Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
I am an Attending Surgeon on the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and serve as the Co-director of Surgical Initiatives at the David M Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research at MSKC. I also serve as the Associate Program Director of the MSKCC Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.
I have a high volume academic practice in HPB surgical oncology including robotic liver and pancreas surgery. My active research program encompasses: (1) clinical trials on multimodality therapy for pancreatic cancer; as well as (2) Health Services Research focused on implementation of quality improvement strategies for cancer surgery.
In addition, I have expertise in system level health policy, having served as a health policy advisor to the Ontario Government in the role of Lead for Quality and Knowledge Transfer for the Surgical Oncology Program at Cancer Care Ontario (2014-2018). This is the provincial organization that oversees delivery of all cancer services in Ontario, Canada
I have held major leadership roles in Canadian and the American Surgical Societies. I am presently a Governor at the American Board of Surgery. I have previously served as the President of the Ontario Association of General Surgeons, Vice-Chair of the General Surgery Section, Ontario Medical Association, and a Board member of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons.