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Sports Medicine Physicians
Dr. Constance (Connie) Lebrun, MD
Director, Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic
Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
Boris Boyko, MD, CCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Dr. Boyko joined the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic as a consultant in 1994. He is registered as a member of the Canadian College of Family Physicians, and the American Association of Family Physicians.
Dr. Boyko has served as a team physician with the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club, and is currently with the medical staff of the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club. His family practice is operated in partnership with another colleague in Central Edmonton.
Dr. John Clarke, MB, CCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Dr. Clarke completed his medical training in Ireland, later immigrating to Canada to practice family medicine in rural Alberta. In 1997, Dr. Clarke entered the Sport Medicine Fellowship Program at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic, joining the Clinic as a consultant in 1998.
Dr. Clarke is a member of the medical staff of the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club, as well as the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club. He frequently provides medical coverage at rink side for the University of Alberta Golden Bear Hockey Team. He is a partner in a Family Medicine practice in St. Albert.
Terry Defreitas, MD, CCFP (CASM)
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine
Dr. DeFreitas completed her medical training with honors in 1995. She is very active in the practice of sport medicine, having developed a keen interest in tae kwon do and other full contact martial arts throughout the years. She has served as the Team Physician for Tae Kwon Do Alberta since 1997, and the National Tae Kwon Do team since 2000. She was appointed as the Medical Director for the World Championships in Tae Kwon Do in 1999, and currently sits on the PanAm Tae Kwon Do Union Medical Committee.
Dr. DeFreitas is recognized for her knowledge of head injury in sport, establishing a policy for management of head injury in the sport of Tae Kwon Do.
Dr. DeFreitas practices family medicine at the Leduc Family Medicine Clinic. She has been a consultant at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic since 2003.
Shelby Karpman, MHA, MD, CCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Dr. Karpman completed his medical studies at McGill University, followed by a Masters Degree in Health Administration at the University of Ottawa. He entered the Sport Medicine Fellowship at the Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic in 1990, joining the Clinic as a consultant in 1991.
Dr. Karpman has served as the Medical Consultant for the Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, and the varsity athletic teams at NAIT, Grant MacEwan, and the University of Alberta. He is currently the team physician for the Spruce Grove Saints Hockey Club. He is the Chief Medical Advisor for the Edmonton Boxing and Wrestling Commission, and the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation. He has been a member of the Canadian Medical Team at the Maccabi Games on numerous occasions.
Dr. Karpman practices Family Medicine in downtown Edmonton.
Jeff Robinson, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Dr. Robinson is a graduate from the University of Calgary’s Medical School and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Alberta. He has a long history of involvement in sport serving as a team physician with the Edmonton Huskies Football Club, the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club, and Edmonton’s professional baseball teams. He has provided medical coverage at international sporting events including Universiade Games in Yugoslavia and 1987 and Spain in 1999, the Olympic Summer Games in 1992, and the PanAmerican Games in 1995. He has been serving as a consultant at the Glen Sather Clinic since its inception in 1988.
Dr. Robinson is a Past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine and the Sport Medicine Council of Alberta. He is currently the Chief of Staff of the Caritas Health Group in Edmonton.
Dr. Marni Wesner, MD, MA, CCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Dr. Wesner graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine in 1994, continuing residency training at the University of Saskatchewan in orthopaedic surgery and family medicine. Dr. Wesner completed Clinical and Research Sport Medicine Fellowships at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic in 1999 and 2000 respectively. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Sport Psychology.
Dr. Wesner’s clinical sport medicine practice at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic encompasses athletes of all ages, and all levels of sport. She is the Team Physician for the Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team, and coordinates the medical coverage for the Department of Athletics at the University of Alberta. Dr. Wesner has been a member of the National Medical Team providing coverage at international games including Universiade Games, PanAmerican Games and the Winter Olympics.
Dr. Janet Yoneda, MD, CCFP
Family Physician
Diploma in Sport Medicine (CASM)
Dr. Yoneda completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1971 and a Medical Degree in 1976 at the University of Alberta. She participated in the Fellowship Program at the Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic in 1993, joining its staff as a consultant upon completion of the program.
Dr. Yoneda has provided medical coverage to the University of Alberta’s varsity athletes for a number of years, serving as the team physician for the Panda Volleyball, Soccer and Field Hockey Teams. She has a special interest in injury as it occurs to musicians and dancers. She traveled internationally to the World Junior Field Hockey Championships in Seoul, Korea as the Team Physician with the Canada’s Junior National Women’s Field Hockey Team.
Orthopaedic Surgeons
Dr. Robert Balyk, MD, FRCS(C)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Balyk graduated with his Medical Degree from the University of Manitoba in 1983. Following completion of a Residency in Orthopaedics at the University of Alberta in 1991, he continued his studies by being awarded an Othopaedic Fellowship in Trauma in Austria, and a Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Virginia Mason Clinic in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Balyk joined the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic as a consultant in 1994, specializing in the management of shoulder pain and dysfunction. He is recognized as a leading clinical and academic authority in the surgical management of shoulder injury in sport and the workplace.
