Programs
There are currently 5 fully Royal College Accredited Programs in Canada. These are expert centres that provide excellent education with the goals of creating both Academic Surgical Oncologists as well as Community Surgical Oncologists in large regional centres. The practice of Surgical Oncology is a very fulfilling career and we hope you consider our programs for your training.
University of British Columbia
Program Director:
Dr. Trevor Hamilton
University of Calgary
Program Director:
Dr. Antoine Bouchard-Fortier
University of Toronto
Co-Program Directors:
Dr. Nicole Look-Hong
Dr. Anand Govindarajan
University of Ottawa
Program Director:
Dr. Carolyn Nessim
Mcgill University
Program Director:
Dr. Elliot Mitmaker
Congratulate our current and past fellows
University of British Columbia
2023-2025 - Erika Schmitz
2022-2024 - Lior Flor
2021-2023 - Stephanie Marcil
2020-2022 - Elizaveta Vasilyeva
2019-2021 - Christina Lee
2018-2020 - Sita Ollek
University of Calgary
2023-2025 - Cecily Stockley, Kadhim Taqi
2022-2024 - Melissa Wood
2021-2021 - Daniel Lustig
2020-2022 - Melina Deban
2019-2021 - Caitlin Yeo
2018-2020 - Evan Jost
2017-2019 - Suzana Kupper, Eva Thiboutot
2016-2018 - Michael McCall, Peter Graham
2015-2017 - Antoine Bouchard-Fortier
University of Toronto
2023-2025 - Joshua Bleicher, Leamarie Meloche-Dumas, Catherine Sarre, Alexandra (Sasha) Acher
2022-2024 - Adam Fontebasso, Dhruvin Hirpara, Gabriela Alejandra Buerba, Alejandro Brañes, Joel Shapiro
2021-2023 - Anna Dare, Ramy Behman, Ashley Drohan, Katie Duncan
2020-2022 - Arash Azin, Lev Bubis, Karineh Kazazian, Sarah Baetni
2019-2021 - Sean Bennett, Farhana Shariff, David Berger Richardson, Richard Spence
2018-2020 - Nicolas Devaud, Dario Callagaro, Michail Mavros, Jessica Bogash, Tyler Chesney
2017-2019 - Nicholas Latchana, Andrea Covelli, Ricky Jrearz, Mohamadali Sohrab Khorasani
2016-2018 - Matthew E. Dixon, Siham Zerhouni, Janice Austin
2015-2017 - Cindy Boulanger-Gobeil, Balisi Bakanisi, Matthew J. Furman, Sara Temple, Johannes Lauscher
University of Ottawa
2023-2025 - Laura Kerr
2022-2024 - Alexandra Allard-Coutu
2021-2023 - Megan Delisle
2020-2022 - Michael D’Elia
2019-2021 - Kerianne Boulva
2018-2020 - Sameer Apte
2017-2019 - Brittany Dingley
McGill University
2023-2025 - Amro Jastaniah
2022-2024 - Haifa Alotaibi
2021-2023 - Basmah Alhassan, Sohayb Faleh
2020-2022 - Ghader Jamjoum
2019-2021 - Sarah Corn
2018-2020 - Elena Parvez, Dominique Morency
2016-2018 - Ali Samkari, Karyne Martel, Atuhani Burnett
2015-2017 - Joseph Braun, Nora Trabulsi
Fellows
Once you are a fellow in one of our programs, please join the CSSO. There is an Annual CSSO Oral Exam for all fellows the day before the CSSO Annual Meeting in April and Networking dinner. This is a great opportunity to meet Surgical Oncologists from across the country.
Royal College Exam
In the fall, after the completion of your two year fellowship program, you will be writing a Royal College General Surgical Oncology Exam. This is one day and a short answer exam. There is no oral examination component nor are there MCQs. Once you pass this you will have double certification with the Royal College: Both General Surgery and General Surgical Oncology.
Future Perspectives
Find a Mentor
The CSSO will be developing a mentorship program for young new staff. Stay tuned.