SIS  |  Surgical and Interventional Sciences Program

The Surgical and Interventional Sciences (SIS) Program has a management committee made up of the program leadership, theme leaders and SIS representatives, as well as external members. The committee meets twice a year to streamline priorities and objectives, including its annual retreat.

Members

Jake Barralet, B.Eng. (Hons), PhD, Program Leader

Anne Mathiot, Program Manager

Dr. Jason Harley, Co-leader, Surgical Education and Simulation

Dr. Melina Vassiliou, Co-leader, Surgical Education and Simulation

To Be Confirmed, Leader, Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Julio Fiore, Leader, Surgical Outcomes and Quality

Dr. Liane Feldman, Chair of the Department of Surgery, McGill University

Dr. Gerald Fried, Director of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning (SCSIL)

Dr. Amir Hooshiar, Director of the Surgical Performance Enhancement and Robotics (SuPER) Centre

TBC, EDI representative

TBC, Student representative

Program leader and manager

Jake Barralet, PhD, is a professor of biomaterials and Director of Research in Orthopaedic Surgery at McGill University, and the Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, at the McGill University Health Centre. With more than 15 years of academic and industrial experience in biomaterials and nanotechnology, his research interests include tissue regeneration, 3D printed bioceramics, nanomedecine and controlled release of bioactives. He is an active board member of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences and of the Canada Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society, which he established four years ago. He is interested in productive partnerships focused on bringing new innovations to the public. In 2016 he received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to provide nearly 90 students with cross-disciplinary training to prepare them for high-skill jobs in the surgical devices industry. Anne Mathiot, M.Sc., joined the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in September 2022 as program manager of the Injury Repair Recovery Program and Clinical Innovation Platform – the first incubator for cutting-edge health technologies at the RI-MUHC and McGill University. Previously, she held positions in research for organizations in England and Canada, including project manager at Imperial College London and research centre manager at University College London. She has learned to collaborate with research organizations as well as private companies to support interdisciplinary research and innovation. She obtained an bachelor’s degree in engineering in France before graduating with an M.Sc. in immunotoxicology from the Université du Québec à Montréal in Canada. Her academic and professional journey highlights her interest and experience in medical and translational research.