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The COA’s 2016 CFBS Fellows Drs. Danny Goel & Andrea Veljkovic
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rs. Andrea Veljkovic and Danny Goel have been selected as the COA’s 2016 Canada-French-BelgianSwiss (CFBS) travelling fellows. Dr. Andrea Veljkovic is a foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeon recently appointed to the University of British Columbia. She is interested in alignment restoration, complex foot and ankle deformities, arthroplasty, and advanced arthroscopic reconstruction. After orthopaedic residency training in Halifax and Edmonton, she completed a Dr. Andrea Veljkovic, 2016 CFBS sports medicine fellowship at Fellow UBC, followed by training in foot and ankle and lower extremity reconstruction at the University of Iowa. During her second fellowship at the University of Iowa, she developed her skills for minimally-invasive foot and ankle surgery as it pertains to foot and ankle reconstruction and joint preservation. After completing her fellowship training, Dr. Veljkovic had a community orthopaedic practice in Nova Scotia before moving to the University Health Network at the University of Toronto, where she obtained a perfect teaching effectiveness score. Her research interests are in minimally-invasive reconstructive techniques, foot and ankle alignment, and joint preservation. She just completed her Masters of Public Health at Harvard University, and currently serves as the Research Director of both the Canadian Foot and Ankle Society and University of British Columbia’s residency program. Outside of orthopaedics, Dr. Veljkovic enjoys rock climbing, skiing, scuba diving, and photography. Dr. Andrea Veljkovic was also recently awarded the Austrian-Swiss-German (ASG) fellowship by the COA. She completed her ASG tour in April and will include a summary of her experience in an upcoming edition of the COA Bulletin.
COA Bulletin ACO - Summer / Été 2016
Dr. Danny Goel is a shoulder surgeon at Burnaby Hospital in Burnaby, BC. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. His clinical practice includes arthroscopic and open shoulder reconstruction with an interest in tendon transfers for patients with brachial plexus injuries. Dr. Goel earned his MD and MSc degree from the University of Manitoba. He then pursued his orthopaedic surgery training at the University of Calgary. Dr. Danny Goel, 2016 CFBS Fellow
Following residency, Dr. Goel pursued two shoulder fellowships at Western and Harvard University. He has also had exposure to complex shoulder tendon transfers at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. His research interests are diverse and include studies of perception as they relate to shoulder arthroscopy, health economics and surgeon-driven shoulder ultrasound. Dr. Goel’s personal interests include golfing, hiking, snowboarding and spending time with his family. Both surgeons will tour centres in France, Belgium and Switzerland for four weeks beginning in October of this year and will attend the SOFCOT meeting in Paris. We wish them both safe travels and a most enjoyable tour! We would also like to thank our affiliates at the Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique (SOFCOT), Société Royale Belge de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SORBCOT) and the Centre hôspitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) for hosting our Canadian fellows and supporting this exchange. Stay tuned for a summary of Drs. Veljkovic and Goel’s experience in an upcoming edition of the COA Bulletin.