David Backstein, MD

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Awards

2018 June Sinai Health System Distinguished Educator Award
2014 Wall of Fame, Journal of Arthroplasty, American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons
2011 Best Post Presentation, Runner Up, Co-Author, The Canadian Association for Medical Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Poster: "Peer Assisted Learning: How Does It Compare With Expert Feedback".
2011 Jan - 2012 Jan Orthopaedic Chair's Teaching Award, Orthopaedic, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery.
2010 Dean A. L. Chute Award The Silver Shovel, University of Toronto Medical Society, Ontario, Canada.
2009 Graduate Students Endowment Fund Scholarship, Awardee
2007 Best Poster Prize. (Distinction) For: "Using Novel Performance Measures to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Surgical Training in Spinal Surgery.".
2007 Elected Member, American Knee Society. (Distinction)
2006 KG McKenzie Memorial Prize for Clinical Neuroscience Research, Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences. (Distinction)
2005 Richard Reznick Award in Surgical Education, Wilson Centre Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "The Effect of Computer Navigation on Learning of Surgical Skills."
2005 Bruce Tovee Award for Undergraduate Education, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2004 Best Paper, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Kennedy Day, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2004 Kennedy Day Senior Resident Research Award, Awardee2003 John Insall Travelling Knee Fellowship, The Knee Society.
1997 2nd Prize, Clinical Paper, Canadian Orthopaedic Resident's Association. (Distinction) Awarded at annual meeting.
1990 Medical Alumni Association Summer Scholarship, Ontario, Canada.
1990 Walter F. Watkins Scholarship, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1989 Vincent Baldwin Scholarship, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1988 Full Scholarship Toward Second Undergraduate Year, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nominated

Education

Medical: University of Toronto, 1993
Internship: Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, University of Toronto, 1994
Residency: University of Toronto 2000
Fellowships: Richard Reznick, Educational Research Fellowship, 1997
Allan Gross, Clinical Fellowship, 2001
John Insall Travelling Fellow, 2003

State Licensure

Languages

English

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For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research, Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Surgical Educational Research