95 ISSUE | 6 VOLUME | 19 YEAR E DUCATION N EWS 2 R OUNDS 4
A CADEMIC CORNER 5
S POTLIGHT 6 A WARDS & HONOURS 20 F EATURE 21 R ESEARCH C ORNER 23 T HE L AST P AGE 24 Medical MESSAGE Imaging FROM THE CHAIR
Rebecca, a McMaster Graduate, has RSNA, the largest radiology conference spent 25 years at HHS and SJH, in the world, is being held the first week assuming multiple responsibilities in December in Chicago, with 4 of our Dear All, including VP for Diagnostic Imaging residents presenting. We’ll keep you
and Laboratory Medicine, President updated in the January Newsletter with Our department went through a of St. Peter’s Hospital, and then, lot of changes over the past few the main trending topics of the year and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. She months, after years of stability. As hopefully lots of pictures! has been our champion and has been we are still waiting to hear who instrumental in promoting the As this is our last newsletter before the will be the Department Chair and Managed Equipment Services that New Year, I wish you and your families a next Chief at HHS, there has been a we need to ensure sustainability in great holiday season. Take some quality lot of movement in our managerial our Department. time to relax and enjoy and to think of team, with Cheryl Tillmanns and all of the good you are doing, starting It has been a pleasure working with Shairoz Kherani having both left with your dedication to make our HHS this year. Rebecca and I wish her all the best in patients’ lives better. her new endeavours. I have no doubt More recently, it is with mixed that she will be very successful. All the best, feelings that I learnt that Rebecca Leslie Gauthier is taking over David Koff Repa, Vice President, Clinical Rebecca’s role as Interim VP of Support Services and Surgery, is Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology Clinical Support Services and Surgery; McMaster University leaving to take a new role at and also join me in welcoming Sarah University Health Network in Jane Adams, our new Director for Toronto, where she will be Diagnostic Services, Nuclear Executive Vice President, Clinical Medicine and Medical Diagnostic Support and Performance. Unit.
EDUCATIONAL NEWS
Department of Radiology Visiting Professor Program
2020
Hold these dates for more Visiting Professor series:
2020
January 7th and 8th
Jonathon Leipsic -Cardiac
February 4th and 5th
Sara Durfee – Ob/Gyn
March 3rd and 4th
Carlos Torres - Neuro
April 7th and 8th
Pablo Ros – Liver/ Abdominal
May 5th and 6th
Mark Cresswell - MSK
June 2nd and 3rd Please go to Visiting Professor Program web page for more information and to view all of Visiting Professor group photos with our RadiologyHooker Residents at: Distinguishedhttp://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/radiology/vpp/ Award Lecture - Prof. Steve Halligan
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EDUCATIONAL NEWS Visiting Professor series…
SAVE THE DATE
DR. JONATHON LEIPSIC CARDIAC Tuesday, January 7th and Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
Thank you to Dr. Vincent Mellnick for participating in the Visiting Professor Series that took place on November 5th and 6th, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.
