Joshua Vorstenbosch, MD, PhD, FRCSC

I want to thank Dr. Joshua Vorstenbosch for serving as a guest editor for this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on “Healing, Inflammation, and Fibrosis.” I also appreciate the efforts made by each outstanding author for sharing with us their knowledge and expertise.

Joshua Vorstenbosch, MD, PhD, FRCSC is a plastic surgeon scientist at the McGill University Health Centre with a clinical focus on breast cancer reconstruction and a research focus on evaluating cellular and molecular events at tissue–implant interfaces to improve breast implant safety. Following his BSc (Hons) in Physiology at McGill, Dr. Vorstenbosch earned his PhD in the Division of Experimental Surgery studying molecular mechanisms of wound healing and fibrosis under the supervision of Dr. Anie Philip. Concurrently with his graduate studies, he studied medicine at McGill where he graduated as valedictorian. Dr. Vorstenbosch followed his studies at McGill with residency training in plastic surgery at the University of Manitoba, widely regarded as the top microsurgery program in Canada. Before returning to McGill, he did a reconstructive oncologic microsurgery fellowship at the largest private cancer hospital in the world, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Clinically, Dr. Vorstenbosch offers a breadth of breast reconstructive options ranging from using patients own tissues to various implant-based breast reconstructive procedures. In his practice, he sees many patients affected by pathology and fibrosis arising from the tissue–implant interface in implant-based breast reconstruction. He brings this immediate clinical contact to the laboratory to better understand the mechanisms underlying peri-prosthetic inflammation and fibrosis in an attempt to improve patient outcomes.

Publication History

Article published online:
10 September 2021