2024

  • Joey Pipicelli Awarded the Lifetime Membership Award by the CSHT

    April 27, 2024
    Congratulations to Joey Pipicelli for receiving the lifetime membership award at the 2024 Canadian Society of Hand Therapists meeting.

  • Dr. George Athwal Named as One of 100 Canadians in the Maclean's 2024 Power List

    April 04, 2024
    "For bringing VR to the OR. You could say George Athwal has X-ray vision: for the past three years, Athwal, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario, has been pioneering some very futuristic 3D surgical technology. During shoulder replacements, Athwal dons a headset equipped with Stryker Blueprint MR Guidance software, which gives him a “mixed reality” view that superimposes the surgery plan on a patient’s body. This tech helps Athwal execute within two millimetres and two degrees of a preoperative plan, and extra widgets help him make adjustments on the fly. The system has only been used on shoulders so far—at the Mayo Clinic in the U.S. and two hospitals in France, in addition to St. Joseph’s—but, in the future, it could also be used for hip and knee replacements, as well as spinal surgery."

  • Dr. Ruby Grewal Receives a Schulich Researcher/Scientist Academic Merit Award

    April 01, 2024
    The Department of Surgery Academic Merit Awards are a way for the Department to recognize the exemplary achievements of faculty members in four categories: Teacher/Educator; Researcher/Scientist; Service; and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID).

  • Dr. Assaf Kadar Receives a Schulich Department of Surgery Clerkship Teaching Award

    April 01, 2024
    At the end of their surgery clerkship, clerks have the opportunity to nominate the faculty and resident teachers who have made a positive impact on their learning. The Surgery Clerkship Teaching Awards are voted by the clinical clerks in recognition of outstanding faculty and resident teaching at both the London and Windsor sites.

  • Dr. George Athwal Introduces Revolutionary New Mixed Reality Technology for Shoulder Replacements

    January 10, 2024
    St. Joseph’s is one of two centres in the world to debut the revolutionary next step in mixed reality technology for shoulder replacement surgery that can track surgical instruments in real time and precisely point the way for surgeons. With this latest evolution of technology, a 3D representation of the patient’s anatomy and shoulder implant – similar to a hologram - is overlaid on the surgical site, giving the surgeon the sci-fi superpower of X-ray vision while operating. With the position of the instruments monitored by the system, orthopedic surgeon Dr. George Athwal has taken visionary surgery to a whole new level – literally and figuratively.

  • Joy Macdermid Appointed to the Order of Ontario

    January 01, 2024
    Congratulations to Joy Macdermid for being appointed to the Order of Ontario! The Order of Ontario - the province's highest honour - recognizes outstanding people who have made exceptional contributions to help build a stronger province, nation and world. Members of the Order come from all walks of life and represent various sectors of society including public service, business, journalism and health care. Dr. Joy MacDermid’s research in the 1990s and subsequent global workshops brought patient-reported outcomes into the decision-making process for the first time. Her commitment to sharing knowledge with patients inspired a long-overdue paradigm shift. She is a founding member of the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and has attracted a new generation of surgeons and scientists, elevating the voices of women in fields where they had long been absent. Her dedication to putting the patient first has created a powerful legacy.