Department of Surgery

2020 Translational Research Grant (TRG) Program: Please submit your applications to resmed@uottawa.ca by no later than August 18, 2020.

TOHAMO COVID Innovation Awards: This year for the first time TOHAMO partnered with The Ottawa Hospital’s COVID-19 Research and Innovation team to align the central intake of COVID-19 ideas through the COVID-19 Ideas Hub.  Of a total of 37 ideas submitted by TOH physicians,the TOHAMO Board approved $1.164M in Innovation Funding for twelve research projects that could help in the fight against the virus, including 2 from DoS surgeons.

• Andrew Seely: Introducing and Evaluating Sepsis Advisor : A Clinical Decision Support Tool to Help Predict and Prevent Future Unexpected Deterioration of Patients with COVID-19
• Rebecca Auer: Prevention of Severe Respiratory and COVID-19 Infections with the Innate Immune Vaccine IMM-101 in Immunosuppressed Cancer Patients: Predicting Response with a Rapid Functional NK Cell Assay

Orthopaedic Surgery: Hans K. Uhthoff Day:

• This year’s annual Hans K. Uhthoff Research Day was held via Microscoft Teams with over 95 attendees. The quality of the presentations and the work performed was outstanding!
  • Best Poster: Dr. Ang Li A multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing single row with double row fixation in arthroscopic cuff repair:  Long-term follow-up
  • Best Student: Ethan Sanders Outcome following open reduction internal fixation (OFIF) of acetabular fractures in the elderly – Comparison to ORIF-THA
  • Best Fellow: Dr. Adriana Martinez Chronic exertional compartment syndrome: Correlation between phonomyography a non-invasive technique and intra-compartmental pressures in a series of patients
  • 2nd Resident Award: Dr. Marc-Antoine Ricard Total shoulder arthroplasty is more cost effective than hemiarthroplasty: A real-word economic evaluation              
  • 1st Resident Award: Dr. Brendan Swift Comparing two cephalomedullary nails for elderly intertrochanteric fractures:  Zimmer natural nail versus trochanteric fixation nail   

Urology Virtual Research Day

• The Division of Urology held its resident research day on May 15 through Microsoft Teams. They had 14 presentations in total, inluding two medical students presentations  Congratulations to the abstract award winners:
  • 1st place: Dr. Kristen McAlpine - Systematic review and meta-analysis on the timing of peri-operative medical thromboprophylaxis initiation and its effect on venous thromboembolism and bleeding outcomes.
  • 2nd place: Dr. James Ross - Characteristics and resistance patterns of infectious complications after radical cystectomy.
  • 3rd place (tie): Dr. Shady Garas - The incidence and risk assessment of venous thromboembolism and bleeding outcomes in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy.
  • 3rd place (tie): Dr. Sohrab Ali - A simple opioid education session for urologists decreases opioid prescribing following transurethral resection of the prostate.
  • Medical Student Award: Lubina (Ameeta) Nayak - A renal tumour prediction tool using the Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System.

• 2020 Translational Research Grant (TRG) Program - Please submit your applications to resmed@uottawa.ca by no later than August 18, 2020.
• Collins Surgical Half Day Abstract Competition - October 2020 TBC
• Collins Surgical Half Day - Late November / Early December 2020 TBC
• Research Half Day - Late November / Early December 2020 TBC
• Congratulations to the 2020 Grant Recipients from the Department of Surgery Competitions
  • Research Program Awards
    • Sasha Carsen: The adolescent ACL: Development of a clinical prediction rule in order to optimize post-operative recovery and avoid re-injury
    • Hesham Abdelbary: Harnessing the unique antibiofilm properties of bacteriophage to augment antibiotic therapy implant associated infections
    • Adam Sachs: Restoring function with thought:  Augmenting neuroprosthetic performance in the severely disabled with cognitive brain signals and deep learning
  • Junior Faculty Research Grants
    • Mike Pickell: Changes in the zone of calcified cartilage interfacing articular cartilage and subchondral bone during osteoarthritis
    • Luke T. Lavallée: A research program to improve quality of care for patients with bladder cancer
  • Resident Research Grants
    • Nada Gawad: My On Call (MOC) Pager App: managing pages safely
    • Reza Ojaghi: Effects of Adductor Canal Block Injection Location on the Effectiveness of Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect on Postoperative Analgesia and Motor Power
• 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)