Rate My Professor David Gwynne Jones

Professor David Gwynne-Jones serves as Professor and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, within the Division of Health Sciences. He holds the qualifications MA (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), MD (Otago), FRCS, and FRACS (Orth). His clinical role subspecializes in hip and knee arthroplasty, contributing to orthopaedic services at Dunedin Hospital. Gwynne-Jones maintains an active academic career focused on clinical orthopaedic surgery, with interests spanning lower limb arthroplasty, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendon injuries, and screening for hip dysplasia.

Central to his research is his MD thesis, 'Managing the Demand for Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: Challenges, Strategies, and Results in New Zealand,' comprising 37 publications that examine drivers of demand for joint replacements, strategies for non-operative management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, prioritisation tools, perioperative improvements, and long-term outcomes. Notable recent publications include 'Three practical methods for estimating preoperative cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with severe hip or knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional study' (Arthritis Care & Research, 2025, with B.H. Roxburgh et al.); '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, 2025, with B.H. Roxburgh et al.); 'Understanding the biopsychosocial knee osteoarthritis pain experience: An ecological momentary assessment' (PAIN Reports, 2024, with M. Overton et al.); and '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, 2024, with B.H. Roxburgh et al.). He is a member of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research (CMOR), convenes the Musculoskeletal module in Advanced Learning in Medicine (ALM) 5, and supervises trainee interns, orthopaedic trainees, and arthroplasty fellows. Gwynne-Jones delivered his Inaugural Professorial Lecture titled 'Increasing demand for hip and knee replacement: Can we stem the tide?'