Dr. Vincent Mellnick, Associate Professor Dr. Mellnick presented on three topics while he was here; Chief, Abdominal Imaging Section “Small Bowel Emergencies”, “Approach to the Abdominal Spleen”, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine and “Drug-Induced GI Complications”. St. Louis, Missouri
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ROUNDS CALENDAR
Radiology Rounds by Site 2019 - updated
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 0800 Resident 0800 MSK Rounds 0800 Resident Rounds 0700 Hepatobiliary Rounds (all rounds in DI 0800 Multidisciplinary Rounds 11:00 Head/Neck Rds Conf. Rm.) Breast Rounds 8:00 CNS Tumor Board JCC Juravinski Hospital 1200 Rad/Path 1200 Resident Rounds DST (3-88 JCC) 10:00 Neuro Onc Rds Breast Rds (Rm 106 (Fellows) 1200 Interesting and Cancer Centre E Wing 1200 Resident Rds Case Rounds 12:15 DI DST Rds 1310 Sarcoma Rounds - 14:00 GIUP Rds (3rd floor conference room) JCC
1200 Radiology 0700 Spine Rds 0730 Vascular Rounds 0800 Stroke Rds.(David 0800 Neuroscience Teaching Rounds 0800 Regional Cardiology (5N Teaching Room) Braley Centre, General Rds. David Braley Rds (David Braley Centre, Campus, Auditorium) Centre, General General Campus, 0800 Arrhythmia Rds. 0800 CNS Tumor Rds. HGH Campus, Auditorium) Auditorium) (Theatre Auditorium, (DI Classroom) once a 0815 MSK Tumor Rnds, (DI HGH) month 1200 Radiology Hamilton General Classroom) 1230 Interesting Case Rnds Teaching Rounds 1200 Radiology Teaching 1230 M&M Rds. (DI Interesting Cases Hospital Rounds Classroom), set once a 1200 Combined Stroke month Rounds, DI Classroom, Rm 2-158 1600 Trauma Rds (Theatre Auditorium) M&M Rounds 1st Tues. of mo. 0800 Pediatric Hot Seat 1200 Adult Hot Seat 0800 Adult GI Rounds, 0800 Surg/Rad/ Path 0800 Pediatric Hot Seat Resident Rds Resident Rds Rm.2S32 (SRP) Rds (every 3rd Resident 0800 Tumor Brd (every 0800 Nep/Ur/Rad (1 per Thursday) 2S32 Rounds 2nd week) 100 Neuro-oncology Rds month) 3H40/3H41 1200 Adult Hot Seat McMaster University 3F Resident Rds 1200 GI Ped Rounds 1200 Neuroradiology Rds 0800 Child Maltreatment 1200 Peds Ultrasound Room 2S32 Medical Rm 3N50 100 Rheumatology (1 per (quarterly) 3N10 (every 1st & 3rd Thursday) Centre/Children’s month) 2S32 2S32 Hospital 1300 Hemo-Oncology (every 2nd week) 2S32/Rad Office 1500 Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) Every 4th Thursday, Room 2S32 1200 0800-0900 Vascular 0800-0900 0715-0800 Colorectal 0730-0830 Radiology Ultrasound Rds Difficult Access Rounds – Neuroradiology Rounds – Rounds Respirology Rounds – st rd St. Joseph’s Healthcare 1 Tues. of ea. mo. 3 Wed. of ea. mo. various dates Hamilton 1300-1400 Resident Hot 1200-1300 MSK 0800-0900 Breast Seat Rounds 1200-1300 Interesting Radiology Rheumatology Pathology Rounds 1200-1315 Lung MCC
Case Rounds Rounds Rounds (All rounds in DI 1630-1730 Head & Neck 1630-1730 Thyroid 1200-1300 MRI Rounds – Conference Room T0102, MCC Rounds – 4th Wed. 1300-1400 Resident Hot Malignancy Endocrine 1st. Thurs of ea. mo. 1315-1415 Resident unless otherwise of ea. mo. Seat Rounds MCC Rounds – 1st Wed. Hot Seat Rounds specified) of ea. mo. 1300-1400 Resident Hot Seat Rounds More info can be found on the McMaster ETA website: https://fhseta.mcmaster.ca/
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ACADEMIC CORNER
HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
Join us for discussions in health professions education.
We will be looking at both a classic and cutting-edge HPE paper. Be prepared to discuss!
Light refreshments will be provided.
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SPOTLIGHT
ANNOUNCEMENT Sarah-Jane Adams New Director of Diagnostic Services, Nuclear Medicine, & Medical Diagnostic Units for HHS Please join us in congratulating Sarah-Jane Adams as we announce that she has accepted the position of Director of Diagnostic Services, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Diagnostic Units across Hamilton Health Sciences replacing Shairoz Kherani.
Sarah-Jane has currently been working as the Business Manager for Clinical Support Services and Surgery since 2018 and prior to this she was the Manager of Clinical Planning and Analysis.
Sarah-Jane will officially begin her new role as Director for Diagnostic Services, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Diagnostic Units commencing on December 2, 2019.
