Dr. Patti Galvin
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine
MD, FRCP(C), CASEM, ABPMR, BSc
Phone: 519-837-2020
Fax: 519-763-9871
Dr. Galvin is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR), a subspecialty in Internal Medicine. She obtained a Sports Medicine subspecialty with the American Board of PMR and Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine, providing care to adult and pediatric patients.
Dr. Galvin’s clinical expertise includes Platelet Rich Plasma and viscosupplementation (lubricant) injections, osteoarthritis and joint disease, orthotics, general musculoskeletal/sports medicine injuries (ie. knees and hips, foot and ankle, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands etc.) and electromyography (EMG).
Dr. Galvin has served as a Team Physican for Canada’s National Womens’s Hockey Team (2006-2010), Canadian Amputee Hockey Team attending World Championships and Olympic competitions. She continues to work as a Team Physician with the University of Guelph Varsity Football and Hockey teams, as well as providing coverage for LPGA and triathlon events.
Memberships & Leadership
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine
- American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), McMaster University
- Canadian Medical Association
- Ontario Medical Association
Education
- Bachelor of Science Honours Kinesiology – University of Waterloo, (1981)
- Master of Science Honours Kinesiology – University of Waterloo, (1986)
- Doctor of Medicine – McMaster University, (1989)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist, Internal Medicine subspecialty – McMaster University, (1993)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (1993)
- Diplomate Sport Medicine – Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine, (2002)
- Subspecialty in Sports Medicine – American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (2010)
- Diplomate of American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, (2014)
