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Dr. Carrie Kollias
Surgeon | Speaker | Author
Meet Dr. Carrie Kollias, Co-Director of Mentorship & Wellness - UBC Orthopedics, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver), an award-winning children's author, and sought-after speaker.
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Carrie has a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from Imperial College London Business School, and is board certified in Orthopedic Surgery in both Canada and Australia. She is a surgeon scientist, educator, physician health researcher, and has a strong track record in transforming workplace cultures.
Meet Me
Dr. Carrie Kollias MD FRCSC FRACS MBA
Dr. Carrie Kollias Co-Director of Mentorship & Wellness for University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Orthopedics, Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedics (UBC) and Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. She previously served as Deputy Director of Orthopedics and Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. Carrie is an award-winning children’s author (Maria's Marvelous Bones). She is a speaker and surgeon health researcher with experience leading national studies investigating wellness in Orthopedic Surgery trainees and surgeons in both Canada and Australia. Carrie has a track record in leading the transformation of workplace cultures and improving physician wellness. She presents frequently on these topics as an invited speaker. Carrie has completed a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from Imperial College London, which informs her approach to growing healthy workplace culture and leading innovation within the healthcare sector.​
Maria’s Marvelous Bones
Written by Dr. Carrie Kollias, an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in the treatment of children, Maria’s Marvelous Bones educates young readers about bones as well as about the diverse members of the healthcare team who work together to help heal bones.
“After an accident, a girl finds support, comfort, and care from kind medical staff in Kollias’ debut picture book.
Maria and her brother are jumping on the couch when she falls and breaks her arm. At the hospital, she encounters caring doctors and nurses who provide her with explanations to help her feel safe. For example, a nurse uses a blood pressure cuff to see “how well Maria’s HEART was working to pump blood around her body.” Maria also receives an IV and x-rays, and she receives medicine that puts her to sleep so that a doctor can make her arm straight. The author, an orthopedic surgeon, depicts medical processes using child-friendly language (“an x-ray is a picture of bones…taken with a special camera that can see through skin”). Overall, the story takes readers on a realistic journey, which concludes when Maria gets her cast removed. It also introduces educational elements, including anatomical terms: “Dr. Anna said Maria’s body was making ‘CALLUS’…a big ball of bone glue. The glue had calcium in it, to make…broken bones heal.” Guile’s (Bear Picks a Pumpkin, 2018, etc.) top-notch illustrations are charming and colorful, with diverse characters. They emphasize friendly faces, which will be particularly encouraging to young patients in similar circumstances”
"A wonderful resource to help prepare children for medical intervention after an injury."
Carrie was the first surgeon in Canada to perform a leg lengthening using the ‘Precice’ lengthening nail (remote controlled) in 2014.
Winner of the international 2019 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards ompetition for kids books: 1st place in STEM, 1st place in Health.
Dr. Carrie Kollias is a Canadian orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the care of children. She has a very helpful husband and two young kids who listen to a lot of stories about bones.
Media
The procedure was led by Dr. Carrie Kollias. She learned about the surgery while working in Australia and was eager to see the difference the high tech device could make for the young champion.
“I’m just really proud of our team of nursing staff who was really excited, even anesthesia, the other surgeons, the physiotherapists. It’s been a really good team effort and I think everyone is really proud of Royce for having such a nice result and we all had great steaks personally in it.”
Dr. Kollias says McLean would have suffered degenerative back pain and developed a sever limp for the rest of his life if he didn’t undergo the surgery, but thanks to the state-of-the-art medical device, he will be fully functional
News
Limb deformity reconstruction
Patients suffering from severe skeletal problems may have new hope at Chinook Regional Hospital.
The hospital announced a new surgical technique to help suffering patients walk without pain.
Leg lengthening surgery first of its kind in Canada
LETHBRIDGE – 20-year-old Royce McLean thought he would always have to wear a lift on his right shoe. When he was 14-years-old, a motorcycle accident left Royce with a severe injury to his right leg.