December Featured Author

Dr Tim Dwyer MBBS, FRACS, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Toronto Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (UTOSM)
From the December issue: Simulation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in a Dry Model
Podcast: Listen to Dr. Dwyer discuss his article in the December issue.

_____________________________________________________

Dr. Tim Dwyer is an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Toronto, based at Women’s College Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital.  Dr. Dwyer graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1998, and undertook orthopaedic training in Queensland, Australia, and London, England. Following fellowship training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery, he settled in Toronto, with a focus on open and arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder.

Dr. Tim Dwyer’s primary research focus is on the assessment of surgical competence, the basis of his PhD thesis.  Tim is interested in assessment tools that can be used to establish competency in both clinical reasoning and the performance of technical procedures in residents, fellows, and practicing surgeons. Much of this work uses simulation, and is held in state of the art facilities such as the Women’s College Hospital’s Arthroscopic Simulation Laboratory, as well as the Surgical Skills Centre at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Dr. Dwyer is also involved in clinical trials related to research in sports medicine, especially in regards to knee and shoulder surgery.  These included ongoing randomized clinical trials addressing massive rotator cuff defects, shoulder arthritis, and ACL reconstruction, as well as basic science projects that focus on complex shoulder instability, and the reliability of measurement as it pertains to clinical practice.

Selected Other Published Work in AJSM

A Matched-Cohort Population Study of Reoperation After Meniscal Repair With and Without Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. D Wasserstein, T Dwyer, R Gandhi, P Austin, N Mahomed, D Ogilvie-Harris. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):349-55.

Predictors of Dislocation and Revision After Shoulder Stabilization in Ontario, Canada, From 2003 to 2008. D Wasserstein, T Dwyer, R Gandhi, C Veillette, J Chahal, N Mahomed, D Ogilvie-Harris. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Sep;41(9):2034-40.

Risk Factors for Recurrent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction A Population Study in Ontario, Canada, With 5-Year Follow-up. D Wasserstein, A Khoshbin, T Dwyer , J Chalal, R Gandhi, N Mahomed, D Ogilvie-Harris. Am J Sports Med. 2013 Sep;41(9):2099-107.

Short- to Medium-term Outcomes After a Modified Broström Repair for Lateral Ankle Instability With Immediate Postoperative Weightbearing. M Petrera, T Dwyer, J Theodoropoulos, D Ogilvie-Harris. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Apr 25;42(7):1542-1548.

The Epidemiology of Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Ontario, Canada. T Leroux, D Wasserstein, T Dwyer, D Ogilvie-Harris, P Marks , B Bach, J Townley, N Mahomed, J Chahal. Am J Sports Med. 2014 Nov;42(11):2666-72.

Analysis of irradiation of the clinical effectiveness of allogenic tissue when used for primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. S Park, T Dwyer, F Congiusta, D Whelan, J Theodoropoulos. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Jan;43(1):226-35.

The epidemiology of primary anterior shoulder dislocations in patients aged 10 to 16 years. T Leroux, D Ogilvie-Harris, C Veillette, J Chahal, T Dwyer, A Koshbin, P Henry, N Mahomed, Wasserstein D. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Sep; 43 (9): 2111-7.