
Subspecialties | Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (CPOS)
Governance

Dr. Kevin Smit
President
Ottawa, ON
CPOS Executive
Vice-President
Magdalena Tarchala
Secretary
Ottawa, ON
Anthony Cooper
Past-President
Vancouver, BC
Louis Wentzel Bezuidenhout
Treasurer
Edmonton, AB
Mark Camp
Member-at-Large
Toronto, ON
Ian Laxdal
Member-at-Large
Winnipeg, MB
Communications Committee
Courtney Bull
Chair
Vancouver, BC
Carrie Kollias
Vancouver, BC
Finance / Governance Committee
Caroline Forsythe
Chair
Quebec, QC
Sukhdeep Dulai
Edmonton, AB
Ron El-Hawary
Halifax, NS
Nominations Committee
Debra Bartley
London, ON
Ron El-Hawary
Halifax, NS
Education Committee
Kristi Wood
Chair
Kingston, ON
Ryan Katchky
Toronto, ON
Alicia Kerrigan
Ottawa, ON
Alexandra Mortimer
Saskatoon, SK
Marcel Abouassaly
Calgary, AB
Research Committee
Waleed Kishta
Chair
Hamilton, ON
Harpreet Chhina
Vancouver, BC
Emily Schaeffer
Vancouver, BC
Rubini Pathy
Calgary, AB
Patrick Thornley
London, ON
Jason Howard
Wilmington, DE
Standards Committee
Ryan Katchky
Chair
Scarborough, ON
Lauren Allen
Saskatoon, SK
Louis Bezuidenhout
Edmonton, AB
Jennifer Kaminker
Kingston, ON
David Nelson
Prince George, BC
Katherine Rooks
Saskatoon, SK
Hayley Spurr
Vancouver, BC
Magdalena Tarchala
Ottawa, ON
CPOS Past Presidents
2012-2015 | Kishore Mulpuri, MBBS, MS (Ortho), MHSc (Epi) Associate Professor | Pediatric Orthopedics | University of British Columbia Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon | BC Children’s Hospital | Vancouver, BC |
2015-2019 | Sukhdeep K. Dulai, MD, MHSc, FRCSC Associate Professor | Department of Surgery | University of Alberta Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon | Stollery Children’s Hospital | Edmonton, AB |
2019-2021 | Ron El-Hawary, MD, MSc, FRCS(C) Professor | Department of Surgery | Dalhousie University Chief of Orthopaedics | IWK Health Centre | Halifax, NS |
2021-2023 | Debra Bartley, MD, FRCS(C) Associate Professor of Surgery | Western University Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon | Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario | London, ON |