Accepting 🇨🇦 patients
Experience:
25+ years
Location:
Calgary, AB
Consults:
Virtually & in-person
Speaks:
English
Treats:
Adults
Dr. Jason Werle is an orthopaedic surgeon in Calgary with a practice focused on hip and knee replacement. He completed medical school and orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Saskatchewan, followed by adult reconstruction fellowship training at Stanford University. His clinical and research interests include arthritis, joint replacement, revision surgery, avascular necrosis, minimally invasive surgery, hip resurfacing, and direct anterior hip arthroplasty.
Throughout his career, Dr. Jason has held numerous leadership roles, including Site Chief of Surgery at both the Health Resource Centre and Rockyview General Hospital, Program Director for the University of Calgary Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, and currently serves as Senior Medical Director of the Bone & Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network for Alberta Health Services. He is also the current Head of the Section of Orthopaedic Surgery for the University of Calgary and AHS Calgary Zone, and serves as President of the Canadian Arthroplasty Society.
Raised on a farm near Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Dr. Jason credits his upbringing for instilling the values of hard work and optimism. Outside of medicine, he enjoys golf, curling, hiking, biking, boating, and cheering on the Calgary Flames—while his lifelong support of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has taught him patience.
Adult Reconstruction Fellowship | Stanford University, Stanford, CA | 1999 – 2000
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK | 1994 – 1999
Doctor of Medicine (MD) | University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK | 1994
Orthopaedic Surgeon | Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB | 2000 – Present
Faculty Member | Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB | 2001 – Present
Senior Medical Director, Bone & Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network | Alberta Health Services | 2018 – Present
Head, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery | University of Calgary / Alberta Health Services Calgary Zone | 2018 – Present
Member, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA)
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
Associate Member, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health
President, Canadian Arthroplasty Society (CAS)
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English
Patients commonly seek Dr. Werle’s expertise because they may be experiencing chronic hip or knee arthritis and are considering hip replacement, knee replacement, or hip resurfacing. Dr. Werle completed adult reconstruction fellowship training at Stanford University and holds academic and health-system leadership roles in Calgary orthopaedic surgery.
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