Christian Zalai | Private Colorectal Surgeon | Montréal, QC

Colorectal Surgeon

Christian Zalai

MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

Double board-certified colorectal and general surgeon with advanced minimally invasive fellowship training, and 14 years of experience.

Montréal, QC

Offering consults virtually & in-person

Accepting patients from all provinces, including Québec

English, French

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About

Dr. Zalai sees patients at the West Island Colorectal Clinic in Montréal, QC. His procedural expertise includes, but is not limited to:

Fistula repair
Pilonidal complex cleft lift
Hemorrhoid removal
Anal sphincterotomy
Hernia repair
Colonoscopy

After returning to Montreal in 2012, Dr. Zalai joined McGill University's Faculty of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. His clinical practice was based at Lakeshore General Hospital, a community teaching site for medical students, general surgical residents, and surgical oncology fellows. In 2015, he implemented the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Pathway for colorectal bowel resections at Lakeshore. He also developed and led a new Digestion and Metabolism curriculum for first-year medical students at McGill in 2014 and remains an active lecturer at the undergraduate level.

Qualifications

Fellowship training

Colon & Rectal Surgery (Minimally Invasive Fellowship Training in Advanced Laparoscopy, Trans-Anal Endoscopic Microsurgery, and Robotics), Brown University, Rhode Island, USA, 2012

Training & credentials

MSc and BSc, University of Western Ontario, 2000
MD, McGill University, 2004
General Surgery Residency, McGill University, 2011

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Career highlights

Owner and Founder of West Island Colorectal Clinic (5 years)
Assistant Professor of Surgery at McGill University

Memberships

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2011)
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (2012)
Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (2017)
Fellow of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Board of Surgery
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)

West Island Colorectal Clinic | Clinique Colorectale de l'Ouest-de-l'Îsle

175 Av Stillview, Pointe-Claire,

QC H9R 4S3, Canada

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3715 Av. Dupuis, Montréal,

QC H3T 1E5, Canada

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West Island Colorectal Clinic | Clinique Colorectale de l'Ouest-de-l'Îsle

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