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Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy

Fellowship/Residency Information

2D, Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
2D, Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7
CANADA

This 12-month fellowship focuses on knee and shoulder care, sports injuries, and advanced arthroscopic techniques, with exposure to ~500 surgical procedures. The Fellow will contribute to research, prepare a paper for presentation and publication submission, deliver monthly rounds presentations, teach residents, and participate in trauma call.

Involved ISAKOS Member(s): Martin Bouliane, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Joseph Cavanagh, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Robert Glasgow, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Graeme Harding, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Catherine Hui, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Knee arthroplasty David Otto, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Knee arthroplasty Mark Sommerfeldt MD - Knee arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroscopy

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Fellowship Program Information

Affiliation (Center Type): University of Alberta (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 12 months
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: Yes
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 1
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Martin Bouliane, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Joseph Cavanagh, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Robert Glasgow, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Graeme Harding, MD - Shoulder arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroplasty Catherine Hui, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Knee arthroplasty David Otto, MD - Knee arthroscopy, Knee arthroplasty Mark Sommerfeldt MD - Knee arthroscopy, Shoulder arthroscopy
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Financial Support and Expenses

Types of Financial Support Available: Private Public
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide: On demand from program website Medical Societies
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs):

Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases

Area(s) of Specialty: Knee Arthroscopy Shoulder Arthroscopy
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities:
Types of Educational Opportunities:
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: Rashid, M.S., Mamarelis, G., More, K., Meredyk, D., LeBlanc, J., Bouliane, M. and Lo, I.K.Y. (2026) ‘Arthroscopic Distal Tibial Allograft Reconstruction With Suture Button Fixation and Capsulolabral Repair for Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability Yields High Rates of Graft Union and Improves Clinical Outcomes at 2 Years’, Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association, 42(1), pp. 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1002/arj.70008. Greaves, G., Ramadi, A., Beaupre, L., Alexander, D. and Bouliane, M. (2025) ‘Arthroscopic anterior glenoid reconstruction using distal tibial allograft with suture button fixation: 2-year postoperative clinical outcomes’, JSES reviews, reports, and techniques, 6(1), 100602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xrrt.2025.100602. Antoniades, S., Walsh, K., Pollock, J.W., Sabri, E., MacDonald, P., Bouliane, M., McIlquham, K., Hodgdon, T. and Lapner, P. (2025) ‘Comparing Conventional Double-Row With Transosseous Equivalent Suture Bridge Fixation in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study’, Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 13(1), 23259671241307673. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671241307673. Eubank, B.H.F., Sheps, D.M., Dennett, L., Connick, A., Bouliane, M., Panu, A., Harding, G. and Beaupre, L.A. (2024) ‘A scoping review and best evidence synthesis for treatment of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears’, Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, 33(3), pp. e126-e152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2023.10.027. Harding, G.T., Bois, A.J., Cavanagh, J.T. and Bouliane, M.J. (2023) ‘The Use of an External Cutting Guide for Patient-Specific Bone Grafting in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Novel Technique’, Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, 7, 24715492231219566. https://doi.org/10.1177/24715492231219566. Lapner, P., Pollock, J.W., Bouliane, M. and MacDonald, P.B. (2023) ‘Intraoperative Channeling in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Response’, The American journal of sports medicine, 51(7), NP20. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465231169537. Karpyshyn, J.N., Bois, A.J., Logan, H., Harding, G.T. and Bouliane, M.J. (2023) ‘3D Printed Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for Bone Grafting in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Novel Technique’, Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty, 7, 24715492231162285. https://doi.org/10.1177/24715492231162285. Lapner, P., Bouliane, M., Pollock, J.W., Coupal, S., Sabri, E., Hodgdon, T., Old, J., Mcilquham, K., MacDonald, P., CSES Investigators:, Stranges, G., Berdusco, R., Marsh, J., Dubberley, J. and McRae, S. (2023) ‘Intraoperative Channeling in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial’, The American journal of sports medicine, 51(2), pp. 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465221138562. [Online first in 2022; 2023 issue.] Gee, A.O., Hui, C., Shybut, T.B., Vezeridis, P.S. and Sgaglione, N.A. (2023) ‘Education and Balance at Its Best—The 2023 AANA Traveling Fellowship Was the Adventure of a Lifetime: Nothing Beats Having Fun’ [fellowship report], Arthroscopy, 39(10), pp. 2241–2252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2023.06.050. Hawker, G.A. et al. (2023) ‘Patient appropriateness for total knee arthroplasty and predicted probability of a good outcome’, RMD Open, 9(2), e002808. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002808. Eubank, B.H.F., Takahashi, T., Shields, R., Martyn, J., Zhao, R.X., Lackey, S.W., Slomp, M., Werle, J.R., Robert, J. and Hui, C. (2024) ‘Development of a Soft Tissue Knee Clinical Decision-Making Tool for Patients Presenting to Primary Point-of-Care Providers in Alberta, Canada’, Journal of primary care & community health, 15, 21501319241271953. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319241271953. Hui, C., Salipas, A. and Cavanagh, J. (2024) ‘A Convergent Tibial Tunnel Technique for Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Meniscal Root Repair’, Arthroscopy techniques, 13(4), 102918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eats.2024.102918. Zhao, B.Y.H., Khan, N.A., Wichuk, S., Sommerfeldt, M.F., Panu, A., Jaremko, J.L. and Hui, C. (2023) ‘The use of slice encoding for metal artifact correction (SEMAC) sequencing improves the diagnostic evaluation of graft integrity following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction’, Journal of ISAKOS : joint disorders & orthopaedic sports medicine, 8(5), pp. 318-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisako.2023.04.006. Labban, W., Forero, J., Westover, L., Sommerfeldt, M., Nathanail, S. and Beaupre, L. (2026) ‘Dynamic postural stability in individuals with ACL reconstruction versus healthy controls with insights into sex differences: A cross-sectional study’, PloS one, 21(6), e0351496. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351496. Christoffel, L., Beaupre, L., Nathanail, S., Labban, W., Sommerfeldt, M., Westover, L. and Thornton, G.M. (2026) ‘Clearance Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Force Plate Testing After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Scoping Review’, Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 62(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina62030503. Pinkoski, A.M., Ternes, L., Ramsankar, J., Sommerfeldt, M., Eurich, D.T. and Voaklander, D. (2025) ‘Injury Report: Undisclosed Health Events in the National Hockey League and Their Impact on Player Health Research’, Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 13(11), 23259671251391354. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251391354. Shahsavari, M., Wu, K., Ghazanfari, A., Doschak, M., Turner, M., Sommerfeldt, M., Elliott, J.A.W. and Jomha, N.M. (2025) ‘Transplantation of vitrified osteochondral allografts revealed equivalent cartilage repair to fresh osteochondral allografts in a swine model’, Cryobiology, 120, 105279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2025.105279. Abdel Khalik, H., Dagher, D., Lameire, D.L., Gusnowski, E., Kolpka, M., LeBel, M.E., Matache, B.A., Martin, R.K., Sommerfeldt, M., Wong, I., Woodmass, J. and Khan, M. (2025) ‘Management of First-Time Anterior Shoulder Dislocation-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Arthroscopy Association of Canada Position Statement’, Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 13(2), 23259671251316893. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251316893. Pinkoski, A.M., Davies, M., Sommerfeldt, M., Eurich, D.T. and Voaklander, D. (2024) ‘Injury and Illness Trends in the National Hockey League Following an Abrupt Cessation of Play’, International journal of sports physical therapy, 19(12), pp. 1560-1568. https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.125738. Ma, Z., Chawla, S., Lan, X., Zhou, E., Mulet-Sierra, A., Kunze, M., Sommerfeldt, M. and Adesida, A.B. (2024) ‘Functional heterogeneity of meniscal fibrochondrocytes and microtissue models is dependent on modality of fibrochondrocyte isolation’, Cell proliferation, 58(1), e13735. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpr.13735. Ma, Z., Li, D.X., Lan, X., Bubelenyi, A., Vyhlidal, M., Kunze, M., Sommerfeldt, M. and Adesida, A.B. (2024) ‘Short-term response of primary human meniscus cells to simulated microgravity’, Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 22(1), 342. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-024-01684-w. Labban, W., Manaseer, T., Golberg, E., Sommerfeldt, M., Nathanail, S., Dennett, L., Westover, L. and Beaupre, L. (2024) ‘Jumping into recovery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of discriminatory and responsive force plate parameters in individuals following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction during countermovement and drop jumps’, Journal of experimental orthopaedics, 11(2), e12018. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeo2.12018. Nucci, N., Degen, R., Ekhtiari, S., Gazendam, A., Ayeni, O.R., Horner, N., Wong, I., Woodmass, J., Grant, J., Sheehan, B., Pickell, M., Kopka, M., Khan, M., Martin, R., Tucker, A., Sommerfeldt, M., Gusnowski, E., Rousseau-Saine, A., Lebel, M.E., Karpyshyn, J., Matache, B., Carroll, M., Da Cunha, R., Kwapisz, A. and Martin, R.K. (2023) ‘Arthroscopy Association of Canada Position Statement on Opioid Prescription After Arthroscopic Surgery’, Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 11(12), 23259671231214700. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671231214700. Hickie, K., Qiu, Y., Baptiste, J.J., Salipas, A., Nathanail, S., Westover, L. and Sommerfeldt, M. (2023) ‘A comparison of stiffness of six knee braces with application for posterolateral corner reconstructions’, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine, 237(8), pp. 985-990. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119231188009. Paudel, Y.R., Sommerfeldt, M. and Voaklander, D. (2023) ‘Incidence and risk factors for revision and contralateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A population-based retrospective cohort study’, Medicine, 102(20), e33669. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000033669. Golberg, E., Sommerfeldt, M., Pinkoski, A., Dennett, L. and Beaupre, L. (2023) ‘Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Return-to-Sport Decision-Making: A Scoping Review’, Sports health, 16(1), pp. 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/19417381221147524. Paudel, Y.R., Sommerfeldt, M. and Voaklander, D. (2023) ‘Increasing incidence of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a 17-year population-based study’, Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 31(1), pp. 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-022-07093-1. [Online first in 2022; 2023 issue.]
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