We are very excited that Sarah-Jane has accepted this role as she brings a great deal of experience and knowledge to this position. She has previous experience in her prior roles with team building, sustainability planning and management and in that time she worked collaboratively with Executives, Management, Physicians and other Clinicians to implement new processes and standardize work. This has led to many opportunities for efficiencies and standardization.
Once again we welcome and congratulate Sarah-Jane on her new role!
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Fran Riley IS RETIRING!!
Fran Riley, Clinical Manager for Interventional Radiology and the Pediatric Sedation Team, started working for HHS in 1986 and has now announced her plans for retirement by the end of this year. Fran took on the opportunity to establish Interventional Radiology as a service and led the integration of Interventional Radiology and Pediatric Sedation Teams at McMaster. She has made great contributions to these services, our teams and most importantly the patients. We wish Fran all the best and congratulate her on her upcoming retirement!
Nicole Freer Nicole Constance New Clinical Manager for Interventional Administrative Assistant JH DI Radiology and Pediatric Sedation Team Supporting Jean Matone & Nicole Freer Nicole Freer, previously the Clinical Manager for the Please welcome Nicole Constance to the Juravinski Same Day Surgery and PACU, will be taking administrative assistant role at the JH site. Nicole on Fran Riley’s role as the Clinical Manager for started her new DI Admin role on Thursday, Interventional Radiology and the Pediatric Sedation November 14th. She will assume full administrative Team. Nicole and Fran have already started to work assistant duties to support Jean Matone and Nicole together to ensure a smooth transition of this Freer in place of Andja Macesic. Andja will now important leadership role. Nicole comes from a well- transition to support the Site Radiology Lead, and the experienced background; working as a frontline OR residents and fellows program. nurse and Service Resource Nurse in the General OR, We welcome Nicole to the Diagnostic Services Team! specifically working with the cardiac and vascular surgical services.
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DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES - HHS Changes in Management and Staff
In the recent past there have been some managerial and staff changes in the Diagnostic Imaging department. Please find a list below to catch you up on these changes that have happened or will be happening in the new year.
Leslie Gauthier, Executive Director, is currently covering for Shairoz Kherani’s position as DI Director. Recruitment has taken place and Sarah Jane Adams has been announced as the successful candidate to the Director of DI, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Diagnostic Units. Sarah will officially start her new role on December 2, 2019.
Rebecca Repa will be leaving HHS, and upon her departure Leslie Gauthier will be stepping in as Interim VP of Clinical Support Services and Surgery.
Cheryl Tillmann’s role was rolled into/under Carol Dunne, who is currently the Interim Manager for PACS.
Cheryl Malcolmson is now the DI Managed Equipment Services (MES) Manager
Patricia McKeen (Legault) has currently stepped into Cheryl Malcolmson’s previous role, and is the Interim DI Clinical Manager at HGH.
Joti Dhillon is the new DI Admin at HGH, currently supporting Sarah Jane Adams in her DI Business Manager role for DI and Peri-Op (this will change as of December 2nd when Sarah Jane moves into the DI Director role). Joti also now supports Patricia McKeen (Legault), Interim HGH DI Clinical Manager, and Cheryl Malcolmson, DI MES Manager.
Fran Riley, IR Services Manager, is retiring by the end of his year and Nicole Freer, currently Clinical Manager for JH Same Day Surgery and PACU, will be taking on Fran’s position.
Nicole Constance has joined the DI team at Juravinski Hospital as the new Administrative Assistant to support Jean Matone and Nicole Freer.
Andja Macesic has now replaced Osy Amaral’s position as Administrative Assistant to the JH Radiologists and Dr. Kavita Dhamanaskar, Site Lead at JH.
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LOBBY DAY AT QUEEN’S PARK Ontario Association of Radiologists
On Monday, November 4th, the Ontario Association of Radiologists held meetings at Queen’s Park to bring awareness with respect to the radiology wait lists and outdated imaging equipment. This highlighted the urgent need for additional funding in order to shorten wait times and support the technologists, nurses, administrative staff and radiologists striving to provide outstanding care to all of our patients.
There were over 100 attendees include Ministers, MPPs, and staff members from the Premier’s office and Conservative caucus. HHS Radiology was well represented by Drs. Birchenough, Colapinto, Garces, Donnellan and Stein. The goal is to continue to build upon this momentum with future meetings and ongoing positive dialogue with our local MPPs.
