Following medical school at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Pollett completed his residency in Anatomical Pathology at the University of Toronto and a Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital. Having an interest in pathology informatics, he completed a master's degree in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation focusing on medical informatics.

Being born in Newfoundland, an epicenter for colorectal cancer genetics, and having an interest in information repositories driving research and clinical innovation, Dr. Pollett's MSc and research brought him into the world of familial registries, hereditary cancer, and molecular pathology.

He was the first Medical Co-Director for the division of Diagnostic Medical Genetics at Sinai, where he has been fortunate to work with wonderful colleagues in the laboratory, clinical and genetics spheres to make Sinai a leader in hereditary and tumour molecular genetic testing. Dr. Pollett is also privileged to be the provincial lead for the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Program (PLMP) at Ontario Health, Cancer Care Ontario. In this role he has helped standardize and expand molecular pathology testing throughout Ontario.

Dr. Bibianna Purgina, MD, FRCPC, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Director of Residency Training Program for Anatomical Pathology for the Royal College of Physicians and ​Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) at the University of Ottawa (2021- ) and Staff Pathologist at the Ottawa Hospital. Dr. Purgina is a specialist in head and neck, endocrine, bone and soft tissue pathology. After a residency at the University of Ottawa, Canada, she completed fellowships in bone and soft tissue pathology and head and neck/endocrine pathology, both at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA. She is a member of several committees at Cancer Care Ontario, a member of the editorial board of MyPathologyReport.ca along with a variety of other committees. Dr. Purgina is also actively involved in anatomical pathology residency education and quality and patient safety initiatives in anatomical pathology.

Dr. Neil Davis is the Chief of the Department of Pathology at Cornwall Community Hospital, having held that position since 2011. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in Montreal, a Masters degree in Biomedical Science from Touro College in New York, and his MD degree from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, before completing his residency in Anatomic Pathology at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey, then an affiliate of New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center. Following residency, he completed two fellowships, one in gynecologic pathology at Mount Sinai and then in surgical pathology at New York University Medical Center. In addition to other roles, Dr. Davis serves as President of the Medical Staff at Cornwall Community Hospital and Chair of the Section on Laboratory Medicine of the Ontario Medical Association.

I pursued my MD/PhD training at University of Manitoba, which was followed by Anatomic Pathology residency at the University of Toronto. I pursued two clinical fellowships; molecular genetic pathology (U. Pennsylvania) and gynecological pathology (Brigham & Women's Hospital). I am a staff pathologist at St. Michael's Hospital, where I serve as a surgical (GYN, THO) and molecular pathologist.

Theodora (Dorien) Ruijs FRCPC is a general pathologist with over 25 years experience as Transfusion Medicine Laboratory medical director. She is currently Laboratory Director at Headwaters Health Care Centre, Transfusion Laboratory consultant at William Osler Health System and North York General Hospital, and the clinical project coordinator with the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN), a position funded by MOH to support Ontario hospitals in transfusion utilization.

Dr. Evans is the Chief of Pathology and Medical Director of Laboratory Medicine at Mackenzie Health (MH) and an internationally recognized consultant in GU pathology. Prior to joining MH in 2020, he was a consultant in GU pathology at University Health Network for 20 years where he was actively involved in teaching, translational research and the development of best practice guidelines for GU oncology with Ontario Health/Cancer Care Ontario (OH-CCO), International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP), College of American Pathologists (CAP) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Clinical Interests: anatomical pathology, liver pathology, and digital pathology

Appointment Status: Mt Sinai Hospital