Dr. Étienne Bourassa-Moreau
- Assistant Professor
- Fellowship Director, CTU Director
- Spine Anatomy for medical students
- Spinal surgery’s essentials for Physio, Nurse Practitioner and Family Medicine
- Spinal Trauma for Emergency Specialists and Intensive Care Medicine Specialist
MD, MSc
Automated CT scan analysis for surgery planning
- Spinal surgery encompassing traumatic, oncological, degenerative, congenital and spinal deformity pathologies.
- Perioperative optimization of spine health and building alliances through empathetic patient relationship.
Dr. Étienne Bourassa-Moreau is an orthopedic surgeon dedicating his practice to spinal surgery in academic centers.
He completed his surgical training at Université de Montreal, then specialized in spine surgery at University of British Columbia (Canada) and Oxford University Hospitals (UK).
Over the years, he developed major clinical expertise in managing complex spinal cases, including spinal cord injury, spinal malignancy and deformity. Above all, he is devoted to teaching medical and surgical trainees, accompanying them in safely growing their surgical experience with an empathetic, patient-centered approach.
Dr. Bourassa-Moreau’s research interests are spinal traumatology, neurological recovery, post-operative adverse events and medical imaging analysis.
He occupies his free time with playing music, being in nature and spending time with family and friends.
Bourassa-Moreau É, Labelle H, Parent S, Hresko MT, Sucato D, Lenke LG, Marks M, Mac-Thiong JM. Expectations for Postoperative Improvement in Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Patients With Lumbosacral Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective Cohort Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Feb 1;44(3):E181-E186
Bourassa-Moreau É, Mac-Thiong JM, Li A, Ehrmann Feldman D, Gagnon DH, Thompson C, Parent S. Do Patients with Complete Spinal Cord Injury Benefit from Early Surgical Decompression? Analysis of Neurological Improvement in a Prospective Cohort Study. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Feb 1;33(3):301-6
Bourassa-Moreau É, Versteeg A, Moskven E, Charest-Morin R, Flexman A, Ailon T, Dalkilic T, Fisher C, Dea N, Boyd M, Paquette S, Kwon B, Dvorak M, Street J. Sarcopenia, but not frailty, predicts early mortality and adverse events after emergent surgery for metastatic disease of the spine. Spine J. 2020 Jan;20(1):22-31.