Surgery

Specialty training programs are offered in Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, Thoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery.

 

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Faculty Members in Surgery

Name Research Interests
Cheifetz, Rona Surgical oncology; Education
Davis, Noelle cancer surgery and surgical oncology, Surgical oncology, Head and neck cancer
Garnis, Catherine Cancer biology; Tumor progression; Oral premalignant lesions; Head and neck cancer; RNA biology, microRNAs; Alternative splicing; Biomarkers
Haji, Faizal Health care safety and quality improvement; Surgical Education; Global Surgery; Simulation in Healthcare; Health Professions Education; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Honey, Christopher Richard Neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, menifacial spasm, movement disorders, mood, pain
Isaac, Kathryn Surgery; Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Kieffer, Tim Diabetes
Levings, Megan Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells
Luciani, Dan Cell metabolism; Cell differentiation, proliferation and death; Organelle function; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Diabetes; Pancreatic beta-cell function and failure; Mitochondrial physiology; Lysosomal physiology; Cell calcium signalling; Cell stress signalling; Mechanisms of cell death; autophagy; Cellular senescence; fluorescence microscopy
Lynn, Francis Diabetes; ß-cell development; ß-cell biology; Human pluripotent stem cells; CRISPR/Cas; transcriptional regulation
Mui, Alice Inflammatory Signalling Pathways
Nunez, Desmond Sensory systems, auditory; Otorhinolaryngology; Age Related Hearing Loss; Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Recurrent Acute Otitis Media
Oldani, Graziano
Phang, P Terence Colorectal cancer surgery, clinical research, diagnostic imaging, laparoscopy, sphicter-preserving resection, transanal microsurgery, medical education
Qayumi, Abdul Karim Device development and testing; Long-term survival of donor organs; Interactive teaching program development
Redekop, Gary Clinical trials in stroke and cerebrovascular disease, neurosurgery
Sidhu, Ravindar Vascular surgery, Medical education research, Postgraduate assessment and evaluation
Skarsgard, Erik Fetal surgery, Chest wall disorders in children, birth defects, neonatal surgical outcomes, perinatal networks, prenatal diagnosis and intrauerine surgery
Taylor, David Medical, health and life sciences; Vascular surgery and diseases
Verchere, Bruce Diabetes research, pediatrics, Beta cell survival and function
Webber, Eric Pediatric surgery, Surgical education, post-graduate medical education, pediatric gastric surgery, delivery of healthcare services, hepatology
Wiseman, Sam Michael Surgical oncology, endocrine surgeyr, general surgery, clinic/translational research, education/teaching
Yee, John Lung transplantation, thoracic oncology, pulmonary surgery
 
 
 
 

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