Biography

Title

• Full Professor, Departement of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
• Chairholder, Depuy Spine Canada Inc. Academic Research Chair in Spinal Deformities, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center
• Deputy Head, Research Axis, Musculoskeletal Diseases and Rehabilitation, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center

Internship opportunity(ies)

• Création d'une échelle de croissance des vertèbres chez les enfants de moins de 10 ans (volet modélisation) (in French only)
• Création d'une échelle de croissance des vertèbres chez les enfants de moins de 10 ans (in French only)
• Indices prédictifs de la progression de la déformation rachidienne chez les patients atteints de scoliose idiopathique – projet multicentrique (in French only)
• Évaluation clinique de la flexibilité résiduelle de la colonne vertébrale et de la mobilité du disque intervertébral chez les patients ayant une scoliose idiopathique de l’adolescence suivant une chirurgie de modulation de croissance (in French only)

• Postdoctorate, Biomechanics Laboratory, École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers (ENSAM), France, 2005.
• Head of the Orthopedics Clinic, Pediatric Orthopedics and Spinal Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, France, 2004-2005.
• Fellow in Biomedical Sciences, Pediatric Orthopedic and Spine Fellowship, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2003-2004.
• Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, University of Montreal, 1998-2000.

• Biomechanics;
• Surgery;
• Spine;
• 3D imaging and reconstruction;
• Morphometrics;
• Musculoskeletal system;
• Orthopedics;
• Idiopathic scoliosis: progression factors and evaluation of local vertebral and intervertebral disc deformations.

Career Summary

Dr Stefan Parent, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, is a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and a Clinician-Scientist with a focus on spinal deformities. He holds several grants either as principal investigator or co-investigator in the fields of scoliosis progression, growth modulation of the spine and chest cage and in the development of various other animal models. He recently received a Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund to establish a Pediatric Orthopedic Experimental Surgery Laboratory at the CHU Sainte-Justine. This laboratory was specifically created to develop animal models of growth modulation of the spine.

As part of the Portraits of researchers series from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, discover the portrait of Dr. Stefan Parent (French only).

Awards and Distinctions

• Chairholder, Depuy Spine Canada Inc. Academic Research Chair in Spinal Deformities, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, 2008.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ), 2005-2006.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, FRSQ, 2003-2005.
• Doctoral Fellowship for Healthcare Professionals, Biomedical Science, FRSQ, 2001-2003.
• Master’s Fellowship for Healthcare Professionals, Biomedical Science, FRSQ, 2000-2001.
• Grant, Fondation de recherche et d’éducation en orthopédie de Montréal (FREOM), 2000-2001.
• International Cooperation Scholarship, MSc in Biomedical Science, Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, 2000.
• Grant, FREOM, 1999-2000.
• Master’s Fellowship for Healthcare Professionals, Biomedical Science, FRSQ, 1999-2000.
• Grant, FREOM, 1998-1999.
• Training Award, MSc in Biomedical Science, Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation, 1998-1999.
• International Cooperation Scholarship, Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, 1998-1999.
• Hannah Studentship, Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM), 1996-1997.
• Hannah Studentship, CSHM, 1995-1996.
• Research Grant, Cardiac Surgery, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 1994-1996.

Presentations

• Parent, S. Closure of patent foramen ovale before AIS surgery: Is it safe? Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009 (poster).
• Parent, S. Growth modulation of the thoracic cage in a fetal ovine model: a feasibility study. Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009 (poster).
• Labelle H, Roussouly P, Berthonnaud É, Mac-Thiong J-M, Hresko T, Dimar J, Parent S, Weidenbaum M, Brown C, Hu S. Spondylolisthesis classification based on spino-pelvic alignment. Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009.
• Labelle H, Roussouly P, Berthonnaud É, Mac-Thiong J-M, Hresko T, Dimar J, Parent S, Weidenbaum M, Brown C, Hu S. Spondylolisthesis classification based on spino-pelvic alignment. Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009.
• Mac-Thiong J-M, Parent S, Poitras B, Labelle H. Neurological outcome associated with severely misplaced pedicle screws. A case report. Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009.
• Mac-Thiong J-M, Parent S, Poitras B, Labelle H. Neurological outcome associated with severely misplaced pedicle screws. A case report. Scoliosis Research Society 44th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, September 24-26, 2009 (poster).
• Boisclair D, Petit Y, Parent S, Mac-Thiong J-M, Levasseur A. Évaluation des conditions de chargement pour produire une fracture vertébrale in vitro. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 2009 (podium).
• Chagnon A, Villemure I, Parent S, Aubin CÉ. La perméabilité : une propriété physique qui permet de caractériser la dégénérescence du disque intervertébrale. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (poster).
• Driscoll M, Aubin CÉ, Moreau A, Parent S. Critique biomécanique des méthodes de chirurgie sans fusion avec modulation de croissance pour la scoliose pédiatrique. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (podium).
• Lalonde NM, Villemure I, Parent S, Aubin CÉ. Caractérisation et modélisation biomécanique de la posture per-opératoire en décubitus latéral pour le traitement chirurgical de la scoliose. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (Best Poster Award, all categories).
• Nault ML, Parent S, Labelle H, Phan P, Roy-Beaudry M, Rivard M. Indice de Risser pour prédire le début de la progression rapide dans la scoliose idiopathique. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (podium).
• Pasha S, Sangole A, Aubin C-É, Parent S, Mac-Thiong J-M, Labelle H. Dynamic contribution of 3D pelvic parameters in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (podium).
• Zahra B, Jodoin A, Maurais G, Parent S, Mac-Thiong JM. Traitement des fractures de type burst thoracolombaires par décompression et fusion antérieure à l’aide de cage de greffe. Research day held by the 2009 Édouard-Samson Orthopedics Program and the Orthopedics Division, University of Montreal, April 24, 2009 (podium).