Firoz Miyanji

MD, FRCSC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

I am a pediatric spine surgeon interested in studying clinical outcomes of patients with spinal conditions, such as scoliosis (curvature of the spine), so that we can improve their treatment and quality of life.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Professor, , Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

Outcomes of Vertebral Body Tethering in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

JBJS Open Access

Hans K Nugraha and Lawrence L. Haber and Daniel G. Hoernschemeyer and Patrick J. Cahill and Amer F. Samdani and Firoz Miyanji and Peter O. Newton and A. Noelle Larson

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.25.00309

01 / 2026

Should the C7-T1 Junction Be Feared? The Effect of a T1 Upper Instrumented Vertebra on Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis

Spine Deformity

Carlos Monroig-Rivera and Ingrid Okonta and Jennifer M. Bauer and Amit Jain and Firoz Miyanji and Stefan Parent and Peter Newton and V. Salil Upasani and Patrick Cahill and Daniel Sucato and Paul D. Sponseller and Amer Samdani and DMarfeivel McLean and Jaysson T. Brooks

DOI: 10.1007/s43390-024-01002-x

03 / 2025

Operative differences for posterior spinal fusion after vertebral body tethering: Are we fusing more levels in the end?

European Spine Journal

Melanie E. Boeyer and Andrew Groneck and Ahmet Alanay and Kevin M. Neal and A. Noelle Larson and Stefan Parent and Peter Newton and Firoz Miyanji and Lawrence Haber and Aaron Buckland and Ahmet Alanay and Amer Samdani and Amit Jain and Baron Lonner and Benjamin Roye and Bob Cho and Burt Yaszay and Caglar Yilgor and Chris Reilly and Dan Hoernschmeyer and Daniel Hedequist and Daniel Sucato and David Clements and Firoz Miyanji and Harry Shufflebarger and Jack Flynn and Jean Marc Mac Thiong and John Asghar and Josh Murphy and Joshua Pahys and Juergen Harms and Keith Bachmann and Kevin Neal and Laurel Blakemore and Lawrence Haber and Lawrence Lenke and Lori Karol and Mark Abel and Mark Erickson and Michael Glotzbecker and Michael Kelly and Michael Vitale and Michelle Marks and Munish Gupta and Nicholas Fletcher and Noelle Larson and Patrick Cahill and Paul Sponseller and Peter Gabos and Peter Newton and Peter Sturm and Randal Betz and Stefan Parent and Stephen George and Steven Hwang and Su

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-022-07450-1

02 / 2023

Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering Compared with Posterior Spinal Fusion for Major Thoracic Curves

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Peter O. Newton and Stefan Parent and Firoz Miyanji and Ahmet Alanay and Baron S. Lonner and Kevin M. Neal and Daniel G. Hoernschemeyer and Burt Yaszay and Laurel C. Blakemore and Suken A. Shah and Tracey P. Bastrom

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.22.00127

12 / 2022

Spontaneous Lumbar Curve Correction Following Vertebral Body Tethering of Main Thoracic Curves

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Anthony A. Catanzano and Peter O. Newton and Tracey P. Bastrom and Carrie E. Bartley and Stefan Parent and Firoz Miyanji and Daniel G. Hoernschemeyer and Ahmet Alanay and Laurel Blakemore and Kevin Neal and Baron Lonner and Lawrence Haber and Suken A. Shah and Burt Yaszay

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.21.01500

09 / 2022

Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting 2019 Abstracts

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Majd Marrache and Yan Wang and Firoz Miyanji and Paul D. Sponseller

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00401

08 / 2020

The Effect of the Level of Training of the First Assistant on the Outcomes of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Nakul S. Talathi and John M. Flynn and Joshua M. Pahys and Amer F. Samdani and Burt Yaszay and Baron S. Lonner and Firoz Miyanji and Suken A. Shah and Patrick J. Cahill

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.18.00018

03 / 2019

Assessing the Risk-Benefit Ratio of Scoliosis Surgery in Cerebral Palsy: Surgery Is Worth It

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Firoz Miyanji and Luigi A. Nasto and Paul D. Sponseller and Suken A. Shah and Amer F. Samdani and Baron Lonner and Burt Yaszay and David H. Clements and Unni Narayanan and Peter O. Newton

DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.17.00621

04 / 2018

Current Projects

I am a member of an international group of surgeons collecting data on patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who are treated with or without surgery. We are also collecting information on patients with cerebral palsy who develop scoliosis. The goal of this research is to improve outcomes and health related quality of life.

Honours & Awards

Best Clinical Paper Award, International Spinal Cord Society, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting “Correlation of MR Findings with Neurological Outcome in Patients with Acute Cervical Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

A prospective Study in 103 Consecutive Patients”, 2006

Honourable Mention, 3rd Annual AO Spine North America Fellows Conference Award “Correlation of MR Findings with Neurological Outcome in Patients with Acute Cervical Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

A prospective Study in 103 Consecutive Patients”, 2005

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