Department of Surgical Oncology

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program. This program, which is part of the Division of General Surgery at the University of Toronto, is one of the largest and most successful of its kind in North America. The Department of Surgical Oncology at Princess Margaret offers a wide range of clinical placements in its research and clinical programs.

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Training Program. This program, which is part of the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto, is one of the largest and most successful of its kind in North America.

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program. This program, which is part of the Division of General Surgery at the University of Toronto, is one of the largest and most successful of its kind in North America. The program is accredited by SSO. The fellowship takes place at 2 sites, the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Princess Margaret. Between them, the 2 centres have 9 dedicated breast surgical oncologists. Every year, 2-3 clinical fellowship positions are offered.

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Fellowship in Advanced Training in Head and Neck Oncological Surgery. The focus of this fellowship is head and neck oncological extirpative surgery, reconstructive surgery with an emphasis on micro free tissue transfer, and endocrine and salivary surgery

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, the Surgical Neuro-oncology Clinical Fellowship includes exposure to four neurosurgical staff at the Central Nervous System and Eye Site Group at Princess Margaret: Drs. Mark Bernstein, Paul Kongkham, and Gelareh Zadeh. The neurosurgical staff operate primarily at Toronto Western Hospital and offer multidisciplinary clinics at Toronto Western Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Drs. Kongkham and Zadeh have active basic research laboratories at the Princess Margaret Research Institute. The team has overlapping but distinct clinical and research interests:

• Dr. Bernstein: Intra-axial primary brain tumours and brain metastases; awake craniotomy and outpatient brain tumour surgery
• Dr. Kongkham: Intra-axial primary brain tumours and benign metastases; functional imaging and intraoperative mapping
• Dr. Zadeh: Pituitary, skull base and endoscopic surgery

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Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship. This 1-year program, which is part of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Toronto General Hospital (TGH), offers fellows an opportunity to experience a broad spectrum of cancer-related defect reconstruction.

Fellows will be exposed mainly to microsurgical and non-microsurgical reconstruction of head and neck, breast and musculoskeletal sarcoma defects. The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division at TGH is a very busy service offering an excellent clinical, educational and research experience.

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Breast Reconstruction Surgical Oncology Fellowship. This program, which is part of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto, is one of the oldest and most successful of its kind in North America. Fellows spend 6 months at the University Health Network gaining wide exposure to microsurgical reconstruction, perforator flaps and other complex reconstructions following oncologic ablation for sarcomas and other cancers. The remaining 6 months are spent at Women’s College Hospital gaining exposure to pedicled flap reconstruction, implant reconstruction and aesthetic surgery.

Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Thoracic Surgery Fellowship. This University of Toronto fellowship has funded training opportunities for both Canadian and international surgeons. The program is tailored to the needs of the fellow and varies from 6 months to 2 years in duration. Exposure to all aspects of general thoracic surgery is available, depending on the duration of the Fellowship. A separate lung transplant fellowship exists but 6 months to 1 year can be incorporated into the training if desired.

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Affiliated with the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret is a major contributor to the Uro-Oncology Fellowship. The vision of this program is to be one of the best and most comprehensive uro-oncology fellowship training programs in the world, given the breadth and depth of the faculty and their international profiles. Our mission is to train uro-oncologists to be among the world’s best with an evidence-based approach to achieve the highest standards of clinical care, a commitment to teach what they know and to conduct research directed to curing genitourinary cancer. Our objective is to train 3 uro-oncologists per year.

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