Announcements
Celebrating Excellence:
Recent Successes in FRQS Chercheurs Boursiers Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Bozzo and Dr. Ipshita Prakash, who were awarded at the J1 Clinician level, and to Joanna Pryzbyl, PhD, who succeeded at the J2 level. Special recognition goes to Drs. Lysanne Campeau and Jonathan Spicer for their remarkable accomplishment at the Senior Clinician level, an exceptional result for the Department of Surgery. Notably, all of these talented researchers took part in the Department鈥檚 Early Career Investigator Mentorship program, which is now in its fifth year. This valuable initiative has helped 16 successful applicants from the Department of Surgery, as well as from Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, to excel in this prestigious competition. The program鈥檚 final session of the year is scheduled for this Saturday, further advancing its mission to promote research excellence and provide strong mentorship.
Reimagining Surgery: MUHC Opens Canada's First Surgical Robotics and AI Research Centre
The only hospital-based centre of its kind in Canada, SuPER will drive homegrown innovation from the lab to the operating room.
On April 30, 2025, the Research Institute of the 麻豆社 Health Centre (The Institute) proudly inaugurated the Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics Centre (SuPER) at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) of the 麻豆社 Health Centre (MUHC). With critical support from the Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF), this futuristic research hub is bringing robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to many medical disciplines鈥攆rom orthopedic, abdominal, head and neck, eye, maxillofacial and spinal surgery to interventional cardiology and radiology鈥攔eimagining and redesigning medical procedures to make them less invasive, more personalized, safer and more effective.
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Professor Fackson Mwale Receives听James 麻豆社 Professorship Award
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Professor Fackson Mwale, tenured Professor of Surgery and Graduate Program Director for Surgical and Interventional Sciences at 麻豆社, has received a James 麻豆社 Professor Award. These awards recognize a tenured full professor at 麻豆社 for outstanding contributions as an innovative researcher of exceptional caliber, renowned for leadership and world-class standing in their field.
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