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* Joint Announcement *
Dr. Lindy Samson, Chief of Staff and Chief Medical Officer for CHEO and Dr. Bernard Jasmin, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa (uOttawa), are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Pranesh Chakraborty as Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at CHEO and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at uOttawa’s Faculty of Medicine, for a five-year term effective November 1, 2023.
As Chair/Chief of the Departments, Dr. Chakraborty replaces Dr. Mona Jabbour, to whom we extend sincere gratitude for filling the role for over two years and for her guidance and dedication to the Department, CHEO and the Faculty.
Dr. Chakraborty’s extensive leadership experience, unique insights, knowledge and tenure within the Department and the broader health care system in Ontario will be instrumental to the Department’s continued success. He is a physician certified by the Royal College in medical biochemistry and pediatrics, with a subspecialty in biochemical genetics. He joined CHEO in 2003 as a clinician seeing patients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). In 2006, he led the establishment of Newborn Screening Ontario (NSO) at CHEO, for which he is the Medical and Laboratory Director. In addition to these roles, he became a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine in 2022, having been Associate Professor since 2014.
Dr. Chakraborty’s research interest focuses on the two areas of inherited metabolic diseases and newborn screening. He is involved in team research in newborn screening policy, the development of novel laboratory diagnostic and screening methods, translational metabolomics and disease pathophysiology research, as well as patient registries and observational outcome research. He has spoken at dozens of national and international panels and symposiums to share his expertise and discuss matters related to newborn screening. He has co-authored several chapters in books and 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
In 1990, Dr. Chakraborty graduated from the University of Toronto with a BSc in biochemistry with a minor in political science. In 1993, he completed the MD program at McMaster University. In 1998, he received a medical biochemistry degree from the University of Western Ontario (FRCPC). In 2000, he successfully completed pediatrics training at uOttawa (FRCPC). In 2002, he received a biochemical genetics degree from the University of Toronto (FCCMG).
The CHEO Board of Directors and University of Ottawa governance have approved this appointment.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Chakraborty on his appointment as Chair/Chief of the Department of Pediatrics.