Eric Bouffet

Biography

Dr. Bouffet is a Professor of Paediatrics in the University of Toronto, Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research and Head of the Neuro-oncology Section in the Division of Haematology/Oncology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto. He graduated in 1980 from the medical school at the University of Lyon. Following graduation he trained and practiced in Lyon;  he was Head of the Department of Neuro-oncology, Centre Leon Berard, during the period 1992-1995. He then moved to the United Kingdom where he was Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol (1996-1998) and the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton UK (1998-2000). In 2000 he was recruited to SickKids in Toronto to develop and head a multidisciplinary paediatric neuro-oncology program within the Division of Haematology/Oncology. In 1998-200, Bouffet was co-Chairman of the Brain Tumour Committee of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) and is currently Chair of the Canadian Paediatric Brain Tumour Consortium. He is a member of the steering committee of the brain tumour committee of the Children’s Oncology Group, and chair of the Infant Brain Tumours Committee.  Bouffet is a Senior Associate Scientist in the Research Institute at SickKids. My research interests are in the area of novel treatments and clinical trials in children with brain tumours. He is author or co-author of over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts and author/co-author on numerous book chapters in the field of neuro-oncology. He was the recipient of several awards, including the Alvin Zipursky Teaching Award, the Claus Wirsig Humanitarian Award, and the Richard Rowe Award for Clinical Excellence in Paediatric Medical Care. In 2011, he became the inaugural recipient of the Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research and is currently the President of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).

Research Interest

Treatment of Paediatric Low Grade Glioma’s