NEW STAFF
Tom Forbes with his wife Beth and their children Matt, Shannon, Sam and
Hayley (northern Queensland, Australia, August 2011)
After an extensive and comprehensive search process, it is
with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of
Thomas Forbes as the new University Division Chair of
Vascular Surgery. Thomas’ clinical practice will be based
at Toronto General Hospital.
Dr. Forbes and his wife, Elizabeth Woodford MD,
CCFP (University of Ottawa, Meds 1990) are thrilled
to return home to Toronto with their four children,
Matthew (3rd year Journalism at Ryerson), Shannon
(2nd year Kinesiology at Dalhousie), Samantha (Grade
11, Lawrence Park) and Hayley (Grade 9, Lawrence
Park). (For more information on Thomas, please visit
our Announcements)
James Rutka,
RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair,
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Please join me in welcoming Martin Gargan to our faculty
as the new head of Orthopaedics at the Hospital of
Sick Children, effective September 2014.
Dr. Gargan with his wife and the three Gargettes!
Martin Gargan was educated at St Peter’s School York
as a York City Scholar. He went up to Oxford to study
medicine in 1978 after a spell at the Webb School of
California as an English Speaking Union Scholar. He
graduated from Oxford in 1984 and completed junior
doctor posts in Oxford, Liverpool and Bristol before
being awarded his FRCS in 1988. In 1993 he was the
General Motors/Royal College of Surgeons Trauma
Fellow in Detroit, Michigan. His postgraduate orthopaedic
training was on the Oxford rotation but included
a special fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children
at Great Ormond Street before being appointed as a
Consultant in Bristol in 1994. His main clinical and
research interests are paediatric orthopaedics and trauma,
and specifically surgery for hip dysplasia and cerebral
palsy.
He is interested in education and was Programme
Director of the South-West Deanery for six years (2002-
2008) during which period the programme had 100%
success rate in the FRCS (Tr & Orth) examination. He
was an examiner for the Intercollegiate Specialty examination
in trauma and orthopaedics (2001-2007) and also
a visiting examiner for a number of other institutions.
He was voted teacher of the year by the Bristol Medical
School undergraduates in 2002 and was the BOTA
Trainer of the Year Runner Up – 2008. He was BORG
Trainer of the Year most recently in 2012.
Martin enjoys all sports. He gained three Blues in
rugby union at Oxford as well as representing the
Barbarians FC. He continues to enjoy golf and plays off
a handicap of 12. His other main interests are his family,
he has three daughters – The Gargettes!
Welcome to Toronto Martin!
Peter C Ferguson MD MSc FRCSC
Albert and Temmy Latner Chair
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Mark Camp
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Mark Camp joined the
Division of Orthopaedics
at The Hospital for Sick
Children as an Assistant
Professor, Department
of Surgery, University of
Toronto July 1, 2014.
He received his MD
from Queen’s University
and did his orthopaedic
residency and an MSc.
in Bioethics at U. of T.
This was followed by a
Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Mark is the recipient of several academic awards. His
main interest is in bioethics and paediatric orthopedics
with a focus on cerebral palsy.
James Rutka,
RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair,
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Tim Dwyer
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We are pleased to welcome
Orthopedic surgeon, and
Sports Medicine and
Arthroscopy surgeon Tim
Dwyer to our Women’s
College Hospital team.
Tim graduated from
medical school at the
University of Queensland
in Australia in 1998.
Undertaking orthopaedic
training in both England
and Australia, he completed his training in Australia in
2009. Following this, Tim moved to Toronto for fellowship
training in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at
the University of Toronto.
Based at Women’s College Hospital, with a cross
appointment at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Tim’s surgical practice
encompasses open and arthroscopic surgery of the
knee and shoulder. Dr Dwyer’s primary research focus is
on the assessment of surgical competence in Competency
Based Medical Education, which is the basis of his PhD
thesis at IMS. He designs and validates assessment methods
for Medical Expert and Intrinsic CanMEDS Roles,
as well as novel methods used to assess acquisition of
competence in surgical skill - research funded by grants
from the American Orthopaedic Association.
Outside of work, Tim enjoys spending time with his
partner Megan, and young children Sebastian (5) and
Simone (2). Any spare time is spent playing hockey.
John Semple,
Surgeon-in-Chief, Women’s College Hospital
Elisa Greco and her husband Mike
It is with great pleasure that I announce the addition of
Elisa Greco to the Division of Vascular Surgery at St.
