Surgical Oncologist
Department of Surgical Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Carol Swallow is the RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. She is a surgical oncologist at Princess Margaret Hospital and a member of the Division of General Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. She trained in the General Surgery residency program at the University of Toronto as a member of the Surgical Scientist Training Program, completing a PhD in cell biology and surgical sepsis. She then completed clinical fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Swallow is currently a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Her areas of clinical expertise include retroperitoneal sarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumour, gastric cancer, and advanced/recurrent rectal cancer. Her laboratory research is focused on predictors of tumor progression and resistance to therapy, including molecular/cellular mechanisms of tumor invasion and metastasis. Dr. Swallow was the Director of the University of Toronto General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program from 1997-2009, Head of the Division of General Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital from 2008 to 2019, Chair of the Division of General Surgery at the University of Toronto from 2014 to 2023, and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto since July 1, 2022. Dr. Swallow is the Governor of the Ontario Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. She has served the Chair of the SSO Research Committee, the President of the Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology, and the President of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society. Dr. Swallow is presently the Sarcoma Section Editor for the Annals of Surgical Oncology. She is the author of more than 175 peer-reviewed articles and 8 book chapters.
Training Cancer Surgeons for North America
Saturday, March 23, 2024
11:40am – 11:45am ET