Marie-Eve LeBel
Position: Associate Professor
Degree: MD, MPHE, FRCSC
Office: Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care, Room D0-202
Phone: 519.646.6153
Fax: 519.646.6049
Administrative Assistant: Jennie Couchie
E-mail: Jennifer.Couchie@sjhc.london.on.ca
Fellowship: Arthroscopic surgery, shoulder and knee reconstruction, sports medicine (London)
Areas of clinical interest: Reconstructive surgery of the shoulder
Research interests: Education research and development of surgical simulation, shoulder biomechanics
Dr. LeBel's Pubmed publication list
Dr. Marie-Eve LeBel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University since 2006. She grew up in Québec city and, following studies in physiotherapy, completed both her M.D. degree and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Laval University (Québec City, Québec, Canada). She went on to complete subspecialty training with a fellowship in Sport Medicine at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic (Western University) in 2005. She worked in a community hospital in Québec's Eastern Townships for one year before starting an academic practice at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic. In September 2012, Dr. LeBel was recruited to join the renowned Roth|McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre.
Dr. LeBel completed a Masters Degree in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2014 with a special interest in simulation-based research in surgery, eye-tracking, force sensing and motor skills learning. Dr LeBel was awarded the University Student Council Award of Excellence for excellence in teaching in medicine and the C.H. Rorabeck Award for Best Intra-Operative Teacher. Dr LeBel was awarded the CFBS (Canada-France-Belgium-Switzerland) traveling fellowship through the Canadian Orthopaedic Association. She and the other traveling fellow surgeon were the first female Canadian CFBS fellows to visit centres in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Dr LeBel specializes in the arthroscopic treatment of athletic injuries and soft tissue disorders of the shoulder. Her work environment supports high volumes of patients on a weekly basis. Besides shoulder trauma, referrals include a high number of patients for shoulder instability, AC joint injuries, pectoralis major ruptures and rotator cuff tears.
