Dr. Matthew D Seftel obtained his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London, United Kingdom) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In addition, he has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Seftel is currently the department head of Hematology and Oncology at Cancer Care Manitoba and the section of Hematology/Oncology at the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, where he holds an associate professorship. Dr. Seftel’s research interests include leukemia epidemiology and clinical trials in leukemia and lymphoma, including blood and marrow transplantation. He is an investigator with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.