New Staff
Anand Govindarajan with his wife, Andrea and their 2-year old son Ethan
Anand Govindarajan is a surgical oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital, and
Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He completed
medical school and a residency in General Surgery
at the University of Toronto. During residency, Anand
enrolled in the surgeon-scientist program and completed
a Masters of Science through the Department of Health
Policy, Management and Evaluation. Following this, Dr.
Govindarajan completed a clinical fellowship in Surgical
Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
in New York City.
Dr. Govindarajan’s clinical practice will involve the care
of patients with gastrointestinal and peritoneal-based
malignancies. He is part of the multidisciplinary peritoneal
malignancy program at Mount Sinai Hospital. His
primary research focus is to study and narrow the gaps
between current practice and best evidence in the treatment
of these diseases, through the use of health services
research methods and knowledge translation techniques.
He is also interested in studying quality of life in patients
with peritoneal-based malignancies.
Andy Smith,
Bernard & Ryna Langer Chair, Division of General
Surgery,
University of Toronto
I am pleased to announce that Marcelo Cypel has officially
accepted a position as Surgeon-Scientist in the
Division of Thoracic Surgery at UHN and Assistant
Professor, Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto.
After completing his General Surgery and Thoracic
Surgery training in Brazil, Marcelo came to Toronto as a
full-time Research Fellow at the Latner Thoracic Surgery
Laboratory. During his research period, he earned a
Master’s degree doing basic and translational research
in lung transplantation. Subsequently he completed his
clinical fellowship in thoracic oncology, cardiac surgery,
and lung transplantation at the University of Toronto.
Marcelo Cypel
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Dr. Cypel has made a significant
contribution, while working
with Dr. Keshavjee, in the
research development of Ex Vivo
Lung Perfusion (EVLP) and
clinical implementation of both
EVLP and extra-corporeal life
support programs at University
Health Network. The work on
EVLP has achieved global attention
and is being rapidly adopted
at leading transplant centres around the world. Drs
Cypel and Keshavjee have published this work in high
impact journals such as Science Translational Medicine
and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Cypel’s
interest in thoracic oncology focuses on minimally
invasive thoracic surgery and the use of loco-regional
therapies for the treatment of pulmonary metastases. Dr.
Cypel recently won the Young Investigator Scholarship
Award (Michael DeBakey Scholarship 2011-2013) from
the American Association of Thoracic Surgery to develop
an in vivo lung perfusion approach to be used as a platform
for various anti-cancer therapies.
Please join me in congratulating Marcelo and wishing
him much success in his academic career in the Division
of Thoracic Surgery.
Tom Waddell,
Chair and Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
University of Toronto, UHN |
Manuel Dibildox
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Manuel Dibildox was born and
raised in Monterrey, Mexico,
where he attended medical
school. He obtained an academic
scholarship and graduated
with honors in 2002. Before
obtaining his MD degree, he
performed clerkships at Baylor
School of Medicine and Harvard
Medical School. These clinical
rotations prompted him to pursue General Surgery
training in the United States. After acquiring full
ECFMG certification, he completed his surgical training
at the Metropolitan Group Hospitals/University of
Illinois at Chicago Program. This training was followed
by fellowships in Surgical Critical Care as well as Burn
and Reconstructive Surgery at the University Of Texas
Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for Children in
Galveston, Texas. Current credentials include Certificates
in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care from
American Board of Surgery as well as Advanced Cardiac
Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery.
After finishing his training, Manuel accepted a position
as Attending Surgeon at the Ross Tilley Burn Unit
at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Lecturer
at the University of Toronto. Besides clinical practice,
his appointment also includes completing a Master of
Sciences Program at the Institute of Medical Sciences
with emphasis on clinical epidemiology. His clinical and
academic focus is on the acute and reconstructive phases
of burn patients and their long term outcomes.
Academic achievements include being co-author in 2
publications in peer reviewed journals and 2 other publications
currently in review, contributions to 3 chapters
in surgical textbooks and 7 presentations at national and
international meetings. Other interests include skiing,
snowboarding, music and information technologies.
Dimitri Anastakis
Professor and Chair,
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Marc Jeschke
Director of the Ross Tilley Burn Centre
Paul Karanicolas
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Paul Karanicolas is a surgical
oncologist at the Odette Cancer
Centre and Assistant Professor
of Surgery at the University of
Toronto. He completed medical
school and residency in general
surgery at the University
of Western Ontario. During
his residency, Paul entered the
clinician-investigator program
and completed a PhD thesis at McMaster University,
focused on outcomes assessment in surgical trials. After
finishing his general surgery training, he completed a
clinical fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Dr. Karanicolas’ surgical practice is devoted to patients
with hepatobiliary, pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancers.
As part of a multidisciplinary care team, he strives
to maximize quality-of-life and minimize the morbidity
of interventions for his patients without compromising
long-term prognosis.
Dr. Karanicolas is actively engaged in clinical research to
further these goals. A central part of his research involves
writing and conducting clinical trials for patients undergoing
surgery, particularly in the area of gastrointestinal
oncology. Dr. Karanicolas is also focused on improving
the methods to collect and interpret data on quality-oflife
in patients with cancer. In addition, he is actively
involved in improving the incorporation of evidencebased
care into surgical practice through the development
of clinical guidelines and teaching.
Andy Smith
Bernard & Ryna Langer Chair,
Division of General Surgery
University of Toronto
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