Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Sumit Dave is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Paediatrics and the Chair of the Surgical Postgraduate Committee at Western. He works as a Paediatric Urologist at the Children’s Hospital at LHSC with a special clinical interest in reconstructive paediatric urological surgery and robotic assisted surgery.
Children's Health Collaborators: Salimah Shariff
Dr. Sumit Dave completed Medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India. After completing Pediatric Surgery residency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi he moved on to Sydney, Australia. There he worked as a Pediatric General Surgery fellow at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales. A strong desire to pursue a career in Pediatric Urology led to another transcontinental move for a two year Pediatric Urology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Division of Urology at Western University, and works as a pediatric urologist at London Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Dave has several contributions to the pediatric urology literature in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His primary areas of research interest include neurogenic bladder, vesicoureteric reflux and minimally invasive reconstructive pediatric urology. He completed a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Western Ontario in 2012 and is currently enrolled as a scholar in the faculty scholar’s program at ICES Western with the aim of continuing as an ICES scientist researching pediatric surgical outcomes using the ICES administrative database. He has a daughter and his wife is an ophthalmologist.
Dr Sumit Dave completed Medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India. After completing Pediatric Surgery residency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi he moved to Sydney, Australia to complete a Fellowship in Pediatric General Surgery at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales. A strong desire to pursue a career in Pediatric Urology led to another transcontinental move for a Pediatric Urology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He has a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology from Western University and has completed the Faculty Scholar’s Program at IC/ES Western. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Pediatrics and the Program Director for the Urology residency program at Western University.
Dr Dave has several contributions to the pediatric urology literature in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His primary areas of clinical and research interest include surgical management of neurogenic bladder, vesicoureteric reflux and robot-assisted reconstructive pediatric urology. He was instrumental in establishing the first and only pediatric robotic program in Canada at the London Health Sciences Centre in 2014.
Research Interest Area
- Surgical innovations
Research Overview
- Neurogenic bladder
- Hypospadias
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Vesicoureteril reflux
- Pediatric urinary tract infections
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About Sumit Dave
Sumit Dave is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Paediatrics and the Chair of the Surgical Postgraduate Committee at Western. He works as a Paediatric Urologist at the Children’s Hospital at LHSC with a special clinical interest in reconstructive paediatric urological surgery and robotic assisted surgery.
Children's Health Collaborators: Salimah Shariff
Dr. Sumit Dave completed Medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India. After completing Pediatric Surgery residency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi he moved on to Sydney, Australia. There he worked as a Pediatric General Surgery fellow at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales. A strong desire to pursue a career in Pediatric Urology led to another transcontinental move for a two year Pediatric Urology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Division of Urology at Western University, and works as a pediatric urologist at London Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Dave has several contributions to the pediatric urology literature in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His primary areas of research interest include neurogenic bladder, vesicoureteric reflux and minimally invasive reconstructive pediatric urology. He completed a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Western Ontario in 2012 and is currently enrolled as a scholar in the faculty scholar’s program at ICES Western with the aim of continuing as an ICES scientist researching pediatric surgical outcomes using the ICES administrative database. He has a daughter and his wife is an ophthalmologist.
Dr Sumit Dave completed Medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry, India. After completing Pediatric Surgery residency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi he moved to Sydney, Australia to complete a Fellowship in Pediatric General Surgery at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales. A strong desire to pursue a career in Pediatric Urology led to another transcontinental move for a Pediatric Urology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He has a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology from Western University and has completed the Faculty Scholar’s Program at IC/ES Western. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Pediatrics and the Program Director for the Urology residency program at Western University.
Dr Dave has several contributions to the pediatric urology literature in numerous peer-reviewed journals. His primary areas of clinical and research interest include surgical management of neurogenic bladder, vesicoureteric reflux and robot-assisted reconstructive pediatric urology. He was instrumental in establishing the first and only pediatric robotic program in Canada at the London Health Sciences Centre in 2014.
Research Interest Area
- Surgical innovations
Research Overview
- Neurogenic bladder
- Hypospadias
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Vesicoureteril reflux
- Pediatric urinary tract infections
| Present | Pediatric Surgeon, London Health Sciences Centre ‐ Children's Hospital | |
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| Present | Professor, Western University ‐ Department of Surgery | |
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Disciplines
Pediatrics and Surgery
