AWARDS/HONOURS/
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Anne Agur (Anatomy) has been chosen as the 2014
recipient of the Excellence in Linking Undergraduate
Life Sciences Teaching to Research Award for her leadership
in creating and providing research experiences for
undergraduate students, and linking to undergraduate
and graduate courses.
Cindi Morshead (Anatomy) along with N. Dancause,
M. Fehlings, I. Mendez, and M. Shoichet received a
5 year CIHR grant for their project “Promoting neural
regeneration with stem cell based therapies: A novel source
of autologous human neural stem cells for transplantation”.
Mike Wiley (Anatomy) received the Pre-Clinical Dr.
Hollington Teaching Award. The award is presented to a
teacher who has demonstrated excellence in pre-clinical
or basic science teaching in the undergraduate medical
education curriculum.
George Christakis (CardSurg) received the Dean A.L.
Chute Award (The Silver Shovel) award. This award
honours an undergraduate teacher who is deemed to
have demonstrated excellence in overall clinical teaching
in the undergraduate medical program. The winner is
selected by the fourth year class.
Stephen Fremes (CardSurg) received a 2 year CIHR
grant for his work on “SodiUm SeleniTe Administration
IN Cardiac Surgery (SUSTAIN CSX-trial).
Fuad Moussa (CardSurg) is the recipient of a 2013 –
2014 Peters-Boyd Academy Clerkship Teaching Award.
PGY4 Hunter Cape (GenSurg) received the Highest
CAGS Result award at the 2014 Annual Assembly of
General Surgeons 2014
Sean Cleary (GenSurg) received the Nicolas Colapinto
Teaching Award 2014 at the Annual Assembly of
General Surgeons.
Andrea Covelli (GenSurg) was awarded Best Scientific
Presentation at the American Society of Breast Surgeons
in Las Vegas (May 2014) for an oral presentation entitled
“Increasing Mastectomy Rates: The role of the health-care
milieu. A comparative analysis between Canada & the United
States”. She also received an oral presentation award from
the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Research day, UofT for this research in May 2014.
Andrea also received the Novartis Oncology Young
Canadian Investigator Award (NOYCIA) for a poster
entitled “Why women are choosing mastectomy: influences
beyond the surgeon.”
Andrea Covelli received also the ASCO Quality of
Care Merit Award for a poster entitled “Taking control
of cancer: Why women are choosing mastectomy”at the
American Society of Clinical Oncology- Quality of Care
Meeting –San Diego, CA, USA. She also received an oral
presentation award from Li Ka Shing Research day (St.
Michael’s Hospital) for the same research.
Stan Feinberg (GenSurg) has been awarded the 2014
PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award. This
prestigious award is given to only two Toronto physicians
each year.
Stan has also received a Faculty of Medicine Integrated
Medical Education Award in Community-Based
Teaching (Community Hospital setting) for his dedication
to excellence in clinical teaching and providing
exemplary mentorship.
Steven Gallinger (GenSurg) has been named as the
inaugural Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair in Hepato-
Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery at University Health
Network.
Teodor Grantcharov (GenSurg) is the recipient of the
Jameel Ali Award in Continuing Education. This award
is presented to a SMH surgeon who has contributed
to continuing education through participation, development
and dissemination of knowledge in programs
locally, nationally and internationally.
Paul Grieg (GenSurg) received the Francis D Moore
Excellence in Mentorship in the Field of Transplantation
Surgery award at the annual American Society of
Transplant Surgeons State of the Art Winter Symposium.
This award acknowledges the efforts of established surgeons
for their stewardship of fellowship trainees and
junior faculty.
 Paul Greig with President, Dr. Alan Langnas, and Symposium Chair, Dr.
Michael Englesbe
Steven Gu and Shelly Luu, (GenSurg) were the winners
of the 15th Annual Laparoscopic Skills Challenge on
November 26th, 2013. Shelly Luu also posted the fastest
time of the day.
