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Recent Awards: Drs. Paul Salo, Ken Thomas, and Carmen Brauer
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Salo and Dr. Ken Thomas for receiving the 2011 COREF Award for their study titled: “Derivation of a Clinical Prediction Guide in the Diagnosis of Facet Joint Mediated Pain in the Cervical Spine”. Because of the …
Dr. Nick Mohtadi’s Acute Knee Injury Clinic delivering quicker and cheaper elite level of care
For the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who will injure a knee this year, getting the right treatment at the right time can become the biggest challenge. But a unique clinic in Calgary is offering a new way to give …
New Report, Co-authored by Dr. Dianne Mosher, Division Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Calgary and member of the McCaig Institute indicates that Arthritis is a $33 billion burden on Canadians
Impact of Arthrtis Report_Final — Download full report. Although it has been described as an invisible disease, the impact of arthritis on the Canadian economy can’t be ignored. A new report from the Arthritis Alliance of Canada (AAC) estimates that …
Music in Motion Galas Raise More Than $1 Million for Bone and Joint Health Care in Alberta
The 2011 Music in Motion galas in Calgary and Edmonton have raised more than $1 million to improve care and rehabilitation for Albertans with bone and joint disease. Canadian singing sensation Nikki Yanofsky brought the audience to their feet repeatedly …
Tissue Engineering
The ability to replace or “transplant” bone and cartilage can dramatically improve the quality of life for people with joint injury resulting from trauma, disease, or overuse. The only one of its kind in Western Canada, Calgary’s Joint Transplantation Program …
Transgenic Models for Joint Disease
Dr. Frank Jirik and his colleagues are using a variety of different genetic models to gain insight into the causes of several different skeletal and immunological conditions, and also for evaluation of drugs capable of either preventing or slowing disease. …