Welcome

Weclome to the Toronto Minimally Invasive Surgery Group Website. Herein you will find information about the Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) program, also referred to as laparoscopic surgery. Our program is based at the Finch Site of the Humber River Regional Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

This website is intended for patients, referring phsicians and surgeons seeking information primarily about the Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery program and the Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Mentoring program.

Our focus is on minimally invasive surgery. MIS surgical techniques make use of the latest technological advances and training to allow the operation to be completed with the smallest possible incisions and the least possible harm to our patients.

Wait Times to Improve

Capacity Has Increased

Humber River Regional Hospital has made great progress in meeting the increased patient volumes as we develop into a Centre of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. New staff have been hired and more operating room resources have been made available. Intial assessments by our team have been moved forward by more than a year and the wait time for surgery has been decreased dramatically.

MIS Group Announces New Surgeon

Dr. Quoc Huynh to Join the Team

We are pleased to annouce that Dr. Quoc Huynh will be joining the MIS program at HRRH on July 1st. Dr. Huynh is a graduate of the University of Toronto Medical School. He completed training in General Surgery and fellowship level training at the University of Toronto. He will be an asset to our Bariatric program as well as a valuable resource for advanced laparoscopoic surgery.

New Funding Anouncements

Ontario Goverment Announces $3.7 Million per year to the HRRH Bariatric Surgery Program

We are please to be able to report on new funding from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to support the first Provincial Centre of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery. This funding will allow us to:

• Improve wait time for laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
• Improve patient care, especially long term follow-up
• Continue training surgeons to perform laparoscopic bariatric surgery

This funding will allow us to increase the number of laparoscopic gastric bypasses by four-fold to 273 cases per year. Our hospital and administration are hard at work expanding our capacity to allow us to achieve excellence in bariatric surgery and meet the the golas for bariatric surgery set by the ministry. The press release can be found here.