Dr. Frank Kortbeek, MD, FRCS(C)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Kortbeek graduated with a Medical Degree from the University of Alberta in 1984, completing a Residency in Orthopaedics in 1991. He completed the Sport Medicine Fellowship at the Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic, and a Fellowship in Spinal Surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
Dr. Kortbeek attends the Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic as a consultant specializing in the surgical management of knee and spinal injury as they occur in sport.
Dr. David Otto, MD, FRCS(C)
Division Director/Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Otto received his medical degree from the University of Alberta in 1988, subsequently completing a Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery. He undertook twelve months of fellowship training in knee surgery at the North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sport Medicine Centre in Australia, and six months more specializing in shoulder and ankle arthroscopic surgery.
Today, Dr. Otto’s clinical practice includes all aspects of knee surgery with a special interest in ligament reconstruction. He also performs arthroscopic surgery to the shoulder. His research interests include reconstructive techniques of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury and the proprioceptive reinnervation of ligament grafts.
Dr. Otto was born and raised in Edmonton, and attended Strathcona Composite High School. He is a member of the Golden Bear Hockey Alumni (1983-88), winning a National Championship in 1985-86, and a bronze medal for Canada at the World Universiade Games in Czechoslovakia in 1987. Dr. Otto received the University of Alberta President’s Award for Ice Hockey in 1988.
Dr. David C. Reid, MD, FRCS(C), MCh
Professor, Department of Surgery
Professor Reid is truly a man for all seasons. His early enthusiasm, intense training and athletic abilities allowed him to succeed in many sports particularly track and field, soccer and weight-lifting, up to and including national level competition. This abiding interest led him to select a career, which combined exercise, sport, rehabilitation, medicine and surgery.
Professor Reid graduated from the Prince of Wales Hospital - London, England in 1963, with a Diploma in Physiotherapy. Subsequently he obtained a Teacher's Diploma in Physiotherapy from the University of Toronto where he graduated with honours. He studied at the University of Alberta, gaining both a Baccalaureate Degree and a Doctor of Medicine with Distinction. Dr. Reid obtained a fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1979, as well as a Specialist Certificate in Orthopaedic Surgery, and was awarded the Lord Nuffield Scholarship in Orthopaedics to attend Oxford University. In 1980, a Master of Surgery Degree was obtained from the University of Liverpool. He has successfully sat the competency examination in sports medicine of the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine. As an officer in the armed forces, Dr. Reid was awarded his regiment's Subultan's Sword and the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal.
Currently Dr. Reid is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, an Adjunct Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, and an Honorary Professor of Physical Education. He has served as consultant in sports medicine for intervarsity teams at the University of Alberta and surgeon to several professional organizations: the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club, the Edmonton Eskimo's Football Club, and the Alberta Ballet Company. He has traveled with several national sports teams and was the Chief Medical Officer for the 1995 Universiade Games.
Dr. Reid's scholarly activities include the publication of over 100 scientific papers, numerous chapters in medical textbooks and several single-authored texts, including a definitive volume on sports medicine. Professor Reid has served as a visiting professor, and is in demand as a teacher in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. His research areas include functional outcomes of anterior cruciate surgery, surgical techniques for management of posterior cruciate ligament injury, rehabilitation of shoulder problems and the effect of modalities on the healing response of tissues.
Dr. Reid's clinical practice revolves around a special interest in knee surgery and rehabilitation but his most significant contributions and energy are directed towards teaching, particularly in the clinical setting.
Currently, with his wife and nurse, Kaye, and their five children, a new interest is emerging in thoroughbred horses. The possibility of applying established principles of exercise physiology and injury rehabilitation to the racehorse provides a challenge for the future.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists
Dhiren Naidu, MD, FRCP(C)
Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Dr Dhiren Naidu is an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. He received his medical degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1999 and completed his Royal College Specialty in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry) in 2004 at the University of Alberta. In 2005, Dr Naidu completed a one-year fellowship in Sports Medicine at the U of A and also trained to do x-ray guided joint injections and nerve blocks.
Dr Naidu's clinical practice includes sports amd musculoskeletal medicine with a special interest in treating athletes with disabilities, spinal and pelvic girdle dysfunction, rehabilitation and chronic sports-related injuries. His academic interests include undergraduate and resident teaching.
Dr Naidu is an International Classifier with the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA), a branch of the Paralympics. He has attended the 2003 Paralympic Pan American Games in Argentina and recently the 2005 World CP-ISRA Soccer Championships in New London, Connecticut. Dr Naidu is currently developing a Sport Disability Clinic at the University of Alberta in partnership with the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic, the Steadward Centre and the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr Naidu is currently a team physician with the University of Alberta athletic program and Edmonton's professional football and hockey teams.
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