Guest Speakers
Jean-Francois Boileau MD, MSc
Associate Professor Surgery and Gerald Bronfman Oncology, McGill University
Surgical Oncologist, Jewish General Hospital Segal Cancer Centre
Director JGH Breast Clinical Trials Group
Dr Boileau is an associate professor in the Departments of Surgery and Gerald Bronfman Oncology at McGill University. He is a surgical oncologist and director of the Breast Clinical Trials Group at the Montreal Jewish General Segal Cancer Centre and a founding member of the Quebec McPeak-Sirois Clinical Trials Consortium. He is an author on the breast neoadjuvant PALLET (Palbociclib), KRISTINE (Trastuzumab emtansine) and KEYNOTE-522 (Pembrolizumab) trials published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology and in the New England Journal of Medicine.
As the Principle Investigator of the SN FNAC study (Journal of Clinical Oncology), he has contributed to establishing sentinel node biopsy as an acceptable option to re-stage the axilla of node positive breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant therapy.
Marylise Boutros MD FRCSC FACS
Professor of Surgery
McGill University
Staff Surgeon, Department of Colorectal Surgery
Regional Director of Research
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Marylise Boutros is a Staff Colorectal Surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Regional Digestive Disease Institute Director of Research. Previously, Dr. Boutros was a Colorectal Surgeon at the Jewish General Hospital, Professor of Surgery at McGill University, and Colorectal Surgery Program Director. Having completed General Surgery residency at McGill University and Colorectal Surgery residency at Cleveland Clinic Florida, her clinical interests are advanced minimally invasive approaches to benign and malignant colorectal and anorectal diseases. She treats colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, fecal incontinence and all anorectal disorders.
Dr Boutros is a federally funded researcher who currently leads an internationally renowned research program focused on assessing innovations to improve recovery and functional outcomes after colorectal surgery using multicentre prospective trials, patient-centred interventions and patient-reported outcome measures. Within her research program, Dr Boutros has mentored over forty trainees and graduate students. Dr Boutros also has leadership roles in multiple international societies including Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the Canadian Association of General Surgeons.
Haytham Kaafarani MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Hospital Quality & Safety
Medical Director, Trauma Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Haytham M. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS, is the Hospital Director of Quality and Safety, Trauma Medical Director at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Between 2022 and 2023, Dr. Kaafarani served as the Chief Patient Safety Officer of The Joint Commission. In that role, he was the president’s designee to prioritize patient safety concerns at Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations, provided oversight and medical expertise for the Office of Quality and Patient Safety, and oversaw data management and analysis related to the Sentinel Event Database. His previous roles include Director of the MGH Center for Outcomes & Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS) and Director of the MGH Wound Center. Dr. Kaafarani is a recognized authority and speaker with more than 450 published peer-reviewed manuscripts and textbook chapters with a focus on surgical patient safety from intake to discharge, benchmarking quality care, peer support, and the use of artificial intelligence for risk modeling and predicting outcomes. He has won numerous awards, including a nomination to the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Dr. Kaafarani received his Master of Public Health from Harvard University and his doctorate from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He holds certifications in surgery and surgical critical care from the American Board of Surgery.
Conference Chair
Sean P. Cleary M.D MSc MPH FRCSC FACS
Bernard & Ryna Langer Chair
Division of General Surgery
University of Toronto
Planning Committee
Preeti Dhar MD MSc FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
General Surgeon
Toronto General Hospital
Nancy K. Down MD FRCSC FACS
Division of General Surgery
Medical Director of Breast ICC
Division Head of General Surgery
North York General Hospital
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
Megan Melland-Smith MD MSc FRCSC
Staff General Surgeon
North York General Hospital
North Toronto Hernia Program
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
Peter K. Stotland HBSc MSc MD FRCSC
Assistant Professor Department of Surgery
Assistant Program Director
General Surgery Residency Training Program
Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Quality and Knowledge Transfer Lead
Cancer Care Ontario
Regional Surgical Oncology Lead
Ontario Health – Cancer Care Ontario
Faculty
Daniel Abramowitz MD FRCSC
Lecturer
Colorectal surgeon
Division of General Surgery
North York General Hospital
Eisar Al-Sukhni MD
Staff Surgeon
University Health Network
Yasser Botros MD FRCS(C)
Lecturer dept General Surgery
General Surgeon
North York General Hospital
Savtaj Singh Brar MMDD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Surgical Oncologist
Mount Sinai Hospital
Marcus Burnstein MD FRCSC
Associate Professor
Dept. of Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
Natalia C. Calo MD MSc
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Therapeutic Endoscopy
St. Michael’s Hospital
Anna Dare MBChB PhD FRCSC
Assistant Professor Department of Surgery
Surgical Oncologist
St. Michael’s Hospital
Andrea Eisen MD FRCPC
Associate Professor Department of Medicine
Medical Oncologist Head Familial Cancer Programme
Odette Cancer Centre
Cancer Care Ontario Provincial Breast Cancer Lead
Stan Feinberg MD FRCSC FACS
Assistant Professor
Colorectal Surgeon
NYGH
Ralph George MD FRCSC
Associate Professor General Surgery
General Surgeon
St. Michael’s Hospital
David Gomez MD PhD
Acute care and trauma surgeon
St Michaels Hospital
Timothy Jackson MD FRCSC MPH
Associate Professor Surgery
Karineh Kazazian MD PhD FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Staff Physician Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology
University Health Network
Steve MacLellan MD FRCS(C)
Staff Surgeon
Humber River Regional Hospital
Helen MacRae MD FRCSC
Professor Department of Surgery
General Surgeon
Mount Sinai Hospital
Melinda Maggisano MD FRCSC
General Surgeon
Humber River Hospital
Gary R. May MD FRCPC FASGE CAGF
Associate Professor of Medicine
Head Division of Gastroenterology
St.Michael’s Hospital
Jeff Mosko MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology
Therapeutic Endoscopy St. Michael’s Hospital
Carol-Anne Moulton MBBS PhD MEd
Professor Surgery
Staff Surgeon
University Health Network
Fady Saleh MD MPH
William Osler Health System
Carmine Simone MD FRCSC FCCP
Vice President Medical Affairs
Michael Garron Hospital Toronto East Health Network
Assistant Professor Department of Surgery
Jensen Tan MD
General MIS & Bariatric Surgeon
Humber River Hospital
Sara Temple MD FRCSC
Chief of Surgery
Surgical Oncology and General Surgery
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Stephanie Tung MD MSc FRCSC
Lecturer
Minimally Invasive and Acute Care Surgeon
Division of General Surgery
North York General Hospital
David R. Urbach MD MSc FRCSC
Professor Departments of Surgery and Health Policy Management and Evaluation
Head Department of Surgery
Women’s College Hospital
Natalya Zhang MD FRCSC
Lecturer Division of General Surgery
Acute care surgeon and Education lead
North York General Hospital