Michael Zywiel, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review.
BMJ open · 2026
Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for non-displaced osteoporotic femoral neck fractures in older adults in Ontario, Canada.
The bone & joint journal · 2026
Same Day Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Performed at Canada's First Academic Ambulatory Surgical Center Is Safe and Effective: Population Level Results.
The Journal of arthroplasty · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) as a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Vulnerable Type 2 Diabetes Populations
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Cannabis-based precision medicine for osteoarthritis therapy
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$750,000

All 3 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review.

Young JJ, Pedersen JR, King LK, Zywiel M, Perruccio AV, Chandran V, Rampersaud YR, Hawker G, Briggs AM, Hartvigsen J, Koes B

BMJ open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117438 PMID: 42586739

02

Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for non-displaced osteoporotic femoral neck fractures in older adults in Ontario, Canada.

Ruangsomboon P, Huang YQ, Ruangsomboon O, Tam D, Zywiel M, Ravi B, Naimark DMJ

The bone & joint journal2026

DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.108b5.bjj-2025-0673.r1 PMID: 42061878

03

Same Day Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Performed at Canada's First Academic Ambulatory Surgical Center Is Safe and Effective: Population Level Results.

Sniderman J, Zywiel M, Kuzyk P, Safir O, Backstein D, Wolfstadt J

The Journal of arthroplasty20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.11.039 PMID: 39608680

04

Hospital-perspective cost-analysis of a nonrandomized trial of prehabilitation before major elective surgery.

Chen M, Santa Mina D, Au D, Karkouti K, Alibhai S, Zywiel M, Randall I

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02693-6 PMID: 38347312

05

Quality indicators in primary elective total hip and knee arthroplasty.

Kim S, Cottrell J, Waddell J, Bohm E, Adie S, Ward S, Leighton J, Bogoch E, Backstein D, Dunbar M, Masri B, Zywiel M, Monteiro E, Wolfstadt JI

International orthopaedics20233 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00264-022-05665-x PMID: 36640180

06

Effect of intravenous acetaminophen on postoperative outcomes in hip fracture patients: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Cho JSH, McCarthy K, Schiavo S, Jacob B, Engelsakis M, Zywiel M, Karkouti K, McCluskey S, Clarke H, Wong J

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie202212 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02257-6 PMID: 35534770

07

Implementation of the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D) Program across Canada for the Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis.

Zywiel M, Ellis K, Veillette CJH, Skou ST, McGlasson R

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)2021First author

DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2021.26464 PMID: 33864442

Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Khan, James S; Chaudhry, Harman; Devereaux, Philip J; Gilron, Ian; Karkouti, Keyvan; Mundi, Raman; Wolfstadt, Jesse I

Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Pain; Persistent Pain; Prevention; Randomized Controlled Trial; Total Knee Arthroplasty; Vitamin C

$100,000

Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) as a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Vulnerable Type 2 Diabetes Populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity -Gen. Omics-LOI

Principal investigators: Woo, Minna N; Billia, Filio; Ke, Calvin; Lofters, Aisha K; Mak, Tak W

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Clonal Haematopoiesis; East, South And West Asian Populations; Ethnic Minority Populations; Haematopoietic Stem Cells; Type 2 Diabetes

$20,000

Cannabis-based precision medicine for osteoarthritis therapy

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas - Arthritis Pain

Principal investigators: Clarke, Hance A; Leroux, Timothy; Kapoor, Mohit; Kotra, Lakshmi P

Keywords: Animal Models; Biomarkers; Cannabinoids; Chronic Pain; Medical Cannabis; Observational Cohort Study; Osteoarthritis; Precision Medicine

$750,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Shabbir Alibhai and Daniel Santa Mina: 69 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Lauren King: 57 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Bheeshma Ravi: 37 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Daniel Santa Mina: 35 shared papers
Vinod Chandran and Anthony Perruccio: 22 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Eric Bohm: 21 shared papers
Daniel Santa Mina and Ian Randall: 19 shared papers
Shabbir Alibhai and Hance Clarke: 15 shared papers
Michael Dunbar and Eric Bohm: 13 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Hance Clarke: 13 shared papers
Bheeshma Ravi and Eric Bohm: 11 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Stuart McCluskey: 9 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Anthony Perruccio: 9 shared papers
Anthony Perruccio and James Waddell: 9 shared papers
Oleg Safir and Paul Kuzyk: 8 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Stuart McCluskey: 7 shared papers
Shabbir Alibhai and Ian Randall: 6 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Daniel Santa Mina: 5 shared papers
Bheeshma Ravi and Jesse Wolfstadt: 5 shared papers
Shabbir Alibhai and Jean Wong: 4 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Ian Randall: 4 shared papers
Gillian Hawker and Earl Bogoch: 4 shared papers
Bheeshma Ravi and Earl Bogoch: 4 shared papers
Eric Bohm and James Waddell: 4 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Lauren King: 4 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Oleg Safir: 4 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Paul Kuzyk: 4 shared papers
Sarah Ward and James Waddell: 4 shared papers
Michael Dunbar and Gillian Hawker: 3 shared papers
Vinod Chandran and Gillian Hawker: 3 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Jean Wong: 3 shared papers
Eric Bohm and Lauren King: 3 shared papers
Daniel Santa Mina and Stuart McCluskey: 3 shared papers
Michael Dunbar and James Waddell: 2 shared papers
Vinod Chandran and Lauren King: 2 shared papers
Keyvan Karkouti and Michael Zywiel: 2 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Jean Wong: 2 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Simone Schiavo: 2 shared papers
Bheeshma Ravi and Sarah Ward: 2 shared papers
Eric Bohm and Sarah Ward: 2 shared papers
Jesse Wolfstadt and Michael Zywiel: 2 shared papers
Sarah Ward and Earl Bogoch: 2 shared papers
Shabbir Alibhai and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Michael Dunbar and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Michael Dunbar and Eric Monteiro: 1 shared paper
Vinod Chandran and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Keyvan Karkouti and Simone Schiavo: 1 shared paper
Gillian Hawker and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Anthony Perruccio and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Hance Clarke and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Bheeshma Ravi and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Eric Bohm and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Eric Bohm and Eric Monteiro: 1 shared paper
Daniel Santa Mina and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Daniel Santa Mina and Simone Schiavo: 1 shared paper
Jesse Wolfstadt and Eric Monteiro: 1 shared paper
Lauren King and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Ian Randall and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Sarah Ward and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Earl Bogoch and Michael Zywiel: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and James Waddell: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Oleg Safir: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Paul Kuzyk: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Jean Wong: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Simone Schiavo: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Stuart McCluskey: 1 shared paper
Michael Zywiel and Eric Monteiro: 1 shared paper

Department of Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Department of Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
College of Community and Global Health
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
School of Biomedical Engineering
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Zywiel, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]