Programme
| Salutations: Housekeeping – Michael Dunbar Opening Remarks: Minister of Health – Honourable Randy Delorey |
8:15 AM |
Session I – Dr. Mark Taylor – Chair Big Data Outcomes |
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| Sam Jessula, Resident, CIP Where to Start? Injury Prevention Priority Scores in Canada |
8:30 AM |
| Connor McGuire, Medical Student Dog Bites in Children: A Descriptive Analysis Connor McGuire, Alex Morzycki, Andrew Simpson, Jason Williams, Michael Bezuhly Plastic Surgery |
8:36 AM |
| Ashley Drohan, Resident, CIP Real-World Impact of Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer on Short-Term Outcomes: A Population-Based Analysis Ashley Drohan, Marius Hoogerboord, Paul Johnson, Gordon Flowerdew and Geoff Porter General Surgery |
8:42 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 8:48 AM |
| Shared Decision Making | |
| Nadim Joukhadar, Resident The Impact of Delaying Breast Reconstruction on Patient Expectations and Health Related Quality of Life: An Analysis Using The BREAST-Q Nadim Joukhader, A Morzycki, J Corkum, O Samargandi, Jason Williams and Simon Frank Plastic Surgery |
8:54 AM |
Amanda MacDonald, Medical Student Decisional Conflict and Shared Decision Making in Older Children and Parents |
9:00 AM |
Emma Wilson-Pease, Grad Student |
9:06 AM |
Yolonda Evong, Medical Student Examining Levels of Shared Surgical Decision Making in Paediatric Otolaryngology |
9:12 AM |
Devin Piccott, Resident Smoking Cessation: Do We Encourage Our Patients To Quit? |
9:18 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A |
9:24 AM |
| Medical Education | |
Connor McGuire, Medical Student Early Surgical Exposure for Medical Students: Efficacy and Effect on Choice of Electives |
9:30 AM |
Jonathan Oore, Medical Student Designing a Novel Suturing Instructional Video for Medical Students |
9:35 AM |
Ayoub Dakson, Resident Operative Landscape at Canadian Neurosurgery Residency Programs |
9:40AM |
Todd Dow, Medical Student Application Rates to Surgical Residency Programs in Canada |
9:45 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 9:50 AM |
| BREAK | 10:15 AM |
| Session II - Dr. Christine Herman, Chair | |
| New Techniques | |
| Group I | |
Jordan Eng, Resident Pneumatic Ballon Dilation for Palliation of Recurrent Symptoms of Achalasia after Esophagomyotomy |
10:15 AM |
Logan Atkinson, Medical Student Paravertebral Catheters and Post-Operative Analgesia following Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair |
10:20 AM |
Ahmed Al-Hussain, Clinical Fellow Loss Using Distal Tibia Allograft Augmentation- Short Term Outcomes |
10:25 AM |
David Forner, Resident Oncological and Functional Outcomes Following Transoral Laser Microsurgery in |
10:30 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 10:35 AM |
| Group 2 | |
Jonathan Melong, Resident A Novel Technique for Superficial Parotidectomy Associated with Improved Outcomes |
10:41 AM |
Todd Dow, Medical Student The Reduction of Heterotopic Ossification Incidence Following Hip Arthroscopy |
10:46 AM |
Ayham Al Afif, Resident Outcomes of Transmastoid Resurfacing for Superior Canal Dehiscence Using a Cartilage Overlay Technique |
10:51 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 10:56 AM |
| Retrospective Review | |
| Group 1 | |
Peter Horwich, Resident Intraoperative Margin Analysis and Outcomes in Surgically Treated T1-T2 Oral |
11:02 AM |
Allison Keeping, Medical Student Surveillance of TEM Resected Lesions: Are We Being Diligent Enough? |
11:07 AM |
Laura Allen, Medical Student The Role of Repeat Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Improving the Diagnostic |
11:12 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 11:17 AM |
| Group 2 | |
Usman Khan, Medical Student Patient and Tumor Factors Associated with Distant Metastasis in Thyroid Cancer |
11:24 AM |
