Event

Surgery Grand Rounds: "Perioperative management of patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists"

Thursday, October 30, 2025 07:30to08:30

"Perioperative management of patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists"

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Speakers: Dr. Amal Bessissow, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP

Dr. Amal Bessissow completed her medical degree at Université de Montréal in 2008. She then completed internal medicine residency at 91ºÚÁÏÍø, followed by completion of a General Internal Medicine Fellowship at 91ºÚÁÏÍø in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, Dr. Bessissow completed a perioperative medicine research fellowship at McMaster University and Population Health Research Institute. She completed a master’s degree in health research Methodology at McMaster University. Currently, she is an assistant professor at 91ºÚÁÏÍø Health Center (MUHC), a clinician-investigator, and a member of the cardiovascular program at the MUHC Research Institute. Since July 2015, Dr. Bessissow holds the positions of Medical Director of the RVH and MGH Preoperative Clinics and Director of the MUHC Perioperative Medicine Program.

& Dr. Quin Pon (PGY-5, Anesthesia)

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