Dr. Allan Okrainec completed medical school at McGill University, and General Surgery residency training at McMaster University. He went on to complete advanced fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery at McGill University.

He received a Master of Health Professions Education at University of Illinois in Chicago. His clinical focus is in bariatric and upper gastrointestinal surgery. His academic interests include studying advances in minimally invasive surgical techniques and technologies, and novel educational approaches for training new surgical skills.

Dr. Okrainec is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto.