Paul Winston MD, FRCP

Dr. Paul Winston is the President of the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Medical Director of Rehabilitation and Transitions for Island Health and Medical Lead of Rehabilitation Medicine at Victoria General Hospital. He is a clinical assistant professor with the University of British Columbia and the Island Medical Program. Dr. Winston obtained his BSc. in Human Biology at the University of Toronto and his Medical Degree from the University of Western Ontario. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at U of T and obtained his EMG exam diploma from the Canadian Neurological Sciences Foundation. Dr. Winston practices a wide physiatry practice, with both hospital-based in-patient and outpatient neurorehabilitation medicine with a focus on spinal cord injury, brain injury, and spasticity management. He has an outpatient EMG and MSK practice. He is Victoria-based but works at the UBC Multiple Sclerosis clinic and New West Rehab Dr. Winston is extensively involved in teaching medical students and residents as well as lecturing locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Winston is co-founder of the Canadian Advances in Neuro-Orthopedics for Spasticity Congress.