Dr. Ryan Coughlin
Dr. Ryan Coughlin specializes in arthroscopic and open techniques to address disorders affecting the shoulder, hip, and knee. His particular clinical interests include rotator cuff and labral tears, shoulder instability, shoulder trauma, knee ligament injuries, athletic hip disorders, and cartilage disorders.
Dr. Coughlin completed his orthopaedic surgery residency training at McGill University in Montreal. There he served as Vice-President of the Physicians Resource Committee, a branch of the Residents Association of McGill. During his time at McGill, he received numerous research prizes and awards, one of which included the prestigious Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Resident Scholarship. In 2016, Dr. Coughlin completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Duke University in North Carolina. During his fellowship, Dr. Coughlin was awarded the Feagin Leadership Piedmont Scholar Award, which selects distinguished individuals to help develop educational initiatives focused on skills and behaviors associated with effective and ethical healthcare leadership. Dr. Coughlin also served as the head team physician for the Riverside high school football team and assistant team physician for the Duke football and basketball programs. In 2017, Dr. Coughlin returned to Canada to complete a second fellowship at McMaster University, where he spent dedicated time learning hip arthroscopy under the direction of Dr. Olufemi Ayeni, a world expert in this field.
Dr. Coughlin continues to remain active in research activities. Dr. Coughlin’s research interests include surgical education and simulation training. Dr. Coughlin developed the first ever validated low-fidelity arthroscopic simulator designed to train and assess basic surgical skills (Coughlin et al., J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2015). Dr. Coughlin’s clinical research focuses on evidence-based medicine of young hip disorders (e.g. femoroacetabular impingement) and knee, shoulder and elbow conditions in the athlete. Dr. Coughlin has multiple publications in each of the following high-impact orthopaedic journals: Am J Sports Med, J Bone Joint Surg Am, Arthroscopy, and Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. Dr. Coughlin has spoken nationally and internationally on a wide spectrum of shoulder, hip and knee topics and continues to be invited to share his expertise with other surgeons and/or surgeons-in training. Dr Coughlin is an active reviewer for the Journal of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and was co-guest editor for the Journal Annals of Joint (Editor-in-Chief: Freddie H. Fu, MD). Dr. Coughlin was recently nominated as a member of the Arthroscopy Association of Canada (AAC).
On a personal note, Dr. Coughlin was raised on the West Island of Montreal, QC. He attended McGill University for both his undergraduate and medical school studies. He played Junior AA hockey and collegiate golf at the National level. Dr Coughlin is passionate about his work and dedicated to providing the highest level of care for his patients.
Specialties:
Sports Medicine
Professional Affiliations
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeron, St. Mary’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, McGill University
Research Interests
Surgical Education
Femoroacetabular impingement
Shoulder Instability
Clinic Locations
Concordia Physio Sport – Stillview
175 Stillview Avenue Suite 134
Pointe-Claire, Qc H9R 4S3
Tel: 514-695-7122
Fax: 514-695-2863
Concordia Physio Sport – Cote des Neiges
5300 Cote des Neiges, suite 200
Montreal, Qc H3T 1Y3
Tel: 514-734-2728
Fax: 514-731-4634
West Island Orthopaedic Centre
3881 boul. St. Jean, 1st floor
Dollard des Ormeaux, Qc H9G 2V1
Tel: 514-624-0444
Fax: 514-624-4414