Ashton
Connor
Ashton  Connor
House Staff

College/University: University of Toronto

Residency: University of Toronto

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Clinical - abdominal multi-organ transplantation and hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery
  • Research - pancreatic and colorectal cancer multi-omics

Honors and Awards

  • 2018 Second place presentation, Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, University of Toronto
  • 2018 First Prize, Gallie Bateman Research Award, Gallie Day, University of Toronto
  • 2017 Gifford Scholarship, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • 2017 AHPBA Steve Sotsky Pancreatic Cancer Research Gift ($1000.00 USD)
  • 2017 Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute Travel Award ($1,874.00 CAD)
  • 2016 Second place presentation, Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, University of Toronto
  • 2016 Poster award, CSCI-CITAC Annual Scientific Meeting
  • 2016 Honourable mention, CIHR: Canadian Student Health Research Forum
  • 2016 Honourable mention, Institute of Medical Science Jack Laidlaw Manuscript Competition
  • 2016 Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Travel Grant ($1,000 USD)
  • 2015 Ministry of Health Clinician Investigator Program funding award
  • 2015 Second Prize, Gallie Bateman Poster Award, Gallie Day, University of Toronto
  • 2015 Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Research Grant ($30,000 USD)
  • 2015 Chikai and Sawa Hiraki Fellowship in Surgery
  • 2014 – 2015 Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
  • 2014 – 2015 Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship
  • 2014 Colon Cancer Canada Research Scholarship
  • 2014 Institute of Cancer Research CIHR Travel Award
  • 2013 Conference Grant, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
  • 2013 Highest standing, University of Toronto Practice Principles of Surgery exam
  • 2011 Second place, clinical research category, LMP Postgraduate Research Day
  • 2008 University of Toronto Medical School Poetry Contest – first prize
  • 2006 – 2008 Faculty of Medicine Academic Scholarship – Walter F. Watkins Scholarship
  • 2005 Khoury Memorial Scholarship for Medicine, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
  • 2005 St. Michael’s College Silver Medal, University of Toronto
  • 2004 UROP award, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto
  • 2002 – 2005 Dean’s List Scholar, University of Toronto
  • 2002 – 2005 St. Michael’s College Academic Scholarships, University of Toronto
  • 2002 Golden Key International Honour Society membership
  • 2001 St. Michael’s College Admittance Scholarship, University of Toronto
House Staff