College of Medicine

About

Dr. Ronelle Calver was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She completed her medical school at the University of Saskatchewan in 2017 before moving to Hamilton, Ontario, to complete her residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at McMaster University. She will be joining the Department as the clinical lead for Acquired Brain Injury. Her interests outside of medicine include coffee, camping, and cheering on the Riders.

Education

  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, McMaster University, 2022
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC), 2022
  • Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists Diplomate (EMG), 2021
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Saskatchewan, 2017

Clinical Interests

  • Acquired Brain Injury
  • Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Electrodiagnostic medicine (EMG)
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Spasticity management

Selected Publications

  • Fleet JL, Calver R, Perera GC, Deng Z. Palato-pharyngo-laryngeal myoclonus with recurrent retrograde feeding tube migration after cerebellar hemorrhagic stroke: a case report and review of hypertrophic olivary degeneration. BMC Neurology. 2020 Dec;20(1):1-5
  • Calver R, Alenabi T, Cudlip A, Dickerson CR, Mondal P, Kim SY. Regional activation of supraspinatus and infraspinatus sub-regions during dynamic tasks performed with free weights. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 2019 May 11:102308.