Department of Surgery

• Grand Rounds: The Division of Neurosurgery presents Albert Tu, MD FRCSC FAANS Assistant Professor - University of Ottawa, Attending Neurosurgeon - CHEO: "Pediatric Spasticity - A Neurosurgical Perspective" on Wednesday, January 26 2022 7-8 am via Microsoft Teams

Departmental Recognition Awards 2021

• On December 9, 2021, Dr. Sudhir Sundaresan awarded the annual Recognition Awards, as follows:
  • Resident & Fellow Recognition Award: Dr. Rajesh Sharma
  • Administrative Assistant Recognition Awards: Shantel Mudge and Karen El-Hindi
  • Above and Beyond the Call Award: Dr. Safraz Mohammed
  • Extraordinary COVID Leadership Award: Dr. J. Stuart Oake

Research Half Day 2022

• The 5^th Annual Department of Surgery Research Half Day took place December 9, 2021. The theme was collaboration and recognized the diverse interactions that our clinician investigators have.
• The day’s highlights included insights on patient engagement from Dr. Stuart Nicholl (SPOR Program Facilitator), Madison Foster, Grace Fox (both working with the Blueprint Translational Research Group), and Diane Stephens (patient advocate). Caitlin Anstee and Jennifer Artz discussed visualizations that assessed collaboration in the Department of Surgery and globally. Dr. Rebecca Auer and Edita Delic presented the work of the Global Tissue Consenting and Collection Program. Drs. Rodney Breau and Hesham Abdelbary talked about collaborating in the areas of clinical and translational research, respectively.
• The 2021 Wolves’ Den Grant (the Department of Surgery’s live grant competition) was awarded to Dr. Geoffrey Wilkin for his project entitled: Bacteriophage therapy to improve the treatment of Fracture-Related Infection - Send in the Viruses!
• The 2021 Excellence Awards were as follows:
  • Researcher of the Year: Dr. Angel Arnaout 
  • Research Mentor of the Year: Dr. Paul Beaulé
  • Research Personnel of the Year: Holly Livock
• The department thanks all its speakers, who made the day such a success!

DoS Grant Competitions 2022

• The Annual Department of Surgery Grant Competitions deadline is February 7, 2022.
  • Grants Available:
    • Research Program Awards
    • Junior Faculty Research Grants
    • Resident Research Grants
    • *NEW* - Surgical Seed Grants
    • *NEW* - Big Data Grant (matching funds required)
• Grant info is here.

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)