Second Annual Dan Stojimirovic Graduation Day Invited Speaker

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2022 Dan Stojimirovic Graduation Day

June 17th, 2022

19:00 - 22:00

Invited Speaker:

Dr. Laurie Hiemstra

Talk Title:

"Women in Orthopaedics – The Road to a Culture of Inclusion"
Dr. Laurie Hiemstra is a Fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon working in Banff, Canada. She holds an Associate Professor appointment at the University of Calgary. The clinical and research program in Banff is focused on knee ligament injury, prevention of secondary injury, rehabilitation and surgical outcomes with an emphasis on ACL injury and reconstruction and patellofemoral instability. Laurie is on the Board of Directors of the Patellofemoral Foundation, Banff Sport Medicine Foundation, Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA) and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). Laurie has published over 60 peer reviewed papers and is a national and international speaker.

Laurie obtained her Medical Degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, completed an orthopaedic residency at the University of Manitoba, and a Clinical Fellowship in Orthopedic Sport Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. She also attained a PhD in Neuromuscular Physiology. Laurie has worked as an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Banff Sport Medicine since 2005.

Laurie is an active member of many sport medicine organizations including the Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA), the Arthroscopy Association of Canada (AAC), International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), European Society for Sport Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM), and the International Patellofemoral Study Group.

Dr. Hiemstra has a keen interest in gender diversity and inclusion in orthopaedic surgery. She is the chair of the Gender Diversity and Inclusion Task Force for both the COA and for ISAKOS. She is a founding member of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA) and Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide (WOW)

Laurie is the 77th President of the COA and the first female president of that organisation.

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