John Hagen (GenSurg) is the recipient of a Faculty
of Medicine Integrated Medical Education Award for
Community-Based Teaching Excellence (community
hospital). This award recognizes excellence clinical teaching
in a Community Hospital
PGY1 Jonathan Josse and Ramy Behman (GenSurg)
received the 2014 Professionalism Essay award at the
Annual Assembly of General Surgeons
Erin Kennedy, Robin McLeod, and Nancy Baxter
(GenSurg) received a $1M grant to implement the synoptic
MRI report for rectal cancer, rectal cancer MCC
and Quirke pathology method across 8 Canadian centres
from Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC).
PGY5 Pawan Kumar (GenSurg) received the Best
Resident Mentor Award at the 2014 Annual Assembly
of General Surgeons
Pawan is also the recipient of the E.W. Wight Memorial
Award for 2013-2014. This award is given annually to
a resident at North York General Hospital who has displayed
qualities of compassion for patients with a devotion
to the highest level of patient care.
Bernard Langer (Professor Emeritus, GenSurg) received an
Honourary Degree from Queen’s University, May 22, 2014
Jack Langer (GenSurg) is the recipient of the 2014
Detweiler Travelling Fellowship awarded by the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Robin McLeod (GenSurg) has been appointed as the
new Vice President of Clinical Programs and Quality
Initiatives at Cancer Care Ontario.
Robin also received the Robert Mustard Mentorship
Award 2014 at the Annual Assembly of General Surgeons.
Robin McLeod won the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario’s 2013 Council Award. The Council
Award honours outstanding physicians who have demonstrated
excellence and characterize the Society’s vision
of an ideal physician.
PGY2 Stephanie Mason (GenSurg) received the Highest
POS Practice Exam award at the 2014 The Annual
Assembly of General Surgeons.
Avery Nathens (GenSurg) is the recipient of the U of
T 2014 Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award
Avery is also the recipient of a 2013 – 2014 Peters-Boyd
Academy Clerkship Teaching Award.
Fayez Quereshy (GenSurgs) is the recipient of a
Wightman-Berris Academy Individual Undergraduate
Teaching Excellence Award.
PGY3 Chethan Sathya (GenSurg) received the Advocacy
Award 2014 at the Annual Assembly of General Surgeons
Mark Bernstein
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Mark Bernstein (NeurSurg) was
introduced in the Senate of Canada
on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
by the Speaker of the House, and
a description of his global work
was presented by Senator Donald
Meredith (Link to the proceedings).
PGY4 David Cadotte (NeurSurg) was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II/Patty Rigby and John Wedge
Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology by the
University of Toronto.
David also won the Gallie-Bateman Award, 1st
Place from the Department of Surgery, University of
Toronto for the top paper presented by a Surgeonscientist
Program trainee in the Department of Surgery
at the University of Toronto. David’s paper entitled
“Visualizing Structural and Functional Plasticity of the
Human Cervical Spinal Cord” was presented at the 2014
Gallie Day.
Leodante da Costa (NeurSurg) successfully completed
an MSc degree based on research on bedside methods
for assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon
dioxide after brain insult/injury.
Leodante and his team, including Joe Fisher, Peter
Howard, and Bradley MacIntosh, were successful on
their grant application to the GE & National Football
League $20M Head Health Challenge. They were 16
winners. The team will receive $300,000 to advance
their work to speed diagnosis and improve treatment
for mild traumatic brain injury. The goal of the Head
Health Challenge is to improve the safety of athletes,
members of the military and society overall.
Michael Cusimano (NeurSurg) has led the development
of a new research program in Quality and Best Practices
in Neurosurgery, including knowledge translation and
implementation science, for our city-wide Division. The
initial project will examine unplanned readmission after
neurosurgical procedures and will be the start of a series
of important quality studies that aim to improve best
practices and patient outcomes.
Sunit Das (NeurSurg) is the recipient of a 2 year
American College of Surgeons Franklin Martin, MD,
FACS Faculty Research Fellowship for his project entitled
“Elucidating the role of vascular mimicry in glioblastoma”.
