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Dr. Teodor Grantcharov is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He holds the Keenan Chair in Surgery at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Grantcharov is the Founding Director of The International Centre of Surgical Safety at The Li Ka Shing Institute of Knowledge of St. Michael's Hospital.
Dr. Grantcharov's clinical interest is the area of minimally invasive surgery and his academic interest is in the field of surgical innovation, education and patient safety. He has become internationally recognized as a leader with his work on curriculum design, assessment of competence and impact of surgical performance on clinical outcomes. Dr. Grantcharov is the Founder of Surgical Safety Technologies, an academic startup that developed and commercialized the OR Black Box platform. The vison of SST is to transform the safety culture in medicine and introduce modern safety management systems in the high-risk operating room environment.
Dr. Grantcharov has more than 170 peer-reviewed publications and more than 180 invited presentations in Europe, South- and North America. He sits on the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and on numerous committees with surgical professional societies in North America and Europe. He sits on the Editorial Boards of the British Journal of Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy.