1. Welcome

2. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SPINE PROGRAM
2017
V I S I O N
Innovation and excellence in the delivery of spine care with a unique collaborative
program of clinical expertise, research, teaching, and education.
Inception in 2009
Unique Collaborative Program
U of T Department of Surgery - Divisions of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Multidisciplinary
Neurosurgery; Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Therapy, HPME, LMP, IMS, IBBME, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Medical Imaging, Medicine, Molecular Genetics, and Pediatrics.
Education, Knowledge Transfer, Research, and Advocacy
Spinal Community
Citywide Faculty & fellows and residents (Clinical & Fundamental)
Nationwide and worldwide spine societies

3. INTEGRATION &COLLABORATION
2017

4. TREE OF SPINE PGME U of T Spine Program EDUCATION RESEARCH
UofT Surgery
(Neuro & Ortho)
Citywide
Clinical
Programs
TWH
SHSC
SMH
HSC
& Basic Science
Research
Institutes
WCRI
KRI
SRI
LTRI
SKRI
Translational
(Multi Centre
Clinical Trials)
Local
National
Global
ADVOCACY
Provincial
& Global
Public
Sector
Private
Civil
TREE OF SPINE

5. Citywide Spine Fellowship
Combined fellowship program in Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery
Clinical and research
Main Spine teaching hospitals :
- Toronto Western Hospital – University Health Network (TWH-UHN)
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SBHS)
- St. Michael’s Hospital (SMH)
- Hospital for Sick Children / SickKids (HSC)
One year clinical fellowship
Two- year clinical fellowship with sub-specialty focus in the 2nd year: paediatrics, adult trauma, adult spine deformity, adult spine oncology, adult MIS surgery, adult chronic pain, complex cervical, complex Intradural spine pathology
Canadian Spine Society Nationally Based Spine Fellowship Curriculum Document
U of T Spine Program Case-log

6. 2017 Administration Michael Fehlings MD PhD FRCSC FACS FCAHS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director, Dept. of Surgery Spine Program
Albert Yee MD MSc FRCSC
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Co-Director, Dept. of Surgery Spine Program
Nadia Jaber BA MISt
Program Coordinator, Dept. of Surgery Spine Program

7. 2017 Spine FACULTY Henry Ahn MD PhD Margarete Akens Dr med vet PhD
Carlo Ammendolia DC PhD CCRF
Leodante da Costa MD MSc
James Drake BSE MB BCh MSc FRCSC
Mark Erwin PhD DC
Mahmood Fazl MD FRCSC
Michael Fehlings MD PhD FRCSC FACS FCAHS FRSC
Peter Ferguson MD MSc FRCSC
Joel Finkelstein MD MSc FRCSC
Michael Ford MD FRCSC
Howard Ginsberg MD PhD FRCSC
Rita Kandel MD FRCPC
Stephen Lewis MD MSc FRCSC
Barry Malcolm MD FRCSC MBA
Eric Massicotte MD MSc FRCSC
Cindi Morshead BSc PhD
Meaghan O’Reilly PhD
Farhad Pirouzmand MD MSc FRCSC
Raja Rampersaud MD FRCSC
Arjun Sahgal BSc MD FRCSC
Molly Shoichet PhD FRSC
Alexander Velumian PhD
Cari Whyne PhD
Jefferson Wilson MD PhD FRCSC
Albert Yee MD MSc FRCSC
Karl Zabjek BSc MSc PhD
Reinhard Zeller MD FRCSC

8. THANK YOU
2017

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