Peter T. Gropper
#204 - 888 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3Y1
Tel: 733-4222
Fax: 734-7751
Email: pgropper@shaw.ca

Dr. Gropper is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan Faculty of Medicine (1969) and completed his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of British Columbia in (1975).

A one year Fellowship in Hand Surgery was completed at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1976, with additional training in Basel and Lusanne, Switzerland, as well as in Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Gropper is certified as an Orthopaedic Specialist. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. In addition, he has completed Certification of Added Qualification of Hand Surgery (CAQHS), as administered by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Gropper is an active member of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association, and is a past President and active Member of the Canadian Society of Surgery of the Hand. He is currently an active Member of the American Society of Surgery of the Hand and has served on several committees within that organization.

Dr. Gropper is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia. He is a Director and Founder of the Microsurgical Laboratory within the Department of Surgery. He is a past Divison Head of the Hand and Upper Extremity Division within the Department of Orthopaedics. Currently, he is the Director of Continuing Medical Education in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Gropper is an active Staff Member of the Vancouver General and UBC Hospitals, and serves as a Consultant in Hand Surgery to the Workers' Compensation Board, the Canadian Arthritis Society, and the G. F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre.