Dr. Paul Bishop has the combined qualifications of a chiropractor (DC), a medical doctor (MD) and a research scientist (PhD). He is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of British Columbia. He has completed the North American Spine Society training program to administer image-guided therapeutic and diagnostic spine injections, and is the past Director of the Chronic Back Pain Clinic and the Acute Disc Clinic.
Dr. Bishop is a member of the editorial boards of four spine-related journals and is the past Deputy Editor of The Spine Journal (of the North American Spine Society) and Head of Medical Intervention and Rehabilitation. He is a Principal Investigator at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in spine and spinal cord-related basic science and clinical research funded by the National Institutes of Health (USA). He is an invited member of the Canadian Spine Society, the North American Spine Society and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has presented in excess of 50 papers to the memberships of these societies. He is also a consultant to the World Spine Care Foundation.
Dr. Paul Bishop has published peer-reviewed papers in international clinical and scientific literature, including The Spine Journal 2010 Outstanding Paper Award in Medical and Rehabilitative spine care and around the world in places such as Australia, Korea, India and South Africa.
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