New Staff
 Giuseppe Papia with his wife Natalie and children Salvatore, Alessandra and Gianfranco. |
It is my pleasure to welcome
and introduce Dr. Giuseppe
Papia who joined the
Division of Vascular Surgery
beginning on April 1st 2009.
Giuseppe is appointed at
Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Centre to the combined
Division of Vascular and
Cardiovascular Surgery.
Giuseppe began his undergraduate
training at the
University of Toronto during
which time he was a faculty
scholar. Subsequently he pursued undergraduate medical
education at the University of Ottawa and completed his
General Surgery training at U of T. During this training
he spent two years as a Surgeon Scientist in the Clinical
Investigator program in the lab of Ori Rotstein, studying
molecular mechanisms of lung injury following resuscitation
from hemorrhagic shock. He completed his Masters
of Science from the Institute of Medical Science before
returning to complete his General Surgical fellowship.
Giuseppe then completed two further Royal College fellowships
in Critical Care Medicine and Vascular Surgery.
Thus he brings unique training and skills to his clinical
care. Giuseppe sought further advanced training in both
endovascular AAA repair and endovascular interventions
for arterial occlusive disease. He completed a three month
fellowship in Endovascular intervention at the Cleveland
Clinic before returning to Sunnybrook Health Science
Centre to begin his academic career.
Giuseppe's academic interests focus on patient safety
and quality improvement. He is enrolled in the Patient
Safety Officer Executive Development Program at the
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. The IHI is a
world leader in the area of healthcare improvement. This
program is a comprehensive curriculum that trains clinicians
how to run a successful hospital patient safety program.
Giuseppe is cross-appointed to the Department
of Critical Care Medicine where he will attend as an
intensivist in all of Sunnybrook's Critical Care Units. He
will serve as the physician lead for the Cardiovascular
Intensive Care Unit in addition to providing clinical care
for all aspects of vascular practice.
Giuseppe and his wife Natalie have a busy home life
with three children, Salvatore (6), Gianfranco (4), and
Alessandra (4). Natalie is the President of Zilli Home
interiors, in Vaughan. The Division of Vascular Surgery
is pleased to welcome Dr. Papia and his family to the
Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto.
Thomas Lindsay
Professor and Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery
Markus Selzner
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The Division of General Surgery
and the Solid Organ Transplant
Programme are pleased to announce
the appointment of Dr. Markus
Selzner to our Faculty at the
University Health Network, and as
Assistant Professor, Department of
Surgery, at the University of Toronto.
Markus joins us as an Abdominal
Transplant Surgeon Scientist with a
laboratory research commitment, focusing on organ
preservation and rehabilitation and the mechanisms of
ischemia-reperfusion injury to the liver. He is already
well known as a strong clinician and productive scientist.
Markus obtained his education in medicine
and training in General Surgery in Germany. He conducted
post-graduate research at Duke University and
Zurich University under the mentorship of Professor
Pierre-Alain Clavien. He completed a Fellowship in
Abdominal Organ Transplantation at the University of
Toronto in 2007 and has worked as a Clinical Associate
in Transplantation at UHN for the past two years. We
anticipate and look forward to Markus's great contributions
to our Divisions.
We warmly welcome Markus, his spouse, Dr. Nazia
Selzner, and their children, Armin and Celia, to our General
Surgery and Transplant families at UHN and U of T.
Lorne E. Rotstein
Professor and Peter A. Crossgrove Chair in General Surgery
David R. Grant
Professor and Surgical Director, Multi-Organ Transplant
Programme, UHN
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It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce Dr. Leonard
Tse who joined the Division of Vascular Surgery at
Toronto General Hospital/University Health Network
beginning October 1st 2008.
Leonard Tse
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Leonard began his undergraduate
training at the University
of British Columbia and transferred
to the University of
Toronto where he completed
his undergraduate medical education.
Following his General
Surgery training at U of T, he
completed his Vascular Surgery
training at McGill University.
Leonard began his clinical practice
at the University of Calgary in 2004. Shortly
after starting he became the Vascular Surgery Program
Director, which was a significant challenge as the Royal
College was in the process of withdrawing certification
of the training program. Leonard was able to retain this
certification with a determined effort.
Leonard's research interests were in the development of
in vivo fenestrated grafts that could be used off-the-shelf
to repair complex throacoabdominal and peri renal aortic
aneurysms. Additional skills and engineering knowledge
were required to achieve this goal. Leonard was recruited
to the Division of Vascular Surgery at UHN with an
initial two year Masters of Applied Science degree program
in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomechanical
Engineering under the supervision of Cristina Amon.
He has already succeeded in attracting a University of
Toronto Fellowship from the Institute of Biomedical
Engineering, a Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate
Fellowship and a NSERC CGS-M Award. With one
year of his Master's degree already behind him, his own
research project is underway.
His thesis project is titled "Computational fluid dynamics
of advanced and unconventional stent graft configurations
in endovascular aneurysm repair." He has also
focused his engineering education on the other major
aspects that pertain to stent-grafts. For the stents, he has
focused on solid mechanics and metal fatigue. For the
grafts, he has enrolled as a distance graduate student at
the North Carolina State University College for studies
in the damage tolerance, tearing and crack propagation
properties of fabrics. For the biomaterial interaction
component, he has focused on the local biologic response
to implanted materials. After his M.A.Sc. program, he
plans to continue collaborating with the engineering
community on the U of T campus. He hopes to leverage
his unique position as a vascular surgeon with formal
graduate engineering education to translate novel medical
device designs and engineering to clinical application.
Leonard and his wife Mira have a busy home life with
three young children, Kaitlyn (4), Megan (2) and Abigail
(3 months). The Division of Vascular Surgery is pleased
to welcome Dr. Tse and his family to the Department of
Surgery at the University of Toronto.
Thomas Lindsay
Professor and Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery
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