Marcel Dvorak

PROFESSOR

Division:
Orthopaedic Spine Surgery

Hospital Site:
Vancouver – Vancouver General Hospital

Dr. Marcel Dvorak is a Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia and holds the Cordula & Günter Paetzold Chair of Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Research. He was the Head of the Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics at Vancouver General Hospital and the Medical Director of the Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program from 2004 until 2014.

His clinical practice is restricted to adult spine surgery with special interests in traumatic injuries of the spine, and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Dvorak is the Chair-elect of the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma.

Dr. Marcel Dvorak has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and is in high demand as an educator and lecturer around the globe and has supervised the training of over 90 graduate students and spine fellows.

Research Interests & Publications

Research Interests:

  • Population studies in Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spine Trauma

Research Interests:

Dvorak MF, Evaniew N, Chen M, Waheed Z, Rotem-Kohavi N, Fallah N, Noonan VK, Fisher CG, Charest-Morin R, Dea N, Ailon T, Street J, Kwon BK. The impact of specialized versus non-specialized acute hospital care on survival among patients with acute incomplete traumatic spinal cord injuries: A population-based observational study from British Columbia, Canada. J Neurotrauma. 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37294210.

Dvorak MF, Noonan VK, Fallah N, Fisher CG, Finkelstein J, Kwon BK, Rivers CS, Ahn H, Paquet J, Tsai E, Townson A, Attabib N, Bailey C, Christie S, Drew B, Fourney DR, Fox R, Hurlbert RJ, Johnson MG, Linassi G, Parent S, Fehlings M. The influence of time from injury to surgery on motor recovery and length of hospital stay in acute traumatic spinal cord injury: an observational Canadian cohort study. J Neurotrauma. 2015 May 1; 32(9):645-54. PMID: 25333195.

Dvorak MF, Noonan VK, Fallah N, Fisher CG, Rivers CS, Ahn H, Linassi AG, Christie SD, Attabib N, Hurlbert RJ, Fourney DR, Johnson MG, Fehlings MG, Drew B, Bailey CS, Paquet J, Parent S, Townson A, Ho C, Crave BC, Gagnon D, Tsui D, Fox R, Mac-Thiong J, Kwon B. Minimizing errors in acute traumatic spinal cord injury trials by acknowledging the heterogeneity of spinal cord anatomy and injury severity: an observational Canadian cohort analysis. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Sep 15; 31(18):1540-7. PMID: 24811484

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Academic Background

  • MBA, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, 2017
  • FRCSC, Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia 1990
  • MD, University of Ottawa 1984