34th Annual Fraser N. Gurd Visiting Professor Event
Professor John V. Reynolds
MD
May 30th, 2024 - 7h30
In-person:
Osler Amphitheatre – Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue, 6th Floor Room A6.105
Zoom link to the virtual meeting:
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For the complete program please see link:
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Professor Reynolds is a surgeon-scientist and Academic Head of the Department of Clinical Surgery at St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College Dublin. He is the National Lead in Ireland for Oesophageal and Gastric cancer. He is Cancer Lead at the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, and a Principal Investigator in the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute. He is President of the Irish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IRSPEN). He is President of the European Society of Diseases of the Oesophagus (ESDE), and a Council Member of the International Society for Diseases of the Oesophagus (ISDE).
He has formerly held Fellowship positions at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. He was a Senior Lecturer/Consultant at St. James’s University Hospital in Leeds (1994-6).
Professor Reynolds has obtained numerous research awards and has published widely in cancer research, with over 450 publications, and over €5m research grant income. His research interest includes: (1) pathogenesis of Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal carcinogenesis; (2) prediction of solid tumour response and resistance to chemotherapy and radiation therapy; (3) obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, and cancer; (4) malnutrition and peri-operative nutritional support; (5) multimodal study of pre-habilitation, enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), and cancer survivorship; and (6) Clinical Trials - in this context he is PI for the NeoAEGIS RCT in oesophageal adenocarcinoma presented in ASCO in 2021 and 2023 and published in Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2023.
Title: “Improved Outcomes In Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer In The Modern Era: Perspectives Of A Surgeon Scientist.”
Dr. Fraser N. Gurd Day
Fraser Gurd Day is our department’s main event of the year. During the day the department showcases resident and staff driven research as well as presentations and activities involving our visiting professor for the year. Dr Gurd succeeded Dr. H. Rocke Robertson as Chairman of the Department of Surgery, McGill University in 1962. Throughout his career, Dr. Gurd demonstrated a remarkable interest in research with several significant investigations into the treatment of shock and trauma.
Dr. Gurd has received many honours including the Royal College’s Duncan Graham Award for outstanding service in medical education but perhaps his greatest contribution to our program was the development of the surgeon scientist.
He was an Emeritus Professor of Surgery at McGill University. The presentations by the residents and fellows are a tribute to the many contributions of Dr. Fraser Gurd.