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Toronto Faculty, Gonzalo Sapisochin along with International Faculty, Fernando Rotellar and CH David Kwon will lead Integra’s second annual Laparoscopic Liver Course virtually. The course, which takes place November 6, will focus on techniques in liver surgery, from the basics of open hepatectomy to advanced laparoscopic resection. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/2nd-annual-integr/

The University of Toronto today announced an historic donation of $250 million from the James and Louise Temerty Foundation: the largest single gift in Canadian history. The generous donation will support discovery, collaboration, innovation, equity and student well-being across the Faculty of Medicine and its affiliated hospital network, advancing its leadership as a global centre of excellence in human health and health care. Read more here. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/university-of-tor/

We are pleased to announce that Drs. Brian Ezekian, Casey Ward (Abdominal Organ Transplantation), and David Henault, (HPB Surgical Oncology) will join the Toronto team in 2021. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/toronto-hpb-trans/

The University Health Network’s Surgeon in Chief, Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, has received the Governor General’s 2020 Innovation Award for pioneering the Toronto Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) System which repairs injured donor lungs making them suitable for transplantation. The award is presented to individuals, teams or organizations whose innovations are exceptional, transformative and have had a positive impact on the quality of life of Canadians. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/tgh-surgeon-in-ch/

American Transplant Congress - 30 May 03 Jun, 2020 http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com//american-transp/

The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract has awarded Dr. David Al Adra this year’s SSAT Career Development Award for his project titled: "Immunomodulation of the Liver using Normothermic ex-vivo Machine Perfusion". Dr. Al Adra graduated from the Toronto Abdominal Organ Transplant Fellowship in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/university-of-tor/

Newsweek’s second annual publication of Top 10 Hospitals in the World ranked the University Health Network’s Toronto General Hospital fourth this year. The list, published earlier this spring, is a result of a ranking system developed by Newsweek in conjunction with Statista Inc., a global market research and consumer data company. Toronto General Hospital has moved up the list since last year, when it was ranked seventh. http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/newsweek-ranks-to/

COMPASS Trial researchers led by UHN Drs. Jennifer Knox (PI -medical oncologist), Steven Gallinger (surgical oncologist) and Faiyaz Notta (scientist), found that pancreatic cancers could be grouped into five different subtypes based on their genetic information. One subtype, referred to as Basal-like-A, was mainly found in advanced disease. Prior to this, only two subtypes of pancreatic cancer had been described. More information on the study is available at the following link: http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/toronto-team-iden/

University of Toronto Faculty presenting at the AHPBA Annual Meeting in Miami next week include Professor Ian McGilvray, who will discuss ‘SMA Resection - Evidence and Technical Considerations’, Friday, March 6 - 12:45 pm, and Professor Steven Gallinger, who will examine ‘Molecular Predictors of Response to Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy’ (in pancreas cancer), Saturday, March 7 - 8:00 am. Further details are available at the following link: http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/toronto-faculty-t/

Dr. Steven Gallinger Co-leads International Study Revealing Novel Molecular Subtypes of Pancreatic Cancer http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/dr-steven-galling/

All applicants must register with, and apply through the SF Match to be considered for an interview; submission deadline is February 5, 2020. For further information please visit our website: http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/applications-now-/

All applicants must register with, and apply through the Fellowship Council to be considered for an interview; submission deadline is February 11, 2020. For further details please visit the TorontoHPBFellowship website: http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/applications-for-/

UHN Canada’s Top Research Hospital http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/uhn-canadas-top-r/

Toronto Faculty, Gonzalo Sapisochin and International Faculty, Fernando Rotellar led Integra’s first Laparoscopic Liver Course at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto last week. The intensive course focused on principles of advanced laparoscopic liver surgery, including hands-on training of the laparoscopic technique with a live animal. Toronto Laparoscopic Liver Course Programme 2019 2019 Laparoscopic Liver Course Participants http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com/toronto-faculty-c/

AHPBA 2020 Annual Meeting Mar 5-8 http://torontoaotransplantfellowship.com//ahpba-2020-annu/