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. Wade Gofton
- 3 month rotations with each of the following attending: Drs. Beaulé, Grammatopoulos and Kim.
- 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
- The University of Ottawa offers a one-year comprehensive fellowship in Hand and Wrist Surgery through the Divisions of Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery. Trainees from both Orthopaedics and Plastics are welcome to apply. Supervision is provided by subspecialty-trained Hand and Wrist surgeons: Drs. Sarah Shiga, Brent Trull, Braden Gammon and Manisha Mistry. There is a preceptor-based format and fellows will spend three months with each supervisor. Protected time will be allocated for research and fellows are expected to generate a publishable manuscript over this period. Educational opportunities include: Biannual Hand/Wrist Journal Club, weekly Hand/Wrist didactic and case-based teaching rounds and microvascular lab training. The University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation center commonly hosts industry events and motor skills labs which the fellows will have an opportunity to participate in.
Knee Arthroscopy Fellowship, under the direction of Drs. Allan Liew and Michael Pickell
Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. Joel Werier
Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship, under the direction of Dr. James Jarvis
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 at lbenvenuti@toh.ca.
Access Our Calendar Below to View Our Upcoming Events and Scheduled Rounds:
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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.
James P. McAuley Adult Reconstruction
Dr. Steven MacDonald
Visiting from: Western University
Date: December 2, 2020
Dr. Adolph Lombardi, Jr.
Visiting from: JIS Orthopaedics, New Albany, Ohio
Date: December 4, 2019
Dr. David Mayman
Visiting from: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
Date: October 31, 2018
Dr. Thomas Fehring
Visiting from: Ortho Carolina Hip and Knee Center
Date: October 25, 2017
Dr. Bas Masri
Visiting from: University of British Columbia
Date: November 23, 2016
Dr. Craig J. Della Valle
Visiting from: Rush University
Date: November 25, 2015
Garth E. Johnson Trauma and Spine
Dr. Kelly Lefaivre
Visiting from: University of British Columbia
Date: September 22, 2021
Mr. Jeremy Reynolds
Visiting from: Oxford University, UK
Date: April 1, 2021
Dr. Matthew Graves
Visiting from: University of Mississipi Medical Centre
Date: October 10, 2019
Dr. Kirkham Wood
Visiting from: Stanford University Medical Center
Date: January 25, 2018
Dr. David Sanders
Visiting from: Western University
Date: September 8, 2016
Dr. Christopher Bono
Visiting from: Harvard University
Date: January 14, 2016
Hans K. Uhthoff
Dr. Jay Keener
Visiting from: Washington University in St. Louis
Date: June 4, 2021
Dr. Christopher Peters
Visiting from: University of Utah
Date: April 26, 2019
Dr. Daniel Sucato
Visiting from: Scottish Rite Hospital
Date: April 27, 2018
Dr. Mark Glazebrook
Visiting from: University of Dalhousie
Date: April 28, 2017
Dr. David Barei
Visiting from: University of Washington
Date: May 12, 2016
Research in Progress Day
Dr. Davide Bardana
Visiting from: Queen’s University
Date: November 25, 2020
Professor David Beard
Visiting from: University of Oxford
Date: November 27, 2019
Dr. David C. Ring
Visiting from: Dell Medical School – The University of Texas at Austin
Date: November 28, 2018
Dr. Ryan Bicknell
Visiting from: Queen’s University
Date: November 30, 2017
Donald D. Johnson Sports Medicine
Dr. Brian Cole
Visiting from: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Date: October 24, 2019
Dr. John Richmond
Visiting from: New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH)
Date: October 18-19, 2018
Dr. Bruce Levy
Visiting from: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Date: October 4, 2018
Dr. Laith Jazrawi
Visiting from: New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases
Date: September 27, 2017
Dr. Alan Curtis
Visiting from: Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
Date: October 13, 2016
James J. Wiley Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Simon Kelley
Visiting from: University of Toronto
Date: February 10, 2021
Dr. Kevin Shea
Visiting from: Stanford University Medical Center/Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Date: February 12, 2020
Dr. Donald Bae
Visiting from: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Date: January 23, 2019
Dr. Jonathan Schoenecker
Visiting from: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date: February 21, 2018
