Nizar Mahomed, MD, ScD, FRCSC

Head, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Program;
Scientist, Division of Outcomes & Population Health,
Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network;
Smith & Nephew Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery;
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Dr. Nizar Mahomed is a leading orthopaedic surgeon at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network. In addition to being Director of the Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Program, he directs the Lower Extremity Arthritis Program. Dr. Mahomed graduated from the University of Toronto in 1988. His orthopaedic training and arthroplasty fellowship was at U of T, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery.

In 1999, Dr. Mahomed obtained a Doctor of Science in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Mahomed is the Director of the Total Joint Network, a partnership between 26 institutions across Metro Toronto aiming to provide an integrated, evidence based model of care for joint replacement surgery.

He is also a member of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association, National Standards Committee, the American Orthopaedic Association and the Knee Society.

Dr. Mahomed's primary research focuses on the evaluation of process of care and outcomes of total joint arthroplasty.

Contact: Dr. Nizar Mahomed - Office # 416-603-5328
All appointments with the Orthopaedic Surgeons must be booked through a referral from your family physician. In order to obtain a referral, visit your family doctor. He or she will then fax a referral, along with all appropriate medical history and test results. The Orthopaedic Surgeon's office will book the appointment with your family doctor who will contact you with the date and time.

Recent Publications for author "Mahomed NN" at PubMed

The clinical expertise of Orthopaedic Division members includes hip and knee replacements, minimally invasive spinal decompression, sports medicine and arthroscopic reconstructive surgery, arthritis surgery (including ankle replacements and joint transplants) and rheumatoid foot and ankle reconstruction.