Dr. Charest-Morin completed her medical degree and post-graduate training in orthopaedic surgery at Laval University in Québec City. After completing her spine surgery fellowship with us, she returned to practice in Quebec, rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after orthopaedic spine surgeons for complex cases and spinal oncology. Following several years of successful practice in her home province, Dr. Charest-Morin returned to the Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute in 2018 with a reputation for surgical excellence and outstanding patient care.
Dr. Charest-Morin’s current research focuses on adult spine surgery with a sub-specialty interest in spinal oncology, frailty and adverse events research. As an associate member of the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor group, she has led multiple spine oncologic studies leading to numerous well received publications, particularly focused on clinical outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for primary and metastatic tumors of the spine. She has been leading the effort to study the impact on patient frailty on clinical outcomes, publishing extensively on this topic and is currently co-chair of the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor frailty working group. Locally, she initiated and developed the Vancouver Spinal Oncology Biobank, collecting tissue from both primary and metastatic neoplasms. The value of collecting and analyzing these tumors cannot be overemphasized in the current era of targeted therapies. Several granting agencies have supported this research. Dr. Charest-Morin is the Director of Research for the Vancouver Spine Research Program,
Dr. Charest-Morin’s reputation for clinical excellence has made her a popular presenter at international spine conferences. In addition, she is the current program chair of Canadian Spine Society and the local principal investigator for the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) . She is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia.
As a fellowship trained spine surgeon, Dr. Charest-Morin’s practice is adult spine surgery with special clinical interests in oncology, degenerative cervical and lumbar pathology and trauma.
For more information regarding Dr. Charest-Morin ’s published research, please click here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=raphaele+charest+morin&sort=date