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Yaron Shargall

Bio

Dr. Shargall was born in Israel and served as a major in the Israeli army. Subsequently, he completed his medical school and bachelor in medical sciences and immunology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He then completed cardiothoracic residency at the Haddasah University Hospital of Hebrew University Jerusalem. Subsequently, he arrived to Toronto and completed cardiac and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto including a fellowship in Lung Transplant. Since 2004 he practiced thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital (both in Toronto). Between 2007 and 2010 he was the director of medical education at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and the associate director of undergraduate education at the department of surgery, University of Toronto. Since October 2010 he is the division head of Thoracic Surgery at McMaster University and head of the service of Thoracic Surgery at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. He is also the director of the surgical step-down unit at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton. Dr. Shargall is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at McMaster University and an adjunct Professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is the local LHIN 4 (Ontario) thoracic oncology lead.

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Professional Organizations

Journal Referee

Journal Review, Canadian Medical Association Journal- Open (CMAJ Open)

Journal Review and Editorial commentary, Journal of Thoracic Diseases 

Journal Review, Diseases of the Esophagus

Journal Reviewer, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Journal Reviewer, Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Journal Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Journal Reviewer, Journal of Surgical Innovation 

Journal Reviewer, Thorax

External Grant Reviews

2016 - present Member, CIHR College of Reviewers, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Grant reviewer

Conference Abstract Reviewer

2008 Abstracts reviewer of the International Society of the Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 28th Annual meeting (2008)

Other Professional Activities

2011 - present Co-Chair, Executive Steering Committee LHIN 4

2011 - present LHIN 4 (Hamilton/Niagara), Writer of the “Guidelines for treatment of non-malignant thoracic diseases” (Approved by the LHIN’s board of directors, June 2011).

2013 - 2014 GCP Training

2011 - 2013 The Firestone Institute for Respiratory Medicine, Writer (guidelines) and creator of the Combined Thoracic Surgery/ Respirology Pulmonary Nodule and Pleural Space Clinics at the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Medicine, McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton.

Awards

2016 Nominated for Cancer Care Ontario Human Touch Award (Peer nomination)

2016 Nominated for the Mentor of the Year Award, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) - Peer nomination 

2015 Nominated for the Socrates Award of the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association (USA) - Peer nomination (12.2105)

2015 Recipient of the Surgical Oncology Program Award/stipend, Cancer Care Ontario, LHIN 4

2014 Cancer Care Ontario, Cancer Quality Council of Ontario Quality Award

2014 Nominated for Cancer Care Ontario Human Touch Award (Peer nomination)

2013 Cancer Care Ontario, Cancer Quality Council of Ontario Quality Award

2013- 4 Division of Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University: “Faculty Educator of The Year in Thoracic Surgery” award

2010 St. Michael’s Hospital, Nominated for the FitzGerald Academy award, June 2010

2008 Department of Surgery, University of Toronto: The Bruce Tovee Teaching Award

2007 St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto, Best Clinical Teacher Award

2007 St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto, The Best Scientific Abstract Award (Clinical day 2007)

2006 St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto, Best clinical teacher award

2005 Department of Family Medicine at St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto teaching award

2003 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, The F. Griffith Pearson award for excellence in teaching

1999 Hebrew University Rector list of excellence in teaching.

1999 Israeli Society of Cardiology, The Israeli Society of Cardiology scholarship for postgraduate clinical fellowship

1998 Hebrew University, The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine and Hadassah University Hospital prize for outstanding teacher.

1998 Hebrew University, The S. Eizenberg prize of the Hadassah University Hospital for research in Cardio-vascular diseases

1997 Hebrew University, Hebrew University Rector list of excellence in teaching

Appointments

Academic

2010 - present Associate Professor, McMaster University, Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2010 - present Thoracic Surgery Division Head, McMaster University, Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2014- present   MI-GMAC Chair in Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University

2010 - present Juravinski Professorship in Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University, Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2009 - present Associate Professor, Undergraduate Education, University of Toronto, Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2009 - 2010 Associate Director, Undergraduate Education, University of Toronto, Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004 - 2009 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Administrative

2010 - present Head, Service of Thoracic Surgery, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

2011- present Medical Director, Surgical Step-Down Unit, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario

2009 - 2010 Associate Director, University of Toronto, Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2007 - 2010 Director of Medical Education, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Clinical

