Department
Name of department: Orthopaedics
Head of department: Donald Garbuz
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Lisa Howard
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? No
More information
Number of beds in department: 50
Total surgical cases per year: 2000
Other activities: Lots of orthopaedic trauma at our affiliated trauma centre, Vancouver General Hospital
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.