From left to right: Dr. Brian Birchenough, Dr. Michael Colapinto, Dr. Pat Garces
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Attention: ALL HHS RADIOLOGISTS Coming soon to your Inbox…
At the last Council of Chiefs meeting it was discussed that all professional staff will be required to complete 5 mandatory e-learning requirements as part of their Credentials process.
ALL HHS physicians, including radiologists, will be required to complete these elearning modules as part of the credentialing reappointment process; this will be sent out December 1st.
PLEASE READ IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW
FAQ: Is eLearning mandatory for non-employees of HHS? Yes, HHS policies applies to the following: “All Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) staff including members of the medical, dental and midwifery staff, affiliates, contractors, volunteers, hospital affiliates and learners.”
What are the mandatory eLearning modules and why are they mandatory? There are 5 mandatory modules (others may be added but they are “recommended” versus mandatory): Privacy (FIPPA, PHIPA) Mandated by the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Code Reviews (Red, Green) Mandated by the Ministry of Labour Violence in the Workplace Mandated by the Ministry of Labour WHMIS Mandated by the Ministry of Labour Values Based Code of Conduct Mandated by HHS Executive Leadership
Why were eLearning modules always sent to my HHS email address? The Clinical Practice & Education (CP&E) department only had HHS employee numbers and email addresses. CP&E, in collaboration with Medical Affairs, has now isolated professional staff using license number (e.g. CPSO) as the unique identifier. This professional group (mostly physicians) will now have eLearning modules sent to the email address used for annual credentialing.
Can I access the eLearning modules without going into Citrix? Yes, the modules can be opened, accessed, and completed without Citrix.
Is it possible to change the content of the modules to make them shorter and more relevant to physicians? Yes. The content experts for each of the mandatory modules are currently working on developing new modules for physicians… this will be completed sometime within 2020. For now, the 5 mandatory eLearning modules will be sent out in their current format. Please know we’re working on it!
Roll out plan: December 1, 2019 5 mandatory eLearning modules will be sent to all credentialed professionals
February, 2020 Question will be added to the re-appointment process: “Do you commit to completing the 5 mandatory eLearning Modules during 2020?” Yes / No (N.B. submission of reappointment application will not be held if eLearning is not complete)
► Fall, 2020 CP&E will send compliance report to each Chief
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Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) ANNUAL MEETING December 1st – December 6th Chicago, IL
At RSNA 2019, you will get hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing and virtual reality. Dive into the latest research, enhance your skills at over 400 educational courses, and join 50,000 attendees here to meet the leaders shaping tomorrow. **information from RSNA website**
This year Hamilton Health Sciences will be well represented at the RSNA Annual Meeting. Attendees will include:
Dr. Karen Finlay – Interim Chief of Diagnostic Imaging Cheryl Malcolmson – MES Manager Dr. Yongdong Wang – Pediatric Radiology (MUMC) Sue Kinnear – MUMC/WLMH DI Manager Dr. Terry Minuk – Head of Service – Breast (HGH) Naya Kabak – Front Line Staff (MUMC) Dr. Kavita Dhamanaskar – Site Lead (JH) Brendan Smith – IR MRT Senior (JH) Dr. Sabarinath Nair (JH) Susan Vandermyden – MRI Tech (JH) Dr. Yoan Kagoma (JH) Lisa Billone – Technologist (HGH) Dr. Scott Tsai – Head of Service – Body (JH) Tian Qi – Technologist (HGH) Dr. Christian van der Pol (JH) Dr. Ameya Kulkarni – Fellow (JH) Dr. Fateme Salehi (JH) Dr. Amar Udare – Fellow (JH)
Plenary Sessions at this year’s RSNA Annual Meeting:
President’s Address – Sunday, December 1st 8:30am – Valerie P. Jackson, MD A Matter of Perspective: Putting a New Lens on Our Patient Interactions
Opening Session – Sunday, December 1st 8:30am – Abraham Vergheses, MD Finding the Care in Caring
New Horizons Lecture – Monday, December 2nd 1:30pm – Andrew J. Saykin, PsyD, ABCN The War on Alzheimer’s Disease: Neuroimaging, Biomarkers and Genetics on the Front Lines
New Horizons Lecture – Monday, December 2nd 1:30pm – Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD Charcot, The Iron Horse, and Creeping Paralysis: Good Science in the Treatment of ALS
RSNA/AAPM Symposium – Tuesday, December 3rd 10:30am – Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD The Path to Integrated Diagnostics
RSNA/AAPM Symposium – Tuesday, December 3rd 10:30am – Anant Madabhushi, PhD Radio-Patho-Genomics: Computationally Integrating Disease Specific Features across Scales
Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology – Tuesday, December 3rd 1:30pm – Sanjiv S. Gambhir, MD, PhD Next Generation Technologies and Strategies for Precision Health
Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology – Wednesday, December 4th 1:30pm – Lisa A. Kachnic, MD Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy (OART): The True Intersection of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology
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Dr. Katherine Zukotynski Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine & Radiology McMaster University
Dr. Zukotynski is involved in medical imaging research. Her main areas of research are in PET/CT, particularly as it relates to oncology, neurodegenerative disease and machine learning.
