New Staff
Jean- Francois Boileau
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We are delighted to welcome
Dr. Jean Francois Boileau to
the University of Toronto and
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Centre team of Surgical
Oncologists. Dr. Boileau holds
a medical degree and a Master's
degree in Biomedical Sciences
and Clinical Research from
University of Montreal. He
completed his General Surgery
training at the University of Montreal and a fellowship
in Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto. He
has worked as staff surgeon at the Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire de Montreal (CHUM) before being recruited
to the University of Toronto in September 2009.
Dr Boileau's research interests are in breast cancer. The
main focus of his research aims at using primary systemic
therapy, or neoadjuvant therapy, as a more efficient way
to study the effects of systemic treatments in people
with breast cancer. The three main axes of his research
program are: 1) Determining who will derive the most
benefit from systemic therapy by identifying predictors
of response to primary systemic therapy in higher risk
subgroups of breast cancer patients, 2) Evaluating new
systemic treatments in the neoadjuvant setting within
randomized controlled trials and 3) Eliminating the
barriers to the use of primary systemic therapy by better
defining the use of sentinel node biopsy and radiotherapy
in this setting. The goal is to better understand
the complexities of tumor response to systemic therapy
in order to deliver treatments that will be increasingly
tailored and personalized.
Dr Boileau is the principal investigator of the SN
FNAC Trial, a Canadian multicentre study evaluating
the accuracy of sentinel node biopsy in node positive
breast cancer patients that have received neoadjuvant
chemotherapy. He is also principal investigator for the
NSABP at the Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, a
collaborative group that leads some of the most influential
studies evaluating the use of neoadjuvant treatments
in breast cancer. In addition, he is leading a Canadian
predictive oncology effort that is interested in studying
the genomic and proteomic predictors of response to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative and Her2
positive breast cancer.
Andy Smith
Division Head, General Surgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Gregory H. Borschel
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The Division of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery at the
Hospital for Sick Children is
pleased to announce the appointment
of Dr. Greg Borschel to its
staff and to warmly welcome his
wife, Dr. Tina Mullick Borschel
and their two children, Anjali and Nikhil back to Toronto.
Dr. Borschel comes to our
division as one of the bright
young stars in the field of Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery having spent the past 3 years on staff at
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri under the
guidance of a former Toronto professor, Dr. Susan
Mackinnon. Dr. Borschel's recruitment is a heartwarming
return to familiar ground as he spent a year as a fellow
in Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Hospital for Sick
Children in 2005 to 2006 before taking his staff position
in St. Louis.
Greg received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry
and Biology magna cum laude in 1993 from Emory
University before moving to Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, Baltimore for his MD training. In 1997, he
enrolled in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Program at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor under another
Toronto graduate, Dr. Bill Kuzon, during which time
he completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within
the Functional Tissue Engineering Laboratory and the
Muscle Mechanics Laboratory, University of Michigan.
After graduation in 2005, he and his family moved to
Toronto for sub-specialty training in Pediatric Plastic
Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children under Dr.
Christopher Forrest.
In his short career, Greg has built up an impressive
array of accolades, not the least of which is the
American Association of Plastic Surgeons / KLS Academic
Scholarship Award given only every two years to an outstanding
new surgeon. A review of his curriculum vitae
suggests that the accomplishments Greg has received
would place him at the end of an illustrious career, not at
the start. He has rapidly developed an international reputation
in the area of peripheral nerve injuries and repair
and has accumulated over 100 peer-reviewed scientific
presentations, 25 scientific papers, 17 book chapters, peerreview
funding from NIH, several patents and a book -
not bad for the first 3 years!
Having Greg join our staff has been instrumental in
recruiting Dr. Tessa Gordon to the Division of Plastic
& Reconstructive Surgery at the Hospital for Sick
Children. Tessa has an international reputation as a basic
scientist in the field of peripheral nerve injury and repair.
Her studies of neurophysiology, nerve regeneration,
electrical stimulation and novel surgical paradigms have
attracted international attention.
Greg's clinical practice will focus on pediatric peripheral
nerve injuries, upper extremity and microsurgery.
As a surgeon-scientist in the SickKids Research Institute,
his research is devoted to improved understanding and
outcomes in peripheral nerve injury using growth factor
delivery systems and the use of type I collagen conduits
for the repair of nerve gaps.
He holds cross - appointments in the Institute of
Medical Sciences and the Department of Biomedical
Engineering. With Dr. Howard Clarke and Dr. Tessa
Gordon, Greg is forming the SickKids Pediatric
Peripheral Nerve Unit which will provide a true interdisciplinary
approach to the management of pediatric
peripheral nerve injuries.
In his spare time, Greg is very much the family man
but is known to have a passion for exotic automobiles.
The Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
at the Hospital for Sick Children is thrilled to have
Dr. Borschel join its ranks as it goes from strength to
strength and is currently the largest division of pediatric
plastic surgeons providing full time care to infants, children
and young adults in North America.