Michael’s Hospital as a surgeon and Assistant Professor
in the Department of Surgery at the University of
Toronto.
Elisa completed her residency in General Surgery, followed
by a residency and fellowship in Vascular Surgery
both through the University of Toronto. During this
time, she completed a research fellowship at The Wilson
Centre for Research Education, while also obtaining
a Master’s Degree in Education through the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, at the University of
Toronto.
Elisa’s clinical focus is Renal Access, Wound care and
Limb Salvage, open and endovascular intervention for
peripheral arterial disease. Her research interests include
vascular enhanced recovery, research in education, and
wound management in diabetic foot ulcers.
To date, she is the recipient of several prestigious awards
and grants. Most recently she was awarded the Society
of Clinical Vascular Surgery Fellows Meeting Grant, The
American Hepato-Pancreatic- Biliary Association Travel
Grant, the Postgraduate Medical Trainee Leadership Award,
the Society for Vascular Surgery Resident Travel Scholarship,
and the Best Research Paper Award, given by the Canadian
Association of Continuing Health Education.
Already an instrumental member of our Division,
we look forward to her contribution in our pursuit of
clinical excellence, groundbreaking research and commitment
to teaching.
Mohammed Al-Omran
Head, Division of Vascular Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital
I am delighted to announce that Julie Hendrick
Hallet has joined the Division of General Surgery at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the Odette
Cancer Centre. Julie grew up in Québec City where
she completed her medical school and General Surgery
residency at Université Laval. While enrolled in residency
training, she entered the Masters in Clinical
Epidemiology program at Université Laval, as part of
the Clinical Investigator Program. She completed a twoyear
fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University
of Toronto during which she focused on hepato-biliary,
pancreatic, and upper gastrointestinal malignancies.
Julie is currently obtaining additional training in advanced
minimally invasive and robotic hepatic and pancreatic surgery
at the Institute of Research against Digestive Cancers
(IRCAD) in Strasbourg, France, from which she will return
in January 2015. During this time, she is also working on
image-guided surgery research at the Institut de Chirurgie
Guidée par l’Image (Institute for Image-Guided Surgery)
from the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg.
Julie is appointed as an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto,
and Associate Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research
Institute. Her academic interests include health services
population based research to examine processes, patterns
of care, and outcomes of hepato-pancreato-biliary malignancies.
She is focusing particularly on identifying and
implementing enablers to timely diagnosis and effective
management of Neuroendocrine Tumors, and the evaluation
and implementation of pre-operative 3D planning
and intra-operative navigation in hepatic and pancreatic
surgery. Her clinical practice is devoted to hepato-biliary,
pancreatic and upper gastrointestinal malignancies, with
a focus on minimally invasive and image-guided therapies.
She will also be taking an active role in the Susan
Leslie Multidisciplinary Neuroendocrine Tumors Clinic.
Natalie Coburn
Head of the Division of General Surgery,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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Patrick Henry with his wife Christina, and their two boys Finn and Hudson
The MSK Program and the Division of Orthopaedics
at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is pleased to
welcome Patrick Henry to the University of Toronto
Orthopaedic family, who will be focusing on upper
extremity sports medicine
Patrick is from the southern Ontario town of Fort
Erie. He attended the University of Western Ontario
where he graduated with honours in physics and philosophy
as part of a combined major degree program.
His medical degree was obtained at the University of
Sydney Australia, and from there he travelled to sunny
Newark New Jersey where he spent 5 years completing
his orthopaedic residency training at UMDNJ - New
Jersey Medical School. Upon graduation, he returned to
Canada, completing an upper-extremity/trauma fellowship
with Michael McKee, as well as an AANA accredited
fellowship in shoulder arthroscopy and arthroplasty
with Richard Holtby. He then commenced his graduate
studies at the University of Toronto, ultimately successfully
transferring into the IMS PhD program where he
continues to focus on the management of massive tears
of the rotator cuff.
Over the past few years, Patrick has won several awards
and received recognition for both clinical and scholarly
activities, including receiving a scholarship to join the
AAOS Clinician Scholar Development Program, after
being one of only a handful of other young investigators
identified as being among the brightest future orthopaedic
surgeon-scientists in North America.
His primary research interests involve identifying
and investigating interventions that optimize functional
outcomes in patients suffering from advanced soft tissue
pathology in the shoulder.
