Dr. Tony Lam, Toronto General Hospital (IMAGE) University Health Network Caption Dr. Lam and his team have shown that an experimental bariatric surgery can lower blood sugar levels in rats with type 1 diabetes. Dr. Lam holds the John Kitson McIvor (1915-1942) Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research and the Canada Research Chair in Obesity at the Toronto General Research Institute and the University of Toronto. He is also Associate Director of Research at the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre at the University of Toronto. Credit Toronto General Hospital Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.