Dr. LINDA DVALI

Dr. Linda Dvali was Vice President/Secretary/Treasurer of the Micheal Garron Hospital (MGH) Medical Staff Association from December 2020 to June 2022. She was President of the Medical Staff Association from June 2022 to June 2024. In those roles she was an ex officio member of our Hospital Board and Foundation Board sitting on numerous committees. She is a Plastic Surgeon with a special interest in hand and peripheral nerve surgery. She is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, American Association for Hand Surgery and American Society for Peripheral Nerve and the Canadian Peripheral Nerve Society. 

Dr. Dvali completed her residency program in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in June 2001. From July 2001 to June 2002, she completed a Peripheral Nerve/Microsurgery/Hand Fellowship in St. Louis, Missouri under the direction of Dr. Susan Mackinnon. She attended Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, completing a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology in June 2003. She is an active staff at the University Health Network and MGH in Toronto. 

Dr. Dvali is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto. She is the President of the Medical Staff Association at MGH for a two-year term ending June 2024. She completed a 10-year term as the Head of the Division of Plastic Surgery at MGH. She has been a member of our Residency Program Committee from 2001-2022 and managed the Health Advocate Competency Program for the Division until June 2022. She is an Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons for Plastic Surgery since 2019.