Dr. Marcelo Cypel

Biography

Marcelo Cypel is a Full Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and a Staff Thoracic Surgeon at the University Health Network (UHN). He completed his MD in 1999 and underwent general surgery and thoracic surgery residency programs, finishing in 2004. In 2005, he began a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Latner Thoracic Surgery Laboratory. During his time there, he developed the Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) method for donor lung preservation, which has been clinically implemented in Toronto centers and has substantially increased the number of transplantable lungs. He has subsequently completed a three-year fellowship in thoracic oncology, cardiac surgery, and lung transplantation. Cypel has received numerous awards, including the McMurrich Award for his fundamental science work as a trainee and the Zane Cohen Clinical Fellowship Achievement Award. His research has been published in high-impact journals such as Science Translational Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine. His main clinical interests include minimally invasive thoracic surgery, lung cancer treatment, artificial lung devices, and lung transplantation. He has been awarded the Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation and is involved in innovative clinical trials. Cypel is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Research Interests