Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Rounds – Deformity and LLD
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (7:00 am - 8:00 am)
Room 3528, CHEO
Residency
Our residency program offers an outstanding training environment where young surgeons can acquire their surgical skills and launch their orthopedic surgery career.
WELCOME MESSAGE
The University of Ottawa Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program provides Canadian and International medical graduates with comprehensive training across all subspecialties of Orthopedic Surgery. The five year residency training program is based on a strong clinical teaching delivered primarily at The Ottawa Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Our residents are also exposed to outstanding collaborative basic science and clinical research opportunities. Moreover, our learning environment draws on innovative learning opportunities including surgical simulation, international surgical opportunities and weekly didactic orthopedic seminars along with outstanding clinical teachers. Ultimately, our residents complete their residency by obtaining certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and secure prestigious fellowships, both domestically and internationally. Our network of alumni includes outstanding clinicians and surgical leaders providing orthopedic care across every continent.
Dr. Kevin Smit, MD FRCSC
Program Director
About our Residency
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Program Structure
The residency program is built around the guiding principles of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and its “Competence by Design” framework. It is structured in four distinct phases:
Transition to Discipline (~ 3 months)
Foundations (~ 21 months)
Core (~33 months)
Transition to Practice (~3 months)
Residents complete local training in every major subspecialty of Orthopedic Surgery including Trauma, Spine, Oncology, Arthroplasty, Foot and Ankle, Shoulder and Elbow, Hand and Wrist, Knee, Pediatric Orthopedics.
Educational Rounds & Half Day
Beyond the informal learning happening on daily basis, extensive formal teaching is provided to our trainees. Residents are relieved from clinical duties every week for academic half-day. These sessions consist of case-based conferences, surgical simulation activities and guest speakers. The half-day schedule is based on a 2 year cycle , allowing residents to revisit major topics at least twice during their residency.
Formal teaching rounds care held on a daily basis from 7-8 am at The Ottawa Hospital.
Mondays: Oncology Rounds
Tuesdays: Trauma Rounds
Wednesdays: Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist and Shoulder & Elbow Rounds (alternating)
Thursdays: Hip & Knee Arthroplasty and Joint Preservation Rounds (alternating)
Fridays: Spine Rounds
Similarly, teaching rounds are held 3 times per week at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario for residents who are assigned to this site.
Visiting professors are hosted monthly during the academic year, allowing residents to learn from leaders in our field and network with surgeons from across North America and beyond.
Labs, Courses & Conferences
uOttawa is home to the state of the art UOSSC Simulation lab where our program holds monthly surgical simulation activities during the academic year. These activities are opportunities for residents to develop their technical skills and refine their decision-making abilities in a high-fidelity , low stakes simulated environment.
Residents are also required to attend various professional development courses throughout their residency, including ATLS, the AO foundation courses and the COA Basic Science Course. Residents are invited to attend locally held orthopedic courses sponsored by our Division and are provided with financial support to travel to orthopedic meetings of their choice throughout the course of their residency training.
Research Days & Requirements
Our orthopedic residents can benefit from extensive research opportunities around the uOttawa Orthopedic ecosystem. Whether you want to do perform live animal surgery, collaborate with our engineering colleagues, work in our state of the art biomechanics lab or perform clinical research using our QI databases, opportunities are too numerous to list. Residents are encouraged to join some of our research teams to complete their two required resident research projects. Accomplishments and research successes are celebrated yearly with the Hans K. Uhthoff Research Day where residents are offered opportunities to formally present their research to the Division.
Residency Training Program Committee Members
- Kevin Smit MD FRCSC: Program Director, QI Representative
- Robert Feibel MD FRCSC: General Campus Representative
- Braden Gammon MD MSc FRCSC: Competence Committee Chair
- Karl-André Lalonde MD MEd FRCSC: Past Program Director, Ex Officio Member
- Wadih Matar MD MSc FRCSC: Hull Hospital Representative
- Bradley Meulenkamp MD MSc FRCSC: Director of Resident Research
- Manisha Mistry MD MSc FRCSC: Civic Campus Representative
- Avik Nath MD, MScPH, CCFP: Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
- J Pollock MD MSc FRCSC: Director of Education/Director of Wellness, General Campus Representative
- Mark Steeves MD FRCSC: Montfort Hospital Representative
- Alexandra Stratton MD MSc FRCSC: Civic Campus Representative
- Andrew Tice MD FRCSC: CHEO Representative
- Geoffrey Wilkin MD FRCSC: Civic Campus Representative
- Alexandra Marshall MD/Johnathan Sevick MD/: Senior Chief Residents
- John Peter Bonello MD: Junior Chief Resident
- Johanna Dobransky MHK, BSc, CCRP: Resident CQI Representative
- Sylvia Behrens: Program Administrator
Current Residents
Graduating Class of 2030
- Fatima Abdulla
- Tanya Cierson
- Mohammad Ghuloum
- Karen Jiang
- Zoe Kerhoulas
- Curtis Ostertag
- Jonathan Raspanti
Graduating Class of 2029
- Bader Alkandari
- Sophie Ba
- John-Peter Bonello
- Abigail Bowley
- Johanna Dobransky
- Benjamin Raymond
Graduating Class of 2028
- Ebrahim Alawadhi
- Rashed Alhamidan
- Emily Elder
- Matthew Macciacchera
- Zoe Mack
- Nagi Mikhail
- Naama Nofech Mozes
Graduating Class of 2027
- Alexandra Marshall
- Samuel Morgan
- Hamid Nessek
- Blake Power
- Johnathan Sevick
Graduating Class of 2026
- Zachary DeVries
- Emmitt Hayes
- Eric Locke
- Kenneth Lukas
- Nicholas Nucci
- Nicholas Tubin
Apply for Residency Program
Applications for our program are completed through the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS); please visit their website below. For more information please contact Sylvia Behrens for questions.
