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Division Description
Clinical Programs and their Locations
Education
Research
Faculty
Dr. Christine Short
Acting Division Head
Dr. Short is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She did her
training at Dalhousie University and has been a full time staff member since
September 1999. Her sub-specialty interest area is the management of persons
with spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis. Her research activities involve
spinal cord injury and MS management in the areas of spasticity, neuropathic pain
and sexual function. She also has an interest in demographic changes in the spinal
cord injury population in Nova Scotia and is actively pursuing research in this
area. She is the Residency Training Director for Dalhousie Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, a member of the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
and the QEII Research Committee.
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Dr. Ed Hanada
Dr. Hanada graduated from medical school at the University of British Columbia, and
is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. His specialty training in
Spine, Sports and General Msculoskeletal Rehabilitation was carried out at The
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Northwestern University. He has special
interest in the functional rehabilitation of persons with spine or sports related
injuries, with research interests in the area of maintaining the functional independence
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Dr. Brenda Joyce
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Dr. R. Lee Kirby
Dr. R. Lee Kirby is a Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with cross-appointments in Kinesiology and Biomedical Engineering. His clinical work and laboratory are in the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre Site of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. His primary research interests relate to the safety and performance of wheelchairs. He heads a team that developed the Wheelchair Skills Program (www.wheelchairskillsprogram.ca), a low-tech, high-impact training program. He has held research grants from a number of national and international funding bodies and has published a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals.
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Dr. George Majaess
Dr. George Majaess graduated from Dalhousie University with
an MD degree in 1987. Following the completion of a rotating
internship and a residency training program in Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation at Dalhousie University, he did a fellowship
in Trauma Rehabilitation with the University of Washington
in Seattle. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada, and a member of the Canadian Society
of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN).
Dr. Majaess has been in practice in Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation since 1993. His main areas of
interest are in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and in electrodiagnosis
of peripheral nerves.
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Dr. Sonja McVeigh
Dr. Sonja McVeigh joined the division in 2006 after completing her residency at the University of Toronto. Previously, she completed her undergraduate degree at Acadia University and medical degree at McMaster University. As an Assistant Professor with the division, she has interests in both spinal cord injury rehabilitation medicine and sport medicine. She is the sport consultant at Acadia University for varsity teams, and is active in sport event medical coverage throughout the province, including being appointed Chief Medical Officer for the IIHF Men's World Hockey Championships in 2008. She also is the Undergraduate Medical Coordinator for the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program at Dalhousie.
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Department of Medicine Members & Staff
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