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Orthopaedics for Primary Care Virtual Series 2023
Join us once again for our very popular Orthopaedic Virtual Series for Primary Care! This year’s theme includes pediatrics, spine, sports and trauma focused topics. Register now!
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Congratulations to our 2022 Orthopaedic UGME Fall Research Forum Award Winners
We’re pleased to announce our 2022 UGME Fall Research Forum award recipients! Congratulations to all the presenters, and thank you to all who made the event such a success.
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UBC Professor Dr. Bob McCormack Receives the Canadian Football League Bob Ackles Award
We are proud to announce that Dr. Bob McCormack, UBC Department of Orthopaedics Professor, has been presented the CFL Bob Ackles Award.
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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…
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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…
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Meet our new UBC Department of Orthopaedics Admin Team Members!
In October 2022, the UBC Department of Orthopaedics welcomed two new administrative team members to the Department! We’re pleased to introduce you to our new Administrative Coordinator, Patryk Krolikowski, and our new Education Manager, Karen Du Plessis.
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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.
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Register now for the 2023 Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Course!
Join our experienced international faculty in Whistler, B.C., for the Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Course on January 26 to 27, 2023.
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