2014-2015 Annual Report Table of Contents
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Department of Surgery Annual Report JULY 1, 2014 – JUNE 30, 2015 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. C. Caldarone 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. L. Smith North York General Hospital 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. C. Swallow 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 Dr. T. Waddell F.G. Pearson/R.J. Ginsberg Chair in Thoracic Surgery Dr. N. Fleshner Martin Barkin Chair in Urological Research Dr. T. Forbes Vascular Surgery UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1 Department of Surgery 2014-2015 Annual Report Table of Contents 41st GALLIE DAY 4 Division of Orthopaedics 73 Publications 73 Continuing Appointment Reviews 2014-15 12 Invited Visits 75 University Rounds 13 Research and Investigations 76 Colon Cancer Canada’s Top to Bottom 2014 14 Honours Received 77 Chair’s Report 15 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 77 Publications 77 Research Report 17 Invited Visits 78 Postgraduate Education 21 Research and Investigations 80 Honours Received 80 Undergraduate Education 22 Division of Urology 80 Continuing Professional Development 23 Publications 80 Office of International Surgery 24 Invited Visits 81 Research and Investigations 82 Division of Anatomy 27 Honours Received 82 Division of Cardiac Surgery 28 Mount Sinai Hospital 83 Division of General Surgery 30 Division of General Surgery 83 Division of Neurosurgery 31 Publications 83 Invited Visits 86 Division of Orthopaedic Surgery 32 Research and Investigations 86 Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 34 Honours Received 87 Division of Thoracic Surgery 50 Division of Orthopaedics 87 Publications 87 Division of Urology 51 Invited Visits 88 Division of Vascular Surgery 54 Research and Investigations 90 The Hospital For Sick Children 55 Honours Received 90 Division of Cardiac Surgery 57 Division of Urology 90 Publications 57 Publications 90 Invited Visits 59 Invited Visits 92 Research and Investigations 60 Research and Investigations 92 Honours and Awards 60 North York General Hospital 93 Division of General Sugery 60 St Joseph’s Health Centre 94 Publications 60 Division of General Surgery 94 Invited Visits 64 Research and Investigations 64 Division of Orthopaedics 94 Honours and Awards 64 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 94 Division of Neurosurgery 65 Division of Thoracic Surgery 94 Publications 65 St Michael’s Hospital 95 Invited Visits 70 Division of Cardiac Surgery 96 Research and Investigations 72 Publications 96 Honours and Awards 73 Invited Visits 97 Research and Investigations 97 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 2 Department of Surgery 2014-2015 Annual Report Division of General Surgery 98 Division of General Surgery 150 Publications 98 Publications 150 Invited Visits 3 10 Invited Visits 159 Grants, Contracts and Clinical Trials 5 10 Research and Investigations 0 16 Honours and Awards 6 10 Honours and Awards 1 16 Publications 7 10 Division of Neurosurgery 161 Invited Visits 9 10 Publications 1 16 Research and Investigations 0 11 Invited Visits 8 16 Honours and Awards 0 11 Research and Investigations 171 Publications 111 Honours and Awards 172 Invited Visits 3 11 Division of Orthopaedics 173 Research and Investigations 4 11 Publications 173 Honours and Awards 4 11 Invited Visits 175 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 115 Research and Investigations 176 Grants, Contracts and Clinical Trials 5 11 Honours and Awards 177 Division of Urology 115 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 178 Publications 5 11 Publications 178 Invited Visits 6 11 Invited Visits 179 Research and Investigations 6 11 Research and Investigations 180 Honours and Awards 6 11 Honours and Awards 180 Division of Vascular Surgery 116 Division of Thoracic Surgery 180 Publications 6 11 Publications 181 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 117 Invited Visits 184 Division of Cardiac Surgery 118 Research and Investigations 185 Publications 8 11 Honours Received 186 Invited Visits 8 11 Division of Urology 186 Grants, Contracts and Clinical Trials 9 11 Publications 186 Honours and Awards 9 11 Invited Visits 0 19 Division of General Surgery 119 Honours and Awards 4 19 Publications 9 11 Division of Vascular Surgery 194 Invited Visits 4 12 Publications 4 19 Research and Investigations 5 12 Invited