Dr. James Wright is a global leader in surgeryand has made important contributions to the care of Children. He was the first orthopedic surgeon to gain advanced clinical research training in north America and is a leader in applying evidence in orthopedics, which is transforming thecare of patients Worldwide. Nationally, his efforts have led to shortened surgical wait times for children. As Surgeon-in- Chief and Medical VP at Sickkids, one of the world's premier children's hospitals, his leadership has led to a culture of safety and innovation. He has received the highest research awards of ...

Dr Subodh Verma is an internationally renowned cardiac surgeon-scientist and the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery. He has held the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gold Medal in Surgery and is a Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists appointee. He has had leadership roles in several paradigm-changing heart failure trials. He founded the St Michael’s CardioLink platform that originally focussed on cardiac surgery trials and now also studies cardiometabolic disease. He leads a dynamic pre-clinical and translational research team ...

Senior Scientist, University Health Network

Prof. Tymianski is a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute. Among his scientific contributions is the discovery and development of PSD95 inhibitors for the treatment of stroke and related neurological disorders. His research spans from protein chemistry to global clinical trials. A lead compound, nerinetide, has completed Phase 3 trials and continues to be developed. Next generation compounds are also entering clinical studies. He is a retired neurosurgeon, having treated patients with complex cerebrovascular disorders, and leads NoNO Inc., a biotechnology company that sponsors the ...

Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery; Robert, University of Toronto

Charles H. Tator is a Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, and a neurosurgeon at the Toronto Western Hospital. He is a pioneer in the prevention of head injury and spinal cord injury. His laboratory research is dedicated to increasing the understanding of the mechanisms of spinal cord injury, most notably through his work on the concept of “secondary injury.” Dr. Tator has also had an enormous impact outside the laboratory. He has moulded the careers of many neurosurgical clinician-scientists and has touched the lives of countless patients. He is President of Think First Foundation of ...

Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia

Gavin Stuart is the former Vice-Provost, Health and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. His exceptional academic career includes international recognition for leading an innovative, distributed medical education program and significant contributions as a gynecologic oncologist and health researcher. He has lead the Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup internationally and the Cervical Cancer Prevention Control Network for the Public Health Agency of Canada. He has been the the principal investigator on numerous International phase III trials in gynecologic cancer.

Professor, Neurosurgeon, Scientist, McMaster University

Dr. Sheila Singh is professor of surgery and biochemistry, senior pediatric neurosurgeon at McMaster Children’s Hospital, Division Head of Neurosurgery at Hamilton Health Sciences, and director of the Centre for Discovery in Cancer Research (CDCR) at McMaster University. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Brain Cancer Stem Cell Biology, and is the founding Director of the McMaster Surgeon Scientist Program. Her PhD thesis described the first identification of a population of cancer stem cells that exclusively drive the formation of brain tumors. Dr. Singh’s lab applies a ...

Director of Geriatrics, University Health Network

Dr. Samir Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha is a highly regarded clinician and international expert in the care of older adults. In 2021, he was appointed to serve as a member of the Government of Canada’s National Seniors Council in 2021, and also recently led the development of Canada’s new National Long-Term Care Services ...

Graeme Smith MD, PhD is an internationally recognized clinician scientist and Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Queen's University. Dr. Smith established the Academic Council at the Society for Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada to oversee educational activities ranging from medical students to residents to practicing clinicians. He has demonstrated a career long commitment to trainee research education ranging from his own basic science graduate trainees, establishing the Royal College Clinician Investigator Program at Queen's University, running the ...

Dr. Fred Saad is Professor and Raymond Garneau Chair in Prostate Cancer at University of Montreal/CHUM. He has held many leadership positions and served on several prestigious international editorial boards. He played a major role in the research leading to most of the new treatments used for advanced prostate cancer. With over 700 scientific publications and 85,000 citations, he is among the world's most cited scientists. Committed to patient education, he has written the most widely used book for patients with prostate cancer in Canada. His numerous awards include ‘The Order of Quebec' the ...

Head of Dept of Surgery, Queen's University

Dr. Rudan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre. His clinical interest spans across computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery, total joint surgery to oncology. As Director of Clinical Research at the Human Mobility Research Centre (HMRC) and Britton Smith Chair, Dr. Rudan has made significant contributions to patient health and mobility through innovative surgical procedures. Dr. Rudan is a pioneer in computer-aided research, particularly in Orthopaedics. His effort to integrate this type of surgical platform in the operating ...