ABJHI Committees
International Advisory Board
The International Advisory Board provides independent expert advice to ABJHI’s leadership team on how to achieve a sustainable, evidence-based bone and joint health care service delivery system. It also provides the Board of Directors with regular independent assessments of the leadership team’s efforts.
Dr. Morris Barer
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Dr. Matthew Liang
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Rheumatology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Dr. Ron Zernicke
Director, Bone and Joint Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Physician Steering Committee
The Physician Steering Committee represents the views of bone and joint physicians and affiliated health care providers and advocates on behalf of patients in Alberta. Its membership comprises physicians who provide bone and joint health care.
- Dr. Don Dick, Co-Chair, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Edmonton
- Dr. Robert Hollinshead, Co-Chair, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Calgary
- Dr. Greg Abelseth, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Calgary
- Dr. Nigel Ashworth, Representative, Physiatry
- Dr. Mike Bering, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Medicine Hat
- Dianne Brox, President, Section of General Practice
- Dr. John Chiu, Representative, Alberta College of Family Physicians
- Dr. John Cinats, President, Alberta Orthopaedic Association
- Dr. Cy Frank, Executive Director, Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute
- Dr. Allan Garbutt, AMA Section of Rural Medicine
- Mike Gormley, Executive Director, Alberta Medical Association
- Dr. Shelby Karpman, Representative, Section of Sport Medicine
- Dr. Rob Korbyl, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Red Deer
- Dr. Dave Otto, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Edmonton
- Dr. Ernst Schuster
- Dr. Larry Stoyko, Rural Medicine