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2013-2014 Annual Report 1 Table of Contents Department of Surgery Annual Report JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2014 R.S. Mclaughlin Professor And Chair Dr. J.T. Rutka Associate Chair And Vice-Chairs Dr. O. Rotstein Associate Chair Dr. D.A. Latter Vice-Chair, Education Dr. R.R. Richards Vice-Chair, Clinical Dr. M. Fehlings Vice-Chair, Research Dr. R. McLeod Vice-Chair, Quality Dr. A. Kapus Associate Chair, Research Dr. S. Keshavjee Vice-Chair, Surgical Innovation Surgeons In Chief Dr. J.G. Wright The Hospital for Sick Children/Robert B. Salter Chair in Surgical Research Dr. J.S. Wunder Mount Sinai Hospital/Rubinoff-Gross Chair in Orthopaedics Dr. C. Compeau St. Joseph’s Health Centre Dr. O.D. Rotstein St. Michael’s Hospital Dr. A. Nathens Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. G. Simone The Toronto East General Hospital Dr. S. Keshavjee University Health Network/James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery Dr. J.L. Semple Women’s College Hospital University Division Chairs Dr. C. Morshead Anatomy Dr. C. Caldarone Cardiac Surgery Dr. A. Smith General Surgery/Bernard and Ryna Langer Chair Dr. A. Lozano Leslie Dan Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery Dr. P. Ferguson Albert and Temmy Latner Chair, Division of Orthopaedics Dr. C. Forrest Plastic Surgery (Interim Chair) Dr. T. Waddell F.G. Pearson/R.J. Ginsberg Chair in Thoracic Surgery Dr. N. Fleshner Martin Barkin Chair in Urological Research Dr. T. Lindsay Vascular Surgery UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 1 Table of Contents Chair’s Report 14 Division of Orthopaedics 133 Research Report 16 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 144 Undergraduate Education 20 Division of Urology 144 Division of Vascular Surgery 146 Continuing Professional Development 21 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 148 Office of International Surgery 22 Division of Cardiac Surgery 150 Division Of Cardiac Surgery 28 Division of General Surgery 152 Division of General Surgery 30 Division of Neurosurgery 161 Division of Orthopaedic Surgery 33 Division of Orthopaedics 165 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 34 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 174 Division of Thoracic Surgery 50 Division of Urology 178 Division of Vascular Surgery 181 Division Of Urology 52 Toronto East General Hospital 182 Division of Vascular Surgery 55 General Surgery 183 The Hospital for Sick Children 57 Orthopaedic Surgery 184 Division of Cardiac Surgery 61 Division Of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery 184 Division of General Surgery 63 Urology 184 Division of Neurosurgery 68 University Health Network 185 Division of Orthopaedics 78 Division of Cardiac Surgery 189 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 84 Division of General Surgery 193 Division of Urology 88 Division of Neurosurgery 207 Mount Sinai Hospital 93 Division of Orthopaedics 227 Division of General Surgery 94 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 235 Division of Orthopaedics 99 Division of Thoracic Surgery 241 Division of Urology 105 Division of Urology 248 St Joseph’s Health Centre 110 Division of Vascular Surgery 257 Division of General Surgery 111 Women’s College Hospital 260 Division of Orthopaedics 111 Division of General Surgery 261 Division of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery 112 Division of Orthopaedics 262 Division of Thoracic Surgery 112 Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 264 Division of Urology 112 Division of Urology 266 St Michael’s Hospital 113 Division of Anatomy 268 Division of Cardiac Surgery 114 Research in Education 270 Division of General Surgery 117 Division of Neurosurgery 128 Cross Appointments 274 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 2 40th GALLIE DAY Friday May 9, 2014 Gallie-Bateman and McMurrich Research Presentations Joan Lipa: Morning Session Chair Charles de Mestral (SSTP): “Cost-utility analysis Jennica Platt (SSTP): “Pre-consultation comparing alternative timeframes of surgery for educational group intervention to improve shared acute cholecystitis” (Supervisor: Avery B Nathens) decision-making for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction: A pilot randomized controlled trial” (Supervisor: Toni Zhong) Uzwa Shahzad: “Transmyocardial revascularization enhances mesenchymal stem cell engraftment in infarcted hearts through SCF-ckit and SDF-1-CXCR4 Kimberly Lau: “Anisotropic stress orients signaling axes” (Supervisor: Terrence M Yau) remodeling of mammalian limb bud ectoderm” (Supervisor: Sevan Hopyan) Vijay Ramaswamy: “Recurrence patterns differ across medulloblastoma subgroups” (Supervisor: Michael D Taylor) Gregory Borschel, Afternoon Session Chair Shabana Amanda Ali “Cholesterol homeostasis Parvati Dadwal: “Activating endogenous neural mediates Hedgehog signaling in chondrocytes and precursor cells using metformin leads to neural osteoarthritis” (Supervisor: Benjamin A Alman) repair and functional recovery in a model of childhood brain injury” (Supervisor: Cindi Morshead) David W. Cadotte (SSTP), “Visualizing structural and functional plasticity of the human cervical spinal cord” (Supervisor: Michael G Fehlings) J. Michael Hendry (SSTP): “The ERBB2 receptor Marisa Louridas (SSTP): “Mental practice pathway regulates regeneration following to enhance advanced laparoscopic surgical the acute and chronic repair of nerve injuries” performance in the operating room: A randomized (Supervisor: Gregory H Borschel) controlled trial” (Supervisor: Teodor P Grantcharov) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 3 SYMPOSIUM: Commercialization and Research Michael Tymianski, MD PhD FRCSC, Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Senior Scientist, Division of Fundamental Neurobiology, Toronto Western Research Institute “Commercialization the Hard Way” Milos R. Popovic, PhD, PEng, Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research “Commercialization: Where Brownian Motion Meets Serendipity” Paul Walker, MD PhD FRCSC, President and CEO, Rafael Hofstein, PhD, President & CEO, MaRS Spectral Diagnostics Inc “Why Commercialize Your Innovation, MaRS Centre “From Bench to Bedside: Discovery - A View From The Front Line” Best Practices for Commercialization” Gordon Murray Lecture Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD, Professor and Associate Chairman of Surgery, Professor (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA “The Art of the Practical: Translating Scientific Discovery into the Real World” UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 4 40th GALLIE DAY Friday May 9, 2014 Poster Judging UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 5 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 6 40th GALLIE DAY Friday May 9, 2014 Reception, Dinner & Awards Ceremony UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 7 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 8 40th GALLIE DAY Friday May 9, 2014 Reception, Dinner & Awards Ceremony UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 9 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 10 Continuing Appointment Reviews 2013-14 Cil: John Semple, Tulin Cil, Andy Smith, Dimitri Anastakis, David McCready Jackson: Allan Okrainee, Lorne Rotstein, Tim Jackson, David Urbach, Andy Smith daCosta: Michael Schwartz, Todd Mainprize, Leo DaCosta, Avery Nathens, Andres Lozano Jeschke: Avery Nathens, Marc Jeschke, Chris Forrest Das: Loch MacDonald, Sunit Das, Andres Lozano Lawless: Nancy Baxter, Bernard Lawless, Ori Rotstein, Andras Kapus Ghanekar: Lorne Rotstein, Shaf Kashavjee, Anand Ghanekar, Peter Dirks Moussa: Fuad Moussa, Chris Caldarone UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 11 University Rounds Annual Address Dr J Rutka, Dr Ori Rotstein Bigelow Lecture, Drs Kizer and Caldarone Harland-Smith Lectureship, Andy Smith, Ori Lister & Armstrong Rounds: James Rutka, Avery Rotstein, Steven Strasberg, Steven Gallinger, Nathens, Marc Jeschke, Ori Rotstein Bernard Langer Bigelow Lecture Ben Alman Research & Science Rounds: Ben Alman, Tom Chav, Milos Popovic Clinical Epidemiology Rounds Caprice Greenberg, David Urbach Kergin Lecture: James Rutka, Eben Alexander, Tile Lecture: Avery Nathens, Jerry Jurkovich, Dr Ori Rotstein Marvin Tile UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 12 2013 Holiday Party Bata Shoe Museum UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | Department of Surgery 2013-2014 Annual Report 13 Chair’s Report Dr. James T Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC For this past year, our top priorities for the Department 1.48 suggesting that we are of Surgery have been to appoint several new University publishing 48% more articles Division Chairs; to appoint a new Vice Chair of Research; than expected for the size of to surpass last year’s record of grant capture and peer our faculty. Of note, there review publication; to lead efforts in health care simulation were 6 members of our faculty in the Faculty of Medicine; to implement faculty mentoring who ranked in the top 20 of and quality/best practices programs; and to lead an all authors at the University of Toronto from 2009-2013, aggressive advancement campaign to help fund numerous and 17 who were found in the top 100. I am absolutely Departmental initiatives. As I write this column, I am delighted with the grant capture and prodigious academic pleased to inform you that we have achieved all of our top output of our faculty, as demonstrated this past year. objectives this past year. Some of the noteworthy high impact publications this Tom Forbes was recruited from Western
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