MEET THE FACULTY

 
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“While on service with me, fellows will learn to systematically assess foot and ankle and lower extremity pathology clinically and radiographically. They will be expected to develop complex management and operative plans, and learn the basic principles of the Ponseti method. Through the bone health clinic and my lower extremity reconstruction practice, they will gain an understanding of whole child care for patients with skeletal dysplasias.”

—MARYSE BOUCHARD

“Working with me, fellows can expect to learn the aspects of non-operative and operative treatment of paediatric spinal conditions and a safe approach towards complex spine pathologies.”

—DAVID LEBEL

“Working with me, fellows will learn a goal based approach to decision making and surgical management of ambulatory and non-ambulatory children with chronic developmental disabilities, especially cerebral palsy. The fellow will learn how to plan for, and execute the surgical management of a broad spectrum of congenital, developmental and acquired limb deformities and limb length inequalities.”

—UNNI G. NARAYANAN

“Working with me, fellows will learn a simple and reproducible, yet comprehensive, approach to manage children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other neuromuscular disorders. They will develop the surgical skills necessary to successfully perform lower extremity reconstruction and spinal deformity correction in these complex patients.”

—MARK CAMP

“Working with me, fellows will learn a contemporary approach to benign and malignant tumours, as well as to brachial plexus birth palsy. They will practice dissection skills, perform intralesional and wide resection, and undertake reconstruction using biologic and endoprosthetic techniques specific to children.”

—SEVAN HOPYAN

“I operate on all regions of the axial and appendicular skeleton, both acutely and for reconstruction or deformity correction. Deformities from trauma, osteogenesis imperfecta and skeletal dysplasias form a large part of my elective practice. When working with me the fellow will teach the residents how to operate on common fractures, and will learn to operate on complex fractures and deformities.”

—ANDREW HOWARD

“When working with me fellows will learn how to safely and efficiently treat complex spinal deformities, to understand and analyse three dimensional aspects of scoliotic deformity. They will also acquire the technical skills to carry out successful spinal deformity correction.”

—REINHARD ZELLER

 
 

Faculty

 
 
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Andrew Howard MD, FRCSC, MSc

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Head, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics; Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute; Director, Office of International Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: High Prairie, AB, Canada
Medicine: Queen’s University, Kingston
Residency: Queen’s University, Kingston
Graduate: University of Ottawa

Fellowship

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Clinical Practice

Skeletal dysplasias; Childhood osteoporosis; Lower extremity deformity; Spinal deformity; Complex trauma

Research

Injury prevention; International surgery; Clinical epidemiology

 
 
 

Reinhard Zeller MD, FRCSC

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: Paris, France
Medicine: University of Paris
Residency: University Hospitals of Paris

Fellowship

Paediatric Spine Surgery:
Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, Paris, France

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas

Clinical Practice

Complex spine surgery in children; Early onset and late onset scoliosis; Complex congenital scoliosis; High grade spondylolisthesis

Research

Spine deformity correction outcomes; 3D spinal deformity analysis

 
 
 
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Sevan Hopyan MD, PhD, FRCSC

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Program in Developmental and Cell Biology, SickKids Research Institute

Bio

From: Toronto, Canada
Medicine: University of Toronto
Residency: University of Toronto
Graduate: University of Toronto

Fellowship

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Orthopaedic Oncology:
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Clinical Practice

Orthopaedic oncology; Brachial plexus palsy sequela reconstruction; Congenital anomalies

Research

Early limb bud development; Limb salvage outcomes; Upper extremity outcomes

 

Maryse Bouchard MD, MSc, FRCSC

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto; Director Fellowship Program

 

Bio

From: Hemmingford, QC, Canada
Medicine: McGill University, Montreal 
Residency: University of Toronto
Graduate: University of Toronto

Fellowships: 

Adult foot and ankle:
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Pediatric orthopedic surgery:
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle

Limb reconstruction:
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Clinical Practice

Foot and ankle surgery; Limb deformity and limb length discrepancies; Skeletal dysplasias; Trauma; Global outreach

