Seminar Series Fall 2020 & Winter 2021

Fackson Mwale, PhD, FIOR
Closing Remarks Fall Session

Student Presenter:
Yazan Honjol, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery.
Supervisor: Dr. Ed Harvey

Joshua Vorstenbosch, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Ayden Watt, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery.
Supervisor: Dr. Mirko Gilardino

Tissue Responses at the Implant Interface: From Clinical Implications to Molecular

Video Library in Surgical Practice: Surgeons’ Perspective

AI Powered Mobile Application to Detect Plagiocephaly And Craniosynostosis In Infants

Rahul Gawri, MD, PhD

Inorganic Polyphosphates and Cartilage Tissue Engineering: Is Intracellular Calcium Ion Regulation the Key?
 

Assessment Tools for Evaluating Competency in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A Systematic Review

Jianyu Li, PhD
 

Jean-Gabriel Lacombe, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery.
Supervisor: Dr. Derek Rosenzweig

Designing and Translating Biomechanically Optimized Biomaterials for Tissue Repair

Chondroadherin Peptides for Cartilage Tissue Regeneration

Tissue Engineering Approaches for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Daniel McIsaac MD, MPH, FRCPC
 

Miquel Coca Martinez, MSc, Experimental Surg.

Frailty for Perioperative Clinicians and Researchers: Where Are We and Where Should We Be Going?

Opioid-Free Analgesia After Outpatient General Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Multimodal Prehabilitation for Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results of an In-Trial Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Chris Velis, B.S., MBA

Student Presenters:
Don Daniel Ocay, PhD, Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Ferland

Fabio Botelho, MD, MSc, Experimental Surgery, CHHD
Supervisor: Dr. Dan Poenaru

Entrepreneurship + Translational Medicine: The Next Leaps in Medtech

Improving the Clinical Assessment of Pain Processes in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Improving Performance in Pediatric Trauma by Teaching Non-Technical Skill

Joanna Przybyl, PhD

Student Presenters:
Mostafa Siddiqui, MSc, Non-Thesis. Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Rolando Del Maestro

Alexis Marion, MSc, Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique
Supervisor: Dr. Geraldine Merle

Development of liquid biopsy assays for patients with benign and malignant soft tissue tumors
 

Path to Mastery: Understanding Force Applications at the Tumor-White Matter Interface
 

Talk Title: Antimicrobial ZnO Nanoparticle-coated Silk Fibroin Gauze with Potential Wound applications

Cristian O'Flaherty, DVM, PhD

Student Presenters:
Dheeksha Reddy, MSc, Non-Thesis Experimental Surgery

Hamza Ahmad, MSc, Global Surgery, Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Dan Deckelbaum and Dr. Antonia Arnaert

Novel Strategies to Treat Male Infertility
 

Residential School Trauma and its Impact on Current Generation among First Nation Communities

Knowledge, Perception, and Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD

Student Presenters:
Amy Lorincz, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Gregory Berry and Dr. Suzanne Morin

Meagane Maurice-Ventouris, MSc, Education, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Lachapelle and Dr. Jason Harley

How Can We Make and Expert Surgeon - The Missing Link in 10,000 Hours of Practice

Telemedicine scheduling optimization in surgical outpatient clinics

Should visuospatial abilities be a focus of surgical training?

Michael Rudnicki, PhD, FRCSC

Student Presenters:
Aalya Hamouda, MSc, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Lysanne Campeau

Jeremy Zwaig, MSc, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Renzo Cecere

Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function

Correcting Overactive Bladder Through p75 Receptor Antagonism

iPSC Secretome in the Rescue of Cardiac Function After Hypoxia-Induced Injury

Richard OC Oreffo, DPhil DSc (Oxon) CBiol FRSB FHEA FIOR

Student Presenter:
Matthew Mannarino, PhD,
Supervisor: Dr. Lisbet Haglund

Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine: Skeletal cell based strategies for bone regeneration from bench to clinic

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Induced Senescence in Intervertebral Disc Cells of Patients with Back Pain can be Attenuated by o-Vanillin

Heather Evans, MD, MS
 

Student Presenters:
Dheeksha Reddy, MSc, Non-Thesis Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Jason Harley

Atma Adoungotchodoh, PhD
Supervisor: Dr. Fackson Mwale and Dr. Sophie Lerouge (ÉTS)

Scaling Patient-Centered Surgical Wound Triage: Improving the Post-Discharge Care Experience After Surgery with Telehealth

Exploring the Roles of Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences Education

Chitosan-Based Hydrogels Supplemented with Gelatin and Link N for Intervertebral Disc Repair

Lachlan Smith, B.E., PhD

Student Presenters:
Sunny Shih, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery.
Supervisor: Dr. Fackson Mwale

Mackenzie Gold, MSc, Non-Thesis Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Fackson Mwale

Bioactive Injectable Therapies for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain

Targeting Periostin With Link N In the Treatment of Osteoarthritis

Role of Periostin in Osteoarthritis

James Iatridis, PhD
 

Student Presenters:
Chrisanne DeSouza, PhD, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Svetlana Komarova

Michael Grant, MD, PhD, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Fackson Mwale

Biomaterial Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Repair

Age-Associated Changes in Bone Mechanoadaptation and Purinergic Signaling

Tungsten Accumulates in the Intervertebral Disc and Vertebrae Stimulating Disc Degeneration and Upregulating Markers of Inflammation and Pain

Robin Poole, BSc, PhD, DSc
 

Student Presenters:
Ida Derish, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Renzo Cecere

Hamzeh Naghawi, MSc, Education, Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Carmen Mueller

Advice to Young Scientists

Angiogenic Effect of Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroid-Derived Secretome as a Cell-Free Therapy in Cardiac Repair

Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Knowledge Assessment Tool for Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision

Carl-Éric Aubin, Ing., PhD, ScD
 

Student Presenters:
Xuan Li. PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory

Daniela Viera, PhD, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Geraldine Merle

From Spine Deformity Treatment Simulators to the TransMedTech Institute Transdisciplinary Innovation Ecosystem

Biomechanically Instructive Hydrogels for Nucleus Pulposus (NP) Repair and Regeneration

Intelligent Surgical Tool to Sense Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Head and Neck Tumour Resection

Elizabeth Habermann, PhD

Student Presenters:
Anne-Sophie Besner, MSc, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Dan Poenaru

Charbel El Kefraoui, MSc, Experimental Surg.
Supervisor: Dr. Julio Fiore

Optimizing Opioid Prescribing for Patients After Surgery or Identifying Opportunities To Reduce Surgical Complications

Patient-Valued Outcomes, Experiences and Risk Communication Preferences in Major Pediatric Surgery

Opioid-Free Analgesia After Outpatient General Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Ahmed Aoude, M.Eng, MD, FRCSC

Student Presenters:
Matthew Zakaria, MSc, Innovation, Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Ed Harvey

Muskan Alad, MSc, Non-Thesis Experimental Surgery
Supervisor: Dr. Fackson Mwale

Surgical Innovation: Navigation in New Bone Cement

Novel Profiling Method to Detect Hypoxia Biomarker after Cold Therapy at Bone Injury Site

Prominent Kyphosis and Enhanced Displacement of the Spine in a COVID-19 Patient with Lumbar Fracture: A Case-Report