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Cannot treat Ontario residents
Orthopedic Surgeon
Knee & Sports Medicine
Experience:
35 years
Location:
Toronto, ON
Consults:
Virtually & in-person
Speaks:
English
Treats:
Adults
Dr. Rick Zarnett is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon based in Toronto, with a sports-medicine and arthroscopic practice focused on the knee and shoulder. He was among the first orthopedic surgeons in Toronto to subspecialize in sports medicine, completed his entire training at the University of Toronto's Gallie Surgical Program, and has cared for professional and amateur athletes since 1990.
His practice covers the full spectrum of arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, primary and revision ACL reconstruction, knee replacement (including robotically assisted procedures), and sports-medicine injection therapies. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and a co-Medical Director of Clearpoint Health—a private surgical centre on Toronto's west side where his private hip and knee patients are seen.
Dr. Zarnett is the head team physician for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and an orthopedic consultant to the NHL Players Association and York University Lions Athletics. He performs his private surgical procedures at Clearpoint Surgical Toronto on Dixon Road in Etobicoke, an accredited out-of-hospital premises providing orthopaedic surgical services in a modern facility with experienced surgical and nursing teams focused on patient safety, recovery, and a personalized surgical experience.
830 Dixon Road
Etobicoke ON, T2G M9W 5Z5
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Yes. Virtual or in-person consults are available.
Dr. Zarnett can see patients from outside Ontario seeking private knee or shoulder care, including arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, knee replacement, shoulder surgery, and injections. If you live in Ontario, then he is generally unable to provide private surgical services.
English
Patients commonly seek Dr. Zarnett's expertise because they may be experiencing a torn meniscus, an ACL or MCL injury, an unstable kneecap, end-stage knee arthritis, or a rotator cuff or shoulder instability problem, and are considering meniscal repair, MCL or MPFL reconstruction, or robotic-assisted knee replacement. Dr. Zarnett is Head Team Physician for the Toronto Argonauts (CFL), an orthopedic consultant to the NHL Players Association, and completed an arthroscopy and sports medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto under pioneers in arthroscopic surgery.
