Justin ChangMD
Justin Chang was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and was an avid rugby player. He completed his medical school in London, United Kingdom prior to moving to Toronto to commence residency. He represented the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery as Chief Resident in the 2017-2018 academic year. Following residency, he completed a lower extremity arthroplasty and sports medicine fellowship under the supervision of Professor Fares Haddad in London, UK. He has since returned to Toronto to for the University of Toronto Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (UTOSM) fellowship. His clinical areas of interest include knee and shoulder arthroscopy, joint preservation, and lower extremity joint reconstruction. His primary research interests include large database observational studies, virtual healthcare strategies, and the use of technology in orthopaedic surgery.
Falko DahmMD
Falko grew up in Bonn, Germany. He graduated from the Medical University of Vienna and completed his residency at the shared residency program of the Trauma Center Vienna and the Orthopedic Hospital Speising, Vienna. Having gone through a couple of sports injuries himself, Falko is happy to be on the pain free side now. He is grateful for the opportunity to enhance his orthopedic sports medicine skills here in Toronto at the UTOSM Fellowship Program and is looking forward to implementing his newly learnt techniques in Vienna upon his return.
Samuel LarriveeMD
Samuel grew up in a small farm town in Quebec about 2.5 hours from Montreal. His passion for adventure sports and the desire to continue to work manually in a mentally challenging career lead to his interest in orthopaedic surgery. After a short stop in bio-informatics, he started medical school at the Université de Sherbrooke. He then completed a masters in Health Sciences Research at the same university prior to commencing his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. He has a research interest in medical education and new technologies as outcome measures after orthopedic surgery. Samuel has an interest in complex knee surgery and hip arthroscopy, and is thrilled to be part of the UTOSM team of fellows.
Kajeandra RavichandiranMD
Dr. Kajeandra (Kaj) Ravichandiran grew up and studied in Toronto. Both professionally and personally, Kaj has always had a keen interest in technology and is fascinated by the role that technology can play in improving patient-care delivery in both the operating room and clinic. This has driven his educational journey.
Kaj completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto in Cell and Molecular Biology. He combined his interest in computer science and medicine during his graduate studies as he earned a Masters of Science Degree through the Institute of Medical Science at University of Toronto – using computer programming and modelling to study muscle architecture and biomechanics. He then earned a Doctor of Medicine at University of Toronto followed by postgraduate training in Orthopedic Surgery at Western University. He came back to his home city of Toronto to complete his first fellowship in Lower Extremity Reconstruction and Joint Arthroplasty at Michael Garron Hospital and is now pursuing a Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto.
Given his varied experiences and his desire to give back to his community, he is planning to practice in a community hospital in Toronto where he aspires to use his training in joint preservation, reconstruction and trauma. Being bilingual in English and Tamil has allowed him to serve some underserviced patients in Toronto.
Mark CairnsMD
Mark was born in Toronto, and grew up near Lindsay, Ontario. He played hockey in the OHL, winning an OHL Championship with the Oshawa Generals. Mark then earned an undergraduate degree from Acadia University while playing varsity hockey for the Axemen. After graduating from Acadia he spent 3 seasons playing minor league hockey in the United States, finishing his career in South Carolina, where he met his wife Lindsay. Following his hockey career, he returned to school and obtained an MS in exercise science from the University of South Carolina. After working for a local orthopaedic surgeon for 2 years he returned to the University of South Carolina for medical school. He subsequently completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC.
Mark has returned to Toronto with Lindsay and their 3 children: Mason (9), Madison (7) and Liam (3). He is excited to be close to family and to share the Canadian experience with his family, especially Toronto sports. Outside of the hospital, he remains busy with his family, coaching and supporting his kid’s playing hockey, baseball and soccer. Upon completion of the UTOSM Fellowship, he hopes to find an academic position where he can combine research, clinical care and sports coverage into his practice.