These highly competitive fellowships are offered
to surgeons who are embarking on their career.
James Drake (NeurSurg), together with partners at
the Hospital for Sick Children, Thunder Bay Regional
Mark Bernstein Research Institute and Mojgan Hodaie, TWH, have
been awarded a 3 year, $1.5 million Brain Canada/
Garfield Weston Foundation MIRI grant for the project
entitled “Developing a non-invasive treatment of pediatric
neurological disorders using MR-guided focused ultrasound”.
Karen Davis (NeurSurg) is a 2013-2014 Mayday Fellow.
As part of the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship,
Professor Davis will further her training as a pain management
expert by learning to more effectively communicate
her work, raise awareness, and improve treatment
of acute and chronic pain.
Clinical fellow Antonio Di Ieva (NeurSurg) (supervisor:
Dr. Michael Cusimano) was appointed to the Editorial
Board of Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Peter Dirks (NeurSurg) is the recipient of the Garron
Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research.
Michael Fehlings (NeurSurg) received a 21st Century
Grant from the Cervical Spine Research Society for his
project, “Therapeutic approaches to protect against ischemia/
reperfusion injury following surgical decompression
for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: A potential solution to
attenuate perioperative neurological complication following
decompressive surgery”.
Michael Fehlings (NeurSurg) has been appointed as Vice
Chair Research in the Department of Surgery at the
University of Toronto
Michael Fehlings and Charles Tator received a 2014
renewal grant from the Christopher Reeve Foundation
to continue and commence new trials with the North
American Clinical Trials Network for the Treatment of
Spinal Cord Injury.
Michael Fehlings was presented with the Rick Hansen
Foundation’s Difference Maker Award by Mr. Rick
Hansen and the Hon. Reza Moridi, Ontario Minister of
Research and Innovation. The Award is given to recognize
individuals who have made a significant impact in
the area of accessibility, researchers who have advanced
discoveries related to spinal cord injury research, and
community leaders and youth who have put “service
above self ” to make an extraordinary difference in the
lives of others
Michael Fehlings received research funding from Baxter
to investigate “Enhancing recovery following cervical spinal
cord injury by modulating inflammation with IgG.”
Michael Fehlings has entered a Clinical Trial Agreement
with StemCells, Inc to conduct a “Phase I/II study of the
safety and preliminary efficacy of intramedullary spinal cord
transplantation of human CNS stem cells (HuCNS-SC®)
in subjects with thoracic (T2-T11) spinal cord trauma”.
Michael was one of nine leaders at UHN who will
receive a share of $4.8M given to the institution from
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans
Leaders Fund competition. This will help create and
expand research facilities and programs in cancer, spinal
cord injury, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative
and retinal diseases at UHN.
Michael received as Co-Investigator a 5-year
$2,500,000 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) for the project entitled “Promoting
neural regeneration with stem cell based therapies: A novel
source of autologous human neural stem cells for transplantation”
led by Cindy Morshead (U of T).
Fred Gentili (NeurSurg) has been appointed as the
Alan and Susan Hudson Chair in Neuro-Oncology at
University Health Network.
Mojgan Hodaie (NeurSurg) has been appointed as
affiliated scientist with the Techna Institute at University
Health Network.
Mojgan has also been selected as Chair of the scientific
program for the Interim meeting of the World Society
of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN),
Mumbai, India 2015.
George Ibrahim (NeurSurg) received the Kenneth
Shulman Award for best paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Joint Section of Pediatric Neurological
Surgery by the American Association of Neurological
Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Pediatric
Section.
Clinical fellow Ahmed Ibrahim (NeurSurg) received the
best oral poster presentation prize at the North American
Fellows Forum in Banff (supervisor Michael Fehlings).
PGY4 resident Nir Lipsman (NeurSurg) received the
2013 PSI Resident Research Award for his work on deep
brain stimulation for anorexia nervosa published in The
Lancet.
