Information reaching our news desk indicates that renowned Professor of Surgery, Dr. Sean Cleary, has passed away. According to a report online, the physician sadly died on August 10, 2025.
His cause of death or the circumstances surrounding his sad demise were not made known to the public at the time of filing this report.
Friends and family members have flooded social media to pen down their heartfelt tributes to the deceased.
According to his profile and biography in the public domain, Sean P. Cleary, M.D., is a Professor of Surgery and holds the Bernard and Ryna Langer Chair in the Division of General Surgery at the University of Toronto. His clinical practice is focused on Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery at the University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, in Toronto, Canada.
He earned his B.Sc. with honors at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and his M.D. at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. He completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Toronto, where he also completed the Clinical Investigator Program, earning his Master of Science degree. He continued his training at the University of Toronto, completing a fellowship in hepatobiliary oncology and transplantation surgery and earning his Master of Public Health in community health and epidemiology.
Dr. Cleary served on faculty as Professor of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, from March 2017 to July 2023.
He is a member of the American Surgical Association as well as a fellow and member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, currently the President of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, and President of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