Christopher R. Forrest,
Division of Plastic Surgery
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Jeremy Hall
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The Division of Orthopaedic
Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital
is delighted to announce the
appointment of Dr. Jeremy Hall.
Jeremy is a Surgeon Educator
who joined the Division of
Orthopaedic Surgery at St.
Michael's Hospital in July 2009.
His clinical interests include complex orthopaedic trauma
reconstruction and upper extremity reconstruction.
Jeremy graduated from the University of Toronto
Medical School and Orthopaedic Residency Program
in 2004. He undertook a fellowship with Dr. Michael
McKee at St. Michael's Hospital in Upper Extremity
Reconstruction, Trauma and Ilizarov Reconstruction.
Thereafter, he worked as a Clinical Associate at St.
Michael's for 4 years. During that time, he completed his
M.Ed at the Ontario Institute for studies in education (OSIE/U of T).
Jeremy's research interests center around education
and simulation as well as clinical trials. He was involved
in the development of the fracture module of the groundbreaking
Competency Based Curriculum in Orthopaedic
Surgery and is well known for his teaching.
Jeremy enjoys playing hockey in his spare time. He,
his wife Shari and daughter Madeline enjoy spending quality time at the cottage.
Emil Schemitsch
Division Head, Orthopaedic Surgery
St. Michael's Hospital
M. Lucas Murnaghan
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Dr. M. Lucas Murnaghan studied at Queen's University
in Kingston, Ontario where he completed his undergraduate
and medical degrees. His orthopaedic residency
was completed at the University of British Columbia.
During that time he participated in a one-year elective
in medical education and concurrently obtained his
Masters of Adult Education. His fellowship training continued
in Vancouver, with a fellowship in Arthroscopy
and Athletic Injuries. His paediatric fellowship training
included six months at Royal Children's Hospital in
Melbourne, Australia and a one-year fellowship at Texas
Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Murnaghan's main area
of clinical interest is the orthopaedic
care of athletic injuries
in the paediatric, adolescent and
collegiate athlete. His clinical
practice in Toronto is based at
The Hospital for Sick Children
where his practice includes general
pediatric orthopaedics with
a sub-specialty interest in paediatric
athletic injuries and the use
of arthroscopy in the management of a wide spectrum
of pathologies. His practice extends to the adolescent
and young-adult athlete with a busy clinical practice
at Women's College Hospital. He is the consultant
orthopaedic surgeon for the MacIntosh Clinic at the
University of Toronto with a close association with a
number of varsity, provincial and national teams.
Dr. Murnaghan's research interests to date have
spanned a variety of clinical areas within pediatric orthopaedics
including trauma, developmental dysplasia of
the hip and Apert Syndrome. He has made medical and
surgical education an area of specific interest with current
research focused on inter-professional education and
surgical decision-making. He holds an appointment at
the Research Institute at The Hospital for Sick Children
as a Project Investigator and is a member of the Wilson
Centre as a Clinician/Educator Researcher.
Dr. Murnaghan is devoted to education at the medical
student, resident and fellowship level.
Benjamin Alman
Orthopaedic Division
The Hospital for Sick Children
Fiona Webster
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Dr. Fiona Webster joins the
Holland Musculoskeletal program
at Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre as a Knowledge
Translation Scientist with a particular
emphasis on hip & knee
arthroplasty and traumatic bone
and joint injury. She holds a PhD
in sociology from the University
of Toronto (2009) and has trained
primarily in qualitative and ethnographic approaches to
health services research and knowledge translation/implementation
science (KT). She is leading several innovative
studies that utilize social science theory and methods to
develop more effective strategies for integrating the uptake
of evidence-based knowledge in the delivery of surgical care
that are sensitive to clinical, policy and patient standpoints.
Fiona comes to Sunnybrook most recently from the
Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) where
she worked as the Assistant Director of Knowledge
Translation at the Institutes of Circulatory and
Respiratory Health and Population and Public Health.
Prior to that she was an Associate Scientist at London
Health Sciences Centre where she researched the delivery
of stroke care through the Ontario Stroke Strategy.
Fiona is cross-appointed to the Department of Health
Policy, Management and Evaluation where she teaches
qualitative research methods, is a general member of the
Wilson Centre, and has developed a module on KT for
the Institute for Medical Sciences MSC1010/11Y course.
Hans Kreder
Orthopaedic Surgery and Health Policy Evaluation &
Management
Holland Musculoskeletal Program,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Welcome to Alina Gaspar
Alina Gaspar
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With this issue our new assistant
editor, Alina Gaspar, joins
the Surgical Spotlight.
Alina comes to us with a
background in management and
a master's degree in languages
focused principally on English
and Latin. She is proficient in
multiple languages including
English, French, Italian, Latin
and her native Romanian. She is currently learning the
arcane languages of surgery and bioethics. Moving the
Spotlight office to the Banting building and our search for
a new assistant editor delayed our production schedule.
We are grateful to Alina for reawakening our newsletter
from its hibernation.
Ed.
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