Dr. Lloyd Mack obtained his medical degree at the University of Western Ontario going on to complete residency in general surgery in London as well. In Calgary, he completed a fellowship in General Surgical Oncology and stayed on as staff at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the University of Calgary. A Masters of Science was completed with a thesis involving the attitudes of family members of colorectal cancer patients to colorectal cancer screening.
Dr. Mack is a Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the University of Calgary. He is the current Academic Deputy for the Department of Oncology and Interim Chair for Division of Surgical Oncology. In addition, he is the current Medical Director of Cancer Surgery Alberta and past President of the Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology. He is former Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Training Program at the University of Calgary and former lead of the provincial Sarcoma Tumor Group. His areas of clinical and research interest include the role of synoptic operative reports in quality improvement for cancer surgery, the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis, and the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma and related malignancies, among others.