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Dr. Jay Wunder
ASSOCIATE
SCIENTIST
SURGEON-IN-CHIEF,
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
Dr. Jay Wunder,an award-winning orthopaedic surgeon, researcher and
teacher, is Surgeon-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Christopher
Sharp Centre for Surgery and Oncology, Head of the Division of
Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of the University Musculoskeletal
Oncology Unit, and Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto.
He is a surgical oncologist specializing in bone and soft tissue
sarcomas, including osteosarcoma, a form of musculoskeletal cancer.
Dr. Wunder’s surgical skills are so highly respected that he is
called upon to operate on some of the country’s most complex tumours of
the musculoskeletal system.
Dr. Wunder continues to lead the multi-disciplinary Sarcoma Program,
which is recognized by Accreditation Canada as a Leading Practice.
Dealing with some of the most complex cases of the disease, this
program is recognized nationally and internationally for achieving the
best patient outcomes, development and implementation of new treatment
strategies, and translational research.
Mount Sinai Hospital’s Sarcoma training program is one of the
largest in the world, attracting many Canadian and international
trainees. Almost 100 per cent of all Canadian fellows are trained by
Dr. Wunder and his team, and as a result, the standard of practice in
the field of sarcoma across Canada continues to rise dramatically.
Dr. Wunder has held several Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowships, and he
is the inaugural holder of the Rubinoff/Gross Chair in Orthopaedic
Oncology.
His many awards for teaching include the Robert Salter Teaching
Award (University of Toronto), the Wightman Berris Academy Teaching
Award, and the Bruce Tovee Teaching Award. He is the recipient of
numerous research grants such as the prestigious Orthopaedic and
Research Education Foundation Kappa delta Research Award—the highest
award in Orthopaedic Research in North America.
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