Medical Advisory and Research Board University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Dr. Chin graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine and completed his Urology training at the University of Western Ontario in 1983, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada that year. He completed a Uro-oncology Fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York State and a Renal Transplantation Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario before joining the faculty at Western. He is Professor of Urology and Oncology. He is former Chair of the Division of Urology at the University of Western Ontario and former Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Chin has received many research grants from international and national granting agencies. His laboratory and clinical research interests are in prostate cancer management, including minimally invasive and alternative forms of management. His clinical practice at London Health Sciences Center is concentrated in Urologic Oncology, especially prostate cancer. He has been a Canadian leader in alternative minimally invasive forms of management for prostate cancer. Dr. Chin is an Editorial Board member of several major international Urology journals. He has published over 250 research papers and book chapters, mostly in the area of uro-oncology. Dr. Chin is a Past President of the Canadian Urological Association. He was pointed to the Order of Ontario in 2011 for his contributions to the field of prostate cancer care. He has also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and is an Honorary Member of the Chinese Urological Association.