Charles Fisher MD, MHSC, FRCSC

Dr. Charles Fisher is Professor and Head of the Combined Neurosurgical & Orthopaedic Spine Program at Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia. His practice is confined to adult spine surgery with subspecialty clinical interests in trauma and oncology. He has a Masters Degree in Health Care and Epidemiology and is the former President of the Canadian Spine Society.

Dr. Fisher has special research interests in spine trauma, oncology and evidence based medicine. He is Chairman of the AO Knowledge Forum Tumour an international group of spine oncology surgeon thought leaders committed to advancing the understanding of spine oncology management through education and multi-center research. Dr. Fisher is one of 5 spine surgeons on the steering committee for the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN); a multicenter research network and registry he initiated in 2013. Dr Fisher, along with Dr Alex Vaccaro author a regular article on Evidence Based Recommendations in Spine Surgery for the journal, Spine.