About

Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty and orthopedic trauma. He currently uses an anterior approach to hip replacement, which is less invasive, and allows for faster recovery, and performs all his total knee replacements with the use of robotic assistance. He serves as an industry consultant for these surgical techniques, and helps train students, residents, fellows and other surgeons on their uses.

Besides his expertise in hip and knee, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde’s patients benefit from his firm belief that educating patients helps make them more engaged in the recovery process. As part of his approach, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde makes sure they understand all their options, are involved in the decision-making, and are invested in the process.

“The more involved and understanding my patients are of their care plans, the easier their road to recovery will be,” he explained. “One of my greatest joys in life is when my patient no longer has to worry about pain anymore – they are doing what they do with their lives.”

Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde is a certified orthopedic surgeon with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). He began his education at Queen’s University where he completed his Honours Bachelor degree (BScH) in Life Sciences. He then completed his Medical Degree (MD) at the University of Western Ontario.

Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde subsequently attended The University of Ottawa for his Orthopedic Surgery residency, graduated and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC).

Following his residency, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde did a sub-specialty fellowship in Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. After returning to Canada, he completed another sub-specialty fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma at Sunnybrook Hospital at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde then stayed on staff to work as a Clinical Associate at Sunnybrook Health Sciences.

While transitioning his practice to Humber Hospital, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde completed a Knee Revision fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital at the University of Toronto.

Most recently, he completed his Masters in Health Administration (MHSc) from the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde is currently an Adult Hip and Knee Arthroplasty surgeon at Humber River Health. His clinical focus is on minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery, revision surgery and trauma. Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde also serves as the Director of Orthopedic Surgery at The Medcan Clinic in Toronto.

Dr. Rodriguez also works for Clearpoint Health and Pathway Surgery which offer patients alternatives to the Ontario waitlists.

Academically, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde is the Program Director for the Humber Hip and Knee Fellowship, a program which he helped create to train fellows through the University of Toronto Department of Surgery.