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Each member of our highly-qualified team of surgeons is a specialist in the field of laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Moffat is a general surgeon at Mississauga’s Credit Valley Hospital. After graduating from medicine at the University of Western Ontario, he completed his residency in General Surgery at McMaster University in 2001. He also studied at the Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, which is a world-renowned centre for advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Moffat routinely performs a variety of laparoscopic surgical procedures including splenectomies, colon resections and gastric surgery. His areas of interest are oncology and minimally invasive surgery. He is a member of the surgical education committee at Credit Valley Hospital and is actively involved in the surgical training of medical staff. He has served as a visiting professor at Saba medical school, Saba, Dutch Virgin Islands, has published in peer-reviewed journals, and is actively involved in research regarding treatment practices for cancer.

Dr. Moffat is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, and a Fellow with the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, the Ontario Association of General Surgeons, and is fully certified as a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding surgeon.

Dr. Moffat is the current President. Medical Staff Association, Credit Valley Hospital.

Dr. Moffat is happily married and lives in Burlington, Ontario.

Dr. Bard is a fellowship-trained general surgeon and a specialist in advanced laparoscopic surgery. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, member of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons and a member of the Society of American Endoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES).

Upon graduation from medical school at the University of Toronto in 1993, Dr. Bard completed a residency in General Surgery, also at University of Toronto, and a subsequent fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery at McMaster University.

Dr. Bard is currently Staff Surgeon at Credit Valley Hospital and Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre in Mississauga. He also maintains a full practice specializing in advanced laparoscopic surgery and surgical oncology. He has performed thousands of laparoscopic procedures including gallbladder removal, appendectomy, hiatus hernia repair (anti-reflux surgery), spleen removal, adrenalectomy and removal of colon and stomach cancers. He is fully certified as a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding surgeon.

Dr. Bard has a well-deserved reputation as a skilled and meticulous surgeon who is consistently caring and compassionate in every facet of patient care.

Dr. Bard lives in Mississauga with his wife and three children. His interests include travel, music and coaching competitive gymnastics.


Dr. Woolfson is a fellowship-trained general surgeon. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a member of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Ontario Association of General Surgery, the Canadian Association of General Surgeons and the Ontario Medical Association.

Dr. Woolfson obtained his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and did his residency at Hamilton’s McMaster University, completing his general surgery specialty training in 1995.

Laparoscopic surgery was just being introduced into Ontario when Dr. Woolfson started training at the renowned Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Laparoscopic techniques and equipment have advanced significantly over the years, and so have Dr. Woolfson’s advanced laparoscopic surgical skills.

Dr. Woolfson has done thousands of laparoscopic procedures, including almost all the advanced laparoscopic procedures available to general surgeons. He is a fully certified Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding surgeon .

Dr. Woolfson is an active staff member at Credit Valley Hospital and the Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre. He regularly attends conferences and courses to maintain and update the knowledge and skills he needs to be a successful surgeon.

Dr. Woolfson has been happily married for 20 years and has three children. He uses most of his leisure time training for long-distance triathlons; a few years ago, he competed in the gruelling Canadian Iron Man competition.