Dr. Seper Ekhtiari

MD MSc FRCSC

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Phone

(416) 596-4200 x4945

Fax

(416) 231-2432

Affiliated Hospital(s)

Mount Sinai Hospital, Women's College Hospital

Practice Location

476D-600 University Ave
Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5

Assistant

Sarah Myke

Biography

Dr. Seper Ekhtiari is a fellowship-trained academic hip and knee arthroplasty surgeon. Originally born in Iran, Dr. Ekhtiari grew up in Toronto, where he completed a Bachelor of Kinesiology at the University of Toronto, followed by medical school and Orthopaedic Surgery residency at McMaster University. He also completed a Master’s of Science in Health Research Methodology under the supervision of Dr. Mohit Bhandari at McMaster University. After residency, Dr. Ekhtiari completed the prestigious Hip Society M.E. Müller Fellowship at the ENDO Klinik in Hamburg, Germany and University of Cambridge in the UK. This was followed by a Complex Arthroplasty Fellowship at Mount Sinai in Toronto. Dr. Ekhtiari was practicing as a Hip and a Knee Arthroplasty Surgeon at Hamilton Health Sciences, and was appointed as an Assistant Professor at McMaster prior to joining the Sinai Arthroplasty group.

His clinical practice includes total hip and knee replacements, partial knee replacements, and robotic-assisted surgery. Dr. Ekhtiari has over 90 peer-reviewed publications to date, and has obtained over $250,000 in research grant funding for randomized clinical trials and large observational studies. His research has been published in top journals including JAMA, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and Lancet Oncology. He is passionate about improving outcomes for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery, including in the care of patients with infected joint replacements. Outside the hospital, he and his wife Rosemary enjoy travelling, reading, cooking, spending time with their families, and staying active, including running, cycling, and playing tennis. He is cautiously optimistic that the Toronto Maple Leafs will win a Stanley Cup in his lifetime, and is excited to be returning to Toronto to help cheer them on.

Seper joins the busy arthroplasty group at Mount Sinai and his practice will focus on primary and revision hip and knee replacements.

Education
2008-2012 – Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin), University of Toronto
2014-2017 – Doctor of Medicine (MD), McMaster University
2020-2022 – Master of Science in Health Research Methodology (MSc), McMaster University
2022-2023 – The Hip Society M.E. Müller European Fellowship, ENDO Klinik, Hamburg, Germany and Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
2023-2024- Clinical Fellow, Complex Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, University of Toronto

Areas of Specialty and Research Interests

Total hip replacement through the direct anterior approach, primary partial and total knee replacement, complex revision hip and knee replacement, robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery, hip fracture surgery

Prosthetic joint infection, opioid reduction, robotic-assisted surgery