Andres Lozano (NeurSurg) received the 2013 Margolese
National Prize in Brain Disorders from the University of
British Columbia. The Prize is awarded to a Canadian
who has transformed care in heart and brain diseases,
with the expectation that the recipient will continue
outstanding research to improve the lives of individuals
with these disorders.
Andres Lozano, Mojgan Hodaie, Robert Chen and
Ping Zhuang were awarded a three year, $225,000 grant
entitled “Role of the basal ganglia in inhibiting and promoting
voluntary movements” from CIHR.
Andres has been cross-appointed as a Senior Scientist at
the Sunnybrook Research Institute.
Andres Lozano was selected to receive the Canadian
College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP) 2014
Innovations Award, in recognition of outstanding and
innovative research in the basic or clinical fields of neuropsychopharmacology.
Todd Mainprize (NeurSurg) has been included by
Toronto Life magazine in a feature on the city’s Best
Doctors in the “Brain Surgery” category. Selections were
made by a poll of over 1,000 doctors in Toronto.
Medical student Gray Moonen won the first prize
- “Best Paper Award” at the Lumbar Spine Research
Society’s annual conference (supervisor: Charles Tator)
PGY4 resident Teresa Purzner (NeurSurg) was awarded
a Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation
(NREF) fellowship for her PhD work on quantitative
mass spectrometry-based proteomics applied to early
Hedgehog signal transduction, supervised by Dr. Josh
Elias at Stanford University.
James Rutka- Order of Ontario
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James Rutka (NeurSurg) was
appointed to the Order of
Ontario, the province’s highest
honour.
James Rutka was recently
inducted into the American
Surgical Association, and
received an Honorary PhD
from the Faculty of Medicine,
Bahcesehir, University of
Istanbul, Turkey on May 2,
2014.
Mohammed F. Shamji
(NeurSurg) was advanced to the Education Committee
of the Lumbar Spine Research Society for a three-year
term (2014-7).
Mohammed was also presented with a CPS / Pfizer Early
Career Investigator Pain Research Grant at the 2014
Canadian Pain Society Annual Meeting.
Charles Tator (NeurSurg) delivered the inaugural
Charles Tator Honorary Lectureship on Spinal Trauma
at the Annual Scientific meeting of the American
Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in San
Franciso. The AANS and Congress of Neurological
Surgeons (CNS) Section on Neurotrauma and Critical
Care established this lecture in recognition of Dr. Tator’s
contributions and impact in neurosurgery and spinal
cord injury
Victor Yang (NeurSurg) was awarded as Co-Investigator
a three year, $627,275 grant entitled “Controlling femtosecond
laser processing: smart fibers, catheters, and lab-onfiber
concepts” from NSERC.
Victor Yang received a 4 year grant from the Networks
of Centres of Excellence (NCE) (Refined Manufacturing
Acceleration Process – ReMAP) for his project entitled
“Optically guided laser ablation with integrated surgical
navigation”.
Victor also received a 5 year grant from the Natural
Science and Engineering Research Council for his project
“Optical coherence tomography and fluorescence guided
surgical laser ablation”.
Victor Yang is the recipient of a 5 year grant ($966,245)
from Canada Foundation of Innovation for work on a
Biophotonic Experimental Operating Room.
Victor was awarded a four-year $236,000 sub-grant
from the Networks of Centers of Excellence (NCE) for
his project entitled “Refined Manufacturing Acceleration
Process - ReMAP”.
Victor Yang was awarded as Co-Investigator a $150,000
Research Tools & Instruments (RTI) - Category I
(2014) grant from NSERC for his project entitled
“Femtosecond Laser - Tailoring extreme laser interaction
physics for nano-processing”.
Gelareh Zadeh (Neursurg) was appointed as representative
of International Outreach for Neuro-oncology by
the Society of Neuro-oncology.
Gelareh has been cross-appointed to the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University
of Toronto.
Gelareh has been appointed to the new role of
Director of Academic Affairs for the University of
Toronto Division of Neurosurgery. In this role, she will
work with the University Chair in promoting and recognizing
the teaching, research and clinical excellence that
is characteristic of the residents, fellows and Faculty in
our Division.