While passionate about orthopaedics and excited to
collaborate with the fantastic team at the University
of Toronto, Patrick’s greatest loves are his high-school
sweetheart and wife, Christina, and their two young
boys Finn and Hudson.
Hans Kreder
Head of Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
It is with great pleasure that I announce the addition
of Adena Scheer to the Division of General Surgery
at St. Michael’s Hospital as a Surgeon-Investigator and
Surgical Oncologist.
Adena completed her general surgery residency at the
University of Ottawa, followed by a Surgical Oncology
Fellowship at the University of Toronto. As part of her
fellowship she trained in Paris, France, gaining experience
in oncoplastic breast surgery. Her area of clinical
expertise is Breast Surgical Oncology and Oncoplastic
Breast surgery. Her research focuses on decision support
and knowledge translation, with a strong emphasis on
enhancing shared decision making.
To date, she has received several grants including:
The Sunnybrook General Surgery Associates Academic
Enrichment Grant to investigate patient reported outcomes
following post mastectomy breast reconstruction
and The Physicians’ Services Incorporated Grant for the
evaluation of a rectal cancer decision aid and the factors
influencing its implementation in to clinical practice.
Adena was also the recipient of the 2011 Canadian
Association of General Surgeons Resident Award for
Teaching Excellence and is active in training and mentoring
St. Michael’s surgical residents and students.
In her free time, Adena enjoys spending time with her
friends and family, trying new restaurants, and exploring
new cities.
We are excited to welcome Adena to the team and especially
look forward to contributions to the CIBC Breast Centre.
Nancy Baxter
Chief of the Division of General Surgery,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Jory Simpson with his wife Ruthie, son Jonah and daughter Ayva
Jory Simpson obtained his undergraduate degree in
Psychology from McGill University and medical degree
at the University of British Columbia in 2006. He subsequently
went on to complete his General Surgery residency
training at the University of Toronto. He became
a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
in 2011.
Dr. Simpson completed a Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation funded clinical fellowship at the University
of Toronto in Breast Surgical Oncology. In addition,
he is completing a Master’s degree at the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education with a focus on Adult
Education and Community Development
Jory’s academic and research interest is in improving
breast cancer outcomes in disenfranchised populations.
He also has a focus on quality improvement and surgical
education. His clinical practice is focused on providing
care to patients with both benign and malignant breast
diseases. He was appointed Assistant Medical Director of
the CIBC Breast Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital.
He is joined by his wife Ruthie, son Jonah and daughter
Ayva.
Ori Rotstein,
Surgeon-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital
David Wasserstein with his wife Candice and daughters Ella (5) and Hayley (3)
The MSK Program and the Division of Orthopaedics at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is pleased to welcome
David Wasserstein to the University of Toronto
Orthopaedic family.
David is a recent graduate of the University of
Toronto Residency program in Orthopaedic Surgery. He
has an MSc in basic science and is currently completing
an MPH with a focus on epidemiology and injury prevention.
To complete his clinical training, David undertook
a fellowship in sports medicine at the University
of Toronto, mentored by Paul Marks. In July 2014,
David completed a second fellowship with the Sports
Medicine and Shoulder service at Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tennessee. At Vanderbilt, David has forged
successful relationships with leaders of the Multi-center
Orthopaedics Outcome Network (MOON), which
studies clinical outcomes in sports medicine. David
plans to incorporate Sunnybrook and the University of
Toronto Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (UTOSM) program
as the only Canadian MOON site, and utilize this
connection as a key component of his academic focus in
epidemiology, clinical outcomes and injury prevention.
David has been recognized for his achievements clinically
and academically. This includes being awarded the
Zane Cohen Fellowship Achievement Award among all
fellows in the Department of Surgery at the University
of Toronto in 2013, and the Herodicus Award from the
Herodicus Society for the top paper at the American
Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine annual meeting
in 2012. David is a co-author on more than 50 published
abstracts from national and international meetings,
15 peer-reviewed publications and 7 book chapters,
with many more projects under way.
David is excited to return to Toronto with his family
– wife Candice and daughters Ella (5) and Hayley
(3) – and join the SHSC orthopaedic division as a clinician-
investigator with a focus on lower extremity sports
medicine and soft tissue trauma. He will also be a full
UTOSM member with cross-appointment to Women’s
College Hospital.
Hans Kreder
Head of Division of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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