
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on ‘local to global to local’
June 28, 2022
“Local to global to local” is the mantra of UBC Orthopaedics. And one thing Dr. Kishore Mulpuri would like to clear up as the new department head is the common perception—or misperception—of the term “international.”

2022 Academic Gown Ceremonies
June 28, 2022
On May 25, the Faculty of Medicine celebrated the academic achievements and distinguished careers of faculty members during the most recent Academic Gowns and Emeriti Recognition Ceremony. We would like to congratulate our newly promoted faculty members! Learn more about the careers and accomplishments of our UBC Orthopaedics honourees: Drs. Peter O’Brien, Christine Alvarez, and Danny Goel.

Dr. Dena Shahriari Receives NSERC Discovery Grants for Spinal Cord Research
June 28, 2022
Dr. Dena Shahriari among Faculty of Medicine researchers awarded more
than $3.9 million through 2022 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) programs.

Dr. James McEwen Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
June 24, 2022
Long-time Faculty member Dr. James McEwen was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Washington, DC. Dr. McEwen invented the first microprocessor-controlled automatic surgical tourniquet system. Devices based on his innovations are used worldwide in close to 20,000 surgeries each day!

What’s Next for our 2022 Graduating Trainees?
June 22, 2022
The UBC Department of Orthopaedics would like to congratulate our outgoing trainees as they celebrate their achievements and look ahead to the next stage of their careers in orthopaedics! Meet a handful of our 2022 graduates and learn more about what’s next for them.

Dr. Anthony Cooper and Dr. Julian Sernik Receive Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation Awards
June 17, 2022
We are pleased to share that Dr. Anthony Cooper from the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Dr. Julian Sernik from the Division of Comprehensive Orthopaedics were amongst the recipients of the 2022 Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation (COF) Research Awards.

Dr. Aresh Sepehri Receives Scholarship for ORS Clinician Scholar Career Development Program
June 14, 2022
We are excited to share that Dr. Aresh Sepehri, a PGY5 Orthopaedic Resident at UBC, was selected for a 2022 Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Kathy Cramer Young Clinician Scholarship! Scholarship recipients will participate in the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Clinician Scholar Career Development Program (CSCDP) held September 22 – 24, 2022 in Rosemont, Illinois and […]

Faculty Spotlight – David Wilson
June 10, 2022
Meet Dr. David Wilson! He is a professor with the UBC Department of Orthopaedics and an orthopaedic engineering researcher at the Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre. He’d like to see his research set the foundations for interventions that lead to joints that are pain-free and functional longer.

Dr. Anthony Cooper Receives 2022 POSNA Registry Grant for International Limb Differences Registry
June 3, 2022
We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Anthony Cooper, Clinical Associate Professor at UBC Orthopaedics and Pediatric Orthopaedic surgeon at BC Children’s Hospital, on receiving the 2022 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society Of North America (POSNA) Registry Grant research award for the International Limb Differences Registry. The POSNA Registry Grant provides three years of funding for high-quality, multicenter clinical […]

Meet our 2022 Incoming Residents!
May 26, 2022
We are pleased to welcome five new residents to the UBC Department of Orthopaedics Residency Program in 2022: Gina Peck, Jenny He, Naif Abdulaziz Alanazi, Nathan Katz, and Yousif Murad! Join us in welcoming our new trainees to our residency program in July 2022!

In the News! Doctors in Kamloops calling for transparency, and action to address staffing shortages and surgical wait-lists
May 17, 2022
Dr. Scott Hughes, Clinical Instructor at UBC Orthopaedics, talks to CFJC TODAY about orthopaedic wait lists in Kamloops and chronic understaffing.

2022 UBC Orthopaedics Week
May 13, 2022
UBC Orthopaedics hosted our signature week of events during the first week of May beginning with Research Day presentations by residents, fellows, and graduate students from the Department of UBC Orthopaedics trainees followed by Ortho Update, a two-day accredited CPD/CME orthopaedics conference, in collaboration with the BC Orthopaedics Association. For a finale, we ended the […]

In The News! B.C. has almost caught up on surgeries postponed by pandemic, province says, but thousands still waiting
May 12, 2022
Dr. Lane Dielwart, Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC Department of Orthopaedics and BC Orthopaedics Association President Elect, discusses long surgery wait-times with CBC and Global News. Read the CBC news story: B.C. has almost caught up on surgeries postponed by pandemic, province says, but thousands still waiting Watch the Global News interview: Orthopaedic surgeons want […]

Congratulations to our 2022 Orthopaedic Research Day Award Winners
May 11, 2022
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.

Staff Spotlight – Jacki Lung
April 14, 2022
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.