Gelareh received as Co-I a 5-year grant from the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the
project entitled “Coagulation system effectors as regulators
of tumour dormancy and therapeutic targets” with Janusz
Rak (McGill; Lead PI).
Gelareh was awarded a one-year $50,000 Adam Coules
Research Grant for her project entitled “Inhibition of
MMPs in Malignant Meningiomas”.
Gelareh Zadeh won 2014 Bernard Langer Surgeon-
Scientist Award, presented annually to an outstanding
graduate of the Surgeon-Scientist Training Program in the
Department of Surgery at University of Toronto who shows
the greatest promise for a career in academic surgery.
Gelareh Zadeh won the 2014 Wightman-Berris
Academy Postgraduate Education Teaching Excellence
Award. The Award recognizes teachers whose outstanding
skills have been personally identified by their students.
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Bob Bell (OrthoSurg), stepped down as President and
CEO of UHN and took on the role of Deputy Minister
of the Ministry of Health, replacing Mr. Saad Rafi.
Amr ElMaraghy (OrthoSurg) received a Recognition
Award from the Department of Physical Therapy at the
University of Toronto. These awards acknowledge individuals
who have provided great learning environments,
guidance, supervision and are an inspiration to physical
therapy students.
Peter Ferguson and Markku Nousiainen (OrthoSurg)
and colleagues in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
are to be congratulated in successfully renewing support
from the The Ministry of Health and Long term Care
(MOHLTC) for the Orthopaedic Surgery Competency
Based Curriculum, the first of its kind in Canada.
Jeremy Hall (OrthoSurg) is the recipient of the Donald
J. Currie Undergraduate Teaching Award which recognizes
an individual from SMH who displays excellence
in UG education.
Oleg Safir (OrthoSurg) has been selected for the 2014
Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award -
Development/Innovation for his sustained commitment
to postgraduate medical education.
Emil Schemitsch (OrthoSurg) is the recipient of the
William Horsey Post-Graduate Teaching Award at St.
Michael’s Hospital. This award recognizes an individual
who displays excellence in postgraduate education.
Paul Binhammer (PlasSurg) has been appointed to the
Plastic Surgery Executive – Paul is well known for his
efforts in education and his dedication to improving
Surgical Skills with the Boot Camp. Paul will take on
the portfolio of junior resident curriculum and will work
with Kyle Wanzel and Mitch Brown on enhancing the
junior resident experience.
Greg Borschel
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Greg Borschel (PlasSurg) was awarded the George
Armstrong Peters Prize for 2014. This is awarded to a
young investigator who has shown outstanding productivity
during his/her initial period as an independent
investigator as evidenced by research publications in peer
reviewed journals, grants held,
and students trained, and represents
the highest level of recognition
that can be bestowed by
the Department of Surgery on a
young surgeon.
Mitch Brown (PlasSurg) has
been inducted into the membership
of the American
Association of Plastic Surgeons. Criteria for membership
in this prominent society are robust and the candidate
must show recognized contributions of quality in the
field of plastic surgery as a pre-requisite to membership.
They will be expected to have made outstanding contributions
to the field of plastic surgery in the areas of
education, research or clinical excellence.
SSP Joseph Catapano (Plas Surg) (supervisor Gregory
Borschel) was awarded first prize at the Hospital for Sick
Children 2014 Peri-Operative Research Symposium this
year in the Basic Science category for his work entitled
“Enhancement of nerve regeneration following neonatal
nerve injury.”
Marc Jeschke (PlasSurg) was recently inducted into the
American Surgical Association.
Ron Levine (PlasSurg) is the recipient of a Faculty
of Medicine Integrated Medical Education Award for
Sustained Excellence in Community-Based Teaching
for sustained and exemplary teaching skills, demonstrated
ability to stimulate learners to think critically,
analytically and independently and commitment to the
enhancement of the learner experience.