Research

Outcomes research (clubfoot, foot and ankle, lower extremity deformity, dysplasias); Quality improvement (standardization of care, cost analyses); Global health (outcomes, education)

 
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Mark Camp MD, MSc (BIOETHICS), FRCSC

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: Gaborone, Botswana
Medicine: Queen’s University, Kingston
Residency: University of Toronto
Graduate: University of Toronto

Fellowship

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Clinical Practice

Lower extremity surgical management of children with cerebral palsy and neuromuscular conditions; Neuromuscular spine surgery; Paediatric orthopaedic trauma

Research

Surgical ethics; Pediatric fracture management; Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in bioethics

 
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Unni G. Narayanan MBBS, MSc, FRCSC

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute

Bio

From: Madras, India
Medicine: Madras Medical College, India
Residency:  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Graduate: University of Toronto

Fellowship

Cerebral Palsy and Gait Analysis:
Gillette Children’s Hospital
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Clinical Practice

Lower limb length discrepancy and complex deformity correction; Clubfeet and other foot disorders

Research

Patient priorities and outcome measurement; Clinical trials and epidemiology; Outcomes research

 
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David Lebel MD, PhD

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Head, Spine Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: Tel-Aviv, Israel
Medicine: Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Residency: Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva; Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Graduate: Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Fellowships

Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Dana-Dewek Children’s Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel

Clinical Practice

Pediatric spine deformity; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Early onset scoliosis; Congenital spine anomalies; Complex spine deformities associated with rare disease

Research

Non-operative treatment of early onset scoliosis; Quality improvement (post-operative bundle of care development); Inflammatory process behind scoliosis

 

Richard Gardner FRCS (Tr+Orth)

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: Walton-on-Thames, UK
Medicine: St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London
Residency: Bristol, UK
Graduate: University of London

Fellowship

Paediatric Orthopaedics:
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Clinical Practice

Lower extremity surgical management of children with neuromuscular conditions, hip surgery

 

Research

Global surgery: hip dysplasia and surgical education

Andrea Chan MD, MA, FRCSC

Paediatric and Adult Orthopaedic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Bio

From: London, Ontario, Canada

Graduate: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Medicine: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Residency: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Clinical Practice

Hand & upper limb surgery | Upper limb neuromuscular reconstruction | Acquired and congenital hand & upper limb differences | Sports wrist | Hand, wrist & elbow trauma

Fellowships

Adult Hand & Upper Limb: Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre (HULC), London, Ontario, Canada

 Pediatric Hand: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA


Research

Pediatric wrist & elbow trauma clinical outcomes | Sports wrist injury prevention | Quality improvement (pediatric and adult hand & upper limb trauma clinical pathway improvement, hand & upper extremity transitional and complex care models

 

Allied Health Practitioners

 
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Natasha Bath is a Nurse Practitioner (Pediatrics) who supports the spine program working closely with the in-patient floor for the pre and post-op care of patients with spinal deformity.

 
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Catharine Bradley is a Physiotherapist Practitioner who co-supervises the baby hip clinic with Dr. Kelley and provides additional support for the limb reconstruction service. Catharine is active in research and contributes to the hip and limb reconstruction team’s academic pursuits.

 
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Jenn Dermott is a Physiotherapist Practitioner who supervises the non-operative scoliosis and casting clinic, and is also active in research with the spine team

 
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Barb Harvey is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist who supervises the clubfoot clinic and provides Ponseti casting training to clinical fellows and residents.

 
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Anne Murphy is a Nurse Practitioner who supervises fracture clinic, develops fracture care pathways, and in addition supports the weekly bone health clinic.

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Stacy Robitaille is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist who supervises the clubfoot clinic and provides Ponseti casting training to clinical fellows and residents.

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The SickKids Registered Orthopaedic Technologists are a team comprising of Derek Gauthier, Kimberley Ocquaye, Kira Mahoney, Catherine Skrabec and Samantha Webster. The orthopaedic technologists are responsible for all casting (application, adjustments and removal) and traction of orthopaedic patients seen in fracture and elective clinics as well as in the operating room.

