Dr. Paul Hindle is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in upper extremity reconstruction and complex trauma, treating conditions from the shoulder to the hand. He practises at St. Paul's Hospital and sees patients at the Footbridge Centre for Integrated Orthopaedic Care in Vancouver.

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Dr. Hindle trained at the University of Edinburgh, where he completed his residency and upper limb fellowship, before undertaking a complex trauma and reconstruction fellowship at the University of Toronto. He holds both UK and Canadian Fellowship qualifications and a PhD in regenerative medicine from the Medical Research Council's Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

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Before emigrating to Vancouver in 2022, Dr. Hindle spent 21 years in the Royal Air Force, rising to become Head of Orthopaedics and Chair of the Defence Upper Limb Working Group. He was based at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, where he led surgical care for injured service personnel — experience that gave him a deep commitment to restoring patients to the highest levels of function and activity.

Dr. Hindle is one of a very small number of surgeons in the world trained to perform transcutaneous osseointegration — a technique that allows amputees to anchor prosthetics directly to their skeleton, bypassing the limitations of traditional socket systems.

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He is an accomplished academic with over $2M in research funding, 25+ peer-reviewed publications, and book chapters in leading orthopaedic texts. In 2023, he was selected as the Canadian Society for Surgery of the Hand representative for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand International Travelling Fellowship, visiting centres of excellence across the United States.

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An active person himself, Dr. Hindle skis, mountain bikes, golfs and kayaks — and understands first-hand why regaining function matters. He is committed to helping his patients return to the activities they love.