Dr. Graham King, MD MSc FRCSC
Director, Hand and Upper Limb Centre
St. Joseph's Health Care London
London, Ontario, Canada
I am very proud to welcome you to the Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC) website. HULC is a combined Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery unit specializing in the care of patients with disorders of the upper limb. It was founded at St. Joseph's Health Care London in 1992 by the late Drs. James Roth and Robert McFarlane, visionary surgeons who believed that working together they could create a true centre of excellence in upper limb care. For a more detailed description of the accomplishments of these two surgeons, I would refer you to their personal web pages which can be found by clicking on their names.
In the years since our inception, we have added surgeons, scientists, therapists, nurses, cast technicians, secretaries and others to become the largest upper extremity surgical unit in Canada. The nine surgeons at HULC see approximately 40,000 patients per year and perform approximately 4,000 major procedures per year in state of the art operating rooms and clinic space. Patients with all disorders of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand are seen, including those due to congenital anomalies, trauma, arthritis and tumors. Children are seen in the HULC clinics but have their operations performed by HULC surgeons at the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario. HULC surgeons do combined clinics with several rehabilitation physicians and have excellent professional relationships with the rheumatologists in London.
The research programs at HULC are well-established and world-renowned. The HULC unit includes a bioengineering lab, a mechatronics lab, a cell and molecular biology lab and a clinical research lab. Each lab has a full time PhD scientist and additional research staff. All HULC labs are funded by multiple agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
All HULC surgeons and scientists have academic appointments in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. The HULC team is dedicated to teaching health care professionals and is a pinnacle program in the Department of Surgery at Western. We have a well-established fellowship program, are very active in resident teaching and also participate in the education of medical students, hand therapists, undergraduate and graduate science students, and others. The Robert M. McFarlane Library is an excellent resource for all HULC students and staff. Surgical Skills are taught in the HULC Surgical Skills Laboratory.
I hope you enjoy our website and are able to find the information you are looking for.
Dr. Graham King, MD MSc FRCSC
Director, Hand and Upper Limb Centre
St. Joseph's Health Care London
London, Ontario, Canada
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On February 1, 2013, Dr. James H. Roth passed away. For more information about his life, click here. Memorial donations in honour of Dr. Roth should be directed to The Hand and Upper Limb Research Fund or the Western Mustangs Football team. A link to make an on-line donation can be found at the top right corner.
