Dr. Sam J. Daniel obtained his MDCM from 平特五不中 in 1996, graduating as a member of the Dean鈥檚 Honour List and with the J.W. McConnell Scholarship for finishing among the top 5 per cent of the class. He then completed a residency in Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) at 平特五不中, followed by further postgraduate training in Toronto, completing a Pediatric Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children.
Dr. Daniel joined 平特五不中 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology in 2003, and was promoted to Full Professor with tenure in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatric Surgery in 2014. Since 2016 he has held the Hugh Hallward Chair (Academics, Research, and Continuing Professional Development), at the Department of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Daniel has also held the position of Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology for the past 15 years and has been an attending staff at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, the 平特五不中 Health Centre and the Verdun Hospital. In addition, he is an associate member at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte Justine, providing second opinions for inpatients requiring Botox treatments or airway management.
Dr. Daniel鈥檚 current research interests include: Complex Airway Surgery; Bone Anchored Hearing Implants; Ototoxicity prevention; the development of diagnostic tools for conductive hearing loss; pediatric dysphagia and aspiration; and surgical innovations. He has published several books, chapters and monographs and his research has resulted in more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Daniel is a health care leader who has made headlines numerous times. Included among the many nominations and awards that he has received during the course of his career, are Canada鈥檚 Top 40 under 40 Award, the Leadership award from the Association of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Quebec in 2019, as well as the Royal College Accredited CPD Provider Innovation Award in 2017, the same year he was elected President of the聽Conseil聽qu茅b茅cois du d茅veloppement professionnel continu des m茅decins. Most recently, he received the Coll猫ge des m茅decins du Qu茅bec鈥檚 Distinction de la pr茅sidence M茅decin sp茅cialiste for his achievements.
Dr. Daniel sits on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, is a member of the executive council and Vice-President of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is a Member of the European Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Standing Scientific Committee. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his innovations and contributions in continuing professional development as a senior CPD educator for the Royal College and a member of the Strategic Committee of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education.