Faculty Spotlight – Duncan Jacks
Meet Dr. Duncan Jacks! He is a Clinical Instructor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and leads the Victoria Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty (VERA) program. His combined passion for skiing and medicine has led him to serve internationally as team physician with Alpine Canada and on the downhill ski race course during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. He continues to work with the Blackcomb Ski Patrol.
Island Health pilot project improves surgical patient recovery
UBC Orthopaedics Clinical Instructor, Dr. Duncan Jacks, is the lead orthopaedic surgeon under Island Health’s new Victoria Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty (VERA) program. The program involves a new way of controlling pain and anesthesia before, during, and after surgery, to reduce post-surgical pain and shorten patient recovery time. With hip and knee replacements in high demand, […]