Brian Kwon, Dr. Babak Shadgan, and Dr. Chris West, are part of an international team that has received a $48 million grant (US$36.5M) for research aiming to improve long-term outcomes for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The five-year project—made possible through a grant from the United States Defence Advanced Research Project […]
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric orthopaedic surgery practice
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri, is one step closer to understanding how COVID-19 has impacted patient care.