Dr. Chris Reilly is the Head of the Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas before joining the orthopaedic group at Children's. His interests lie primarily in spinal deformities and athletic injuries. Dr. Reilly is the orthopaedic consultant to the Neuromuscular Clinic. His current areas of research include spinal deformities and the functional and surgical outcomes surrounding ligament reconstruction in the knee.
Dr. Ken Brown
Dr. Ken Brown completed his undergraduate degree in Manitoba and his orthopaedic surgery training in Montreal. He previously worked at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Montreal before joining us. He brought with him his extensive clinical and research background in musculoskeletal tumors and microvascular surgery. He has received numerous research grants and distinctions. Dr. Brown’s current areas of specialty and research include limb lengthening with the Ilizarov frame and musculoskeletal tumor removal in the extremities.
Dr. Christine Alvarez
Dr. Christine Alvarez completed her orthopaedic residency at the University of Western Ontario in London and her medical training at the University of British Columbia. Since joining the team at Children’s, she has completed a Masters of Surgery in Molecular Biology. Dr. Alvarez is the Medical Director of the Shriners Gait Lab located at Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. Her role includes patient selection for gait assessment, clinical interpretation of the analyses and research for children with various walking difficulties. Dr. Alvarez has been responsible for the formation of the Clubfoot Clinic and the Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (HME) Clinic. Dr. Alvarez’s current areas of research include clubfoot, HME and trauma.Dr. Kishore Mulpuri
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri joins the team as a staff surgeon and epidemiologist following his medical and residency training at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India. He has completed two fellowships: one year at the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group in Australia and one year at Children’s. He has also completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Mulpuri’s areas of research interest include paediatric sports injuries, deformity correction and outcomes research.
Dr. Firoz Miyanji
Dr Miyanji completed his medical school training at the University of Ottawa. He joined the UBC Orthopaedic Residency Program in 1999 and graduated in 2004. He then completed a one year spine fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital and a one year pediatric orthopaedic fellowship at San Diego Children’s Hospital. Dr Miyanji joins the orthopaedic group in providing emergency and elective orthopaedic care at Children’s Hospital. He and Dr Reilly will provide a combined spinal clinic and operative spinal care service. Dr. Miyanji's areas of research interest include spine and outcomes research.
Fidel BrooksRicardo Botia Fidel Brooks and Ricardo Botia are the Orthopedic technologists at Children's. Mr. Brooks and Mr. Botia have extensive training in orthopaedics and medicine.
Bronwyn Slobogean
Bronwyn Slobogean, PA-C, is the research manager for the pediatric orthopaedic research group. Bronwyn provides research support for Dr. Reilly, Dr. Mulpuri, Dr. Beauchamp and Dr. Miyanji. She has worked in pediatric orthopaedic research for several years and has recently completed the physician assistant program at the University of Washington in Seattle. Bronwyn supports research in spinal deformity, the hip and knee, cerebral palsy and in functional outcomes research.Email: bslobogean@cw.bc.ca Veronika Scheepmaker
Veronika Scheepmaker, provides research support to Dr. Miyanji and Dr. Reilly for several scoliosis studies. Veronika is a research assistant that comes to us with Bachelors degrees in Arts and Science and a SOCRA certification.
Email: vscheepmaker@cw.bc.ca Becky Atkinson
Becky Atkinson, BHK, provides research support for Dr. Reilly, Dr. Mulpuri, Dr. Miyanji and Dr. Beauchamp. She comes to us from Trinity Western University where she completed her bachelor’s degree in Human Kinetics.
Email: Ratkinson2@cw.bc.ca
Harpreet Chhina
Harpreet Chhina, MSc, provides research support to Dr. Alvarez in the areas of clubfoot and HME. Harpreet is a research coordinator that comes to us with a graduate degree in anatomy. Email: hchhina@cw.bc.ca
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