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Dr Toni Zhong receives the Community Service Award

UHN-Breast Reconstruction Program’s Dr Toni Zhong receives the Community Service Award

Dr. Toni Zhong was recognized for her community service through her work with Women for Women International – an organization that has helped nearly 500,000 marginalized women in countries affected by war and conflict by offering support, tools and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency. Dr. […]


Dr. Toni Zhong Interviewed by Global News

Wendy Thomas with her husband Julian. Thomas elected to have breast reconstruction after her mastectomy in June 2018.

Breast reconstruction is relatively rare in Canada compared to other countries, even though it’s covered by provincial health insurance. Here, only about 16 per cent of women have immediate breast reconstruction following a mastectomy, compared to about 38 per cent in the U.S., according to the Canadian Cancer Society – though those statistics don’t include […]


Dr. Toni Zhong appointed as the inaugural Belinda Stronach Chair

Dr. Toni Zhong appointed as the inaugural Belinda Stronach Chair in Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery at UHN

Dr. Toni Zhong is a graduate of the Plastic Surgery Residency Training Program at the University of Western Ontario and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2007. Dr. Zhong has won numerous national and international research and young investigator awards and is the recipient of numerous peer-reviewed […]


Dr. Siba Haykal, joins the UHN team

Dr. Siba Haykal, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon joins the UHN team

Biography Dr. Haykal graduated from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine in 2007, and subsequently completed her residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto in 2016. During her residency, she completed a four-year Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and immunology with a focus on tracheal […]


Dr. Zhong helps Acid Attack victim from Bangladesh

Dr. Zhong helps Acid Attack victim from Bangladesh

Popi Rani Das was tricked into drinking acid by her husband in 2009 in Bangladesh. Earlier this year, surgeons at Toronto General Hospital reconstructed her throat and stomach, using skin taken from her arm