Dr. Robinson completed his Bachelor of Science with an Honors degree in Electro-Physiology and obtained his MD from the University of Ottawa in 1987 and graduated from the Orthopaedic Surgical Residency Program at University of Ottawa in 1992.

 

He went on to complete a Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery large fragment allograft under the mentorship of Dr. McCauley at the University of Ottawa in 1993.

 

He then completed an additional Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery combined with a Clinical Research Fellowship and Epidemiology at University Hospital and Western University under the tutelage of Dr. Bourne and Dr. Rorabeck.

 

Dr. Robinson is currently an Orthopaedic Surgeon with active privileges at Health Sciences North and the Manitoulin Health Centre.  He is an associate professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.  He is the Lead Surgeon for the North Eastern Joint Assessment Centre.

 

He has co-authored numerous publications in Orthopaedic Surgery and is a celebrated winner of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association Research Award and the Frank Stinchfield Hip Society Award for research on Polyethylene wear.

 

Dr. Robinson has held a myriad of leadership positions within Health Sciences North including Medical Director of Occupational Health and Chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  Dr. Robinson is a past Royal College Examiner in Orthopaedics, and has served on the board of the Ontario Orthopaedic Association.  He is a current member of the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association and the Ontario Orthopaedic Association. 

Dr. Robinson continues to be the lead surgeon for Osteoporosis Canada at Health Sciences North.

 

Despite his busy practice and participation in joint health research, Dr. Robinson finds the time to participate in Operation Walk, a volunteer organization that provides free hip and knee replacement surgery to patients suffering from debilitating bone and joint disease in developing countries.

 

Dr. Robinson’s practice and interests consists of Primary Joint Arthroplasty including unicondylar knee replacements, as well as revision hip and knee arthroplasty.

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Dr. Robinson looks forward to pursuing new innovative surgical techniques such as Robotic technology for knee replacement and Direct Anterior Surgical approaches for hip surgery.  Dr. Robinson was instrumental in the development of same day joint replacement surgery program at Health Sciences North.