Our PGY3s
Lukas Shum-Tim (Niagara)
Currently on educational leave of absence
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Med School: McGill University
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? Incredible operative exposure, collegiality and approachability of staff surgeons and excellent work-life balance within a surgical residency.
Fun Fact: In my spare time, I love to do plane spotting photography.
Favourite Quote: "We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun." -Winnie the Pooh
Career goals: I like everything from MIS to trauma laparotomies. I am still exploring everything that general surgery has to offer.
Contact: shumtiml@mcmaster.ca
Chloé Thériault
Currently on educational leave of absence
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Med School: McGill University
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? The people, the surgical exposure, how the program listens to resident concerns!!
Fun Fact: I used to Figure Skate and coach, I love true crime documentaries, I am always on the hunt for any French speaking patient!!
Favourite Quote: "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore
Contact: chloe.theriault@medportal.ca
Lily Park
Hometown: Markham, ON
Med School: University of Ottawa
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? The program truly cares about and listens to their residents. They're always supportive, welcome feedback, and actually implement them!
Fun Fact: I'm a cat mom!!
Favourite Quote: Don't be sorry, be better.
Career Goals: Colorectal, ACS, perioperative care
Contact: lily.park@medportal.ca
Tyler McKechnie
Currently on CIP
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Med School: McMaster University
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? The balance. This program provides opportunities to explore all pertinent areas of general surgery, offers amazing exposure across clinic, endoscopy, and the operating room, and provides space to pursue research/entrepreneurial activities.
Favourite surgery: Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy
Fun Fact: I'm 5'9", but 6' with hair.
Favourite Quote: "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" - Teddy Roosevelt
Career Goals: I plan on pursuing fellowship training in the area of colorectal surgery. My career goal is to be an academic colorectal surgeon.
Contact: tyler.mckechnie@medportal.ca
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Olivia Monton
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Med School: McGill University
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? Supportive staff and residents, early operative exposure, program culture!
Favourite Surgery: Whipple
Fun Fact: I love to swim and scuba dive and recently got my Advanced Open Water certification with PADI!
Favourite Quote: “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.” Maya Angelou
Career Goals: Fellowship in HPB/Surg Onc
Meghan Bourque
Hometown: Burlington, ON
Med School: University College Cork, Ireland
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? 1. It is a very welcoming, hard-working and skilled community of people that we have the opportunity to train with/under. 2. Although we are one of the largest programs in the country, Mac GenSx is giving small program vibes. 3. The main hospitals that we rotate through are within 10 minutes of each other.
Fun Fact: If I hadn't gone into Medicine, I'd probably be out building/designing homes and coaching a lot of soccer!
Career Goals: Interests: ACS, Critical Care, Surgical Oncology, Sustainability, Leadership
Contact: meghan.bourque@medportal.ca
Madeline McDonald
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Med School: University of Toronto
What do you like most about Mac GenSx? Amazing support from Program leadership, staff and co-residents to help us reach our clinical, academic and personal goals.
Fun Fact: I used to run competitively including on a few National teams!
Favourite Quote: "There is no substitute for hard work." - Thomas Edison
Career Goals: Global Surgery, access and outcomes of surgical care for underserviced populations.
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*Currently studying a Masters of Science at the University of Oxford.
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