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Email: bibi.pang@sunnybrook.ca

Dr. Kreder, Professor, University of Toronto, in Orthopaedic Surgery and Health Policy Evaluation and Management has a subspecialty practice in Orthopaedic trauma surgery at Sunnybrook, with a focus on pelvic and acetabular trauma and adult hip and knee joint replacement.

Dr. Kreder's main research interests involve the measurement of function and other outcomes following traumatic musculoskeletal injuries, arthritic conditions and metastatic disease, as well as policy issues regarding access to care and the effect of provider experience and volume on patient outcome.

He is the first recipient of the Orthopaedic Clinical Epidemiology Chair and the inaugural recipient of the Marvin Tile Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the Departments of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedics, and Health Policy Evaluation & Management at the University of Toronto. He is an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

Dr. Kreder is a Professor HPME (Health Policy, Management and Evaluation), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto as well as a Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto. He works with the Core Faculty, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Toronto. He is a faculty member of AO Trauma.

Education:

• MD, 1985, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
• MPH, 1995, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Washington, USA
• FRCS(C), 1991, Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

• Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Holland Bone and Joint Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Professor, department of surgery - division of orthopaedic surgery, University of Toronto
• Professor, department of health policy, management and evaluation, University of Toronto
• Adjunct scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Research Focus:

• Clinical and health services research regarding musculoskeletal injuries and disorders

Research Summary:

Dr. Kreder’s main research interests involve the measurement of function and other outcomes following traumatic musculoskeletal injuries, arthritic conditions and metastatic disease, as well as policy issues regarding access to care and the effect of provider experience and volume on patient outcome. Research methodology includes randomized clinical trials and population data analysis.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

Related News and Stories:

• Discovering the drawbacks of double-booking hip surgeries: Overlapping procedures prove problematic (SRI Magazine, 2018)
• Putting Humpty back together: orthopaedic trauma surgeons repair badly broken bodies and are changing practice through their work (SRI Magazine, 2017)
• Gender Bias May Affect Care of People with Osteoarthritis, Study Finds (March 10, 2008)
• Reducing the burden: a day in the life of orthopaedic surgery at SRI (Research Report 2004–2006)

Related Links:

• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences profile
• Orthopaedic biomechanics laboratory