Invited Speaker
International
1. Keynote Speaker – D2 MIS Gastrectomy - Tips and Tricks for a Safe Resection
a. 17th Brazilian Congress of Surgical Oncology, Nov 5-8, 2025
2. Keynote Speaker - Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC in Gastric adenocarcinoma? Is there an indication?
a. 17th Brazilian Congress of Surgical Oncology, Nov 5-8, 2025
3. Keynote Speaker – Quality of Life post-gastrectomy
a. My Gut Feeling's 9th Annual Stomach Cancer Conference, Nov 15, 2025
4. Chair/Moderator: Evolving Landscape of GIST and Treatment Implications - beyond c-KIT
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Pheonix, Arizona, March 5-7, 2026
5. Chair/Moderator – Quality Metrics in Cancer Surgery a Global Perspective
a. Society of Surgical Oncology, Tampa, Florida, March 27-29, 2025
6. Speaker – Debate – Surgery vs. Observation in Abdominal Wall Desmoids – pro surgery
a. Society of Surgical Oncology, Tampa, Florida, March 27-29, 2025
7. Moderator – Women’s Forum – Advocating for Yourself
a. Society of Surgical Oncology, Tampa, Florida, March 27-29, 2025
8. Speaker – The role of adjuvant therapy in Melanoma morning Symposium
a. Canadian Melanoma Conference, Vancouver, BC, Feb 20-22, 2025
9. Speaker – The management of lung metastases in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Webinar, Feb 10, 2025
10. Keynote Speaker –
· Debate: Adjuvant Therapy for Stage IIIA Melanoma : Con
· Should we treat iliac disease as Stage III or IV in melanoma?
· Pathologic complete response after neo-adjuvant therapy in melanoma: is the index node resection enough?
a. III Brazilian Skin Cancer Conference, Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oct 10-12, 2024
11. Speaker - International Perspectives in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Care
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Webinar, June 5, 2024
12. Chair/Moderator - The Not So Great Debate: Should All Sarcoma Care be Regionalized to Sarcoma Centers?
Session: The Not So Great Debate: Should All Sarcoma Care be Regionalized to Sarcoma Centers?
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-23, 2024
13. Speaker – Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Work-up and Surgical Management
a. NANETS Multidisciplinary NET Medical Symposium – Montreal, Quebec, Oct 4-6, 2023
14. Participant – Experts in Sarcoma – Liposarcoma Research Interview
a. Virtual – June 5, 2023
15. Participant – Experts in GI Cancer – Global Interviews
a. Virtual – June 1, 2023
16. Speaker-Participant – Melanoma Clinical Observation Program – Clinical Expert Advisory Board
a. Kiel Germany, November 14-15, 2022
17. Chair - Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Patient-Centric Approach
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, March 22-25, 2023
18. Keynote Speaker (4 talks) – Management of Nodal Melanoma
Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Acute Retroperitoneal Cases
Avoiding pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, Oct 7-9, 2022
19. Keynote Speaker – The Limits of Resectability in Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Next Frontiers to Cure Cancer 2022, Brazil, June 22-25, 2022.
20. Speaker – The Canadian Landscape of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. 16th Canadian Melanoma Conference (Virtual), Feb 26th, 2022
21. Speaker – The Approach to Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
a. Bar Ilan University Faculty of Medicine, Israel – Grand Rounds, March 1, 2022
22. Speaker - AC Camargo Cancer Center Annual Cancer Meeting – Expert Panel on the Management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Training surgeons for soft tissue sarcoma care: is a specific training program necessary?
a. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Virtual), June 25-26th, 2021
23. Featured Guest - Cold Steel Surgical Podcast – Melanoma
a. Nov 5, 2020
24. Panelist - Sarcoma Tumour Board: Challenging and Controversial Cases
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Cancelled in Virtual meeting due to CVOID-19)
25. Panelist – Tans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG) Semi-Annual Meeting
a. Virtual Meeting, July 17, 2020.
