our surgeons & SPECIALISTS
Dr. Matthew Tsuji, Orthopedic Surgeon, BScH, MSc, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Matthew Tsuji graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine and completed his Orthopaedic residency program in Toronto. He then completed fellowship training specializing in complex adult joint reconstruction, upper extremity and traumatology at St. Michael's Hospital as the Chief Orthopaedic Fellow. Dr. Tsuji has been practicing in Oshawa at Lakeridge Health since 2016.
Dr. Ryan Wolek, Orthopedic Surgeon, BScH, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Ryan Wolek graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine and completed his Orthopaedic residency program in Toronto. He then completed fellowship training specializing in Hand, Wrist and Microsurgery at Toronto Western Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as well as Lower Limb Reconstruction and Traumatology at St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr. Wolek has been practicing in Oshawa since 2019.
Dr. Saf Malleck, Orthopedic Surgeon, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Malleck graduated from the University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine and completed his residency program at the University of Manitoba. He then completed fellowship training at the University of Ottawa in hip & knee arthroplasty and adult traumatology fellowships, followed by further specialization in foot & ankle reconstruction at the University of Toronto. Dr. Malleck has joined the Oshawa Lakeridge Health team in January 2022.
Dr. Youjin Chang, Orthopedic Surgeon, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Chang graduated from the University of Ottawa School of Medicine, and completed her orthopaedic surgery residency in Ottawa where she learned direct anterior hip approach for total hip arthroplasty. She then completed a lower extremity reconstruction fellowship at Toronto East General Hospital as the chief fellow. Dr. Chang spent the following months at Hamilton General Hospital specializing in traumatology before joining the Lakeridge team in September 2022.
Dr. Gamal Kousa, Orthopedic Surgeon, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Kousa completed orthopaedic residency at McMaster University. He then completed fellowship training specializing in complex adult joint reconstruction at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton followed by further specialization and community and trauma orthopaedics at Brantford General Hospital. Dr. Kousa joined the Lakeridge team in March 2023.
Dr. Michael Larocque, Sports Medicine Physician, BSc, MD, CCFP (SEM)
Dr. Michael Larocque graduated from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in 2017. He completed family medicine residency in the Durham region at Queen's University, then returned to McMaster University for a sports and exercise medicine fellowship. In addition to practicing at the STIM Clinic, Dr. Larocque is the lead sports medicine physician for the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks and Durham Lords.