Dr. Richard Garfinkle
Assistant Professor聽
MD, MSc, PhD聽
Currently supervising students
The surgical outcomes of colorectal surgery patients, making use of large administrative databases, institutional data, and prospective trials to answer various clinical questions. His areas of interest include rectal cancer and diverticulitis聽
Dr. Richard Garfinkle is an Assistant Professor and surgeon to the Division of General Surgery/Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Jewish General Hospital. He graduated from the General Surgery residency program at 看片视频 University in 2023, during which time he also completed a Master鈥檚 in Epidemiology and a PhD in Experimental Surgery. He then completed a Colon and Rectal Surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN). His particular interests include robotic surgery and the surgical management of primary and recurrent rectal cancer. He has also been appointed as a researcher at the Lady Davis Institute and will lead the Colorectal Surgery Outcomes Research Group at the JGH.聽