26. Speaker - Research Projects of the Trans-Atlantic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, Nov 1, 2023
b. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, March 22, 2023
c. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2022
d. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 10, 2021
e. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 18, 2020.
f. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual, Aug 17-20, 2020.
g. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 13-16, 2019.
h. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 27-30, 2019.
i. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, Nov 15-17, 2018.
j. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
27. Chair – Poster Presentation Abstract Session
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium (TISS), Toronto, Ontario, May 14-15, 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)
28. Chair - Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 27-30, 2019.
29. Chair – Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
30. Chair – Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2017
31. Speaker - The approach to melanoma In-transit disease.
a. Loco-Regional Melanoma Conference. Melbourne, Australia – Aug 26-27, 2016
32. Speaker - Breast Tumour Board – Managing complex cases of Breast cancer
a. World Congress of Surgery – Bangkok, Thailand, Aug 23-27, 2015
33. Speaker and Panelist - The Surgical Management of Melanoma
a. International Multi-disciplinary Oncology conference – Ottawa, Ontario, June 19, 2015
National
34. Moderator – General Surgery Essentials
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Montreal, Qc, Sept 16-20, 2025
35. Speaker – MIS/CSSO session - Principled approaches for managing emergency presentations of GI malignancies for the MIS enthusiast (Gastric Cancer and GIST)
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Montreal, Qc, Sept 16-20, 2025
36. Chair – Shibata Lecture – From TARPSWG to RESAR to STRASS how research can evolve for rare cancers like Sarcoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Montreal, Qc, Sept 16-20, 2025
37. Speaker – Debate – Incisional Hernia Repair in a Cancer Survivor
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Winnipeg, MB. Sept 25-28, 2024
38. Chair – General Surgery Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Winnipeg, MB. Sept 25-28, 2024
39. Speaker – CSSO National Journal Club
a. STRASS and STREXIT trials – Virtual, Aug 14, 2024
40. Chair – General Surgery Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, BC, Sept 19-23, 2023
41. Speaker – How I do It Video – Flaps for Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, BC, Sept 19-23, 2023
42. Chair – Surgeon as a Second Victim: Moral injury in Surgery
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, BC, Sept 19-23, 2023
43. Participant – Meet the Program Director
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, BC, Sept 19-23, 2023
44. Keynote Speaker – The role of Immunotherapy in Stage 2 Melanoma
a. Dinner Symposium – Toronto, Ontario – May 30, 2023
45. Chair – Neo-Adjuvant and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Locally Advanced Melanoma
a. EBRS-CAGS-CSSO Webinar – May 24, 2023
46. Keynote Speaker – Immunotherapy and Targeted Markers in Melanoma
a. The Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers’ Association (CLIMOA), Ottawa, ON, May 14-16, 2023
47. Chair – Paper Session in Surgical Oncology
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting – April 28, 2023
48. Panel Speaker – Multidisciplinary Tumour in Gastric Cancer
a. Canadian Gastric Cancer Association – April 27, 2023
49. Chair – Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Paper Session
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
50. Keynote Speaker – Melanoma in the Era of effective Adjuvant Therapy
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
51. Chair and Speaker – Lumps and Bumps – Simple flaps for the General Surgeon
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
52. Speaker – How I do it Videos– Keystone, Z-plasty and Rotation Flaps for Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
53. Speaker and Chair – Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
54. Panel Member – The use of Immunotherapy in Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
55. Panel Member – Tumour Board Complex Cases of Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
56. Keynote Speaker – Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. Skin Cancer Regional Meeting, Montreal, Qc, May 12, 2022
57. Keynote Speaker – Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. Skin Cancer Regional Meeting, Meeting, Quebec City, Qc, May 11, 2022
58. Keynote Speaker – Large Databases the Challenges and the Rewards
a. McMaster General Surgery Research Day, Hamilton, Ontario, May 10, 2022
59. Speaker – MIST Trial
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 1, 2022
60. Collaborator – SkIN Canada - Priority Setting Workshop for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada
a. Virtual, March 2022
61. Moderator – Virtual Care in 2022 due to COVID-19
a. CAGS Webinar, Virtual, Feb 24, 2022
62. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Management of Melanoma
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), Virtual, Feb 14-18, 2022
63. Speaker – Update on the Management of Melanoma
a. McGill Surgical Oncology Fellowship Academic Half-Day, Oct 21, 2021
64. Speaker –The Weird and the Wonderful : What to do when faced with a rare cancer diagnosis?
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Virtual, Sept 21-24, 2021
65. Speaker – Melanoma Imaging Surveillance Trial (MIST) – Melanoma Disease Site Group
a. Virtual, April 25, 2021
66. Chair and Speaker – What you need to know about Melanoma
a. Webinar, May 18, 2021
67. Chair – A Surgeon’s perspective on the evolving landscape of Advanced SCC
a. Webinar, Feb 25, 2021
68. Co-Chair – Margins after oncoloplastic breast surgery
a. CAGS-CSSO-EBRS Webinar, Feb 18, 2021
69. Co-Chair – The management of Gastro-esophageal hernia
a. CAGS-CATS Webinar, Jan 28, 2021
70. Chair – CT in the ED
a. CAGS Webinar, Nov 4, 2020
71. Panelist – Insights into Leadership in Surgical Oncology
a. University of Toronto Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Seminar Series, Dec 7, 2020
72. Featured Guest – STEMcase – uOttawa affiliated Podcast – accessible resource for students
a. Career and Mentorship Session,
73. Panelist – Session on Health System Disparities in Surgery – Effect of SES on Melanoma Care
a. Canadian Association of General Surgeons Virtual Meet Week, Oct 30, 2020.
74. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Management of Melanoma
a. Toronto, Ontario, Feb 25-28, 2021
75. Speaker – Update in the Management of Melanoma (cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. Family Medicine Cancer Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Dec 11, 2020
76. Speaker – Melanoma management for patients (cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. Melanoma Network of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov 12, 2020
77. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Keystone Flaps and LYMPHA for Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, British Columbia, Sept 24-26, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
78. Panelist and Working Group– Management of Cutaneous SCC (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. CARE Symposium
79. Speaker – Update in the management of Gastric Cancer
a. Memorial University Grand Rounds, St-John’s, Newfoundland, May 11, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
80. Speaker – A neo-adjuvant clinical trial in Locally advanced melanoma – Melanoma Disease Site Group
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) – Toronto, Ontario, April 29, 2018
81. Speaker – Update in the management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Memorial University Residents Academic Half-Day, St-John’s Newfoundland, May 12, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
82. Chair – Dealing with the Stress of COVID-19: How to Care For Yourself so You Can Continue to Care for Others
a. Canadian Association of General Surgeons Webinar, April 15, 2020
83. Ontario Skin Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment : Current Landscapes & Project Spotlights
a. Cancer Care Ontario Webinar, Feb 5, 2020.
84. Speaker – Advances in Adjuvant Melanoma Therapy : Working Together to Improve Outcomes
a. PeerVoice Educational Webinar: www.peervoice.com/GUJ?MemberID=999, March, 2019
85. Speaker - The Surgical Management of GIST
a. GIST Day of Learning Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 28, 2019.
86. Chair – Women in surgery symposium
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Sept 5-7, 2019.
87. Professor - Drinks with the Professor – How to get into a Surgical Residency
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Sept 5-7, 2019.
88. Chair – Abstract Session
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 3, 2019.
89. Speaker – Update in the Management of Melanoma
a. 69th University of Ottawa Clinical and Scientific Dermatology Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, April 12-13, 2019
90. Speaker – Update in Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. 69th University of Ottawa Clinical and Scientific Dermatology Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, April 12-13, 2019
91. Speaker –ICG guided Sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymphedema surgery for melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
92. Speaker - New directions in melanoma (Systemic Therapy, In-Transit disease, Lymph Node management post MSLT-2)
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
93. Chair and Panelist – Women in Surgery Symposium
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
94. Chair - Session on the Management of Locally Advanced and Metastatic GIST
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 27, 2018.
95. Speaker - Update on Melanoma – General Surgery Exam Review Course for Canadian PGY5s
a. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, March 2, 2020.
b. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, March 3, 2019.
c. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, Feb 22, 2018.
96. Speaker - Strides for Melanoma – Awareness for Melanoma Walk
a. Melanoma Network of Canada– Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 24th, 2017
97. Chair – Canadian Surgical Forum – General Surgery Post-graduate Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
98. Speaker - The Use of Videofluorescense imaging (SPY ELYTE) for lymphatic mapping, anastomoses and flap reconstruction
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
99. Speaker - Update in Melanoma - General Surgery Post-graduate Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
100. Speaker - The role of lymph node surgery in skin cancer – Merkel Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
101. Speaker - National Launch of Be The Choice Website – Decision Aid for Breast Cancer patients
a. Be The Choice – Ottawa, Ontario, June 8, 2017
102. Speaker - Melanoma: A new perspective
a. Quebec Surgical Association Annual Meeting – Gatineau, Quebec, May 25-28, 2017
103. Speaker - Complex Melanoma Cases – Tumour Board Session
a. Toronto General Surgery Update – April 7-9, 2016
104. Chair - Surgical challenges in General Surgery
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Quebec City, Quebec, Sept 17-19, 2015
105. Speaker and Panelist - Mastering Multimodality Cancer Care – Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Quebec City, Quebec, Sept 17-19, 2015