Dr. Katherine Zukotynski will assume the position of Track Chair/ Nuclear Medicine for the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA) Refresher Course Committee at their 2019 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois between December 1-6, 2019.
The lectures she has organized for the 2019 RSNA Annual Meeting are as follows;
Multisession Courses: MSCC31 – Case-based Review of Nuclear Medicine: PET/CT Workshop – Head and Neck Tuesday, December 3rd 8:30am-10:00am MSCC32 – Case-based Review of Nuclear Medicine: PET/CT Workshop – Chest Tuesday, December 3rd 10:30am-12:00pm MSCC33 – Case-based Review of Nuclear Medicine: PET/CT Workshop – Abdomen/Pelvis & Pediatrics Tuesday, December 3rd 1:30pm-3:00pm MSCC34 – Case-based Review of Nuclear Medicine: PET/CT Workshop – Advances in PET Tuesday, December 3rd 3:30pm-5:00pm
Refresher/Informatics: RC111 – Enhancing your PET/CT Practice – Sunday, December 1st – 2:00pm-3:30pm RC211 – Nuclear Medicine Series: New PET Tracers for Prostate Cancer – Monday, December 2nd – 8:30am-12:00pm RC311 – Review of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine – Tuesday, December 3rd – 8:30am-10:00am RC411 – Advances in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT – Tuesday, December 3rd – 4:30pm-6:00pm RC511 – Update on Radionuclide Therapies – Wednesday, December 4th – 8:30am-10:00am RC611 – Head and Neck PET/CT: Clinical Approach – Thursday, December 5th – 8:30am-10:00am RC711 – Advances and Updates in SPECT/CT – Thursday, December 5th – 4:30pm-6:00pm
Dr. Zukotynski is also the outgoing Chair of the Nuclear Medicine Section Instructional Courses for the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) concluding her term at their 2020 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois between May 3-8, 2020.
The sessions she has organized for the 2020 ARRS Annual Meeting are as follows; Feature Course – Thyroid Cancer Therapy: Go low, go high or go home! Sunday, May 3rd – 10:00am-12:00pm IC111 – Abdominal PET/CT: Innovations and Implications – Monday, May 4th – 1:30pm-3:00pm IC208 – NM & PET/CT: Rules and Rebels – Tuesday, May 5th – 10:30am-12:00pm Nuclear Medicine Power Hour – Wednesday, May 6th – 7:00am-8:00am IC406 – Chest & Heart PET/CT: Scintillating Architecture – Thursday, May 7th – 10:30am-12:00pm
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HOLIDAY
APPRECIATION TEA
Appetizers treats hot drinks
Thursday, December 5th HGH Marg Charters Auditorium 1:30-3:30pm Thursday, December 5th WLMH Cafeteria 7:30-9:30am Tuesday, December 10th MUMC Blue Room 2:00-4:00pm Tuesday, December 10th SPH Garwood Jones Auditorium 2:00-4:00pm Tuesday, December 10th West End Clinic Classroom 2:00-4:00pm Thursday, December 12th JHCC Atrium Café 2:00-4:00pm Friday, December 13th KW 23rd Floor Lounge 2:00-3:30pm
REMINDER: DI Christmas Parties!
