Welcome to the Arthritis & Sports Medicine Centre

 Dr. Justin de Beer completed his orthopaedic training at the University of Cape Town. He then went on to do a 2 year fellowship in arthroplasty through the University of Toronto. His primary focus is on hip and knee arthroplasty including both primary and revision surgery. Dr. de Beer is currently the director of the Hamilton Arthroplasty Group research centre and past site Chief of Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Henderson (now Juravinski) Hospital in Hamilton. He is an active member of the McMaster University Orthopaedic faculty with an interest in teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates.

Dr. de Beer’s research interest is on the outcomes of adult total joint replacement surgery. He has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and multiple presentations at national and international scientific meetings to his credit. He has been awarded the Queen’s golden jubilee medal as well as a Cornerstone award from Hamilton Health Sciences and a Merit award from the McMaster Orthopaedic program for his contributions in his field.

 Dr. Mitchell Winemaker graduated from the University of Toronto medical school program in 1991 and received his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Western Ontario. This was followed by Fellowship training in Adult Joint Reconstructive Surgery (primarily of the hip and knee) at Harvard University. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1997.

Since April of 1999, he has been a practicing Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton where he holds admitting and surgical privileges and is currently the Site Chief of Orthopaedics Surgery and the Director of the Regional Joint Assessment Program for our local integrated health network. Dr. Winemaker is also a part time Clinical Associate Professor at McMaster University where he is involved in clinical research and the training of future Orthopaedic Surgeons.

 Dr. Adili is an orthopedic surgeon at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, specializing in sport medicine and lower extremity reconstruction. He spent one year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he performed lower extremity reconstruction and trauma. He is the Chief of Surgery and the Head of Orthopaedics at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. At McMaster University, he is an Associate Professor in Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Surgery. His professional affiliations include the Ontario Orthopaedic Association, Canadian Orthopaedic Association, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (APED), Canadian Medical Association, Ontario Medical Association and the Hamilton Academy of Medicine.