Dr. Michael Ott completed his MD at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University in 2001 and completed his General Surgery residency at Western University in 2006. Following his residency Dr. Ott completed his fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Ferguson Clinic, Spectrum Health/Michigan State University. He received certification through the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery in addition to the Royal College certification. In 2007 he joined London Health Sciences Centre – Victoria Hospital. Dr. Ott is currently a Professor within the Department of Surgery (Division of General Surgery) and Department of Oncology (Division of Surgical Oncology). He also completed a Master of Health Professions Education, MHPE, University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015, and recently completed the Harvard University Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard University.
Dr. Ott has held many leadership roles in surgical education including being Program Director of the General Surgery training program at Western University for 10 years, and has been active as a member of numerous committees inclusive of the Royal College Specialty Committee, Accreditation Committee, Royal College International Accreditation, and the General Surgery Exam Board. He has contributed nationally as the Chair of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) Postgraduate Education Committee and as a member of the Board of CAGS. Clinically Dr. Ott has served as the Cancer Care Ontario Colorectal Surgery and Pathology Champion, Southwest Region and as a member of the Pan-Canadian Standards for Rectal Cancer Surgery Committee, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. He currently has been appointed as the Interim Chair/Chief of the Department of Oncology.
Dr. Ott’s research has a dual focus on medical education as well as clinical outcomes in colon and rectal oncology. His medical education research has focused on surgical workplace learning, surgical expertise/judgement and assessment in clinical workplace. His work spans teaching and learning in the operating room, curriculum design, trainee’s assessment, and competency-based assessment. His research in Oncology spans simultaneous surgery for rectal cancer and liver metastasis, surveillance post curative intent surgery, oncological outcomes of emergency surgery, and local resection vs radical resection for rectal cancer.
Dr. Ott has been recognized for his contributions receiving the Schulich Awards of Excellence in Graduate/Postgraduate Education, Department of Oncology Excellence in Education Award, as well as numerous local and national awards for education/education research.
Dr. Ott has held many leadership roles in surgical education including being Program Director of the General Surgery training program at Western University for 10 years, and has been active as a member of numerous committees inclusive of the Royal College Specialty Committee, Accreditation Committee, Royal College International Accreditation, and the General Surgery Exam Board. He has contributed nationally as the Chair of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) Postgraduate Education Committee and as a member of the Board of CAGS. Clinically Dr. Ott has served as the Cancer Care Ontario Colorectal Surgery and Pathology Champion, Southwest Region and as a member of the Pan-Canadian Standards for Rectal Cancer Surgery Committee, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. He currently has been appointed as the Interim Chair/Chief of the Department of Oncology.
Dr. Ott’s research has a dual focus on medical education as well as clinical outcomes in colon and rectal oncology. His medical education research has focused on surgical workplace learning, surgical expertise/judgement and assessment in clinical workplace. His work spans teaching and learning in the operating room, curriculum design, trainee’s assessment, and competency-based assessment. His research in Oncology spans simultaneous surgery for rectal cancer and liver metastasis, surveillance post curative intent surgery, oncological outcomes of emergency surgery, and local resection vs radical resection for rectal cancer.
Dr. Ott has been recognized for his contributions receiving the Schulich Awards of Excellence in Graduate/Postgraduate Education, Department of Oncology Excellence in Education Award, as well as numerous local and national awards for education/education research.