Robert Hart

Biography

Dr Robert Hart was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada. His undergraduate education was at the University of Kings College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He went on  to do both his medical school training and residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at  Dalhousie University. He then attended the University of Alberta for a fellowship in advanced head and neck cancer/microvascular reconstruction and surgical endocrinology. He was on  staff at Dalhousie University (2006-2018), and was the divisional research director and head and neck fellowship director. He now practices at the University of Calgary Foothills Medical Centre in  Calgary, Alberta. His clinical practice centers on advanced head and neck cancer resection and  reconstruction but he also  has  a  significant  interest  in  endocrine  surgery  including  all   aspects of thyroid and parathyroid pathology. His research interests focus on head and neck  squamous cell carcinoma treatment, reconstruction and oncogenesis. He also has a research stream  looking at biomarkers and treatment of well differentiated thyroid cancer. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters and has been the author of two books. He is heavily  involved in resident education at the localand national level.