Ashley Robinson, Medical Student Predicting the Need for Re-Excision Surgery after Breast-Conserving Surgery |
11:29 AM |
Emily Gray, Medical Student Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma in Nova Scotia: Prognostic Indicators and |
11:34 AM |
Colin MacKay, Research Technician Outcomes of N3 Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
11:39 AM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 11:44 AM |
| LUNCH | |
| Bethune Lecture Dr. Alice Aiken Vice President Research Dalhousie University |
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| Session III – Dr. David Hoskin, Chair | 1:30 PM |
| Cell Biology | |
Rafaela Andrade-Vieira, Postdoctoral Fellow NCK Proteins Contribute To Muscle Development and Function |
1:30 PM |
Alison Gareau, Postdoctoral Fellow Ticagrelor Inhibits Platelet-Tumor Cell Interactions and Metastasis in Human and |
1:36 PM |
Kathleen Attwood, Postdoctoral Fellow Targeting Stress Granule Dissolution with Raloxifene Alters Translation of Known |
1:42 PM |
Antonios Diab, PhD Student The Adaptor Protein Nck1 is an Important Regulator of Anxiety |
1:48 PM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 1:54 PM |
| BioMechanics | |
| Group A | |
Jennifer Hurry, Research Engineer Total Knee Arthroplasty RSA in the Standing Low-Dose Biplanar EOS X-ray Imager |
2:00 PM |
Abdihamid Abdihalim, Medical Student MR-Arthrogram vs X-Ray and Physical Exam for the Diagnosis of Labral Tear in Patients Presenting with Hip Pain |
2:06 PM |
Kathryn Young, Graduate Student and Function After TKA Do Not Demonstrate Objective Functional Improvement During Gait |
2:12 PM |
Alison Wong, Resident The Effect of Padded Adhesive Dressings and Body Position on Sacral Interface Pressure |
2:18 PM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 2:22 PM |
| Group B | |
Elise Laende, PhD Student Long-Term Measures of Implant Fixation in Cemented and Uncemented Total Knee Arthroplasty |
2:28 PM |
Abeer Kalendar, Resident Three-Dimensional Anatomical Study of the Tensor Fasciae Latae Perforator Flap |
2:34 PM |
Danielle Lowe, Resident Danielle Lowe, M Glazebrook, Y Takeuchi, M Takao, X M Oliva, T Yamazaki, Maya Kubo, |
2:40 PM |
Matthew Baker, Graduate Student The Knee Osteoarthritis Walking Score: A Clinical Evaluation Tool for Knee Osteoarthritis |
2:46 PM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 2:51 PM |
| BREAK | 3:20 PM |
| Session IV – Dr. Glen Richardson, Chair | |
| Clinical Trials | |
Kevin Morash, Resident VEPTR Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) in Children without Rib Abnormalities: |
3:20 PM |
Victoria Kuta, Medical Student Management of Head and Neck Primary Unknown Squamous Cell Carcinoma using |
3:26 PM |
Yaeesh Sardiwalla, Medical Student The Success of Minimally Invasive Punch Technique for Percutaneous Bone Anchored |
3:32 PM |
Ahmed Jad, Resident Digital Air Leak Monitoring for Patients Undergoing Lung Resection: A Randomized |
3:38 PM |
David Forner, Resident Prevalence of Spatial Processing Disorder and Remediation in Children with Cleft Palate |
3:44 PM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 3:50 PM |
| Meta Analysis | |
Kaitlin Boehm, Resident Iliac Crest Bone Graft Donor Site Morbidity in Craniofacial Surgery: A Systematic Review |
3:56 PM |
Mark Hanes, Research Assistant BCG-Biotherapy for Melanoma Patients Resistant To IL-2-Immunotherapy |
4:01 PM |
Alex Morzycki, Medical Student Controlled Trials |
4:06 PM |
| Panel 5 Minute Q&A | 4:11 PM |
| Closing Remarks | 4:17 PM |
| FIN | |
| Cocktail Hour | 4:30 PM |
| Announcement of Winners | 5:00 PM |
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Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC to credit AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.orgégo.internationalcme.
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