Dr. Rick Jaggi is a double board certified Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon. He completed his Doctor of Medicine and Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Head & Neck Oncology and Facial Plastic Surgery, including microvascular reconstruction, in Auckland, New Zealand. He is board certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Jaggi is the Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery for the Saskatchewan Health Authority.  He holds the academic rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery. He is active in undergraduate and graduate teaching and in the development of teaching materials at the college of medicine. He is a peer reviewer for several surgical journals, and is Medical Director of FACE Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Jaggi is also fellowship director of a Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery fellowship program under the aegis of the University of Saskatchewan with a focus on cosmetic surgery, microvascular reconstruction, facial nerve disorders, oculoplastics, cutaneuous malignacies and facial feminization.

Education

FELLOW OF HEAD & NECK ONCOLOGY/ENDOCRINE SURGERY

FACIAL PLASTICS & MICROVASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION
Supervisors: Dr. John Chaplin, Dr. Mark Izzard, Dr. Nick McIvor, Dr. Rajan Patel
Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

RESIDENT OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD & NECK SURGERY
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE – HONOURS BIOCHEMISTRY
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec
Academic Honour Roll (1999-2003)
Graduated with Distinction

Affiliations/Memberships/ Committees

Clinical Skills II DSPE Lead, ENT Skills Day (2015 – Present)

Department of Surgery Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2014 – Present)

Executive Member of Canadian Society of Otolaryngology (2019)

Fellow Member of The Canadian Academy of Facial Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery

Fellow Member of The American Academy of Facial Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery

Canadian Association of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology

College of Physicians & Surgeons of Saskatchewan

Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada

Saskatchewan Medical Association

Canadian Medical Association

Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association

Bishop's University Alumni Association