Shawn W. O'Driscoll, M.D., Ph.D.

Minnesota

Medical School

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Graduate School

Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Residency

Orthopedics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fellowships

Fellowship in Upper Extremity Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fellowship in Arthroscopic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fellowship in Elbow and Shoulder Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine - Sports Medicine

Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Academic Rank

Professor of Orthopedics

Interests

• Elbow, shoulder and cartilage
• Clinical and basic laboratory research in sports medicine on elbow biomechanics, kinematics, ligament injuries and reconstruction, fractures and fracture fixation, elbow contractures, and elbow arthroscopy
• Developed and published key provocative clinical signs for establishing the diagnosis of such conditions as ulnar collateral ligament injuries in throwing athletes, biceps tendon tears, and instability
• Validation of further provocative clinical signs for establishing the diagnosis of tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, osteochondritis dissecans, chondral injuries, posterior impingement, chronic valgus extension overload, and early arthritis
• Clinical research in documentation of the safety of arthroscopic contracture release of the elbow, elbow contracture release in pediatric patients, arthroscopic treatment of osteochondritis dissecans, and arthroscopic osteocapsular arthroplasty for hypertrophic osteoarthritis from chronic overuse such as with weightlifting and pitching
• Shoulder research studies including arthroscopic glendoiplasty and osteocapsular arthroplasty for osteoarthritis in athletic and patients, osteolysis of the distal clavicle, and labral/SLAP tears
• Dynamic labral shear test to diagnose SLAP tears and internal impingement
• Biomechanics of the elbow and shoulder and cartilage repair techniques

Professional Highlights

• Chair, International Cartilage Repair Society, 2000-present

Publications

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Research

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