JH MUMC HGH Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging
WHEN WHEN WHEN Saturday, December 14, 2019 Saturday, December 7, 2019 Saturday, December 7, 2019
WHERE WHERE WHERE Carmen’s Banquet Centre McMaster Faculty Club Ancaster Old Mill
TIME TIME TIME 6:00pm 6:00pm – Cocktails 7:00pm – Cocktails 7:00pm – Dinner 8:00pm – Dinner
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A Great Big
Awards – CME’s – Prizes – 50/50 – Lunch - Networking
JHCC Auditorium A4-4 - February 20th 8:00am to 3:45pm
Tickets $10.00 - $$ will be reimbursed at meeting to attendees FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 8:00am Registration opens 8:15am Patients with Challenging Behaviours Karen Robins 9:15am #HHS Social Media at HHS James Scarfone HHS 9:45am BREAK 10:00am Togo: Imaging in the 3rd World Ray & Michelle Lappalainen 11:15am POCUS US “The Right Way” Dr. Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab 11:45am LUNCH/AWARDS/Wellness Talk Michelle Cassidy 1:00pm Distal Bicep’s Imaging Sarah Allred HGH 1:45pm Twin to Twin Transfucion Jinal Patel MUMC 2:15pm BREAK 2:30pm Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Andrea Koopman MUMC 3:00pm Penis US: What Your CEL Didn’t Teach You Steve Zuccolo JHCC 3:45pm ADJOURN
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You’re invited to the 1st Annual HHS spring fling HHS MRT Education Day
Cost is $10 – attendees will be reimbursed at the event 50/50 – Lunch, education, awards, prizes, networking
Where: Juravinski Hospital Auditorium A4-4
When: March 28th 2020
Time: 0830 to 1230
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Attention! IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS
Registration Now Open!
WAVELENGTHS 2020 is our 2nd annual meeting offering research workshops and a symposium for Imaging Technologists that recognizes the growing interest in cultivating quality improvement and research competencies. Imaging technologists from all modalities are invited to participate as speakers and attendees in what will be a dynamic opportunity for sharing knowledge and building professional networks.
WAVELENGTHS 2020 is comprised of 2 concurrent pre-symposium research workshops and a full-day & a half symposium for imaging technologists to build their skills and showcase works-in-progress, quality improvement projects, innovations in practice and completed research.
Dates: April 24, 2020 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Pre-Symposium Research Workshops 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Symposium: Technologist Led Research and Practice Innovation Presentations 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Poster Rounds and Symposium Welcome Reception
April 25, 2020 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Symposium: Technologist Led Research and Practice Innovation Presentations
Location: The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, Toronto, Ontario. Registration and symposium information can be found at https://michener.ca/wavelengths/
Call for Proposals for Poster, Podium and Panel Presentations We invite you to submit proposals for Podium, Poster or Panel presentations that may be at early or advanced stages of development for Wavelengths 2020. Submission themes include but are not limited to professional practice innovation, education, quality improvement, primary/ clinical imaging research, and patient care. Information on how to submit an abstract can be found at https://michener.ca/wavelengths/call-for-abstracts/
Submission deadline: February 7, 2020 Themes: Practice innovation, education, quality improvement and primary/clinical research Formats: Podium, Poster, and Panel Presentations
Should you have any questions about Wavelengths 2020 or the abstract submission process, please email your questions to [email protected]
On behalf of the organizing committee, we look forward to seeing you in April. Marc Potvin, Chair of the Wavelengths Organizing Committee
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MUMC DI TEAM McMaster Children’s Hospital Annual Halloween Parade Thank you to our MUMC DI Team who gave patients treats (and to those who donated to the cause!) at the McMaster Children’s Hospital Annual Halloween Parade on Thursday, October 31st. There were lots of smiles and clever and creative costumes!
