Dr. Sebastian Rodriguez-Elizalde is an Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction surgeon in Toronto, Ontario. He has a special interest in minimally invasive Direct Anterior Approach Hip Replacement and Robotically Assisted Total Knee Replacement. He is involved in teaching advanced surgical techniques and mentors surgeons, students and residents with industry support. He is also the current Fellowship Director for the Humber Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Program at Humber Hospital, offered through the University of Toronto.

His orthopedic surgical residency training was completed at the University of Ottawa, after which he was accepted for Fellowship training at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. There, he completed his Hip and Knee Reconstruction Fellowship at the world’s largest total joint replacement hospital. In addition, he was the recipient of the Phillip D. Wilson Award for his research while in New York (the only Canadian to ever win the award).

After returning to Canada, he completed a second Fellowship in Advanced Orthopedic Trauma Reconstruction at Sunnybrook Hospital, under the tutelages of Dr. Kreder and Dr. Stephen. Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde then further completed another Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Lower Limb Extremity Reconstruction under the guidance of Dr. Backstein, before moving his practice to Humber Hospital.

Early in his clinical practice, Dr. Rodriguez-Elizalde completed his Master’s in Health Administration at the University of Toronto, and has a special interest in optimizing hospital resources and patient care pathways.