2011 - present Courtesy Staff, Niagara Health System Hospitals (NHS), Ontario, Canada

2014 - present Courtesy Staff, Brantford General Hospital, Ontario, Canada

2010 - present Associate Staff, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2005 - 2013 Courtesy staff, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004 - present Associate staff, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004 - 2013 Consultant, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004 - 2010 Staff surgeon, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Featured Publications

Agzarian J, Fahim C, Shargall Y, Yasufuku K, Waddell TK, Hanna WC. The Use of Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Resection: A comprehensive systematic review. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Accepted February 2016. Epub doi: 10.1053/jsemtcvs.2016.01.004 

Shargall Y, Hanna WC, Schneider L, Schieman C, Finley CJ, Tran A, Demay S, Gosse C, Bowen JM, Blackhouse G, Smith K. The Integrated Comprehensive Care (ICC) program: A novel home care initiative after major thoracic surgery. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Accepted 08Dec 2015. In press. Epub: doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2015.12.003

Horgan AM, Darling G, Wong R, Guindi M, Liu G, Jonker DJ, Lister J, Xu W, MacKay HM, Dinniwell R, Kim J, Pierre A, Shargall Y, Asmis TR, Agboola O, Seely AJ, Ringash J, Wells J, Marginean EC, Haider M, Knox JJ. Adjuvant sunitinib following chemoradiotherapy and surgery for locally advanced esophageal cancer: a phase II trial.  . Dis Esophagus. 2015 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print].

Agzarian J, Hanna WC, Schneider L, Schieman C, Finley CJ, Linkins LA, Crowther M, Douketis J Schnurr T, Nguyen-Do D, Peysakhovich Y, Waddell TK, de Perrot M, Shargall Y. Post-discharge venous thromboembolic complications following pulmonary oncologic resection: An under detected problem. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Accepted 23 Nov 2015. Epub  doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.038.

Schneider L, Farrokhyar F, Schieman C, Hanna WC, Shargall Y, Finley CJ. The burden of death following discharge after lobectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul;48(1):65-70.

Schneider L, Farrokhyar F, Schieman C, Shargall Y, D’Souza J, Camposilvan I, Hanna WC, Finley CJ. Pneumonectomy: The Burden of Death After Discharge and Predictors of Surgical Mortality. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Dec;98(6):1976-82.

Schneider L, Shargall Y, Schieman C, Seely AJ, Srinathan S, Malthaner RA, Pierre AF, Safieddine N, Vaillancourt R, Plourde M, Bond J, Johnson S, Smith SE, Finley CJ. Design of a consensus-derived synoptic operative report for lung cancer surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Apr;97(4):1163-8.

Hanna WC, Ko MA, Blitz M, Shargall Y, Compeau CG. Thoracoscopic nuss procedure for young adults with pectus excavatum: Excellent midterm results and patient satisfaction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep;96(3):1033-8.

Kolb M, Shargall Y. Lung surgery in interstitial lung disease-a safe and useful procedure? J Thorac Dis. 2013 Aug;5(4):375-7.

de Perrot M, McRae K, Shargall Y, Pletsch L, Tan K, Slinger P, Ma M, Paul N, Moric J, Thenganatt J, Mak S, Granton JT. Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the Toronto experience. Can J Cardiol. 2011 Nov-Dec;27(6):692-7.

Fisher J, Shargall Y, Krajden S, Moid F, Hoffstein V. Cystic echinococcosis: late rupture and complication of a stable pulmonary cyst. Can Respir J. 2011 Sep-Oct;18(5):258-60.

McRae K, Shargall Y, Ma M, Thenganatt J, Slinger P, Granton JT, de Perrot M. Feasibility of blood conservation strategies in pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul;13(1):35-8.

de Perrot M, McRae K, Shargall Y, Thenganatt J, Moric J, Mak S, Granton JT. Early postoperative pulmonary vascular compliance predicts outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary. Chest. 2011 Jul;140(1):34-41.

de Perrot M, McRae K, Shargall Y, Thenganatt J, Granton J. Impact of pulmonary endarterectomy on pulmonary arterial compliance in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Chest. 2011:140:134-141.

Anraku M, Miyata R, Compeau C, Shargall Y. Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopy compared to Conventional Mediasinoscopy. Are we doing better? Ann Thorac Surg 2010;89(5):1577-81.

