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Christian Veillette
Dr. Christian Veillette recently joined the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital as a Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon.
He returned from the United States after completion of a Shoulder and Elbow Arthroscopy and Reconstruction Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He previously completed an Upper Extremity Trauma and Reconstruction Fellowship at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario with Dr. Michael McKee.
His primary clinical interest is shoulder and elbow reconstructive surgery, especially the use of elbow arthroscopy for osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis, fractures, post-traumatic contractures and tennis elbow.
Dr. Veillette is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he completed his undergraduate medical training. He completed his orthopaedic residency training at the University of Toronto including a Masters of Science as part of the Surgeon Scientist Program.
Dr. Veillette has won many academic and research honors and awards. He has recently been appointed the Deputy Editor, Information and Communication Technology for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and is working with the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeon to develop a collaborative orthopaedic knowledgebase using wiki technologies called Orthopaedia (www.orthopaedia.info). In addition, he is a Director of the Internet Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (ISOST), Lead Developer for Orthogate (www.orthogate.org), and Associate Editor and Director of Technology for Orthopaedic Web Links (www.orthopaedicweblinks.com).