 
 
 

Administrators

 
 
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Lisa Abreu is the Manager of the Division of Orthopaedics here at SickKids. She manages the human resource needs of the Division for all admin, research staff and trainees, while also managing the Division's complex clinical schedules and finances.

 
 

Recent Faculty Publications

 
 

Factors Affecting Management of Children’s Low Risk Distal Radius Fractures in the Emergency Department; A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrative Data

Baxter T, Chiu M, To T, Howard AW, Camp M. CMAJ. Feb. 2021.

Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Older Children: Success of Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning

Bekmez S, Elamiri N, Ling R, Camp M, Howard AW. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Nov 2020.

Post-operative C-reactive protein levels at time of discharge and risk of reoperation and readmission in children with septic arthritis

L. Shefelbine, V. Bompadre, M. Bouchard. Front Surg. Nov (2019)

Outcome tools in pediatric foot and ankle patients: Comparing child and parent scores

C. Tipton, T. Mattioli-Lewis, M. Bouchard. J Acad Ortho Surg. 19 Aug 2019

Tibial tuberosity ossification predicts reoperation for growth disturbance in distal femoral physeal fractures

Jim Kennedy, Dan Westercott, Mark W Camp, Andrew Howard. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics. Accepted for publication 9 June 2020.

Establishing Safe Zones to Avoid Nerve Injury in the Approach to the Humerus in Pediatric Patients A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Ryan O’Shea, Jyoti Panwar, William Chu Kwan, Jennifer Stimec, Mark W. Camp, and Martin Gargan. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019;101:2101-10

Pediatric Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (pTESS): Validation of self-reported measure functional outcomes tool for children with extremity tumors

Piscione J, Barden W, Malkin A, Roy T, Barry J, Naqvi M, Fitzgerald C, Mazil K, Salomon S, Griffin A, Saint-Yves H, Sargeant J, Sueyoshi T, Giuliano P, Gupta A, Ferguson P, Scheinemann K, Ghert M, Turcotte RE, Lafay-Cousin L, Werier J, Strahlendorf C, Isler M, Mottard S, Afzal S, Anderson ME, Hopyan S. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2019 477(9):2127-2141

The Lateral Edge and Sourcil Acetabular Indices for Surgical Decision Making in Development Dysplasia of the Hip

Kothari A, Noor S, Maddock CL, Vanderstappen JHH, Bradley CS, Kelley SP. J Child Orthop. 2020

Expert-Based Consensus on the Principles of Pavlik Harness Management in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Kelley SP, Feeney MM, Maddock CL, Murnaghan ML, Bradley CS, IHDI Study Group. J Bone Joint Surg Open Access. 2019 Oct-Dec. 4(4)- e0054.

What is the Optimal Surgical Method for Achieving Correction and Avoiding Neurological Complications in Pediatric High-grade Spondylolisthesis?

Rocos B, Strantzas S, Zeller R, Lewis S, Tan T, Lebel D. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Mar 1;41(3):e217-e225.

Postoperative Distal Coronal Decompensation After Fusion to L3 for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Is Affected by Sagittal Pelvic Parameters

Kato S, Zeller RD, Magana SP, Ganau M, Oshima Y, Tanaka S, Lewis SJ. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Nov 1;45(21):E1416-E1420.

Development of the gait outcomes assessment list for lower-limb differences (GOAL-LD) questionnaire: a child and parent reported outcome measure. Health Qual Life Outcomes.

Dermott JA, Wright FV, Salbach NM, Narayanan UG. 2021 May 5;19(1):139.

Investigative Team. Reliability of Radiographic Assessments of the Hip in Cerebral Palsy

Shore BJ, Martinkevich P, Riazi M, Baird E, Encisa C, Willoughby K, Narayanan UG; J Pediatr Orthop. CHOP 2019 Aug;39(7):e536-e541.

The Use of Halo Gravity Traction in Severe, Stiff Scoliosis

Rocos B, Reda L, Lebel DE, Dodds MK, Zeller R. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Apr 8.

The use of three rods in correcting severe scoliosis

Rocos B, Rioux-Trottier E, Machida M, Sigal A, Kennedy J, Lebel DE, Zeller R. Spine Deform. 2021 Feb 10.