Dr Fred Saad, FRCSC

Dr Fred Saad, MD, FRCSC, is Professor and Chief of Urology and Director of G-U Oncology at the University of Montreal Hospital Centers. He holds the University of Montreal Endowed Chair in Prostate Cancer Research and is Director of the molecular oncology research lab in Prostate Cancer at the Montreal Cancer Institute.

He is Chair of the National Cancer Institute of Canada G-U Group and the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group. He sits on 9 Editorial Boards and serves as a reviewer for more than 30 urology and oncology journals. He has published over 200 articles, 700 scientific abstracts, six books and over 20 book chapters. His main research interests include molecular prognostic markers in prostate cancer and new therapeutic approaches to metastatic prostate cancer. Presently, he coordinates over 30 clinical and basic research projects in urologic oncology. To date he has received over $7 000 000 in research grants.