Cho Pang PhD, Senior Scientist, (PlasSurg) was recognized
for a lifetime of achievement and dedication to the
Department of Surgery. Cho has been an active member
of the Research Institute for 32 years and sat on the
Department of Surgery Research Committee for 24 years.
He has mentored dozens of surgeon-scientists during his
time in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
including 3 chairs and has been recognized by the American
Society of Plastic Surgeons for his achievements.
Recent graduate of the Surgeon-Scientist Training Program Jennica Platt (PlasSurg) was awarded 2nd
Prize in the Gallie-Bateman Research Competition for
her work “Pre-consultation educational group intervention
to improve shared decision-making for post-mastectomy
breast reconstruction: A pilot randomized controlled trial”
(Supervisor: Toni Zhong).
John Semple (PlasSurg) received the “Cause Leadership
Award” from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
(Ontario Chapter). Dr. Semple was honoured for his
leadership in Breast Reconstruction in Breast Cancer
patients and for his outstanding clinical accomplishments
and research in this area.
John Semple, SSP Katie Armstrong and co-investigators
Sacha Bhatia (Dept of Medicine) and Peter Coyte
PhD (HPME) were successful in receiving funding for
their CIHR application, entitled “Replacing ambulatory
clinic follow-up with remote home monitoring using smart
phones in breast reconstruction patients: Is it cost-effective?”,
submitted to the Catalyst Grant: e-Health Innovations:
Supporting More Efficient Population and Individualized
Healthcare program. This proposal was one of 12
approved from the 88 grants submitted to the e-Health
Innovations Panel.
 From left to right: Beverly Thompson from CTV, John Semple, and Christy
Teasdale, VP on the Board of Directors for CBCF
Toni Zhong (PlasSurg) recently had her manuscript
“Barriers to immediate breast reconstruction in the
Canadian universal healthcare system” selected for publication
on a Rapid Communications basis in the Journal
of Clinical Oncology.
Ron Zucker
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Ron Zuker (PlasSurg) received the 2014 CSPS Lifetime
Achievement Award Canadian
Society of Plastic Surgeons.
This award honors members of
the CSPS who have made outstanding
contributions to the
profession and to the Society.
Andras Kapus (Scientist) and
Kati Szaszi received a 2 year
NSERC grant of $150,000 for their project entitled
“Long-term live fluorescent imaging system for monitoring
site-specific functions in epithelia”.
Lisa Satterthwaite (Surgical Skills Lab) received the
2013 SIM Citizenship Award. This award pays tribute
to Ontario simulationists who have made outstanding
contributions in education, teaching and other creative
professional activities. This prestigious award honours
collaboration-oriented, hard-working professionals who
regularly go above and beyond the expectations of their
assigned roles and responsibilities.
Marcelo Cypel (ThorSurg) received the Early Research
Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation
(MRI), which gives funding to new researchers working
at publicly funded Ontario research centres.
Marcelo also received approval for his grant “Measurement
of Extravascular Lung Water to Predict Primary Graft
Dysfunction and Outcomes Following Lung Transplant”
from the Ontario Lung Association Board of Directors
Gail Darling (ThorSurg) was recently inducted into the
American Surgical Association.
Gail also received the 2013-2014 Gail E. Darling Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Tiago Machuca (ThorSurg) received the 2014 Pearson
Day Clinical Research Award.
Martin McKneally (ThorSurg) received the Institute
of Medical Science Graduate Course Director Award
for the development and direction of MSC3002Y -
Foundations 2: Teaching Bioethics, and course management
of MSC1052H: Practical Bioethics. Dr. McKneally’s
significant contributions have been recognized by both
colleagues and students. They demonstrate his commitment
to the MHSc in Bioethics program and the
Institute of Medical Science as a whole.
Thomas Waddell (ThorSurg) received the 2013-2014
Robert J. Ginsberg Award for Excellence in Postgraduate
Teaching.
Jonathan Yeung (ThorSurg) received the 2014 Pearson
Day Basic Science Research Award.
