ABOUT US - INSTITUTE COMMITTEES

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. Robert McMurtry
Consultant
St. Joseph's Health Care
London, Ontario

Dr. Anthony Culyer
Institute for Work & Health
Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Morris Barer
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
University of British Columbia

Dr. Matthew Liang
Department of Health Policy and Management
Department of Rheumatology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Ron Zernicke
Director, Bone & Joint Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center
University of Michigan

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.

1. Dr. Don Dick, Co-Chair
2. Dr. Robert Hollinshead, Co-Chair
3. Dr. Greg Abelseth, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Calgary
4. Dr. Nigel Ashworth, Representative, Physiatry
5. Dr. Mike Bering, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Medicine Hat
6. Dianne Brox, President, Section of General Practice
7. Dr. John Chiu, Representative, Alberta College of Family Physicians
8. Dr. John Cinats, President, Alberta Orthopaedic Association
9. Dr. Cy Frank, Executive Director, Alberta Bone & Joint Health Institute
10. Dr. Allan Garbutt, AMA Section of Rural Medicine
11. Mike Gormley, Executive Director, Alberta Medical Association
12. Dr. Shelby Karpman, Representative, Section of Sport Medicine
13. Dr. Rob Korbyl, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Red Deer
14. Dr. Dave Otto, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Edmonton
15. Dr. Ernst Schuster
16. Dr. Larry Stoyko, Rural Medicine