Following dual training in both general surgery and orthopaedics, and after completing his PhD in bone repair with the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Dr. John Street joined the Spine program in Vancouver in 2006.
His clinical practice focuses on the surgical management of complex adult spinal deformity. He is Director of the Integrated Ambulatory Spine Program at VGH, Fellowship co-director and Head of Quality for the VGH/UBC spine program and the current President of the Canadian Spine Society, 2025-2027. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at UBC.
Dr. Street has an international reputation as a knowledge leader in the study of quality-of-life outcomes, quality improvement initiatives and complications prevention in spine surgery. Dr. Street has authorized over 180 peer-reviewed scientific publications and serves as a peer reviewer for numerous academic publications related to spine and bone biology. He is the recipient of 34 national and international awards for excellence in the field of orthopaedics and spinal surgery research with an emphasis on outcome measurement of spine-related disability and the biomechanics of spine trauma.
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