De Perrot M, Shargall Y. Images in clinical medicine. Vanishing mediastinal mass. N Engl J Med 2009;361(27):2653.

Anraku M, Shargall Y. The diaphragm: anatomy and physiology. Thorac Surg Clin 2009;19(4):419-29.

Compeau C, Tyrwhitt J, Shargall Y, Rotstein L. A retrospective review of general surgery training outcomes at the University of Toronto. Can J Surg 2009;52(5):E131-6.

White JA, Fine NM, Shargall Y. Pectus Excavatum with Severe Compression  of the Inferior Vena Cava: A rare cause of recurrent syncope. Circulation. 2009;120(17):1722-4.

De Perrot M, Shargall Y, McRae K. Pulmonary Endarterectomy: An alternative to lung transplantation for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Br J Transplant 2009;4(2):14-17.

Sugimura H, Spratt EH, Compeau C, Kattail D, Shargall Y. Thoracoscopic sympathetic clipping for hyperhidrosis: Long-term results and reversibility. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137(6):1370-8.

Asano TK, Burns A, Pinchuk B, Shargall Y. Surgical images: Soft tissue: as unusual presentation of perforated sigmoid colon. Can J Surg.2008;51(6):474-5.

Shargall Y, Spratt E, Zeldin R. Hyperhidrosis: What is it and why does it occur? Thorac Surg Clin:2008:18(2):125-32.

de Perrot M, Waddell TK, Shargall Y, Pierre AF, Fadel E, Uy K, Chaparro C,  Hutcheon M, Singer L, Keshavjee S. Impact of donor aged 60 years and older on outcome after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.2007:133;525-31.

Shargall Y, Guenther G, Ahya VN, Ardehali A, Singhal A and Keshavjee S. Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction part VI: treatment. J Heart Lung Transplant.2005;24(10):1489-500.

de Perrot M, Chernenko S, Waddell TK, Shargall Y, Pierre AF, Hutcheon M, Keshavjee S. Role of Lung Transplantation in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinomas for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease. J Clin Oncol.2004:22(21); 4351-6.

Shargall Y, de Perrot M, Keshavjee S, Darling G, Ginsberg RJ, Johnston M, Pierre A, Waddell TK:. 15 years single center experience with surgical resection of the superior vena cava for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer.2004:45(3);357-63.

Shargall Y, Pakhale S, Chamberlain D, Peirre A, Waddell TK, Hutcheon M, Keshavjee S. Bilateral Lung transplantation for metastatic leiomyosarcoma. J Heart Lung Transplant:2004:23(7):912-5.

Gerrah R, Shargall Y, Elami A. Impaired oxygenation and increased hemolysis after cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency. Ann Thorac Surg.2003:76(2);523-7.

Bar I, Friedman T, Rudis E, Shargal Y, Friedman M, Elami A. Isolated sternal fracture- a benign condition? Isr Med Assoc J.2003:5(2):105-6.

Shargall Y, Johnston MR. Lung Cancer Screening and Management in the elderly patient. Geriatrics and Aging.2002:5(9);23-28.

Shargal Y, Viola N, Nagler A, Merin G, Schmidt A, Buddecke E, Ben-Sasson S, Vlodavsky I. Inhibition of anastomotic intimal hyperplasia by a synthetic nonsulphated heparin-mimicking compounds. Exp Clin Cardiol.2002:7(2):73-9.

Deeb ME, Shargal Y, Merin G, Milgalter E. Incidental finding of myeloproliferative disorder during sternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg.2002:73(6):1951-2.

Shargall Y, Goldman B, Christakis G, David T. Analysis of explants and causes of mortality during long-term follow-up of the Toronto stentless porcine valve. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc.2001:13(4):106-12. 

Education

Degrees & Diplomas

1991 MD, Hadassah Hebrew University

1987 BA, Hebrew University (Bachelor, Medical Sciences)

Qualifications, Licensures and Certifications

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), United States

Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), Ontario, Canada

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), Canada

Member, Canadian Medical Association, Canada

Member, Ontario Medical Association, Ontario, Canada

Member, Canadian Medical Protective Association, Canada

Member, Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Israel

Member, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) 

Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)

Member, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Member, The Canadian Association of University Surgeons 

Divisions

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