This professorship was established in 1990 by the Cedars Cancer Foundation in honour of Dr. Edward J. Tabah.
Its objective is to bring to the MUHC a renowned world expert in the field of surgical oncology on a yearly basis. MUHC surgeons and heath care providers are given first hand acces to the latest developments and technologies in the surgical oncology direct from Cedars invited guest lecturers.
Previous Edward J. Tabah Visiting Professor in Surgical Oncology:
- 2025 - Dr. Armando E. Giuliano, FACS, FRCSEd, FSSO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 2024 - Dr. Sam M. Wiseman, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
- 2023 - Dr. David Gyorki, MBBS, FRACS, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- 2022 - Dr. Chandrajit P. Raut, MSc, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 2020 - Dr. Peter Angelos, PhD, FACS, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 2019 - Dr. Mark Can Berge Henegouwen, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2018 - Dr. David Shibata, FACS, FASCRS, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
- 2017 - Dr. Alessandro Gronchi, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
- 2016 - Dr. Ron De Matteo, FACS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2015 - Dr. Electron Kebebew, FACS, National Cancer Foundation, Washington, DC
- 2014 - Dr. Monica Morrow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2013 - Dr. Daniel Coit, FACS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2012 - Dr. Kelli Bullard Dunn, FACS, FASCRS, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- 2011 - Dr. Harushi Osugi, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- 2010 - Dr. Kris Jardon, Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 2009 - Dr. Alan D.M. Turnbull, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2008 - Dr. Sylvie Bonvalot, Gustave Roussy Cancer Foundation, Paris, France
- 2007 - Dr. Kenneth K. Tanabe, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 2006 - Dr. Hartly Stern, Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON
- 2005 - Dr. Blake Cady, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
- 2004 - Dr. Theodore N. Pappas, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- 2003 - Dr. Joel Sheinfeld, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 2002 - Dr. Peter Pisters, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- 2001 - Dr. Stimson Schantz, New York Medical College, New York, NY
- 2000 - Dr. Alfred M. Cohen, Cornell University, New York, NY
- 1999 - Dr. Michael Baum, University College, London, UK
- 1998 - Dr. Douglas Reintgen, University of South Florida, Miami, FL
- 1997 - Dr. Samuel Wells, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
- 1996 - Dr. Norman Wolmark, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1995 - Dr. Michael Lotze, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1994 - Dr. Jack Roth, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- 1993 - Dr. John Lore, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 1992 - Dr. Walter Lawrence, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
- 1991 - Dr. Murray Brennan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- 1990 - Dr. Glenn Steele, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA