About us

Our multidisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists, research associates, and students enables us to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and bridge the gap between patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) and clinicians.

Name
Position
Email
Philippe Phan
MD FRCSC
Project Director

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, The Ottawa Hospital & The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Christopher Sun
PhD
Project Director

Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics for Health Systems Transformation, Telfer School of Business, University of Ottawa

Daniel Kurtz
BASc
Website developer and project lead

MD-PhD student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa & The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Carey Meyers
Website Developer

Registrar, Canadian Spine Society

Nader Fallah
PhD
Project Consultant

Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

Vanessa Noonan
PhD
Project Consultant

Director, Research at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

Suzanne Humphreys
MSc
Project Consultant

Associate Director, Data Services at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

CSORN Investigators
MD, MD-PhD
Project Consultants

Investigators from across Canada

References

Hicks KE, Zhao Y, Fallah N, et al. A simplified clinical prediction rule for prognosticating independent walking after spinal cord injury: a prospective study from a Canadian multicenter spinal cord injury registry. Spine J. 2017;17(10):1383-1392. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2017.05.031

Questions?

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