About the Author

Dr. James Waddell was born in Alberta and graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1967. He did his postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Toronto and assumed a staff position at St. Michael's Hospital in 1973.

He has occupied a number of positions at St. Michael's Hospital including Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director of the Trauma Program; he has just completed 10 years as the Professor & Chairman, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Toronto in June of 2006. He has also occupied a number of positions in the Canadian Orthopaedic Association including President. He is currently the Co-Editor of the Canadian Journal of Surgery a position he has held for the past 10 years.

He is currently the Head of the Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritis Centre and the Medical Lead of the Bone and Joint Health Program within the Central Toronto LHIN. He was recently appointed Chair of the Expert Panel for Orthopaedic Surgery for the Province of Ontario.

He remains the Coordinator for the National Action Network for the Bone & Joint Decade in Canada, a position he has occupied since 2000. He also is the Co-Chair of the National Hip and Knee Knowledge Translation Network.