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The Legacy of Dr.Herbert S. Birkett

Annual Herbert S. Birkett Memorial Lecture

Department of Otolaryngology

–Head and Neck Surgery

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82ndÌýAnnual Herbert S. Birkett Memorial Lecture

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Guest Lecturer

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MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS

Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Head, Division of Head and Neck Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Toronto
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto
Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, UHN
Kevin and Sandra Sullivan Chair in Surgical Oncology, UHN

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Dr Jonathan Irish is Professor and Division Head of the Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery Division at the University of Toronto. He is a surgical oncologist and reconstructive surgeon with particular expertise in oral cancer, melanoma and skin cancer and thyroid cancer.

Dr Irish served as the Chief of the Department of Surgical Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre from 2000 to 2016. He joined the Surgical Oncology Program at Cancer Care Ontario in 2004 and led the Strategic Funding and Access to Care portfolio. From 2008 until 2021, Dr Irish was the Provincial Head of the Surgical Oncology Program at Cancer Care Ontario. He is currently the Vice-President, Clinical of Ontario Health-Cancer Care Ontario and in that capacity oversees cancer services for the Province of Ontario with a population of 15.5 million people.

As the Kevin and Sandra Sullivan Chair in Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto Dr Irish leads the Guided Therapeutics (GTx) Program and as a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret has a research focus in theranostics and nanoparticle therapeutics for cancer.

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“Taking forks in the road: The life of an academic surgeonâ€

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Date: Thursday, November 21,Ìý2024

Time: 5:30Ìýp.m.

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Place:Ìý Ìý

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Room Block ES1.1129

Ìý1001 Bd Décarie Suite 109, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1

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All staff and residents are welcome!

For an invite make a request to otlhns.med [at] mcgill.ca

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