Toor J and Crain J and Kelly C and Verchere C and Fish J
DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0000000000000331 PubMed: 27031430Durlacher KM and Verchere C and Zwicker JG
DOI: 10.3233/prm-150337 PubMed: 26410063Tredget E and Clarke: H and Taylor C
Bellows D and Bucevska M and Verchere C
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2013-77 PubMed: 25931660Chan E and Bucevska M and Verchere C
PubMed: 26361627Burnell L and Verchere C and Pugash D and Loock C and Robertson S and Lehman A
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305390 PubMed: 2462543407 / 2014
Verchere C and Durlacher K and Bellows D and Pike J and Bucevska M
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-014-9625-y PubMed: 2483942006 / 2014
Wang JC and Malic C and Reilly C and Verchere C
DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000000117 PubMed: 2528936906 / 2014
Malic C and Verchere C and Arneja JS
PubMed: 25114622Durlacher KM and Bellows D and Verchere C
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2014.06.001 PubMed: 25042285Fandio M and Kozak FK and Verchere C and Campbell A
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.09.002 PubMed: 2413958612 / 2013
Ross D and Callaghan WB and Campbell E
McInnes CW and Benson AD and Verchere CG and Ludemann JP and Arneja JS
DOI: 10.1097/scs.0b013e318241db99 PubMed: 2233745801 / 2012
Bortoluzzi P and Ross D and Anastakis D
McInnes CW and Courtemanche DJ and Verchere CG and Bush KL and Arneja JS
PubMed: 23997582Thoma A and Paletz J and Williamson S
PubMed: 20514162Breugem CC and Fitzpatrick DF and Verchere C
DOI: 10.1597/06-149.1 PubMed: 1821509801 / 2008
Wilkes G and Thoma A and Rideout A
Bristol SG and Verchere CG
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.10.011 PubMed: 1721818501 / 2007
Peters DA and Verchere C
DOI: 10.1097/01.bcr.0000200891.56590.3b PubMed: 16566565Caouette-Laberge L and Lobay G and Rai DK
Pirani Y and Cannon WG and Verchere C
DOI: 10.1080/08941930290085949 PubMed: 12217181Demianczuk AN and Verchere C and Phillips JH
PubMed: 1068688107 / 1999
Kadesky KM and Manarey C and Blair GK and Murphy JJ and Verchere C and Atkinson K
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90661-3 PubMed: 966021606 / 1998
Pasternak S and O'Connell JX and Verchere C and Rootman J
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72081-1 PubMed: 879472709 / 1996
Kim Durlacher, BScOT, is an Occupational Therapist in the Department of Rehabilitation Therapy who has devised a special splinting technique to improve the range of motion of infants with brachial plexus birth palsies. This splint encourages the proper placement of the child's affect arm in supination and external rotation.
The brachial plexus is a group of nerves that originate in the spinal cord and branch out towards the hands of each arm. During labour, sometimes the infant will become trapped behind the mother’s pubic bones or the doctor needs to assist with the delivery by pulling on the infant’s arm or head. This can lead to tearing of the nerves of the brachial plexus and will result in an arm that is paralyzed with poor circulation. This is called a brachial plexus birth palsy and can range from mild to severe. Children with severe brachial plexus birth palsies can have serious long term side effects such as an increased risk of injury, burns to the affected arm or long term pain.
Previous studies have suggested that success rates after cleft lip and palate surgery correlates with experience of the operating surgeon. It is also well known that poor outcomes and complications of cleft palate surgery, such as fistula can have profound, permanent effects on a child’s speech. This has led to controversy about whether or not resident trainees should be performing cleft lip and palate procedures. The overall purpose of this study was to obtain information on the current teaching practices and opinions amongst North American cleft surgeons. One hundred and fifty cleft lip and palate surgeons from across North America were surveyed and the results of this study will be published in a peer-review medical journal.
BC Children’s Hospital Excellence in Education Award (Production of Burn Unit Video), 2005
Every day, our researchers work towards breakthroughs to transform the lives of kids in BC and around the world. Learn about our latest innovations and advancements in child health.
Dr. Cynthia Verchere is a pediatric plastic surgeon and clinical researcher at BC Children's Hospital.
At BC Children’s, we are making discoveries that save lives and transform health care for children in our province and around the world. Our research portfolio includes basic, clinical, population, and public health research.
EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH
Sign up for compelling stories about innovative science, the doctors and researchers who turn ideas into discoveries and treatments, and the kids and families whose lives are changed.
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute operates on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Further, this acknowledgement, gratitude, and respect extends to all of the First Nations communities on whose territories the Research Institute builds relationships and operates in British Columbia.
© 2026 BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. All rights reserved.
Crafted with by Forge and Smith
