Boris Gala-Lopez , MD MSc PhD ASTS

Research Interests:

Dr. Gala-Lopez's research interests fall into two major categories: improving organ quality for transplantation, with strategies to ameliorate ischemia-reperfusion injury; and cancer surgery with special focus in improving clinical outcomes in the multidisciplinary management of liver and pancreas cancer, through precision medicine. Dr. Gala-Lopez participates in multiple local and national projects both in basic science and clinical outcomes, with the common link of translational research. 

Education

• ASTS Fellowship in Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery (University of Alberta)
• Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery (Coruna, Spain)
• Residency (Havana Institute of Medical Sciences, Cuba)
• MD (Havana Institute of Medical Sciences, Cuba)
• PhD in Experimental Surgery (University of Alberta)
• MSc in Medical Informatics (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Memberships

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons
The Americas Hepato-biliary Assocation 
Canadian Society of Transplantation
Canadian Liver Transplant Network
The Transplantation Society
Canadian Association of General Surgery
Canadian Cancer Society
Cuban Society of Surgery
Cuban Society of Transplantation
The Transplant Society of Latin America and the Caribbean

Other Roles

Director, AHPBA Advanced Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellowship Program
Head, Service C. Division of General Sugery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University.
Scientific Advisory Committee, Pancreatic Cancer Care in Nova Scotia
Scientific Advisory Committee, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Care in Nova Scotia
Associate Member of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute