Dr. Mirko S. Gilardino

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 Health Centre and the Montreal Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Gilardino is the former Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program at the 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 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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