Department of Surgery

Upcoming Events:

• March 25, 2020: Cardiac Surgery - Cancelled
• April 15, 2020: FoM Translational Research Grant Competition - Postponed
• May 15, 2020: Collins Surgical Day - Postponed

William J. Keon Surgical Leadership Award: Call for Nominations (Due April 15 - On hold with Colllins Day)

• The award aims to recognize one surgeon, currently or recently departed from the Department of Surgery (DoS) at the University of Ottawa, who has shown exceptional leadership and achievements within and beyond the field of academic surgery, in alignment with Dr. Keon’s tremendous career and contributions. The achievements can be academic, administrative, educational, and/or societal.
  • Nominations  may be brought forward by any member of the DoS and should be addressed to the DoS Chair or to the DoS Vice-Chair, Research.

TOHAMO Innovation Awardees from the DoS Announced

• Dr. Fahad AlKherayf & Dr. Shaun Kilty: Intraoperative continuous flash visual evoked potentials monitoring during minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery, a novel approach to improve patient outcome
• Dr. Rebecca Auer & Dr. Husein Moloo: A Randomised REaCT-NSQIP Study of Preoperative Oral Antibiotics to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Colectomy Patients
• Dr. Rodney Breau: The impact of 1-year of androgen deprivation following radical prostatectomy on prostate cancer recurrence.
• Dr. Andrew Seely: Prophylaxis for patients at Risk to Eliminate Post-operative atrial fibrillation (PREP trial): a protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility study
• Dr. Sarah Tierney & Dr. Alexandra Stratton: The Feasibility of a Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Service in Spine Surgery Patients to Minimize Opioid Use and Improve Peri-Operative Outcomes
• Dr. Patrick Villeneuve & Dr. Harman Sekhon: A Pilot Study of the Intra-Operative Assessment of Surgical Margin Status Following Wedge Resection for Lung Cancer

Dancing with the Docs 2020

• Dr. Carolyn Nessim and her colleagues will be taking the stage at the Casino Lac Lemay for DANCING WITH THE DOCS. She is raising money for INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE OR and will be dancing a Show Stopper with six dancers on the stage! Something you won't want to miss!
  • Please consider making a donation (every dollar counts & no amount is too small).

• Collins Surgical Day abstract competition will close April 1, 2020 at 11:59 pm. Submit your abstract here.  - Postponed
• Collins Surgical Day will be May 15, 2020 - Postponed