Visits 6 19 Honours Received 6 12 Research and Investigations 7 19 Division of Neurosurgery 127 Honours Received 7 19 Publications 7 12 Women’s College Hospital 198 Invited Visits 7 12 Division of General Surgery 199 Research and Investigations 8 12 Publications 9 19 Honours Received 8 12 Invited Visits 9 19 Division of Orthopaedics 128 Research and Investigations 9 19 Publications 8 12 Honours Received 9 19 Invited Visits 1 13 Division of Orthopaedics 200 Research and Investigations 4 13 Publications 200 Honours Received 4 13 Invited Visits 200 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 135 Research and Investigations 200 Publications 5 13 Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 200 Invited Visits 6 13 Publications 200 Research and Investigations 7 13 Invited Visits 201 Honours Received 7 13 Research and Investigations 201 Division of Urology 137 Division of Urology 202 Publications 7 13 Publications 202 Invited Visits 9 13 Invited Visits 202 Research and Investigations 9 13 Research and Investigations 202 Honours Received 9 13 Publications 0 14 Division Of Anatomy 203 Invited Visits 0 14 Publications 203 Honours Received 0 14 Invited Visits 204 Research and Investigations 205 Toronto East General Hospital 141 Honours and Awards 205 Division of General Surgery 143 Research in Education 206 Division of Orthopaedics 143 Publications 206 Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 143 Invited Visits 206 Division of Urology 143 Research and Investigations 207 University Health Network 144 Cross Appointments 208 Division of Cardiac Surgery 147 Publications 7 14 Invited Visits 9 14 Research and Investigations 150 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 3 Department of Surgery 2014-2015 Annual Report 41st GALLIE DAY Friday May 8, 2015 Gallie-Bateman and McMurrich Research Presentations Session Chair: Gideon Cohen, Cardiovascular Andrea M. Covelli (SSTP): “Examining health- Mushriq Al-Jazrawe: “MicroRNA-29 mediates Surgeon beliefs: Why mastectomies are on the rise” β-catenin induced proliferation of desmoid tumours (Supervisors: Nancy N Baxter, Frances C Wright) via PDGFRβ signalling” (Supervisor: Benjamin A Alman) Hiroyuki Kawajiri: “Nrf2 protects against Spyridon Karadimas: “Early disruption of ischemia reperfusion injury via inhibition of Nf-Κb cervical propriospinal input onto the locomotor activation and suppresses subsequent development central pattern generator (CPG) underlies specific of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in murine heart gait deficits in degenerative cervical myelopathy” transplantation” (Supervisor: Vivek Rao) (Supervisor: Michael G Fehlings) James P. Byrne (SSTP): “When is dead “dead”? Saswata Deb (SSTP): “Impact of ethnicity on long- Christopher J.D. Wallis (SSTP): “Incidence Identifying the unsalvageable patient for the term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting density rates of treatment-related complications purpose of Performance improvement” (Supervisor: surgery” (Supervisor: Stephen E Fremes) other than incontinence or erectile dysfunction Avery B Nathens) after contemporary treatment for prostate cancer” (Supervisor: Robert K Nam) Simon Kelley: “Fgfr3 regulates fracture repair by Michael Chang: “Optogenetic activation of controlling the balance of intramembranous and interneurons triggers ICTAL events in In vitro and in endochondral bone formation” (Supervisor: Benjamin vivo seizure models” (Supervisor: Taufik A Valiante) A Alman) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 4 Department of Surgery 2014-2015 Annual Report 41st GALLIE DAY Friday May 8, 2015 SYMPOSIUM: “Is Bigger Better? Opportunities, Challenges and Limitations of Big Data in Health Research” Geoffrey Anderson, Professor, Chair in Health Management Strategies, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto “Linking Broad and Deep Data to Create the Chair: Michael G Fehlings, Vice Chair Research Infrastructure for Discovery Research” Avery B. Nathens, Surgeon-in-Chief, Sunnybrook Steven Gallinger, Head, Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Nancy Baxter, Colorectal & General Surgeon, St Health Sciences Centre; DeSouza Chair in Trauma Surgical Oncology Program; Head, PanCuRx, Research; Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Department Translational Initiative in Pancreas Cancer, OICR; of Surgery, University of Toronto Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto “From Crashes to Care