Department of Surgery

Grand Rounds: The Division of Thoracic Surgery is hosting the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 via TEAMS.

• Leveraging the Learning Healthcare System: The Road Less Travelled
• Susan Moffatt-Bruce MD FRCSC PhD MBA FACS - Chief Executive Officer, Royal College

CHEO Surgery: It is with great pleasure that we are writing to announce that Dr. JP Vaccani has been appointed by the CHEO Board, as the next Department Chief of Surgery, effective January 11 2021.

Director of Wellness: Please welcome Dr. J Pollock as the new Director of Wellness for the Department of Surgery!

DoS Grant Competitions 2021

• Research Program Awards
  • Dr. Angel Arnaout:
    • A Phase II Randomized Trial Evaluating Clinical and Biological effects of INT230-6 in Early Stage Breast Cancer
  • Dr. Steven Papp:
    • Hip fracture Patient and the use of IndwElling vs IntermittEnt catheterization pilot study (PEE Study)
  • Dr. Vincent Chan:
    • REvascularization and Valve intervention for Ischemic Valve disease - REVIVE Trial
• Junior Faculty Research Grants
  • Dr. Talal Al-Atassi:
    • Hemiarch vs. Extended arch in Aortic Dissection – a SystemaTic Analysis by Randomized Trial (HEADSTART)
  • Dr. Derek Roberts:
    • Designing a Canadian Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Use of Neuraxial and General Anesthesia for Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery
• Resident Research Grants
  • Dr. Tyler Lamb:
    • Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Time to Intervention in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhage  
  • Dr. Shira Strauss:
    • Optimizing Risk Factor Management for Vascular Surgery Patients through an Automated Referral Program to the Vascular Risk Factor Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative

• Grant info is here.

Collins Surgical Day 2021

• Save the Date: May 14, 2021
• CollinsDay.org will be going live soon

Current Funding Sources: The University of the Ottawa - Research Management Services maintains a list of grants (linked to their respective organizations) and the accompanying deadlines: https://research.uottawa.ca/rms/researchers-resources/upcoming-fund-opp

uOttawa Research Management Services (RMS) summary of the actions taken to date by the Tri-Agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) to address the COVID-19 pandemic: sgr_rms_tri_agency_note_de_service.pdf (pdf, 74.37 KB)