Through the Enhanced Skills Residency Program (ESP), UBC provides a number of residency positions for family physicians in BC for the purpose of developing specific advanced skills. These positions represent a commitment on the part of the Department of Family Practice, and the Faculty of Medicine, to respond to community needs in an effective way.
The Sport and Exercise Medicine Residency is a year-long program that is administered by UBC ESP. Please refer to the Enhanced Skills site for program contacts and application details. Visit the CASEM website here for a list of Enhanced Skills Sports Medicine Residency programs in Canada.
Contact
Dr. Michael Orenstein, Program Director
michael.orenstein@ubc.ca
Barbara Harris, Senior Program Assistant – Enhanced Skills
barbara.harris@ubc.ca
From the Enhanced Skills Program website:
UBC SEM residents in this program will be competent in the following areas:
- Assessment and treatment of MSK and sport-related medical problems
- Sideline assessment and return-to -play decisions
- Role and responsibilities of team physician
- SEM procedures including injections, joint reductions and bracing
- Education of patients, learners and the community
- Team collaboration
- Participation in research and clinical studies
- Practice of family medicine
The program combines several longitudinal clinics with core rotations throughout the year.
Click here to see a list of our past residents
| Rob Lloyd-Smith | 1982 | Allan McGavin Sport Medicine, University of British Columbia |
| Jim MacIntyre | 1983 | Advanced orthopaedics & Sport Medicine, Murray, UT |
| Gordon Matheson | 1984 | Director, Sport Medicine Division, Stanford University, CA (Retired) |
| Sue Hopkins | 1985 | Department of Physiology, University of California at San Diego |
| Dan Joyce | 1986 | Private Practice, Washington State |
| Preston Wiley | 1987 | Co-Director, University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre |
| Constance Lebrun | 1987 | Director, Glen Sather Sport Medicine Centre, University of Alberta |
| Willem Meeuwisse | 1988 | Medical Director, University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre |
| Mary Gisslow | 1989 | Student Health Services, University of British Columbia |
| Neil Craton | 1990 | Director, University of Manitoba Musculoskeletal Fellowship and the Hargraves Sport Medicine Clinic |
| Navin Prasad | 1991 | Allan McGavin Sport Medicine, University of British Columbia |
| Karen Legg | 1992 | Family Practice & Student Health Services, University of British Columbia |
| Carl Shearer | 1993 | New West Sport Medicine Clinic, New Westminster BC |
| Andrew Stager | 1994 | Emergency Medicine, Lion’s Gate Hospital, North Vancouver BC |
| Mark Roberts | 1995 | Medical Director, Clinical Teaching Unit VGH, Medical Manager, Acute Medical Unit VGH, Allan McGavin Sport Medicine |
| Jennifer Robinson | 1996 | Family Practice, Vancouver BC |
| Garth Hunte | 1997 | Emergency Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver BC |
| Karim Khan | 1998 | Department of Family Practice (Bone Health), University of British Columbia |
| Nick Carter | 1999 | Physical Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, England |
| Chris Johnston | 2000 | Sport Medicine, Halifax, NS |
| Michael Koehle | 2001 | School of Human Kinetics, Allan McGavin Sport Medicine, University of British Columbia |
| Jill Osborn | 2002 | Dept. Anaesthesiology, St. Paul’s Hospital & Division of Acute and Chronic Pain |
| Fern von der Porten | 2005 | Whistler Medical Clinic |
| Sara Forsyth | 2006 | Sport Medicine, WorkSafeBC |
| Nick Rose | 2008 | Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital |
| Tom Green | 2009 | Emergency Medicine, Royal Columbia Hospital |
| Kara Solmundson | 2009 | Copeman Clinic, Vancouver BC |
| Shiroy Dadachanji | 2010 | MSP, Victoria BC |
| Justin Ting | 2011 | Family Practice & Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Clinic |
| Rose Martel | 2012 | WorkSafeBC |
| Meghan Grant | 2012 | Team Canada cycling |
| Rebecca Skillen | 2013 | Fortius Sport & Health, Burnaby BC |
| Rob Drapala | 2015 | Student Health Services & Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Clinic, University of British Columbia |
| Laura Chng | 2015 | Emergency Medicine, Royal Columbia Hospital & Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Clinic |
| Prema Gopie | 2016 | Pivot Sports Medicine, Toronto |
| Jim O’Donovan | 2017 | Sport Surgery Clinic, Dublin, Ireland |
| Alyssa Cantarutti | 2017 | Private Practice |
| Michael Orenstein | 2018 | Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic, University of British Columbia |
| Kaila Holtz | 2018 | Triumph Health |