Gino Somers

Biography

Dr. Somers graduated with a medical degree (M. B., B. S.) from Monash Medical School in Melbourne in 1991 with First Class Honours and went on to complete his PhD thesis ("Molecular cloning and characterization of the human P2Y6 nucleotide receptor) in 1998.  He then completed his specialty training in Anatomical Pathology from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2002. He moved to Toronto in 2003 for completion of a Pediatric Pathology fellowship at the University of Toronto. He is currently the head of the Division of Pathology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and is an associate professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. He is the recipient of numerous awards for research, including the Young Achiever’s award, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia; the John Brennan award from the Australasian Society of Dermatopathology; the Gordon Vawter Award from the Society for Paediatric Pathology; and the Harry Neustein Award from the Society for Pediatric Pathology.       Dr. Somers graduated with a medical degree (M. B., B. S.) from Monash Medical School in Melbourne in 1991 with First Class Honours and went on to complete his PhD thesis ("Molecular cloning and characterization of the human P2Y6 nucleotide receptor) in 1998.  He then completed his specialty training in Anatomical Pathology from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2002. He moved to Toronto in 2003 for completion of a Pediatric Pathology fellowship at the University of Toronto. He is currently the head of the Division of Pathology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and is an associate professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. He is the recipient of numerous awards for research, including the Young Achiever’s award, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia; the John Brennan award from the Australasian Society of Dermatopathology; the Gordon Vawter Award from the Society for Paediatric Pathology; and the Harry Neustein Award from the Society for Pediatric Pathology.      

Research Interest

Dr Somers has an ongoing interest in the improvement of pediatric pathology diagnostics, including the detection of genetic changes in pediatric sarcomas and their clinical applications. As part of this interest, he is currently focused on the application and implementation of cutting edge diagnostic techniques to pediatric sarcomas, including array-based assays, nanotechnology and sequence-based technologies.