Sukhdeep Dulai, MD, MHSc, FRCSC

Area of Study / Keywords

Developmental hip dysplasia gait analysis and gait disorders paediatric neuromuscular conditions surgeon well-being

About

Dr. Sukhdeep Dulai is a Full Professor in the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta and a Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Stollery Children’s and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospitals in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is a founding member and past president of the Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Group (now CPOS), a former Director of the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation, a 2019 ABC fellow, an executive member of the RCPSC Orthopaedic Surgery examinations committee and the President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association (2025-2026).

Prior to establishing her surgical practice at the U of A in 2006, she completed medical school and a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Alberta, fellowships in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Sydney, Australia) and BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, BC) and earned a Master of Health Science in clinical epidemiology at the University of British Columbia. 

 She is the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship director at the U of A. Her clinical interests are limb deformities, hip dysplasia and neuromuscular disorders. She is co-chair of the Paediatric Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation medicine Research Team of Alberta (PORRTAL), the orthopaedic lead of the U of A Paediatric Developmental Hip Dysplasia study group and a member of the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI). She has a keen interest in improving paediatric orthopaedic care for underserved populations, understanding surgeon well-being (especially in the Canadian environment) and promoting initiatives which contribute to the development of healthier and more sustainable surgical practices and health systems, thereby improving patient care overall.