Armen G. Aprikian

Armen Aprikian graduated from the University of Sherbrooke Medical School in Quebec in 1985 and completed his urology residency training at McGill University in 1990. He then pursued a 3-year research and clinical fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York City. In 2004 he became the Head of the Division of Urology at McGill University and the Chief of Urology at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). In 2007 he became Full Professor of Surgery and Oncology and in 2009 he was appointed the Medical Director of the MUHC Cancer Care Mission and Chief of the Department of Oncology. Finally, in 2010 he was appointed the McGill University Richard Tomlinson Professor in Prostate Cancer. Dr. Aprikian has been awarded the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, the American Urologic Association Practicing Urologist Award, the Canadian Urology Association Scholarship, the McGill University William Dawson Scholar Career Award and the Quebec FRSQ Senior Clinician Scientist Award. He has obtained independent peer-reviewed grants from several organizations including the US Department of Defense and the National Cancer Institute. He is actively involved in a leadership role in provincial guidelines in prostate and bladder cancer surgery outcomes and has published over 230 peer-reviewed original scientific papers. Finally, in 2020 he will become the President of the Canadian Urology Association.