Dr. Ian Witterick

• 2024–present; Surgeon-in-Chief, Sinai Health, Toronto
• 2024–present; Leadership Sinai Chair in Surgery, Sinai Health, Toronto
• 2009–present; Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 2009–present; Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 2007–present; Steering Committee, World Congress on Thyroid Cancer
• 1999–present; Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto

Former appointments 

• 2021–2024; Chair, Skull Base Surgery Section, American Head and Neck Society
• 2019–2021; President, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• 2018–2024; Alex & Simona Shnaider Research Chair in Thyroid Oncology, Sinai Health, Toronto
• 2017–2018; President, North American Skull Base Society
• 2012–2024; Otolaryngologist-in-Chief, Sinai Health, Toronto
• 2012–2022; Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (George and Helen Vari Chair 2020-2022), Toronto
• 2009–2025; Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto

• MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto; 2005
• Clinical Fellow with Dr. Michael Hawke, Rhinology, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto; 1993
• Clinical Fellow, Head & Neck Surgery with Dr. Patrick J. Gullane - Joint Council for Approval of Advanced Training in Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto; 1992
• MD, Western University, London, Ontario; 1986

• 2024 – MD Program Teaching Excellence Award.
  
  To recognize faculty, residents, graduate student teachers and clinicians in the MD Program that have attained exception Teaching Evaluation Scores. 
   
• 2022 – Guest of Honour, 6th Congress of the Confederation of European Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Milan, ltaly
• 2018 – Presidential Citation, The American Head & Neck Society, United States (Distinction)
  
  In recognition of your contributions to Head and Neck Surgery and to Medicine.
   
• 2017 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Canada (Distinction)
• 2013 – Educational Excellence Award, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Canada (Distinction)
  
  The Educational Excellence Award is intended to honour an individual who has made a significant impact in the area of medical education at a national and/or international level.
   
• 2011 – Charles Mickle Fellowship Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  
  Awarded to “an individual who has contributed greatly to medicine during the past ten years”.
   
• 2007 – Postgraduate Medical Education Award for Development and Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 
  
  To “recognize outstanding contributions of faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows; develop, organize and administer training programs; develop innovative approaches to teaching, research, and evaluation; or serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees”.
   
• 2005 – Presidential Citation, The American Head & Neck Society, United States (Distinction)
  
  In recognition of your contributions to Head and Neck Surgery and to Medicine.
   
• 2004 – The Colin R. Woolf Award for Long-Term Contribution in Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
• 2003 – Teacher of the Year Award, Dept of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto