Annual Report

It’s been an exciting year for innovation and learning at the Department of Surgery. This report highlights some of the amazing work being done by our faculty and students, including advances in robotics, brain tumour treatments and how podcasts can support ongoing learning for our surgeons.

A key element in our stories this year is the high level of collaborative dedication to discovery within our programs. We’re proud to protect research time for our clinician-scientists to enable them to bring new therapies and treatments to our community. Our ability to fund Research Chairs is also crucial to these research activities, providing faculty members with the funding, time and space to focus on groundbreaking discoveries that translate into the clinical world, and are changing lives here and around the world.

The Department of Surgery continues to grow and invite new ways of thinking to build on our foundation of research without borders. I hope you enjoy reading about our achievements and our commitment to discovering better care for our community and beyond.

Dr. Ross Walker, Head, Queen’s Department of Surgery

By The Numbers

Postgraduate Orthopaedic Surgery Residents

Postgraduate General Surgery Residents

Postgraduate Fellows

Adjunct Faculty

Active Clinical Faculty Members

Administrative Staff

New Faculty

Our Faculty members are advancing discovery in surgical practices, creating new tools and techniques, and educating our next generation of health care pioneers.

Dr. Fernando Diaz Dilernia

Dr. Wesley Edmunds

Dr. Ameer Farooq

Dr. Andrew
Giles

Dr. Linden
Head

Meet our new Faculty members →

Research Highlights

Her heartfelt journey

“There’s something special about someone who has literally touched your heart. My surgeon Dr. Payne is that person. He is one in a million and I was very lucky to be under his care.”

“Cold steel is meant to be a conversation, a way to virtually hang out with a fellow surgeon”

Cold Steel: a podcast for surgeons

Novel approaches improve outcomes for lung cancer patients

“It’s important that we stay at the forefront of technological solutions like these so that we can serve our community and contribute to better care globally.”

“We don’t fully understand glioblastoma, and so we are currently focused on prolonging and optimizing quality of life for our patients, rather than curing, which is optimally what we want to do.”