-
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’…
-
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…
-
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
-
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…
-
Faculty Spotlight – Ashlee Dobbe
Meet Dr. Ashlee Dobbe! She is a clinical assistant professor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and an orthopedic surgeon at Kelowna General Hospital in the BC Interior. Dr. Dobbe has travelled to Ecuador as part of Canadian Medical Teams Abroad and recently joined the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue Team (COSAR).
-
UBC Orthopaedics Researchers Attract CIHR Fall 2021 Funding to Develop Adult Spinal Deformity Surgical Planning and Failure Prediction Toolkit
Congratulations to UBC Department of Orthopaedics Professor and Principle Investigator Dr. Thomas Oxland and co-investigators, Associate Professor Dr. John Street and Professor Dr. David Wilson, on being awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2021.
Contact Us
To contact the UBC Department of Orthopaedics Communications Team, please send an email to: orthopaedics.communications@ubc.caIf you have photos you’d like to share with us, please submit your images using the button below.