Bishal Gyawali, Medical Oncologist, Professor of Oncology at Queen’s University, shared on LinkedIn:
“Extremely proud of Kleida Mati for receiving the 2026 ESMO Leadership and Career Development Award to do a one-year fellowship with us BG Lab and super thankful to European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) for this opportunity.
We are proud to put Canada on this map as the only Canadian host institution!”

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Bishal Gyawali was recognized among OncoDaily’s ‘Top 100 Xfluencers in Colorectal Cancer: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on X (Twitter) in 2024’, highlighting their contributions to the field of oncology.
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