The COA's 2007 NATF Fellow
Dr. George S. Athwal

Dr. George S. Athwal of London, ON has been selected as the COA's 2007 North American Travelling Fellow (NATF). Dr. Athwal obtained his M.D. at the University of British Columbia and went on to complete his residency at Queens University. He pursued subspecialty training in upper extremity at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

Dr. Athwal is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Western Ontario with a clinical interest in shoulder and elbow reconstruction and upper extremity trauma.

He will represent the COA over the course of a four-week tour beginning in September visiting orthopaedic centres in both Canada and the U.S.