Guest Lecturers
Prof. Martin completed his orthopaedic training under Prof. Christian Gerber and subsequently Prof. Reinhold Ganz. He then pursued a Fellowship in reconstructive surgery of the lower limb in Paris under Prof. A-C. Masquelet, followed by a Fellowship in Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich under Prof. Trentz, and a Hip Fellowship at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, under Prof. Donald W. Howie. From 1997 to 2004, he served as a staff surgeon at the Inselspital University Hospital Berne under Prof. Reinhold Ganz, specialising in joint-preserving surgery of the hip. Between 2004 and 2008, he was co-leader of the Hip Team at the Inselspital. After 12 years as Head of Orthopaedics at the Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland (2008–2020), he transitioned to private practice. He is a hip specialist covering the full spectrum of hip surgery — from joint-preserving procedures to revision hip arthroplasty — with a particular interest in the joint-preserving treatment of early-onset osteoarthritis in young adults, including cases of dysplasia and femoroacetabular impingement. His surgical expertise encompasses pelvic osteotomies as well as both open and arthroscopic impingement surgery.
Dr. Bopha Chrea is an orthopedic surgeon and Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at University of Iowa Health Care, specializing in complex foot and ankle surgery. Her clinical expertise includes acute trauma, post-traumatic deformity and arthritis, sports-related injuries, forefoot pathology, complex hindfoot reconstruction, and revision surgery.
Dr. Chrea’s research focuses on post-traumatic ankle arthritis and Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)-associated foot pathology, with particular interest in improving outcomes for patients with complex neuromuscular and reconstructive conditions. She currently serves as the CMTA-INC Inherited Neuropathies Training Fellow.
She earned her medical degree from Trinity College Dublin, completed her orthopedic surgery residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center, and completed fellowship training in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery.
Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Chrea is an active member of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, Orthopaedic Research Society, and American Orthopaedic Association.
Dr. Cinats completed his residency at the University of Calgary, followed by a fellowship at the Royal Columbian Hospital in trauma and a fellowship in hand, wrist, and microsurgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He started his practice in the United States, founding the Limb Reconstruction Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Cinats relocated to Vancouver in 2023, taking a job at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of British Columbia and his practice is focused on Trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, and upper extremity surgery.