He graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 1985 and then undertook orthopaedic specialist training at the University of Western Ontario. Following this, he pursued his subspecialty fellowship in hip and knee replacement surgery in Australia and then in the United States, at the Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute near Washington, DC. Dr Zicat has an interest in hip and knee implant design and is involved in ongoing evaluation of current and future implant technologies.