On May 10, the Department of Surgery hosted its annual resident research day at the University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre. The day opened with introductory remarks from Drs. Sudhir Sundaresan, Bernard Jasmin, Duncan Stewart, and Andrew Seely. Dr. Michael West from the Section of Neurosurgery at the University of Manitoba gave an outstanding presentation on “Fostering Healthy Learning Environments: Lessons Learned.”
The department introduced a new electronic poster format affording all trainees the opportunity to present orally to a full audience. Many audience members and reviewers took the time to provide constructive feedback through the CollinsDay app. Their outstanding participation was recognized by being entered into prize draws held throughout the day. The top per capita participating divisions were also recognized, with General Surgery residents earning a pizza party and Thoracic Surgery faculty earning coffee and snacks at divisional rounds.
Top Oral Presentations:
W.E. Collins Award for Best Research Presentation | Dr. Laura Baker | Phlebotomy resulting in controlled hypovolemia to prevent blood loss in major hepatic resections (PRICE-1): a feasibility randomized controlled trial |
Graeme Barber Award for Best Clinical Research Presentation | Dr. Derek Roberts | Type of Anesthesia For Lower Extremity Arterial Revascularization Surgery: A Population-Based Comparative Effectiveness Study |
John P. Collins Award for Best Translational Research Presentation | Dr. Thomas Skinner | Novel cooling device for kidney transplant surgery |
Best Education Research Presentation | Dr. Nada Gawad | My On Call (MOC) Pager App: Practicing and assessing safe clinical decision-making |
Best QI Research Presentation | Dr. James Ross | Reducing surgical site infections in patients undergoing radical cystectomy using wound protection |
Top Electronic Poster Presentations:
Best Translational Research Poster | Dr. Diana Ghinda | Electrophysiological signature of tumoral tissue from frequency and time frequency analysis of intra-operative electrocorticography during awake craniotomy |
Best Quality Improvement Poster | Dr. Richard Gilbert | Improving the identification and treatment of pre-operative anemia in patients undergoing elective bowel resection |
Best Education Research Poster | Dr. Julia Younan | Comparing two approaches to residency application file review |
Best Clinical Research Poster | Dr. Andrew Adamczyk | The Ottawa Pelvic Fracture Protocol? A 5-year review of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures at The Ottawa Hospital |
Top Medical Student Presentation:
Best Medical Student Research Poster | Heidi Li | Symptomatic bowel complications in metastatic cancer patients: Comparison of surgical vs medical outcomes and development of a prediction model for successful surgical palliation |
Collins Day Awards from the Office of Education:
Dr. Wilbert Keon Leadership Award
Dr. Thierry Mesana
Achiever Award
Dr. Fady Balaa, General Surgery
Leadership Award
Dr. Richard Moulton, Neurosurgery
Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Sudhir Nagpal, Vascular Surgery
Dr. Braden Gammon, Orthopaedic Surgery
Farid Shamji Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
Dr. James Holden, General Surgery
Dr. Alexandre Tran, General Surgery
Dr. Matthew Mosseler, General Surgery
Phoenix Award for Outstanding Commitment to Community Service
Dr. Sean Bennett, General Surgery
Department of Surgery Research Committee:
Dr. Andrew Seely (Thoracic Surgery) – Committee Chair, Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan (Thoracic Surgery) - DoS Chair, Dr. Rebecca Auer (General Surgery) - Translational Research, Dr. Rodney Breau (Urology) - Clinical Research, Dr. Erin Cordeiro (General Surgery) - Quality Improvement Research, Dr. Isabelle Raiche (General Surgery) - Education Research, Dr. Fahad AlKherayf (Neurosurgery), Dr. Angel Arnaout (General Surgery), Dr. Ilias Cagiannos (Urology), Dr. Juan Grau (Cardiac Surgery), Dr. Prasad Jetty (Vascular Surgery), Dr. Peter Lapner (Orthopedic Surgery), Dr. Claudia Malic (Plastic Surgery), Christine Seabrook (Resident Research), Jennifer Artz PhD (Research Program Manager)
Department of Surgery Abstract and Presentation Reviewers:
Hesham Abdelbary | Jad Abou Khalil | Fahad AlKherayf |
Angel Arnaout | Rebecca Auer | Fady Balaa |
Kimberly Bertens | Tim Brandys | Erin Cordeiro |
Geoff Dervin | Johanna Dobransky | Robert Feibel |
Simon Frank | Sebastien Gilbert | Peter Glen |
Wade Gofton | Duane Hickling | Prasad Jetty |
Peter Lapner | Luke Lavallee | John Mahoney |
Guillaume Martel | Donna Maziak | Safraz Mohammed |
Moein Momtazi | Stuart Oake | Dennis Pitt |
Amanda Roberts | Matthew Roberts | Gloria Rockwell |
Neal Rowe | Andrew Seely | Farid Shamji |
Julie Trudel | Eugene Wai | Jeff Warren |
Joel Werier | Lara Williams | JIng Zhang |
Department of Surgery Collins Surgical Day Organizing Committee:
Dr. Andrew Seely, Christine Seabrook, Jennifer Artz, Laura Gerridzen, and Marika Valle
For more information about Collins Surgical Day: https://tohdos.ca/research-days/collins-day/
Next year’s event: Friday, May 15, 2020
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