Orthopaedic surgeons

Kishore Mulpuri
MBBS, MS (Ortho), MHSc (Epi)
Executive Assistant: Jennifer Farr
Office: 604 875 2054

Lise Leveille
MD, FRCSC
Executive Assistant: Melissa Hart
Office: 604 875 2627

Christine M. Alvarez
MD, FRCSC
Executive Assistant: Marilynn Timbrell
Office: 604 875 2178

Jeffrey Pike
MD, MPH, FRCSC
Executive Assistant: Vera Menzies
Office: 604 632 0008

Therapists

Stacey Miller, BSc (PT, Chem) MRSc
Coordinator, Child Health BC Hip Surveillance Program for Children with Cerebral Palsy
604 875 2345 ext 4099
smiller4@cw.bc.ca or hips@cw.bc.ca

Maria Juricic, BScPT, MRSc
Physiotherapist
604 875 2345 ext 7274
mjuricic@cw.bc.ca

Megan Baxter, MScPT
Physiotherapist
604 875 2345 ext 7267
megan.baxter@cw.bc.ca

Daphne O’Young, BSc (OT)
Occupational Therapist
604-875-2345 ext 5443
doyoung@cw.bc.ca

Nurse clinician

Sarah Pescitelli, RN
Orthopaedic Nurse Clinician
604 875 2345 ext 4942
spescitelli@cw.bc.ca

Orthopedic technologists

Fidel Brooks

Ricardo Botia

Orthopaedic surgeons

• Accept new patients with the diagnosis of CP or CP-like conditions
• Confirm diagnosis of CP through history taking, physical examination and conducting and reviewing specific investigations
• Together with other members of the team, produce a comprehensive treatment plan which may include
• Continued observation
• Recommendations for bracing (orthotics)
• Recommendations for interventions such as botulinum toxin injections, serial casting, or surgical intervention involving the bones and muscles
• Surgery for bones and muscles
• Post operative follow-up in conjunction with the OT, PT and RN in the clinic.
• Participate in hip surveillance
• Refer to the Shriners Gait Lab at Sunny Hill Health Care Centre where a detailed 3D testing of how a child walks will be done.
• Refer to other specialists when necessary
• Research

Physiotherapists

• Orthopaedic assessments during clinic visits
• Collaboration with Orthopaedic surgeons on treatment recommendations
• Coordinate post-operative care, equipment, and therapy
• In-patient care and mobility post surgery
• Liaise with community team
• Act as a resource to patients, families, and community therapists
• Advocacy
• Research

Occupational therapist

• Orthopaedic upper extremity ROM assessment/review during clinic visits
• Upper extremity functional assessment pre- and post- surgical or Botox intervention (completed in the OT department)
• Creation of a home exercise program including stretches and strengthening exercises for the upper extremity
• Upper and lower extremity splinting (signed doctor’s referral required)
• Liaise with community team
• Coordinate post-operative care, equipment, and therapy
• Act as a resource to patients, families, and community therapists
• Advocacy
• Research

Nurse clinician

• Utilize clinical nursing skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
• Collaborate with orthopedic surgeons & interdisciplinary team
• Assist in the coordination of resources required for orthopedic patients pre-operatively, intra-operatively and post operatively
• Provide education and information for families & health professionals as required in the outpatient and inpatient clinical areas
• Liaison with various in-hospitals services, community resources such as the Ministry for Children & Family Development, and other hospitals
• Assist families with accessing in-hospital and community resources
• Provide support & advocacy
  
• Research