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Brian Kwon

Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Spine Surgeon
Research Focus
Brain and Nerves
Degrees / Designations

MD, PhD, FRCSC

Contact Info
www.kwonlab.ca
brian.kwon@ubc.ca

Biography

Dr. Brian Kwon is an internationally recognized, award-winning surgeon-scientist with the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia. He is the Canada Research Chair in Spinal Cord Injury (Tier 1) and holds the Dvorak Chair in Spine Trauma. As an attending spine surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, his practice is focused on the management of adult spine trauma, spinal cord injuries and non-traumatic conditions such as spine infection, deformity and degeneration. As a principal investigator at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), he runs an active basic science and clinical research program in spinal cord injury.    

Dr. Kwon has established himself as an international authority in spinal cord injury and spine trauma. His research has been recognized and supported by highly competitive funding agencies around the world, including most recently a $48 million grant from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a $24 million Transformation Grant from the New Frontiers in Research Fund. Dr. Kwon has authored more than 285 scientific research manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and has written over 35 textbook chapters.

Research Studies

Spine

Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of VX-210 in Subjects With Acute Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

News and Awards

Research Excellence Staff Award 2023 Recipients

Jan 10, 2023

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2022 Recipients

Jun 28, 2022

Spinal cord injury research receives $24 million funding support

Jan 12, 2022

People in profile: Ryan Hoiland

Nov 16, 2021

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2021 Recipients

Sep 17, 2021

Transformational spinal cord injury research receives $48 million grant

Oct 1, 2020

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2018 Recipients

May 24, 2018

People in profile: Seth Tigchelaar

Jul 20, 2017

Research for men’s health and for spinal cord injury boosted through chair appointments

Jun 21, 2015

World-renowned researchers collaborating on spinal cord injury study

Sep 26, 2014

Publications

  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Duraplasty in Traumatic Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury: Impact on Spinal Cord Hemodynamics, Tissue Metabolism, Histology, and Behavioral Recovery Using a Porcine Model.

    Streijger F, Kim KT, So K, Manouchehri N, Shortt K, Okon EB, Morrison C, Fong A, Gupta R, Allard Brown A, Tigchelaar S, Sun J, Liu E, Keung M, Daly CD, Cripton PA, Sekhon MS, Griesdale DE, Kwon BK
  • Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP -

    Proteomic Portraits Reveal Evolutionarily Conserved and Divergent Responses to Spinal Cord Injury.

    Skinnider MA, Rogalski J, Tigchelaar S, Manouchehri N, Prudova A, Jackson AM, Nielsen K, Jeong J, Chaudhary S, Shortt K, Gallagher-Kurtzke Y, So K, Fong A, Gupta R, Okon EB, Rizzuto MA, Dong K, Streijger F, Belanger L, Ritchie L, Tsang A, Christie S, Mac-Thiong JM, Bailey C, Ailon T, Charest-Morin R, Dea N, Wilson JR, Dhall S, Paquette S, Street J, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF, Shannon C, Borchers C, Balshaw R, Foster LJ, Kwon BK
  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Characterization of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction after Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury in Yucatan Minipigs.

    Keung MS, Streijger F, Herrity A, Ethridge J, Dougherty SM, Aslan S, Webster M, Fisk S, Deegan EG, Tessier-Cloutier B, Chen KN, Morrison C, Okon EB, Tigchelaar S, Manouchehri N, Kim KT, Shortt K, So K, Damaser MS, Sherwood LC, Howland DR, Boakye M, Hubscher C, Stothers L, Kavanagh A, Kwon BK
  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Continuous Optical Monitoring of Spinal Cord Oxygenation and Hemodynamics during the First Seven Days Post-Injury in a Porcine Model of Acute Spinal Cord Injury.

    Cheung A, Tu L, Manouchehri N, Kim KT, So K, Webster M, Fisk S, Tigchelaar S, Dalkilic SS, Sayre EC, Streijger F, Macnab A, Kwon BK, Shadgan B
  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Interventions to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion in Patients with Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries: A Systematic Review.

    Evaniew N, Mazlouman SJ, Belley-Côté EP, Jacobs WB, Kwon BK
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