Annual Research Day Winners 2017

ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY WINNERS 2017

Nadia Mikhael Award for Best Paper presented by a Junior Resident Winner: Dr. Ashley Flaman

LIPOMATOUS TUMOURS WITH ATYPIA ARE NOT ALWAYS LIPOSARCOMA: IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF A SERIES OF LIPOMATOUS TUMOURS WITH ATYPIA, INCLUDING A RETROPERITONEAL PLEOMORPHIC LIPOMA Ashley N. Flaman a,b, Denis H. Gravel a,b, Chi K. Lai a,b, Susan J. Robertson a,b, Bibianna M. Purgina a,b aDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON; bUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

2nd Best paper by a Junior Resident Winner: Dr. Kianoosh Keyhanian

NSCLC LYMPH NODE METASTASIS: DO CYTOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES CORRELATE WITH STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE OF PET SCAN? Kianoosh Keyhanian, Harman Sekhon Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario

Virbala Acharya Award for Best Presentation by a Senior Resident or Fellow Winner: Dr. Aurelia Busca

IFITM1 OUTPERFORMS CD10 IN DIFFERENTIATING LOW GRADE ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL SARCOMAS FROM SMOOTH MUSCLE NEOPLASMS OF THE UTERUS Aurelia Busca1, Previn Gulavita2, Carlos Parra-Herran3* and Shahidul Islam1*, 1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa ON, Canada, 2 Department of Medical Biology, University of Ottawa and Montfort Hospital, Ottawa ON, Canada, 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto ON, Canada

2nd Best paper by a Senior Resident or Fellow Winner: Dr. Henry Chen

THE HISTOPATHOLOGY AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF FLOPPY EYELID SYNDROME Chen, Henry1, 2; Brownstein, Seymour1, 2; Jordan, David R.1; Belliveau, Michel J.1; Gilberg, Steven1; Blanco, Paula2; Farmer, James2; Iacob, Codrin3 1. Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 2. Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 3. Pathology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY, United States. Best Poster Presentation by a Resident Winner: Dr. Mario Capitano

ADENOCARCINOMA EX-GOBLET CELL CARCINOID TUMOURS, PATHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION AND CLINICAL BEHAVIOR: AN ANALYSIS OF CASE SERIES (FROM 2003-2017 FROM THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL PATHOLOGY GROUP Capitano, Mario, M.D., and Zohreh Eslami, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa ON K1H 8L6

2nd Best Poster Presentation by a Resident Winner: Dr. Kevin Hogan

STROMAL TISSUE AS AN ADJUNCT TOOL IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FOLLICULAR THYROID LESIONS BY FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY Hogan, Kevin, Kien T. Mai. The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Best Poster/Platform presentation by an undergraduate/graduate student Winner: Saadia Khiljil

RNA-SEQ ANALYSIS OF REXINOID RESPONSIVE GENE EXPRESSION DURING EARLY MYOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION Khilji, Saadia, Qiao Li Department of the Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2nd Best Poster/Platform presentation by an undergraduate/graduate student Winner: Alexandra Rosso

AN ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING CASES IN ONTARIO: UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS OF CASE UPTAKE IN ONTARIO SINCE THE ROYAL ASSENT AND AMENDMENTS OF BILL C-14 Rosso, Alexandra E BHSc candidate, School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa Dr Dirk Huyer MD, Chief Coroner for the Province of Ontario, Office of the Chief Coroner Dr Alfredo Walker MB.BS, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), MFFLM, MCSFS.Forensic Pathologist/Coroner – Ontario Forensic Pathology Service. Eastern Ontario Regional Forensic Pathology Unit – Ottawa. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa

Dr. M. Orizaga Award for Best Teacher

Winner: Dr. Alfredo Walker