About Us

The Orthopaedics Program at the London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, provides clinical services to residents in the region of the South West Local Health Integration Network (SWLHIN). With our partners, Orthopaedics offers specialized joint replacement care, education, surgical management and participation in related research. In 2006-2007, over 62,000 hip and knee joint replacement surgeries were performed across Canada (1), with approximately 1,300 carried out at University Hospital.

An integral part of Surgical Care, Orthopaedics has strong relationships with The Arthritis Society, Community Care Access Centre, Orthopaedic Physiotherapy at UH , Fowler-Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic and the University of Western Ontario.

For more information on Joint Replacement Surgery, please use the menu on the left and click on Patients, Families & Visitors.

(1) Hip and Knee Replacements in Canada - Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) 2008- 2009 Annual Report

Note:  Quebec data not included

Media Release

June 16, 2009 - The new state-of-the-art Rorabeck Bourne Joint

Replacement Clinic is now open at London Health Science’s University Hospital as part of the second milestone of the major hospital restructuring at London Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London with the support of orthopaedic surgeons Dr. Robert Bourne and Dr. Cecil Rorabeck.