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Congratulations to our 2022 Orthopaedic Research Day Award Winners
Each year, the UBC Department of Orthopaedics recognizes the incredible research by our trainees at our annual Orthopaedic Research Day event. This year’s event was held at the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. We are excited to announce the winners in Resident Research, Clinical Fellow Research, and Graduate Student Research.
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Staff Spotlight – Jacki Lung
Meet Jacki Lung! She is an HR Assistant with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics. Among other things, you’ll find Jacki supporting and coordinating clinical faculty appointments, reappointments, and promotions for new and existing clinical faculty members.
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UBC Department of Orthopaedics Residency Match Results 2022
We are pleased to share that all four of our residency program spots were filled on CaRMS Match Day, April 12! This year, we welcome residents from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Queen’s University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia – Kelowna, University of British Columbia – Vancouver!
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SpiNepal Awarded International Development, Aid and Collaboration (IDAC) Grant
Spinal Cord Injury Collaboration – Nepal (SpiNepal) was awarded a three-year International Development, Aid and Collaboration (IDAC) Grant from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – RCPS(C) totalling CAD90,000 for its project: A Physical Medicine Residency by, in and for Nepal. SpiNepal works closely with the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre (SIRC) near Kathmandu, Nepal’s first…
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Ortho Update 2022: Innovations in Orthopaedics
UBC Orthopaedics and BCOA are hosing the annual Orthopaedic Update! Ortho Update 2022 is being held May 5 – 6 at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue with virtual access available for remote attendees. This year’s theme—Innovations in Orthopaedics—features sessions on new and emerging technologies, novel surgical techniques, accelerated recovery pathways, and other ‘hot-topics’…
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Faculty Spotlight – Lauren Roberts
Meet Dr. Lauren Roberts! She is an assistant professor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and an orthopaedic surgeon at Burnaby Hospital. Dr. Roberts’ love of science, varsity sports, and competitive synchronized swimming led her to a graduate degree in kinesiology, orthopaedic residency at UBC, and a foot-and-ankle fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery…
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Happy International Women’s Day 2022!
Happy IWD2022! The UBC Department of Orthopaedics is delighted to share that more than 50% of our current trainees in orthopaedics are women! We are so proud of the women in orthopaedics who continue to #BreakTheBias and are transforming health for everyone. #WomenInOrtho
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UBC Department of Orthopaedics Establishes Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group
What is this new group? The UBC Department of Orthopaedics seeks to create respectful, diverse, inclusive learning and working environments that are anti-racist and support the exercise of human rights for all members of our community. An equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) working group was established in 2021 to provide leadership across the department in…
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