Firoz Miyanji, MD, of British Columbia Children's Hospital in Canada, is the first surgeon in the country to use vertebral body tethering as an alternative treatment for scoliosis, according to Global News.
Here are three notes:
1. Vertebral body tethering involves inserting a rope, rather than a metal rod, into the spine to allow flexibility without fusion.
2. About 30 children at BC Children's Hospital have had their spines tethered.
3. Dr. Miyanji earned his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in Canada and completed his residency at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He also completed a spine surgery fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital in Canada and a pediatric orthopedic fellowship at San Diego Children's Hospital.