Speakers
Dr. Mohit Bhandari MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor, McMaster University
Dr. Bhandari currently serves as Distinguished University Professor [a position held by less than 2% of the total McMaster University staff and faculty] and Chair of the Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He also holds a Canada Research Chair in Surgical Innovation. He received his Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McMaster University and his PhD Degree from Goteborg University (Sweden). Dr. Bhandari is recognized the ‘global leader’ of evidence-based surgery and orthopaedic research receiving the fields highest awards including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Medal, the Edouard Samson Award, and the Kappa Delta Award. He has been acknowledged among the top 10 most cited orthopaedic fracture surgeons in the world. To this end, Dr. Bhandari has published and presented over 1100 papers [with 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine or Lancet] and has lead-edited several of his field’s major textbooks. He has been given his province’s and his country’s highest civilian awards, the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. Dr. Bhandari is the incoming Editor-in-Chief of his field’s highest impact peer reviewed journal, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Dr. Ganesh Swami MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Ganesh is a spine surgeon with varied clinical and research interests. He has spent the last ten years developing less-invasive reconstructions for adult spinal deformities along with a team-based approach to these complex reconstructions.
His research interests are allied with his clinical interests. He has assembled a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, biologists and surgeons to study the science behind common spinal disorders including lumbar disc herniations (sciatica) and degenerative spondylolisthesis and degenerative scoliosis.
