Dr. Kristi Billard, MD FRCSC

Division of Orthopedic Surgery

Assistant Professor

University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Kristi Billard grew up in Ottawa, Ontario, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree before venturing out to Western Canada. She earned her Medical Degree at the University of Calgary in 2017 and then completed her Orthopedic Surgical Residency at the University of Saskatchewan in 2022. She then spent a year in Toronto, Ontario at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, earning a fellowship in Upper Extremity and Trauma Surgery. 

Dr. Billard is very happy and proud to return to Saskatoon to establish a practice in Upper Extremity surgery, alongside Dr. Sims and Dr. Sauder. Her practice focuses on the treatment of hand, wrist and elbow conditions, as well as general orthopedic trauma. Her research interests are focused on improving and examining clinical outcomes in upper extremity surgery.

Common conditions treated by Dr. Billard:

-Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

-Trigger Finger

- Finger Arthritis

- Thumb Arthritis

- Dupuytren’s Contracture

- Ganglions

- Wrist Arthritis

- Wrist Fractures

- Scaphoid Fractures

- Elbow Arthritis

- Elbow Dislocations

- Ulnar Nerve Entrapment

education

  • 2022-2023: Clinical Fellow, Sunnybrook Orthopedic Upper Limb, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

  • 2017-2022: Orthopedic Resident Physician, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

  • 2014-2017: Doctor of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB

  • 2009-2013: Honors Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

AWARDS

  • 2021 - Samuel Clemens Prize in Orthopedic Research

  • 2019 - Department of Surgery Resident Research Award