2025 OAGS Surgical Symposium - President's Message

Saturday, November 8 - Hilton Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Dear Colleagues,
The OAGS board has been working diligently behind the scenes over the last few months to bring an amazing OAGS conference in November at the Hilton in downtown Toronto. Again, this year we have an amazing line-up of speakers and topics, and our keynote speaker Dr. Alice Wei of Sloane Kettering, New York, will be speaking on HPB.

We will also be teaming up with CAGS again to offer a polypectomy course on Sunday, November 9, 2025 (separate event). What better way to get additional learning credits, especially hands on learning credits! I hope to see all of you there! Feel free to send questions and comments to info@oags.org.

Ravinder Singh
OAGS President Staff Surgeon, North Bay Regional Health Centre,
Assistant Professor, General Surgery, NOSM.

Ontario Association of General Surgeons

Our mission centres on 3 main values: Advocacy, Education, Quality
The Ontario Association of General Surgeons (OAGS) is a non-profit organization that represents General Surgeons throughout the province of Ontario. It is an interest group that works with other organizations toward improving the working conditions of General Surgeons, quality of general surgery and, in turn, the overall health care conditions of their patients. We also help facilitate research via our Annual Resident Research Grant Competition. We have been celebrating over 20 years of service since 1995/96 and hope to continue acting as the voice of General Surgeons of Ontario for years to come.

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