A message from our Director of Education:
The University of Ottawa Division of Orthopedics is a leader in Education from undergraduate to the clinician in practice. The division welcomes both local and visiting undergraduates seeking to learn more about Orthopedics and the training opportunities Ottawa provides. Ottawa’s training program provides an unparalleled training experience boasting an excellent fellowship and job placement rate. We also provide advanced fellowship training in all Subspecialties and opportunities to link this with masters in sciences or medical education. In addition to weekly resident teaching we have dedicated subspecialty rounds for both staff and trainees. These rounds focus on improving the standard of care and continued quality improvement. The weekly fracture care rounds and monthly grand rounds have associated online quizzes and are accredited by the Royal College. Our education program includes monthly subspecialty journal clubs encouraging the sharing of thoughts between staff and trainees. During the academic year we also invite monthly subspecialty thought leaders (national and international) as visiting professors to participate in rounds, motor skills training or journal club. Our Division also runs a variety of Continuing Professional education programs in the skills lab to share and pass on expertise locally and internationally. Our goal is the improve the Orthopaedic experience for our patients and yours. As an academic program, our focus is on patient care and continually looking for ways to improve patient care in the future by way of a strong education.
Dr. Wade Gofton
Our Fellowship Programs
Arthroplasty Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Paul Beaulé
- 3 month rotations with each of the following attending: Drs. Kim, Gofton and Grammatopoulos.
- Complex hip and knee arthroplasty revision and primary
- Hip Preservation surgery: arthroscopy; PAO
Arthroplasty/Deformity Correction Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Robert J. Feibel
Comprehensive Knee Fellowship, under the direction of Drs. Geoffrey Dervin and Michael Pickell
- Fellow will treat the gamut of knee pathology with meniscal and articular cartilage repair and allograft along with single and multiple ligament reconstruction, and progressive arthritis with osteotomy, unicompartment replacement and total knee replacement and some revision total knee.
Foot and Ankle Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Bradley Meulenkamp
Hand and Wrist Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Braden Gammon
Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Joel Werier
Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Ken Kontio
Spine Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Eugene Wai
Trauma Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Allan Liew
Upper Extremity Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Peter Lapner
Fellowship Prerequisites:
- Fellowship Type
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of good standing from your Program Director
- Medical Degree (if not English, official translation required)
- Specialty Degree (if not English, official translation required)
- Proof of Citizenship
- Proof of English proficiency
- Three reference letters
- Police record check (original copy required)
- Vulnerable sector check (original copy required)
- You will be required to apply for a work permit (foreign applicants only) http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/apply-who-permit.asp
- CPSO license to practice (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario). You can obtain the CPSO application package on their web site at www.cpso.on.ca or you may contact them at 416-967-2617.
- Malpractice insurance. Please contact the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) at 613-725-2000 or visit their web site at www.cmpa-acpm.ca.
- Immunization requirements – you will be required to meet the University’s immunization requirements before the start of your fellowship. Please contact PGmed_Immunise@uottawa.ca.
- Proof of sponsorship (foreign applicants only)
To be considered please send your application to Lisa Benvenuti who can be reached at: lbenvenuti@toh.ca
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Past Visiting Professors
Here you will find podcasts from past visiting professors organized by category. To see our current visiting professor, please follow this link to our blog.
Adult Reconstruction
Dr. Thomas Fehring
Visiting from: Ortho Carolina Hip and Knee Center
Date: October 25th 2017
Dr. Bas Masri
Visiting from: University of British Columbia
Date: November 23rd 2016
Dr. Craig J. Della Valle
Visiting From: Rush University
Date: November 25th 2015
Garth Johnson Trauma and Spine
Dr. David Sanders
Visiting From: Western University
Date: September 8th 2016
Dr. Christopher Bono
Visiting from: Harvard University
Date: January 14th 2016
Hans K. Uhthoff
Dr. David Barei
Visiting From: Harborview
Date: May 12th 2016
Don Johnson Sports Medicine
Dr. Bruce Levy
Visiting From: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Date: October 4th 2018
Dr. Laith Jazrawi
Visiting From: New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases
Date: September 27th 2017
James Wiley Pediatrics
Dr. Jonathan Schoenecker
Visiting From: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date: February 21st 2018
