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Dr. Mirko S. Gilardino

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Mirko S. Gilardino, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACSAcademic title(s):

  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery
  • Division Chief, Plastic Surgery (MUHC and Montreal Children’s Hospital)

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  • Montreal General Hospital
  • Montreal Children's Hospital

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D6.269 MGH/ B05.3310 MCH

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Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Hospital title: 

Director, H.B. Williams Craniofacial and Cleft Surgery Unit

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MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

  • Co-Editor, Plastic Surgery Journal 2021
  • Surgical Fellowship, Complex Craniofacial Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania, 2007-08
  • Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence 2018
  • “Person of the Year” Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association 2018
  • Recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for outstanding contribution to the medical field by a Canadian

Current research: 

  • Craniofacial bone engineering and scaffolds
  • Plastic Surgery Education
  • Robin Sequence

Clinical Interests: 

Craniofacial Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Language(s) spoken: 

  • English
  • French

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Dr. Mirko Gilardino is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon recognized by the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is currently the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the ɬ﷬ Health Centre and the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Gilardino is the former Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program at the ɬ﷬ Health Centre, a program he led for 8 years. As division chief, he continues to be actively involved in surgical education and training of residents as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the ɬ﷬ Faculty of Medicine. He also supervises the fellowship program in pediatric craniofacial reconstruction, one of the best in Canada.

Selected publications: 

  1. El Hawary H, Cederna P, Gilardino MS. Facial Transplantation: A Dilemma of the Four Basic Medical Principles. Published in Plas Recon Surg, March 2021.
  2. Jaberi M, Abi-Rafeh J, Chocron Y, Zammit D, AlHalabi B, Gilardino MS. SMaRT Assessment Tool: An Innovative Approach for Objective Assessment of Flap Designs. Accepted to Plas Recon Surg, January 6, 2021
  3. Zammit D, Safran T, Gilardino MS. Re-evaluating the Current Model of Rhinoplasty Training and Future Directions – A Role for Focused, Maneuver-Specific Simulation. Published in Plas Reconstr Surg, 144(4):597-61e, October 2019.
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