Program Co-chairs
Dr. Amir Khoshbin
MD MSc FRCSC
Dr. Amir Khoshbin is an orthopaedic surgeon with subspecialty expertise in adult hip and knee reconstruction and trauma. His clinical practice focuses on primary and complex revision joint arthroplasty, Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) hip replacement, and the management of complex lower extremity trauma including pelvis and acetabulum fractures.
Dr. Khoshbin completed both his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Toronto, followed by orthopaedic surgery residency training at the same institution. During residency, he was enrolled in the Surgeon Scientist Program and obtained a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology.
He subsequently pursued advanced fellowship training in orthopaedic trauma at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston through the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). He then completed a second fellowship in Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.
Dr. Khoshbin currently serves as the Division Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital and holds the inaugural Agnico Eagle Chair in Joint Arthroplasty. He is the 2025 Chair of Research for the Canadian Arthroplasty Society.
Dr. Jesse Wolfstadt
MD MSc FRCSC FAAOS
Knee and Hip Arthroplasty
Granovsky Gluskin Chair in Orthopaedic Reconstruction
Division Head, Granovsky Gluskin Division of Orthopaedics, Sinai Health
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Dr. Jesse Wolfstadt received his MD from the University of Toronto in 2011, completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at U of T in 2016, and graduated in 2017 with a Master’s Degree in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME). He completed fellowships in complex adult lower extremity reconstruction (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada), traumatology and arthroplasty (St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada), and traumatology (Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand). His clinical focus is on complex primary and revision total knee replacement and partial knee replacement and his research interests include periprosthetic joint infection, periprosthetic fractures about the knee, and outpatient total joint replacement.
Dr. Michael Zywiel
MD MSc FAAOS FRCSC
After finishing his medical education at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland, Michael completed a clinical research fellowship in Baltimore, Maryland under the mentorship of Michael A. Mont. He then returned to his hometown of Toronto and joined the UofT orthopaedic residency program. While a resident, he participated in the Surgeon Scientist Program and completed his Masters of Science degree in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
After finishing his residency in 2016, Michael went south to Austin, Texas, where he was the inaugural Joseph Miles Abell Jr. Fellow in Arthroplasty and Value-Based Health Care Delivery at the Dell Medical School. He then returned to Toronto and recently completed a six-month fellowship in Lower Extremity Reconstruction and Trauma at St Michael’s Hospital.
Dr. Zywiel is currently an Assistant Professor and Surgeon Investigator at the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, with clinical interest in hip and knee pain, surgical interest in hip and knee replacement, and academic interests in health services, outcomes, and health care economics research.
Event Dates
November 12 & 13, 2025
Times in the program are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Event Location
The Temerty Advanced Surgical Education and Simulation Centre located in the Michener Institute of Education at UHN Toronto, ON Canada
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