Bone Abstracts

Biographical Details

Dr Marie Gdalevitch completed both her medical and orthopedic surgery degrees at McGill University. Following her residency, Dr M Gdalevitch pursued her first fellowship in limb lengthening and deformity correction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr M Gdalevitch then embarked on her second fellowship in pediatric orthopedics and basic science research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. She is currently an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Orthopedics at McGill University and works at the Shriners Hospital in Montreal as well as the Montreal General Hospital. Her clinical interests include: limb lengthening and deformity correction, osteogenesis imperfecta, hip reconstruction, and pediatric orthopedics. Dr M Gdalevitch is currently pursuing a PhD in bone regeneration research involving murine models of distraction osteogenesis well as disuse osteopenia models.