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Dr. John H. Wedge, O.C., MD’69, BSc’73

Dr. Wedge is an international authority on complex surgical hip reconstruction in children and has published extensively in the field. After completing his training at the University of Saskatchewan, he went on to become Head of the Department of Surgery at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. A frequent speaker at universities and hospitals around the world, he received the Whittaker Memorial Award in 2003 for service to children with cerebral palsy and was inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.