Stanley J. Hamstra

• Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
• Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto
• Adjunct Professor of Medical Education, Northwestern University
• Research Consultant, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Dr. Hamstra’s research addresses the link between graduate medical education and patient outcomes. Stan continues to work with the ACGME, various medical specialty societies, program director organizations, and specialty certification boards to determine the predictive validity of ACGME Milestones for early career performance following graduation. He has also worked on developing administrative support for educational scholarship within academic health settings. Dr. Hamstra has also had faculty positions at the University of Michigan and the University of Ottawa, and continues to work closely with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and other international accreditation bodies on competency-based medical education. (Twitter handle: @stanhamstra)