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Neil Saran

Neil Saran, MD, FRCSC

Specialties
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
Languages Spoken:
  • English
  • French
  • Punjabi

Neil Saran, M.D., FRCS(c), completed his undergraduate medical education at the University of British Columbia after which he went to McGill University for his orthopedic surgery residency training. Following this, he completed two fellowships. His first was in pediatric orthopedics and scoliosis surgery at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas and his second was in pediatric orthopedic surgery (spine focus) at the University of British Columbia. He also completed a Masters of Health Sciences (Clinical Epidemiology) at the University of British Columbia.

His clinical practice is focused on two areas in pediatric orthopedic surgery: spine and adolescent hip. He has a busy spine practice that covers the full spectrum of pediatric spinal disorders. He has a strong interest in growth modulation of the spine by anterior vertebral body tethering for the treatment of scoliosis in growing patients.

His adolescent hip clinic at Shriners Children's is a combined clinic with Dr. Thierry Pauyo who is also a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, trained in hip arthroscopic techniques. Together, through various techniques including the Ganz osteotomy, Chiari osteotomy, femoral osteotomies, hip arthroscopy and surgical hip dislocation they, they team up to find the best solutions to treat residual deformities in healed slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Perthes, as well as all forms of acetabular dysplasia to help adolescents with hip pain and to delay the onset of painful osteoarthritis associated with these conditions. Dr. Saran also has a young adult hip clinic that he runs at the Montreal General Hospital with an adult orthopedic surgery colleague which allows them to treat young adults with these disorders and also enables him to provide a continuum of care for patients he has followed at the Shriners Children's.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

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Board Certifications
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General
Education and Training

Medical Education
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada
6/30/2003

Residency
McGill University
Montréal, QC
Canada
6/30/2008

Fellowship
Scottish Rite for Children
Dallas, TX
United States of America
7/31/2009

Fellowship
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada
7/31/2010

Academic Positions and Locations

McGill University
Assistant Professor

Academic Lectures and Presentations
  • Presentation: Ste Justine Pediatric Orthopaedic Review Course - Neuromuscular Scoliosis- Who and When to Treat? (03/2021)
  • Lecture: Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds, McGill - Spinal Growth Modulation
  • Presentation: Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting - Avoiding Disaster in SCFE: Is it Possible? Technique Tips for Fixation, In Situ Pinning vs. Open Reduction: When, How, Who? (06/2017)

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