Siba Haykal graduated from the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine in 2007 as the class valedictorian and silver medalist, and subsequently completed her residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Toronto in 2016. During her residency, she completed a four-year Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and immunology, with a focus on tracheal reconstruction. She has obtained numerous grants and awards, including a CIHR Vanier Scholarship. She then pursued fellowship training in microsurgical reconstruction at the Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York, where she accepted the position of Assistant Professor. Her practice focused on breast, head neck, and extremity reconstruction. She joined the University Health Network and the Toronto General Hospital in 2018. She has also been cross-appointed to the Division of Thoracic Surgery within the University Health Network. Her clinical focus is on the complex oncological reconstruction and microsurgical reconstruction of the breast, head, neck, and extremities. Her research focuses on tissue-engineered techniques for tracheal reconstruction and the immunology of vascularized composite allotransplantation. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her clinical, academic, and research work, and is the author of several peer-reviewed publications. In 2021, she was named as an honouree of Canada's Top 40 under 40.