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RESIDENT EVENT – CAREER NIGHT
Career Night is an event sponsored by the residency program to help residents network and to support their ability to choose a career path. This year’s iteration was held at the beautiful Knollwood Golf Club in Ancaster on November 18, 2019 and was widely attended by the residents. Left to Right: Dr. Nasim Tolami Hemmati, Dr. Arun Mensinkai, Dr. Vik Jain, Dr. Yoan Kagoma, Dr. Michael Colapinto The radiologist panel was led by Dr. Arun Mensinkai who moderated the discussion. Dr. Michael Colapinto and Dr. Yoan Kagoma represented the academic radiology side and Dr. Nasim Tolami Hemmati and Dr. Vik Jain represented the community radiology side. They spoke about the experiences which lead them down their own unique career paths and gave insight into their present practice settings.
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
DR. SCOTT TSAI
Patrick and Ali Kennedy are proud to welcome their new son, Colin Patrick Kennedy, born on October 15th at 1:32am, weighing 6lbs 14 oz! This was followed shortly after by the arrival of Mabel Marie Ozimok; born on October 19th, weighing 8lbs 6oz to proud parents Cory and Amanda Ozimok! Congratulations to both families on the safe arrivals of their babies! Best wishes to all! 19
AWARDS & HONOURS
Congratulations! Dr. Hussam Kaka, Dr. Stefanie Lee and Dr. Kavita Dhamanaskar and other fellow researchers on The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Research Award! The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Research Award was presented to Kaka H, Wang BT, Al-Bashir SM, Dhamanaskar KP, Lee SY for the educational exhibit Integrating Ultrasound into Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr. Hussam Kaka Care Pathways: Current Evidence PGY4 Resident at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound October 3-6, 2019, Denver, Colorado
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FEATURE
Health, Safety & Wellness Matters!
“Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace for All!”
Employee Safety – Infection Prevention & Control
Hamilton Health Sciences is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment and preventing occupational illness and injury. Over the past decade, a number of outbreaks related to infectious diseases (such as norovirus and influenza) have affected workers and other in the health and community care workplaces. Health care workers are potentially at risk from exposure to infections and other hazards in the workplace. Care should be taken to ensure proper infection prevention and control precautions are taken, which include; ensuring food and drinks are not kept or consumed in areas where infectious materials, hazardous chemicals or hazardous drugs are used, handled, or stored. All workplace parties have a responsibility to prevent and control hazards in the workplace.
Action Items Workplace Safety Tips All workplace parties are required to: Workers Follow Routine Practices and 1. Report hazards to your supervisor. Additional Precautions to control and 2. Follow Routine Practices for infection prevention and prevent the transmission of infection. control. 3. Wear required personal protective equipment. Use proper hand washing techniques 4. If required to wear a respirator, have a fit test every 2 years. and alcohol-based hand rubs to 5. Practice good hand hygiene. ensure good hand hygiene.
Supervisors Use good infection control practices, such as covering a cough or sneeze, 1. Provide adequate supervision. getting immunized and staying at 2. Provide required training to workers. home if you are sick. 3. Inspect workplaces for infection hazards. 4. Protect workers from infection hazards. Provide hand Store and consume food and drinks hygiene facilities. only in designated refreshment areas 5. Ensure required personal protective equipment is readily as per CORP - Safe Practices with accessible and properly used. Food and Drink Protocol.
Reference: Ontario Ministry of Labour - Infection Prevention and Control
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December is for Staff Fanout
The current HHS Staff Fanout Procedure & related tools/resources are online on the EDM intranet site @ http://hhssharepoint/teams/edm/StaffFanout/default.aspx Reminders: When conducting a fan out, do not bring in all available staff unless explicitly instructed to. The aim is to meet staffing demands while keeping in mind we need to ensure we have staff available for the next shift.
