Dr. Michael Bezuhly is an Assistant Professor in Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie University. Originally from Toronto, he speaks English, Russian and French. He completed his undergraduate degree at McGill University in 1999 and his medical degree at the University of Toronto in 2003. During his residency training in plastic surgery and in the Clinician-Investigator Program he obtained graduate degrees in Anatomy and Neurobiology from Dalhousie University and Epidemiology from Harvard University. After completing residency training at Dalhousie University in 2010, Dr. Bezuhly received additional subspecialty training in pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children, and in pediatric craniofacial surgery at the Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris, France.

Dr. Hanly’s major research foci are pathogenic mechanisms and clinical outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus, with emphasis on how lupus affects the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Dr. Hanly also collaborates on studies of pathogenic mechanisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. He belongs to several national and international research networks involving clinical studies of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Dr Légaré is the Head of Cardiac Surgery at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and Professor of Surgery at Dalhousie University Medicine New Brunswick located in Saint John New Brunswick.

Professor Lehmann’s research interests include the immune consequences of local and systemic inflammation (e.g., sepsis, stroke), intravital imaging of the microcirculation in animal models and clinical studies, and the development of new pharmacological approaches for inflammation and infection.