Faculty Bio

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Emily Schaeffer

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE Division:Pediatric Orthopaedics Hospital Site:Vancouver – BC Children’s Hospital Emily first joined the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Department of Orthopaedics at UBC in September 2014. She has an extensive background in basic science and translational research, holding a PhD in Experimental and Molecular Medicine from Dartmouth College. Over […]

Shafique Pirani

Shafique Pirani

CLINICAL PROFESSOR Division:Pediatric Orthopaedics Hospital Site:Fraser – Royal Columbian Hospital Dr. Shafique Pirani is a Clinical Professor at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of British Columbia Medical School. Dr. Pirani’s major interest is in clubfoot. He is widely known for his clubfoot assessment tool – the Pirani Clubfoot Severity Score, for his […]

Jennifer Nevin

Jennifer Nevin

CLINCAL INSTRUCTOR Division:Reconstruction & Oncology Hospital Site:Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital Dr. Jennifer Nevin is a clinical instructor who specializes in orthopaedic oncology with a focus on upper extremity reconstruction following oncology surgery. Dr. Nevin completed her medical degree and residency training in orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia. She then went on to […]

Donald Garbuz

PROFESSOR & HEAD DIVISION OF LOWER LIMB RECONSTRUCTION AND ONCOLOGY Division:Reconstruction & Oncology Hospital Site:Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital Dr. Don Garbuz is Professor and Head of the Division of Lower Limb Reconstruction and Oncology at Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia. His practice focuses on adult hip and knee replacement. He […]

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Joshua Giles

AFFILIATE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Division:Orthopaedic Research Hospital Site:University of Victoria Dr. Joshua Giles is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria, an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the UBC Department of Orthopaedics, and an Investigator in the ICORD Research Centre at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a […]