For December, all staff & affiliates are responsible to… All staff should complete a review and completion of the Staff Fan Out Quiz (click here)
Complete the online Monthly Fire Drill Review Quiz (click here) and participate in a monthly fire drill if on-site On completion of the above, ensure you notify your Area Code Captain to include your name in the online Code Review Report for completion of both the Code of the Month review and Fire Drill by the end of the month EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE! A Test of Unit/Department Fan Out Lists will be scheduled at each of the HHS sites in November. The goal is to ensure fan out lists are up to date and that staff are familiar with fan out procedures. Units and departments that wish to have an additional workshop or in-service on Code Purple or Silver can contact the Emergency and Disaster Management Specialist to arrange. Code Captains… Please ensure any staff who may submit an online code review report for a code review or fire drill know how to do so Managers & Directors... Ensure your areas have a Code Captain, or fulfill this role until one is identified. Notify [email protected] if any changes are needed to the online reporting template for your program areas. Please do not edit the template yourself. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements for the next code version or code review, please contact [email protected]
All areas are to submit their Staff Code Review and Exercise Report by month’s end for completion of their Staff Fanout Procedure review & for conducting their monthly Fire Drill
Replace any previous versions in their area Emergency Preparedness Binder with the most current version. In addition, Managers are responsible to: - ensure their staff fanout contact list is current - review a “what if…” scenario for their program/area fanout & identify any bottlenecks, issues that need to be addressed to improve fanout effectiveness -fulfill the role of Code Captain if an areas does not have one assigned. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements for the next version of the above documents, please contact [email protected] .
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RESEARCH CORNER
Having an idea for a research project is very exciting! Unfortunately though projects often come with a number of costs, which might be staff time, equipment, publication costs or travel to present the project at a conference. It can be challenging for investigators to find volunteers or free labour to carry out these projects and are often having to pay out of their own pockets to travel to present their results. No matter what your costs are though, there are a number of grants available, big or small that can assist in funding any part of your project. Some grants will cover your equipment costs (i.e. CFI); some may fund your students (i.e. Mitacs), while others may cover your project as a whole (i.e. NSERC and CIHR).
Through the Health Research Services Department at McMaster University, a list of upcoming available grants is available to researchers on a weekly basis. I would encourage all staff to request to be on this distribution list by contacting: [email protected]
In addition, Hamilton Health Sciences has grants available, which recently a number of investigators in the Department of Radiology have been successful in obtaining. These grants in particular are aimed at those investigators that are early in their research careers and need some financial assistance to get their research programs established. For more information about these grants, please visit: https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/Research/
If you need any assistance in determining a grant that is right for you, please do not hesitate to reach out to me so that I can be of assistance!
~ Jane Castelli Research Manager, MIIRC@M DI & MDU Research Manager, HHS E: [email protected]
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THE LAST PAGE EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY
Holiday Calendar: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING December 25th – Christmas Day ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTIES December 26th – Boxing Day Juravinski Radiology Associates January 1st – New Year’s Day Saturday, December 14, 2019 6pm Carmen’s Banquet Centre MUMC Diagnostic Imaging Saturday, December 7, 2019 6pm McMaster Faculty Club HGH Diagnositc Imaging Saturday, December 7, 2019 Ancaster Old Mill
IN AND AROUND TOWN… DID YOU KNOW? AGH Friday Free Night (Art Gallery of Hamilton) The first candy cane was not made in the th December 6 4pm-8pm shape of a cane. It was white, completely 123 King Street West straight and only flavored with sugar. Legend Christmas Evening Tours Dundurn Castle has it that in 1670, the cane shaped candy December 7th – 9th, 13th – 15th, 20th – 22nd became historical when a choirmaster at the Dundurn Castle (pre-registration is required) Cologne Cathedral in Germany bent the sugar-sticks into canes to appear as Craftadian Hamilton Christmas Market December 7th 10am-4pm shepherd's hooks McMaster Innovation Park Hello Everyone, The North Pole Expo (Market) December 8th 10am-4pm The holiday season will soon be upon us. I would like Carmen’s Banquet Centre to send warmest wishes to everyone for a wonderful The Big Sing – Christmas Carol Sing-a-long and safe Happy Holiday! December 13th 7pm-9pm ~ Tori Ancaster Old Town Hall
Winter Whimsy- Hamilton Children’s Museum December 27th – 30th 10am-4pm Do you have a story idea to share? Email: [email protected]
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