Dr. Rachael Da Cunha obtained her medical education at the University of Calgary where she completed both medical school and orthopaedic surgery residency training. After graduating from her residency in 2016, Dr. Da Cunha pursued fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Following this, she completed further subspecialty fellowship training in limb lengthening and complex deformity reconstruction surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Da Cunha began her practice at Queen’s University in September 2018, where she specializes in foot and ankle surgery, as well as trauma reconstruction surgery and complex deformity reconstruction. Dr. Da Cunha's areas of clinical interest are foot and ankle reconstruction surgery (total ankle replacement, arthritis, hindfoot/midfoot/forefoot reconstruction, arthroscopy, ligament & tendon reconstruction, cartilage reconstruction), trauma, complex deformity reconstruction surgery, and limb lengthening.