Shafique P. Pirani
#205 - 245 East Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC V3L 3W4
Tel: 604-522-2332
Fax: 604-522-7686
Email: piras@aol.com

Dr. Shafique Pirani has his clinical practice at the Royal Columbian Hospital, the major referal center for the Fraser Health Authority with a population base bigger than Nova Scotia. Within Orthopaedics his area of special interest is paediatric orthopaedics with an emphasis on clubfeet, paediatric hip abnormalities and the Ilizarov Method of treating musculoskeletal disorders. An overarching theme is to make care available in developing nations in a sustainable fashion, economically and socially feasible for their society. He is the principle organizer & driving force of the CAD $1.8 million Uganda Sustainable Clubfoot Care Project (USCCP) funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Enable Canada. The USCCP Goal is to reduce the consequences of disability from neglected clubfeet in Uganda with a public health approach by making available sustainable, universal, effective, efficient, and safe treatment (by the Ponseti Method) of the congenital clubfoot deformity.