Program Director
Nancy K. Down MD FRCSC FACS
Division of General Surgery
Medical Director of Breast ICC
Division Head of General Surgery
North York General Hospital
Planning Committee
Shiva Jayaraman MD MESc FRCSC FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director
U of T General Surgery Residency Program
HPB Surgery
St. Joseph’s Health Centre – Unity Health Toronto
Marisa Louridas MD PhD FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Colorectal Surgeon, Division of General Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
Lloyd Smith MD FRCS
Chief of Surgery and Program Medical Director
Peter K. Stotland HBSc MSc MD FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Quality and Knowledge Transfer Lead, Ontario Health – Cancer Care Ontario
Regional Surgical Oncology Lead, Ontario Health – Cancer Care Ontario
Assistant Program Director, University of Toronto General Surgery Residency Training Program
Guest Speakers
Heather Evans MD MS
Professor
Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Applied Informatics
Medical University of South Carolina
Kyle Staller MD, MPH
Director, GI Motility Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Faculty
Mary-Anne Aarts MD FRCSC
Assistant Professor, General Surgery
General Surgeon
Toronto East General Hospital
Eisar Al-Sukhni MD MSc FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Staff Physician, Acute Care Surgery
University Health Network
Marcus J Burnstein MD MSc FRCSC
Associate Professor, Dept of Surgery
Sami A. Chadi MD MSc FRCSC FACS FASCRS
Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgery Minimally Invasive and Colorectal Surgery
University Health Network
Hanbo Chen HBSc MD MPH FRCPC
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncologist
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Tyler R. Chesney MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Staff Surgeon, General Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Anthony de Buck MD MSc
Assistant Professor
Staff surgeon, Department of Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fahima Dossa MD PhD
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Andras B. Fecso Md PhD FRCSC
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Therapeutic Endoscopy
Division of General Surgery
Toronto Western Hospital
University Health Network
Stan Feinberg MD FRCSC
Assistant Professor, General Surgery
Colon and Rectal Surgeon
North York General Hospital
Ralph George MD FRCSC
Associate Professor, General Surgery
General Surgeon
St. Michael’s Hospital
Jeremy Gilbert MD FRCPC
Associate Professor
Section Chair for endocrinology and metabolism, RCPS
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Rebecca Gladdy MD PhD FRCSC FACS
Surgical Oncologist
Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
John Hagen MD FRDS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Staff Surgeon at Humber River Hospital
David Hajek MD
Urologist
North York General Hospital
Julie Hallet MD MSc FRCSC FSSO
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical oncologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Usmaan Hameed MD FRCSC
Lecturer, Department of Surgery
Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
North York General Hospital
Marianna Kapala MD FRCSC
Lecturer
General and Breast Surgery
Trillium Health Partners
Medical Director Breast Diagnostic Assessment Program
Betty Wallace Women’s Health Center
Varun Kapila MD FRCSC RPVI
Provincial Lead, Vascular – Ontario Health
Site Chief of Surgery, Brampton Civic Hospital
Division Head, Vascular Surgery
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
William Osler Health System
Calvin H.L. Law MD MPH FRCSC
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chief, Odette Cancer Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Stephanie Mason MD PhD FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Burn & General Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Jeff Mosko MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology
Therapeutic Endoscopy, St. Michael’s Hospital
Carol-Anne Moulton MD PhD
Associate Professor
Medical Director, Toronto General Hospital Operating Room
Staff Surgeon, Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncology
University Health Network
Jeffrey Myers MD
Lecturer
Medical Oncologist, North York General Hospital
Ashlie Nadler MD MPH FRCSC FACS
Assistant Professor
General Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Allan Okrainec MD MHPE FACS FRCSC
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Head, Division of General Surgery
University Health Network
Fahima Osman MD MPH FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Staff Physician, Department of surgery
North York General Hospital
Menaka Pai MSc MD FRCPC
Professor, Division of Hematology & Thromboembolism
Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Chief of Laboratory Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Medical Director, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program
Head of Service, Benign Hematology, Hamilton Health Sciences
Giuseppe Papia MD MSc FRCS(C)
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Critical Care Medicine
J. Ross and Patricia Quigley Chair in Limb Preservation
Sovereign Military Order of Malta SMOM
Schulich Heart Centre
Associate Professor, U of T
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Jesse Pasternak MD MPH FRCSC FACS
Section Head and Fellowship Program Director, Endocrine Surgery
Division of General Surgery, University Health Network
Vishal Patel MD FRCPC
Therapeutic Endoscopy and Gastroenterology
Lead, Endoscopy quality
Lecturer, University of Toronto
North York General Hospital
Brian Pinchuk MD CM FRCSC
Lecturer, Genearl Surgery
General Surgery and General Surgical Oncology
North York General Hospital
Joao Rezende-Neto MD PhD FRCSC
Professor, Department of Surgery
Staff Surgeon St. Michael’s Hospital
Amanda Roberts MD MPH FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Breast Surgical Oncologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Erin Sadler MD M.Sc FRCSC
Lecturer (Part-Time), Department of Surgery
Staff Surgeon, Division of General Surgery
St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Unity Health
Paul Savage MD PhD
Resident Physician, Division of General Surgery
Adena S. Scheer MD MSc FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Comprehensive Breast Surgery and Oncology Fellowship
Surgical Oncologist, St. Michael’s Hospital
Carmine Simone MD FRCSC FCCP
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Michael Garron Hospital
Toronto East Health Network
Catherine Streutker MD FRCPC
Chief and Medical Director
Laboratory Medicine
Unity Health Toronto
Paul Sullivan MD FRCSC
Division Head, General Surgery
Clinical Teacher, Department of Surgery
Unity Health Network – St Joseph’s Hospital
Jensen Tan MD MSc FRCSC
General and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Humber River Hospital
Lecturer, Division of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
Sara Temple MD FRCSC
Chief of Surgery,
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Trevor Wood MD FRCSC FACS FASCRS
General and Colorectal Surgery
North York General Hosptial
*Unless otherwise noted, all academic appointments are with the University of Toronto.