RESEARCH VISION
Our vision is to establish a world-class limb lengthening and reconstruction program at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in order to treat children with limb differences with the best level of care available. We aim to maximize patient engagement to identify and address their needs and actively involve them as research partners. Our aim is to work directly with patients and families to answer clinical and research questions that matter to patients.
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Paediatric limb deformity represents a wide spectrum of conditions affecting children. This includes children who are born with a limb difference—such as the absence or shortening of an arm or leg—as well as those who acquire them from injuries or disease. Our multidisciplinary research program involves studies on quality of life, clinical outcomes, complications of limb reconstruction, and imaging in these patients.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Our program has ongoing collaborations with various hospitals and universities across Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Netherlands, UK, and USA. The international collaborations built through our program will not only influence clinical and research practices at each of the participating institutes but also catalyze new partnerships and contribute to BCCH’s status as a centre for clinical and research excellence.
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
BC Children’s Hospital is the highest volume pediatric limb difference centre in Canada. We have been able to successfully create a multidisciplinary research program involving collaborations with Medical Genetics, Biochemical Diseases, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Anaesthesia, Plastic Surgery, Medical Imaging, Bone Biology, Psychology, and Population and Public Health at hospitals and universities across Australia, Canada, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Germany, UK, and USA.