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Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS)
Vision
To be the leading musculoskeletal research society in Canada.
Mission
Visibility
Champion musculoskeletal research through peer-reviewed publications, scientific meetings, technology development and multimedia initiatives.
Collaboration
Facilitate and support interdisciplinary collaborative research between scientists and clinicians in related fields of orthopaedics such as biomaterials, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, developmental and stem cell biology.
Foster strong relationships with other musculoskeletal research societies in Canada, and orthopaedic research societies worldwide.
Excellence
Support excellence in musculoskeletal research through recognition, knowledge translation and funding initiatives.
Inspire
Inspire the pursuit of musculoskeletal research in scientists and clinicians in training.
CORS Programs
The CORS Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with the COA Annual Meeting.
In 1994, a lectureship was named in honour of CORS founder, Dr. Ian Macnab. The first lecture was delivered by Dr. Edward H. Simmons at the CORS Annual Meeting that was held in Winnipeg that same year. The lectureship is still continued today.
The CORS Executive reviews the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation’s orthopaedic research grant applications (including the J. Edouard Samson Award), and select the recipient of the CORS Founders’ Medal (most outstanding paper presented at a CORS meeting).
History
The Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS) was founded on June 18, 1966 in Banff, Alberta by a small group of members of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association.
Those present were: Dr. W.G. DeHaas of Calgary, Dr. M. Emery of Edmonton, Dr. C.A. Laurin of Montreal, Dr. I. Macnab of Toronto, Dr. J. Robichon of Ottawa, Dr. E.H. Simmons of Toronto, Dr. W.J. Thompson of Vancouver, Dr. A. Trias of Halifax and Dr. H. Uhthoff of Montreal. Dr. Ian Macnab was elected as the founding President at the first CORS meeting held in 1967.
The purpose of the proposed society was to further the advancement of orthopaedic surgery in Canada by stimulation of orthopaedic research. To realize this, the new society aimed to become fully aware of all the types of orthopaedic research in progress in Canada. Their aims included the correlation and support of inter-related projects, the exchange of ideas and methods, the exchange of theoretical and technical ideas in special areas such as biomechanics and histology etc. The purpose also included the recognition by the formation of a society with an annual forum at which papers, reports of work in progress and research methods in related orthopaedic fields would be delivered.
Past CORS Presidents
| Dr. Ian Macnab | Dr. Cecil H. Rorabeck | Dr. Kevin Hildebrand | Dr. Edward H. Simmons |
| Dr. Norman S. Schachar | Dr. Kevin J. Deluzio | Dr. Jacques Robichon | Dr. André A. Czitrom |
| Dr. Erin L. Boynton | Dr. Richard Cruess | Dr. A. Robin Poole | Dr. James A. Johnson |
| Dr. Antoni Trias | Dr. John Wedge | Dr. Nadr M. Jomha | Dr. William Kirkaldy-Willis |
| Dr. Hubert Labelle | Dr. David R. Wilson | Dr. Charles Sorbie | Dr. Cyril B. Frank |
| Dr. Mark Glazebrook | Dr. Robert W. Jackson | Dr. J. Bryan Finaly | Dr. Cari Whyne |
| Dr. Hans K. Uhthoff | Dr. Earl R. Bogoch | Dr. John Antoniou | Dr. Nelson S. Mitchell |
| Dr. Robert B. Bourne | Dr. Steven Boyd | Dr. R. Merv Letts | Dr. Robert C. Bray |
| Dr. Michael J. Dunbar | Dr. Jo Miller | Dr. J. Timothy Bryant | Dr. Janie Astephen Wilson |
| Dr. Sun Shik Shim | Dr. Max Aebi | Dr. Albert J.M. Yee | Dr. T. Derek V. Cooke |
| Dr. Peter J. Roughley | Dr. Fackson Mwale | Dr. André Beaupré | Dr. Robin R. Richards |
| Dr. Paul-Edgar Beaulé | Dr. Fred Langer | Dr Gail I. Anderson | Dr. Rizhi Wang |
| Dr. William G. DeHaas | Dr. Graham J.W. King | Dr. Charles H. Rivard | Dr. Thomas Oxland |
2021 CORS Founders’ Medal Recipient
The CORS Founders Medal was first introduced in 1982 and awarded to the author of the best paper presented at the CORS Annual Meeting. Since that time, a long list of leaders in Canadian research have received the Founders’ Medal in recognition of excellence in science and innovation. This year’s winner was selected from the Top Canadian Research Session held during the COA, CORS, and CORA Virtual Annual Meeting and announced later the same day during the CORS Special Session.
CORS awarded the 2021 Founders’ Medal to Dr. Philip Boyer and his team from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, ON for his presentation and research on “Machine Learning Prediction of Shoulder Patient At-Home Physiotherapy with Inertial Sensors”.
Innovation Highlights (CORS Spring 2020 Newsletter)
COVID-19 brings unprecedented challenges to every one of us. We would like to hear from you and share with you stories of how the orthopaedic community is taking action to face the challenges.
Below are a few news articles highlighting Canadian doctors, researchers and industry making PPE face shields using 3D printing technologies:
Dr. Alexandra Bunting, Dr. Andrew Adamczyk, and Dr. Marie-Claude Magnan in Ottawa, in collaboration with Dr. Hanspeter Frei at Carleton University, get proactive about PPE shortage. 3D-printing doc gets proactive about PPE (CBC May 4, 2020): read the article here.
Burloak Technologies Partners with Mohawk College & NGen to Produce Face Shields for Healthcare Workers (April 15, 2020): read the article here.
University of Waterloo uses 3D printing to help protect front-line medical workers (March 30, 2020): read the article here.
The Orthopaedic Research Community is greatly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Clinicians and researchers share similar risks and challenges from both a personal and professional standpoint. Specifically, clinicians in the front line have an increased risk of contracting the virus and are currently not afforded the usual access in outpatient clinics and operating rooms to provide routine but essential orthopaedic care. Musculoskeletal care is particularly vulnerable due to practice restrictions due to the high volume of seemingly less urgent cases which make up a bulk of most orthopaedic practices. Furthermore, academic clinicians and researchers have restricted access to their laboratories, research staff and colleagues, subject recruitment and access to contemporary grant cycles which together represent an existential risk to the continuity of established and emerging musculoskeletal research programs.
The CORS executive strongly support the adoption of the musculoskeletal research themes related to the COVID-19 crisis to advocate for safe clinical care, highly relevant cutting-edge research and the security of musculoskeletal research programs of our members
Contact CORS (Research)
The Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (CORS)
4060 St. Catherine West, Suite 620
Westmount, QC H3Z 2Z3
Tel: 514 874-9003 x 7
Email: cors@canorth.org
CORS Executive 2020-21
| President | Past President |
|---|---|
| Dr. Joy MacDermid | Dr. Mario Lamontagne |
| Program Chair | Secretary |
|---|---|
| Dr. Bheeshma Ravi | Dr. Matthew Teeter |