Researcher

Title

• Full Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
• Researcher, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre
• Chairholder, NSERC/Medtronic Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics.
• Executive and Scientific Director, TransMedTech Institute
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
• Associate Director - Infrastructures, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center
• Co-director, Biomedical Science and Technology Research Group

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 1995. (Thesis: Role of the rib cage in the treatment of scoliosis).
• Bachelor's of Engineering-Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 1991.

• Biomechanics;
• Biomedical engineering;
• Scoliosis, spine;
• CAD/CAM, computer assisted surgery;
• Finite element modeling;
• Medical tools;
• Orthosis/prosthesis.

Awards and Distinctions

• Director, Board of the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (2012 - ...)
• Young Investigator Award for Excellence, Fondation des étoiles, 2010
• President, International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, 2010-2012
• Honorary Professor, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 2004-2007
• President, Québec Scoliosis Society, 2006
• Pierre-H. Labelle Prize, Best Presentation – Clinical Research, Québec Scoliosis Society, 2004