Speakers
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Dr Harman SekhonAfter graduating from medical school, Dr. Sekhon obtained MSc and PhD in Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (UBC), Canada.
He completed AP/CP residency training at the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), followed by Fellowships in Cytopathology at the University of Washington, and Surgical Pathology Fellowship at OHSU. He joined Ottawa Hospital (TOH) in 2008, served as a Director of Cytopathology and promoted to Full Professor at the University of Ottawa. He is currently EORLA Regional Head and Director of Anatomic Pathology, PI of Ottawa-site OTB, and CCO Regional Cancer Pathology Lead.His research interest includes role of nAchRs in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic targets. He has authored or co-authored 200+ original publications and abstracts. He served as the Chair of Canadian Society of Cytopathology, and is Editorial board member of Canadian Journal of Pathology and member of many provincial and national advisory board
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Dr Omar Al-NourhjiDr. Omar Al-Nourhji, MD, FRCPC is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Ottawa and staff Cytopathologist/Anatomical Pathologist at the Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA)/the Ottawa Hospital. A graduate of Damascus University Faculty of Medicine, he initially completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Southern Illinois University. Following two years of practice in Newfoundland, he returned to pursue additional postgraduate training in the field of Pathology. Dr. Al-Nourhji completed an anatomical pathology/clinical pathology residency at St. Louis University followed by a cytopathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. In 2016, he returned to Canada to join the University of Saskatchewan before moving to his current position at the Ottawa Hospital, where he is part of the cytology and gynecologic pathology groups.