Dr. Brian Day @DrBrianDay Twitter

  • Past President Canadian Medical Association
  • Past President Arthroscopy Association of North America
  • Honourary Associate Professor University of British Columbia
  • 2014 Doctors of BC Don Rix Leadership Award

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  1. University of Manchester, MB, Ch.B. 1970; MRCP (UK) 1972; FRCS (Eng) 1974
  2. MSc UBC, 1975; FRCS (C) 1977 Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. American Board Certification, 1981
  4. Commenced practice in current district, 1978

Currently:

  1. Member of the BC Medical Journal Editorial Board, 2002 - Present
  2. Consultant Staff, Vancouver Hospital; Medical Director Cambie Surgery Centre
  3. Hon Associate Professor, UBC (first faculty appointment 1974)
  4. Author of over 200 articles and scientific papers

Previously:

  1. President, Canadian Medical Association, 2007 - 2008
  2. CMA Executive Committee, 2006 – 2008, and BCMA Board of Directors, 2006 - 2009
  3. President, Arthroscopy Association of North America, 2004, Chair, Research Committee
  4. Vice President, Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation,1989 – 1993
  5. Chairman, Royal College Surgeons Test Committee, Orthopaedics,1989 – 1994
  6. Specialty Committee Member, RCS Canada, 1989-1994
  7. Associate Editor, Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery, 1993 – 2001
  8. North American Delegate Scientific Committee, European Congress on Sports Medicine, 2004
  9. Board Member, Canadian Orthopaedic Association, Executive, Can Ortho Res Soc. 1987 – 1988
  10. Associate Professor, UBC, and member of multiple Faculty of Medicine Committees

Distinctions and Awards:

  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, Edouard Samson Research Award; Detweiler Fellow RCS (C), 1978
  2. Honorary Member, Cuban Orthopaedic Association
  3. Multiple visiting professorships and guest lectureships; Globe and Mail Power 50 in sport
  4. 2014 Doctors of BC, Don Rix Leadership Award; Osler Lecturer, 2001
  5. Visiting professor and speaker, McGill, Yale, Cambridge, Columbia, Sydney, Manitoba, Manila, etc.

Memberships:

  1. Doctors of BC
  2. Canadian Orthopaedic Association
  3. RCS England and RCS Canada
  4. Canadian Medical Association
  5. Arthroscopy Association of North America
  6. Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Other Interests:

Sports; writing; orthopaedic consultant and team physician to many international and national sports teams and events; family - married to family physician and father of 6 children.