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Agostino Pierro, OBE, MD, FRCS (Engl), FRCS (Ed), FAAP<\/h3>\n

Division of General and Thoracic Surgery \u2013<\/strong> The Hospital for Sick Children<\/p>\n

Senior Associate Scientist\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children<\/p>\n

Professor, Department of Surgery, <\/strong>Faculty of Medicine <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>University of Toronto<\/p>\n

Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>University of Toronto<\/p>\n

Full Faculty Member, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine \u2013 <\/strong>University of Toronto<\/p>\n

Editor-in-Chief<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Pediatric Surgery International (PSI)<\/p>\n

Chairman<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> Research Committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA)<\/p>\n

Chairman<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> Evidence and Guidelines Committee of the European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association (EUPSA)<\/p>\n

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Dr. Pierro joined SickKids in May 2013, from Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK, where he was Nuffield Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Head of Surgery at the University College London Institute of Child Health.<\/p>\n

With over 450 publications including peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, Dr.Pierro is an internationally recognized pediatric surgeon. His vision is to improve the health outcomes of infants with various clinical problems that require surgery, including necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). He has always focused on research that maintains strong translational potential. To accomplish this, he leads a large research laboratory with activities that span from pre-clinical research to clinical trials. His unique expertise and innovative approaches improved clinical care of various diseases, bringing together a multidisciplinary team of experts not only in Toronto but also nationally and internationally. His research has been continuously funded by competitive peer review grants including a CIHR Foundation Grant.<\/span><\/p>\n

His clinical interests and expertise are neonatal, pancreatic, minimally invasive, and neuroblastoma surgery. He is Editor-in Chief of the Paediatric Surgery International. In recognition of clinical and research activities, Dr.Pierro has been privileged to be appointed honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). This Honour has been conferred in 2016 by Her Majesty The queen \u201cin recognition of Dr. Pierro`s services to medicine and charity\u201d. <\/em>In Septembr 2021, Dr.Pierro was the recipient of the 2021 Rehbein Medal by the European Paediatric Surgeons`s Association (EUPSA), the largest Paediatric Surgical Association worldwide, in recognition of \u201coutstanding achievements in Paediatric Surgery, and for significant contribution to the progress and international acknowledgment of the field\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Current Members<\/h2><\/h1><\/span>
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Carol Lee, MSc<\/h3>\n

Lab Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Dorothy Lee, PhD<\/h3>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Niloofar Ganji, PhD Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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George Biouss, PhD<\/h3>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Andrea Zito, MSc Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Felicia Balsamo, MSc<\/h3>\n

Assistant Research Technologist<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jielin Yang, BSc<\/h3>\n

Lab Technologist<\/p>\n<\/div>

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James Park, MD<\/h3>\n

Clinical Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Koshiro Sugita, MD<\/h3>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Chen-Yi Wang, PhD<\/h3>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sajda Zahir, MSc Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Vivian Li, PhD Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Giorgio Abichedid, MSc Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ying Kang (Chloe)<\/h3>\n

Research Student<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Janey Xiong, MD<\/h3>\n

Research Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Past Members<\/h2><\/h1><\/span>
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Research Fellows<\/h3>\n

Dr. Augusto Zani
\nDr. Eduardo Bindi
\nDr. Elle Zani-Ruttenstock
\nDr. Eunyoung Jung
\nDr. Haitao Zhu
\nDr. Helen Hyun-young Kim
\nDr. Hiromu Miyake
\nDr. Joshua O\u2019Connell
\nDr. Maarten Janssen Lok
\nDr. Masaya Yamoto
\nDr. Mashriq Alganabi
\nDr. Qi Li
\nDr. Shigang Cheng
\nDr. Shogo Seo
\nDr. Sinobol Chusilp
\nDr. Yong Chen
\nDr. Yuhki Koike
\nDr. Yuta Yazaki
\nDr. Zhen Zhang
\nDr, Naho Fujiwara
\nDr. Paolo Grassi
\nDr. Jayaram Sivaraj
\nDr. Fabiola Cassaro
\nDr. Stella Sabbatini
\nDr. Masahiro Shimizu
\nDr. Sofia Basandella
\nDr. Linnea S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m
\nDr. Naoki Hashizume
\nDr. Elena Paoli
\nDr. Yitong Zhao
\nDr. Bo Li<\/p>\n

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Research Fellows<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate\/Graduate and Med Students<\/h3>\n

Adam Minich
\nDaniel Recine
\nElger Baraku
\nEthan Lau
\nForouhideh Peyvandi
\nManvi Bhalla
\nMehrsa Feizi
\nMichael Maalouf
\nNassim Farhat
\nRichard Wu
\nSteven Botts
\nTali Filler
\nTina Zhou
\nVictoria Sattarova
\nZechariah Martin
\nZiyi Yvette Zhang
\nArad Saheb
\nShi Wen Wang
\nJoseph Chammas
\nMina Yeganeh
\nLauren Harrison
\nRachel Qian
\nYina Tian
\nNicole Matte
\nElizabeth-Anne Campione
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Exchange Students<\/h3>\n

Fang Zhou Yu
\nFrancesca Nascimben
\nJia Liu
\nKristen Bortolin
\nRaffaello Bonacchi
\nRunnan Gao
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