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Dr. Christian Veillette joined the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital as a Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon in 2007. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.

He returned from the United States after completion of a Shoulder and Elbow Arthroscopy and Reconstruction Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He previously completed an Upper Extremity Trauma and Reconstruction Fellowship at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario with Dr. Michael McKee.

His primary clinical interest is shoulder and elbow reconstructive surgery, especially the use of elbow arthroscopy for osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis, fractures, post-traumatic contractures and tennis elbow.

Dr. Veillette is originally from Calgary, Alberta where he completed his undergraduate medical training. He completed his orthopaedic residency training at the University of Toronto including a Masters of Science as part of the Surgeon Scientist Program.

Dr. Veillette has won many academic and research honors and awards. He has recently been appointed the Deputy Editor, Information and Communication Technology for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and is working with the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeon to develop a collaborative orthopaedic knowledgebase using wiki technologies called Orthopaedia (www.orthopaedia.com). In addition, he is a Director of the Internet Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (ISOST), Lead Developer for Orthogate (www.orthogate.org), and Associate Editor and Director of Technology for Orthopaedic Web Links (www.orthopaedicweblinks.com).

• Informatics
• Shoulder and Elbow
• Sports Medicine

Staff Surgeon - Toronto Western Hospital
Staff Surgeon - Women's College Hospital
Consultant - Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritis Centre

MD
University of Calgary, Medicine, 1995 - 1998

MSc
University of Toronto, Role of vascular peptides in osteoblast differentiation, 2000 - 2002

FRCSC
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2005

Fellowship
University of Toronto, Upper Extremity and Trauma Reconstruction, 2005 - 2006

Fellowship
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Shoulder and Elbow Reconstructive Surgery, 2006 - 2007

My research in the field of orthopaedic informatics focuses on the development of novel uses of information technology and computer science to improve care, research and education. My interests include the Electronic Health Record (EHR), biomedical knowledge representation, Internet applications in healthcare, consumer informatics and the use of information technology to support outcome and translational research.