DAVID SIGALET简介
DAVIDSIGALETDLSigaletBiosketch2013DrDavidSigaletwasgrewupinBritishColumbia,CanadaandcompletedhisundergraduateandmedicaltrainingattheUniversityofBritishColumbiainVancouverItwasherethathefirstbecameinterestedinPediatricGeneralSurgeryHetrainedinadultgeneralsurgery,attheUniversityofAlberta,EdmontonDuringthistime,hedevelopedalife-longinterestinshortbowelsyndrome(SBS)HecompletedaPhDstudyingnutrientabsorptionafterintestinaltransplantationandaclinicalfellowshipinTransplantationinEdmonton,followedbyaFellowshipinPediatricGeneralSurgeryatMcGillUniversity,MontrealHebeganhiscareerinEdmonton,followedbymovestoKansasCity,whereheworkedwithDrKeithAshcraftatChildren’sMercyHospitaldoingPediatricandTransplantSurgeryIn1998hereturnedtotheAlbertaChildren’sHospitalinCalgary,andnarrowedhisresearchfocustothefactorswhichregulateintestinalfunction,aimingtomaximizethefunctioningoftheresidualintestineHealsoinitiatedaprogramforminimallyinvasiverepairofchestwalldefectsHehasrecentlyrelocatedtoDoha,Qatar,whereheistheChiefofSurgeryatthenewSidraWomanandChildren’sHealthCenterThisclinicalandresearchworkhasledtothepublicationof104peerreviewedabstracts,multiplebookchapters,andco-editorshipofseveralmajortextbooksTheseeffortsledtohisselectionastheVice-PresidentoftheWorldFederationofAssociationsofPediatricSurgeonswhereheservesasChairoftheEducationCommitteeandontheExecutiveCouncilHeisamemberoftheeditorialboardoftheAmericanJournalofPhysiology,theJournalofPediatricSurgery,andtheCanadianJournalofGastroenterology,andistheChairofthePublicationsCommitteeofAPSAHeistheoutgoingChairoftheExaminationsCommitteeinPediatricSurgeryoftheRoyalCollegeofSurgeonsofCanadaWhenheisnotoperatingorresearching,hecontinuestoenjoyskiing,andscubadivingwithhiswife,and4children