Subspecialties | Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (CPOS)
Governance
Dr. Kevin Smit
President
Ottawa, ON
CPOS Executive
Caroline Forsythe
Vice-President
Québec, QC
Kristi Wood
Secretary
Kingston, 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
Louis Wentzel Bezuidenhout
Chair
Edmonton, AB
Anthony Cooper
Vancouver, BC
Nominations Committee
Anthony Cooper
Chair
Vancouver, BC
Debra Bartley
London, ON
Education Committee
Alexandra Mortimer
Chair
Saskatoon, SK
Kristi Wood
Kingston, ON
Leila Farahdel
Toronto, ON
Alicia Kerrigan
Ottawa, ON
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
Halifax, NS
Standards Committee
Ryan Katchky
Chair
Scarborough, ON
Lauren Allen
Saskatoon, SK
Louis Bezuidenhout
Edmonton, AB
Brynn Charron
London, ON
Élisabeth Leblanc
Sherbrooke, QC
Jennifer Kaminker
Kingston, ON
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 |
| 2023-2025 | Anthony Cooper, FRCS, MBChB Clinical Associate Professor | Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery | University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC Investigator and Head | Department of Pediatric Orthopedics | BC Children’s Hospital |