Outstanding Alumni - 2008
Dr. Benjamin Tsang
Bemidji State University Graduate 1971
Dr. Benjamin Tsang graduated from Bemidji State with a degree in chemistry. He is currently the Director of the Reproductive Biology Unit and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa, where he has spent the majority of his professional career. He also holds a Senior Scientist position at the Ottawa Health Research Institute. Professor Tsang received his Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology at the University of Ottawa. After his post-doctoral training at the University of Western Ontario, he joined the National Research Council of Canada as an assistant research officer. He returned to the University of Ottawa in 1981 as assistant professor of Physiology, and held numerous academic and administrative positions over the last 35 years, including Associate Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Research at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Dr. Tsang is an internationally recognized scientist in the field of women's health, particularly on the causes and treatment of female infertility and chemo-resistant ovarian cancer. He has frequently been invited to speak at national and international conferences and has authored close to 200 original publications, reviews and book chapters. His research has been continuously funded by peer-review agencies during his career, with grants totaling over $8.5 million. He holds a United States patent for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers. Dr. Tsang and his wife, Janet, currently reside in Ottawa, Canada and have two grown children, Christopher and Jacqueline.