Dr Charlotte Dandurand is a spinal neurosurgeon with the Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program at Vancouver General Hospital. Dr Dandurand’s current practice focuses on minimally invasive surgery, degenerative spinal disorders, cranio-cervical junction abnormalities, intra-dural pathologies, and trauma. She serves as Clinical Instructor in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of British Columbia.
Dr Dandurand’s research interests concentrate on spinal trauma research and clinical outcomes of spine surgery. She is an associate member of AO Spine Knowledge Forum: Trauma and Infection, an international multi-disciplinary panel of experts pursuing innovative research into spinal trauma and spinal infections. She is also an active member of the Canadian Spine Society and North American Spine Society (NASS). Her dedication to advancing both data and dialogue has earned recognition across the field. She received back-to-back NASS Best Paper awards for her investigations into thoracolumbar burst fractures and their health-economic implications. She has won the 2025 Luiz Vialle award which honors young practitioners for their contributions to spine research and knowledge dissemination to improve patient care and outcomes in spinal disorders. She has also been nominated within the top 20 spine specialists under 40 in North America by the North American Spine Society in 2025.
Dr Dandurand completed residency in neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia, in addition to a program of clinical effectiveness and Master of Science in epidemiology at Harvard University. Her fellowship in advanced spine surgery was completed at the University of British Columbia/Vancouver General Hospital.
Dr Dandurand publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=charlotte+dandurand