Medical School:

• University of Toronto,  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Residency:

• University of Toronto,  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Fellowship:

• Mt. Zion Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, California (Endocrine Surgery)

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Clinician Investigator Program Accredited by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Professional Affiliations

• Ontario Medical Association
• Canadian Medical Association
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Fellow)
• American College of Surgeons (Associate Fellow)
• American Thyroid Association
• Association of Women Surgeons
• International Association of Endocrine Surgeons

Honors and Awards:

• Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship  and the Joseph M. West Memorial Fund 1998 Award, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Resident Travel Award , Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology 1999 Annual Meeting
• Travel Award , American Thyroid Association 2002 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California
• Travel Award, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons Meeting 2004, Uppsala, Sweden

Clinical Interests

• Endocrine surgical oncology including surgery for Thyroid cancer
• Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• Breast surgical oncology
• Parathyroid, Adrenal and Endocrine Pancreatic tumors

Research Interests:

• Endocrine tumor genetics
• Familial endocrine tumors

Licensure:

• Iowa Board of Medical Examiners #35311
• College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario

Selected and Recent Publications (Peer-Reviewed Papers):

• Gryfe R, Di Nicola N, Lal G, Gallinger S, Redston M.  Inherited colorectal polyposis and cancer risk of the APC I1307K polymorphism.  Am J Hum Genet 64(2): 378-84, 1999
• Lal G, Liu G, Schmocker B, Kaurah P,  Ozcelik H, Narod S, Redston M, and Gallinger S. Inherited predisposition to pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Role of family history and germline p16, BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.  Cancer Res 15; 60(2):409-16, Jan 2000.
• Lal G, Liu L, Hogg D, Lassam N, Redston M, Gallinger S.  Patients with both pancreatic adenocarcinoma and melanoma may harbor germline CDKN2A mutations.  Genes Chromosomes Cancer 27(4):358-61, April 2000.
• Liu G, Ghadirian P, Vesprini D, Hamel N, Paradis AJ, Lal G, Gallinger S, Narod SA, Foulkes WD.  Polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTT1 and CYP1A1 and risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Br J Cancer  82(10):1646-9, May 2000
• Lal G, Ash C, Hay K, Redston M, Kwong E, Hancock B, Mak T, Kargman S, Evans JF and Gallinger S.  Suppression of intestinal polyps in Msh2 deficient and non-Msh2 deficient Min mice by a specific cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor and by a dual cyclooxygenase-1/2 inhibitor. Cancer Res 15;61(16):6131-6, August 2001.
• Lal G, Gallinger S.  Genetics of pancreatic cancer – What are the risks?  The Canadian Journal of CME.  13(11):191-209, November 2001.
• Ghadirian P, Liu G, Gallinger S, Schmocker B, Paradis AJ, Lal G, Brunet JS, Foulkes WD, Narod SA. Risk of pancreatic cancer among individuals with a family history of cancer of the pancreas. Int J Cancer 97(6):807-10, Feb 2002.
• Clark OH and Lal G.  Novel method for control of mediastinal bleeding during thyroidectomy for substernal goiter.  J Am Coll Surg 196(5):818-20, May 2003
• Lal G, Brennan T, Hambleton J and Clark OH.  Coagulopathy, marantic endocarditis and cerebrovascular accidents as paraneoplastic features in Medullary thyroid cancer.  Thyroid  13(6): 601-5, June 2003.
• Lal G, Clark OH.  Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy – Indications and Technique.  Surg Oncol 12(2): 105-23, Aug 2003.
• Lal G, Clark OH.  Primary hyperparathyroidism – Controversies in surgical management.  Trends Endocrinol Metab 14(9): 417-22, Nov 2003
• Haciyanli M, Lal G, Morita E, Duh QY, Kebebew E, Clark OH.  Accuracy of preoperative localization studies and intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and double adenoma.  J Am Coll Surg 197(5): 739-46, Nov 2003.
• Lal G, Padmanabha L, Nicolson R, Smith BJ, O'Dorisio T, Howe JR, O'Dorisio MS. ECM1 and RIZ1 as diagnostic markers in thyroid cancer. In preparation

Selected Chapters:

• Lal G and Clark OH. Endocrine Surgery. In: Basic and Clinical Endocrinology 7th edition. Greenspan F and Gardner D (Editors). McGraw-Hill Companies. 2003
• Lal G, Clark OH. Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal. Schwartz Principles of Surgery, 8th edition 2004
• Lal G and Clark OH. Thyroiditis. In: Textbook of Endocrine Surgery 2nd Edition. Clark OH, Duh Q-Y and Kebebew E (Editors). Elsevier/Saunders 2005
• Lal G and Clark OH. Diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism and indications for surgery. In Textbook of Endocrine Surgery 2nd Edition. Clark OH, Duh Q-Y and Kebebew E (Editors). Elsevier/Saunders 2005
• Lal G, Clark OH. Parathyroidectomy – The bilateral approach In:The Parathyroid. Isgor A (Editor). In press
• Lal G, Clark OH. Basic concepts of parathyroid surgery. In:The Parathyroid. Isgor A (Editor). In press
• Lal G: Large adrenal incidentaloma in Case Studies in Minimal Access Surgery: A companion to the SAGES manual. In preparation
• Lal G and Clark OH. Endocrine Surgery. In: Basic and Clinical Endocrinology 8th edition. Greenspan F and Gardner D (Editors). McGraw-Hill Companies. In preparation