Dr Yves Laflamme,
orthopedist

Since he first started his medical academic career, Dr. Laflamme has dedicated much of his time to clinical research, aiming to improve the quality of care for his patients. Thanks to his creative thinking abilities, he developed several new surgical techniques to optimize clinical outcomes while minimizing complications. He also developed a new technology, the Y3 plate, specifically designed to stabilize periprosthetic hip fractures. Always with the goal of improving patient care, he was among the first in Quebec to use minimally invasive surgical approaches for joint replacements. As early as 2017 he implemented the ERAS program (enhanced recovery after surgery), which aims to reduce the stress response to surgery and speed up patient recovery after a hip or knee replacement.

At a young age, in 2018, Dr. Laflamme was promoted to full professor in the surgical department of Université de Montréal. His clinical research projects have been presented in several orthopedic meetings all over the world and he has published more than 130 articles in renowned peer-reviewed journals. He has received several distinctions, including the John V. Fowles award in 2006 for professor of the year in the Edouard Samson Orthopaedic Program at University of Montréal.

Over the past two decades, Dr. Laflamme has remained a leading figure when it comes to teaching and training orthopedic residents and orthopedic surgeons undertaking their fellowship program here in Quebec. He is actively invested in continuing education initiatives for orthopedists at the national and international level. He is a certified member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Associations des Orthopédistes du Québec and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in the United States.