NEW STAFF
Mark Wheatcroft
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The Division of Vascular
Surgery and St Michael’s
Hospital is pleased to welcome
Mark Wheatcroft to
the Department of Surgery.
Mark graduated from the
University of Edinburgh
(MBChB) and trained in
general and vascular surgery
in Edinburgh, Sheffield and
Doncaster, UK. In 2010 he
became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh and was awarded a higher research degree
(MD) from the University of Sheffield. His research
interests are in models of stent induced arterial injury
and biology of vessel injury and aneurysm development.
Mark recently completed a fellowship at St. Michael’s
Hospital & Toronto General Hospital, followed by a
peripheral and endovascular fellowship in Doncaster,
UK. He is returning to the Division of Vascular Surgery
at St Michael’s Hospital to pursue his research interests
in stent induced artery injury. Clinical interests include
carotid surgery, open and endovascular aneurysm repair
and advanced EVAR.
Accompanying Mark in his move to Toronto are his
wife, Alison and 2 children Thomas (10) and Ellena (7).
Thomas Lindsay
Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery
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 Jason Lee with his wife Claudia
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The Division of Urology at St
Michael’s Hospital is pleased
to welcome Jason Y. Lee
to the team. After obtaining
his Bachelor of Science
with Distinction from
the University of Western
Ontario, he completed both
his medical school and urology
residency training at the
University of Toronto.
In 2009, after obtaining his Royal College certification,
he moved to southern California and completed a
fellowship in Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery and
Surgical Education at the University of California Irvine.
He is also working towards completing the Master
of Health Professions Education degree through the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
He joins the Division of Urology as a Surgeon-
Investigator, focusing his clinical practice on Robotic
and Laparoscopic surgery for prostate and kidney cancer,
management of complex stone disease, and renal transplantation.
His research interests include surgical education,
curriculum development and simulation-based
training methods.
Jason met his wife Claudia while both were in training
at St Michael’s Hospital and they were recently married
at St Michael’s Cathedral in the fall of 2011.
Kenneth Pace
Head, Division of Urology, St Michael's Hospital
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