Dr. Brian Kwon recognized for research contributions

Brian Kwon-thumbBrian Kwon, ICORD Researcher and Associate Professsor in UBC’s Department of Orthopaedics, won the 2010 Young Investigator Award from the Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.

The award is given to outstanding authors who are under 40 years of age or no more than seven years beyond training. Dr. Kwon was honoured for his paper, Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Monitoring and Biochemical Analysis in Acute Spinal Cord Injury – A Translational Approach.

Dr. Kwon began this study in hopes of contributing to improvements in the lives of patients who suffer from acute traumatic spinal cord injuries. According to his paper, this research has established for the first time a system for classifying spinal cord injury severity and predicting the neurological outcome.

For more information, see the feature article on the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons website.