Department of Surgery

Grand Rounds: The Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine is hosting Interprofessional Grand Rounds (John Wrazej Memorial Lecture) on Wednesday April 14, 2021 via TEAMS Live Events.

• Peer Support for Medical Errors: Long overdue and much needed
• Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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 Deadline: Closed for 2021.

• Grant info is here.

Highlights from the 2020 Department of Surgery- Collins Research Day

• Wilbert J. Keon Award: Dr. Giuseppe Pagliarello

• The Wolves’ Den Grant was awarded to Dr. George Grammatopoulos for his project entitled: Intra-Articular Adipose Tissue: biomarker and therapeutic target for arthritic hip joints?

• DoS Recognition Awards
  • Above and Beyond the Call: Dr. Danny Peters
  • Administrative Assistant Recognition Award: Nancy Philip
  • Leadership Award: Dr. Fady Balaa
  • Professionalism and Collegiality Award: Dr. Alexandra Stratton
  • Resident and Fellow Recognition Award: Dr. Linden Head
  • Pandemic Leadership Award: Dr. Alexandra Bunting

• Research Abstract Competition
  • Best Medical Student Presentation:
    • Céline Sayed - Implementation of ‘CODE AAA’ expedites management of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Best Education Research Presentation:
    • Dr. Jessica Rabski - Competency-Based Resident Evaluations: Neurosurgical Faculty Perspectives on Feasibility
    • Dr. Alicia Rosenzveig - Assessing self-awareness in general surgery applicants: an insight into interview performance
  • Best Quality Improvement Research Presentation:
    • Dr. Marie-Claude Magnan - The Standardization of Post - operative Analgesic Prescriptions to Reduce Opioid Use in Outpatient Spine Surgical Procedures
  • Graeme Barber Award for Best Clinical Research Presentation:
    • Dr. Shira Strauss - Revascularization versus best medical therapy for the management of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in females: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  • E. Collins Award for Best Research Presentation:
    • Dr. Mark Rockley - Intraoperative simultaneous limb perfusion monitoring (INSTANT) study

• Research Excellence Awards
  • Research Personnel of the Year: Dr. Mike Kennedy
  • Research Mentor of the Year: Dr. Prasad Jetty
  • Researcher of the Year: Dr. Andrew Seely

Education Research Fellowship

• Internal Deadline: March 3, 2021
• Details and Process:
  • 2021 Fellowship in Medical Education Research Overview (pdf, 148.81 KB)
  • Fellowship Program Description (pdf, 379.23 KB)
  • Letter of Intent Template (docx, 29.4 KB)

Collins Surgical Day 2021

• Save the Date: May 14, 2021

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)