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W. Dilworth Cannon, M.D.

Orthopedic surgeon

A nationally renowned sports medicine expert, Dr. W. Dilworth Cannon is part of the UCSF Sports Medicine Center. He has been involved in numerous committees of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and has been past president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Currently, he is chair of a committee to design an arthroscopic virtual reality knee simulator that should result in more efficient training of doctors and reduce surgical errors. Cannon also is interested in the treatment of articular cartilage injury and disease, and has a special interest in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) revision surgery.

Cannon received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his medical training from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed an internship and surgical residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York before serving as a research associate at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He then completed his orthopedic residency at New York Orthopedic Hospital before joining UCSF in 1972. Cannon is an active member of many organizations, and is co-editor of the journal Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review.

Clinics

Sports Medicine Center
1500 Owens St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
Appointments: (415) 353–2808
Main: (415) 353–9400
Fax: (415) 885–3862

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

Columbia University P & S 1963

Residencies

New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgery 1970

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Lozano J, Ma CB, Cannon WD. All-inside meniscus repair: a systematic review. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Feb; 455:134-41.
  2. Cannon WD, Eckhoff DG, Garrett WE, Hunter RE, Sweeney HJ. Report of a group developing a virtual reality simulator for arthroscopic surgery of the knee joint. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006 Jan; 442:21-9.
  3. Busfield BT, Safran MR, Cannon WD. Extensor mechanism disruption after contralateral middle third patellar tendon harvest for anterior cruciate ligament revision reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2005 Oct; 21(10):1268.
  4. Mabrey JD, Gillogly SD, Kasser JR, Sweeney HJ, Zarins B, Mevis H, Garrett WE, Poss R, Cannon WD. Virtual reality simulation of arthroscopy of the knee. Arthroscopy. 2002 Jul-Aug; 18(6):E28.
  5. Poss R, Mabrey JD, Gillogly SD, Kasser JR, Sweeney HJ, Zarins B, Garrett WE, Cannon WD. Development of a virtual reality arthroscopic knee simulator. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2000 Oct; 82-A(10):1495-9.
  6. Mabrey JD, Cannon WD, Gillogly SD, Kasser JR, Sweeney HJ, Zarins B, Mevis H, Garrett WE, Poss R. Development of a virtual reality arthroscopic knee simulator. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2000; 70:192-4.
  7. Costouros JG, Raineri GR, Cannon WD. Return of motion after simultaneous repair of displaced bucket-handle meniscal tears and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 1999 Mar; 15(2):192-6.
  8. Eakin CL, Cannon WD. Arthrometric evaluation of posterior cruciate ligament injuries. Am J Sports Med. 1998 Jan-Feb; 26(1):96-102.
  9. Helms CA, Laorr A, Cannon WD. The absent bow tie sign in bucket-handle tears of the menisci in the knee. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Jan; 170(1):57-61.
  10. Janzen DL, Kosarek FJ, Helms CA, Cannon WD, Wright JC. Osteonecrosis after contact neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet arthroscopic laser meniscectomy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997 Sep; 169(3):855-8.
  11. Mishra DK, Cannon WD, Lucas DJ, Belzer JP. Elongation of arthroscopically tied knots. Am J Sports Med. 1997 Jan-Feb; 25(1):113-7.
  12. Cannon WD. Arthroscopic meniscal repair. Inside-out technique and results. Am J Knee Surg. 1996; 9(3):137-43.
  13. Cannon WD. The specialist and health care reform: what's going on? Arthroscopy. 1994 Oct; 10(5):576-9.
  14. Cannon WD, Morgan CD. Meniscal repair: arthroscopic repair techniques. Instr Course Lect. 1994; 43:77-96.
  15. Co FH, Skinner HB, Cannon WD. Effect of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament on proprioception of the knee and the heel strike transient. J Orthop Res. 1993 Sep; 11(5):696-704.
  16. Cannon WD, Vittori JM. The incidence of healing in arthroscopic meniscal repairs in anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed knees versus stable knees. Am J Sports Med. 1992 Mar-Apr; 20(2):176-81.
  17. Cannon WD, Vittori JM. AIDS and arthroscopic surgery. Arthroscopy. 1992; 8(3):279-86.
  18. Cannon WD, Vittori JM. The role of arthroscopic debridement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 1991; 7(4):344-9.
  19. Deutsch AL, Mink JH, Fox JM, Arnoczky SP, Rothman BJ, Stoller DW, Cannon WD. Peripheral meniscal tears: MR findings after conservative treatment or arthroscopic repair. Radiology. 1990 Aug; 176(2):485-8.
  20. Baumgaertner MR, Cannon WD, Vittori JM, Schmidt ES, Maurer RC. Arthroscopic debridement of the arthritic knee. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1990 Apr; (253):197-202.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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