Local Faculty
Dr. Marcelo Cypel MD, MSc, FACS, FRCSC
Surgical Director Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN
Surgical Director UHN ECLS Program
Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto, University Health Network
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa MD FRCPC MPH
Interventional Pulmonology
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Respirology
Dr. Laura Donahoe MD MSc FRCSC
Medical Director, Medical Device Reprocessing Department
Program Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Dr. Elena Elimova
(Coming Soon)
Dr. Sayf Gazala
(Coming Soon)
Dr. Ralph Gilbert
(Coming Soon)
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee MD MSc FRCSC FACS
Chief of Innovation, UHN
Director, Toronto Lung Transplant Program
Director, Latner Thoracic Research Laboratories
Sprott Department of Surgery
Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair for Innovation, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto.
Dr. Michael Ko, MD, Ph.D., FRCSC
Division Head, Thoracic Surgery, Unity Health Network
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Section Chair, Thoracic Surgery, OMA
Dr. Natasha Leighl
(Coming Soon)
Dr. David Parente MD, FRCSC
Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Foregut Surgeon
Dr. Andrew Pierre MD MSc
Associate Professor
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto
Dr. Adrian G. Sacher, M.D., M.M.Sc.
Staff Oncologist, Solid Tumor Program,
Princess Margaret Cancer Center,
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto
Dr. Eran Shlomovitz
(Coming Soon)
Dr. Thomas K. Waddell MD, MSc, Ph.D., FRCSC, FACS
Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Dr. Elliot Wakeam, MD MPH FACS
Assistant Professor, Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto
Staff Thoracic Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital
Laura Donahoe MD MSc FRCSC
Medical Director, Medical Device Reprocessing Department
Program Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku MD, PhD, FRCSC
Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network
FG Pearson - RJ Ginsberg Chair in Thoracic Surgery
William Coco Chair in Surgical Innovation for Lung Cancer
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Director of Endoscopy, University Health Network
Director, Interventional Thoracic Surgery Program, University Health Network
Professor and Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto
Dr. Jonathan Yeung, MD, Ph.D., FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Toronto
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Toronto General Hospital
Returning Registrant
Date & Time
June 7 & 8, 2024
Event Location
Windsor Arms Hotel
18 St Thomas St,
Toronto ON
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