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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 0999 ext 58618
Email
david.gwynne-jones@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Department
Department of Surgery and Critical Care (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MA(Cantab) BM BCh(Oxon) MD (Otago) FRCS FRACS (Orth)
Research summary
Orthopaedic surgery especially hip and knee arthroplasty, orthopaedic services delivery
Teaching
  • Convenor Musculoskeletal module Advanced Learning in Medicine (ALM) 5
  • Trainee interns
  • Orthopaedic trainees
  • Arthroplasty Fellows
Clinical
Orthopaedic surgery subspecialising in hip and knee arthroplasty

Research

My main research interest lies in clinical orthopaedic surgery. Within this large field my interests have included lower limb arthroplasty, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon injuries and screening of hip dysplasia.

My MD thesis Managing the Demand for Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: Challenges, Strategies, and Results in New Zealand comprises 37 publications looking at drivers of demand, improving non-operative management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, prioritisation tools, improving perioperative management and long term outcomes of hip and knee replacement.

Additional details

David's role is both clinical and academic.

Publications

Overton, M., Falling, C., Swain, N., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2025, October). Experiences of using smartphone ecological momentary assessment for reporting knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. Verbal presentation at the Australian Physiotherapy Association Scientific Conference (APASC): Lead the Physiotherapy Evolution, Adelaide, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Roxburgh, B. H., Campbell, H. A., Cotter, J. D., Reymann, U., Williams, M. J. A., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Thomas, K. N. (2025). Three practical methods for estimating preoperative cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with severe hip or knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional study. Arthritis Care & Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acr.25703 Journal - Research Article

Roxburgh, B. H., Campbell, H. A., Cotter, J. D., Reymann, U., Williams, M. J. A., Gwynne-Jones, D. P., & Thomas, K. N. (2025). The effect of pre-operative cardiorespiratory fitness on functional and subjective outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: A single centre, observational study. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1614), 19-41. doi: 10.26635/6965.6855 Journal - Research Article

Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2024). Understanding the biopsychosocial knee osteoarthritis pain experience: An ecological momentary assessment. PAIN Reports, 9(4), e1172. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001172 Journal - Research Article

Roxburgh, B. H., Campbell, H. A., Goodman, R., Cotter, J. D., Reymann, U., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Thomas, K. N. (2024). Acute and adaptive analgesic effects of passive heat therapy or high- intensity interval exercise in patients with severe lower-limb osteoarthritis: A mixed-methods exploratory study. International Journal of Research in Exercise Physiology, 19(2), 19-41. Retrieved from https://ijrep.org/ Journal - Research Article

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