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Sam Wiseman, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Endocrine Surgeon
St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Wiseman is a high-volume academic thyroid/parathyroid surgeon who practices in Vancouver. He graduated from medical school and completed General Surgery residency training at the University of Manitoba, obtaining his Fellowship in Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2000. He subsequently completed an AHNS Advanced Training Council Head & Neck Surgery Fellowship, a SSO Surgical Oncology Fellowship, and an Oncology Research Fellowship that was focused on cancer molecular biology, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Dr. Wiseman is a Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia and an attending surgeon at St. Paul’s Hospital. He is also the Director of Research for the Providence Health Care Department of Surgery and the Chair of the BC Cancer Surgery Thyroid Cancer Tumour Group. Dr. Wiseman has authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications, numerous book chapters and is an editor of the textbooks Gray’s Surgical Anatomy and 50 Landmark Papers Every Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgeon Should Know. His work has been presented at meetings and centers worldwide. He has received many awards and honours that include Michael Smith Scholar Award, Richard J. Finley Scholar Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, and an ACS Travelling Fellowship to Japan. He is also a past president of the North Pacific Surgical Association. Dr. Wiseman is passionate about education and mentors and supervises many trainees, both clinically and in research.

Disclosure(s): sernova: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing)

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