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Research Advisory Committee

The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) supports the associate chair of research in leading, facilitating and motivating research within our department. The committee consists of faculty representation from each division, as well as the Surgeon Scientist Program and Surgical Research Methodology Program in Surgical Foundations. The RAC is the liaison between the department research leadership and the divisions, both informing the ACR of research activity within each division as well as communicating and implementing the decisions and direction of the ACR/research executive to divisional faculty. They provide guidance to their divisional researchers in order to develop strong research programs and collaborations.

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Karen Bailey

Associate Professor

Pediatric Surgery

Mohit Bhandari

Professor & Chair

Department of Surgery

Luis Braga

Luis Braga

Professor

Urology

Forough Farrokhyar

Forough Farrokhyar

Professor (Part-Time)

Surgical Research Methodology

Christian Finley

MD, FRCS (C)

Associate Professor

Thoracic Surgery

Shawn Forbes

Shawn Forbes

Associate Professor

General Surgery

Michelle Ghert

MD, FRCSC

Professor

Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael Gupta

Associate Professor

Otolaryngology

John Harlock

John Harlock

Associate Professor

Vascular Surgery

Theodore Rapanos

Theodore Rapanos

Associate Professor

Kourosh Sabri

Kourosh Sabri

Associate Professor

Ophthalmology

Sheila Singh

Sheila Singh

MD, PhD, FRCSC

Professor

Neurosurgery

Achilleas Thoma

Clinical Professor

Plastic Surgery

Kaiyun Yang

Research Committee Member

Neurosurgery