Patrick J. Gullane, CM, MB, FRCSC, FACS, FRACS (Hon), FRCS (Hon) Biography
Otolaryngologist-in Chief, Department of Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery,
University Health Network
Wharton Chair Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Margaret Hospital
Professor and Chair Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto
Professor Gullane was born in Ireland and received his medical degree from Galway University, Ireland in 1970. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In 1975 he was selected as the McLaughlin Fellow and then pursued advanced training in Head and Neck Oncology in Pittsburgh, and New York.
In 1978 Dr. Gullane was appointed to the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Western Ontario. He was subsequently recruited to the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto in 1983. In 1989 he was appointed as Otolaryngologist-in-Chief within the University Health Network and in 2002 appointed as Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto.
Dr. Gullane is a member of numerous Surgical Societies, nationally/internationally and has been invited as a Visiting Professor to over 65 countries lecturing on all aspects of Head and Neck Oncology. He has delivered over 750 presentations nationally/internationally and serves on the Editorial Board of 10 Journals. Dr. Gullane has published 258 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 71 chapters in textbooks. In addition he has published 9 books on various aspects of Head and Neck Surgery. The most recent, 2nd Edition of Principles and Practice of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology was published July 2009.
Dr. Gullane has been a PI or collaborator on numerous research grants (10 ongoing) receiving funding from various Agencies, including NCIC and NIH.
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