Laurence Klotz (Urol) is Co-I along with Bharati Bapat on
a grant received from Prostate Cancer Canada. This grant,
entitled “Moving beyond discovery: validation of an integrated
biomarker panel for detection of aggressive prostate cancer” is
for $1.5 million dollars and will significantly move their
Biobank and Biomarker project forward.
Laurence was also awarded the Society of Urologic
Oncology Medal at their annual meeting in May. This
medal is given to a surgeon who has made significant
contributions to the field.
Ron Kodama (Urol) is the recipient of the 2014
Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award
- Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy
for his sustained commitment to postgraduate medical
education.
Ron is also the recipient of the 2013 – 2014 Peters-Boyd
Academy Clerkship Teaching Award.
John Trachtenberg (Urol) has been honoured with a
Doctor of Science, honoris causa by the University of
Guelph in recognition of his leadership and contributions
to the treatment of prostate cancer.
Alan Lossing (VascSurg) is the recipient of the Squires-
Hyland Trust James Waddell Mentoring Award at St.
Michael’s Hospital. This award is presented to a SMH
surgeon who has demonstrated excellence in mentoring
fellow faculty members.
George Oreopoulos (VascSurg) was the winner of the
2014 “University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre at
Mt. Sinai Hospital Education Award”
George also received the Surgical Skills Teaching award
at Gallie Day dinner.
Trisha Roy (VascSurg) received a 1 year CIHR Canada
Graduate Scholarship for her project entitled: “MR
Guided Revascularization of Occlusive Peripheral Vascular
Disease” (Supervisors Graham Wright and co-supervisor
Andrew Dueck).
Douglas Wooster (VascSurg) is the 2012-2013 recipient
of the Faculty of Medicine’s David Fear Fellowship for
his development of an on-line e-learning course into a
national vascular ultrasound e-learning strategy.
Cale Zavitz, a third year medical student at the
University of Toronto has been awarded a Society for
Vascular Surgery (SVS) Student research fellowship,
which he will put to use in the lab of Barry Rubin
(VascSurg), in collaboration with Dr. Clinton Robbins, a
researcher at the Toronto General Research Institute. Cale’s
project, entitled “Live-cell characterization of proliferating
macrophages in atherosclerosis” will use a technique he
developed for isolating macrophages (the main protagonists
in atherosclerosis) from atherosclerotic plaques.
Cale will now analyze the gene expression of proliferating
macrophages in order to identify the genes which
drive this important pathologic process.
2013 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE GRANT AWARD
RECIPIENTS
I am pleased to announce the most recent CCSRI Grant
recipients from the Department of Surgery, University of
Toronto. Please join me in congratulating them on their
tremendous success!
Nancy Baxter. Improving the quality of oncofertility
decision-making for women at risk of infertility during
cancer survivorship. 3 years; $299,936
Marcelo Cypel. Development of isolated lung perfusion
for the treatment of cancer metastases to the lungs. 2
years; $196,830
Peter Dirks. Wnt signaling control of glioblastoma stem
cell fate. 2 years; $198,278
Steven Gallinger. Hallmarks and therapeutic implications
of “BRCAness” in pancreatic cancer. 5 years;
$1,229,504
Murray Krahn; Girish Kulkarni. Development of
a utility weighting function for the bladder utility
symptom scale (BUSS-U). 3 years; $299,900
Jeffrey Wrana; Alexandre Zlotta. Establishing a biological
network strategy for personalizing prognosis in
non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. 5 years. $1,249,950/p>
James T. Rutka,
RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
2013 CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH (CIHR) GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
 2013 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant award recipients
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the most recent CIHR Grant
recipients from the Department of Surgery, University of
Toronto. Please join me in congratulating them on their
tremendous success!
Webster F, Bhattacharyya O, David AM, Katz JD,
Krueger PD, Watt-Watson JH, Wilson LM, Yee AJ.
Finding the complex patient in patient-centred care: an
institutional ethnography of chronic pain management
in family medicine. 1 year; $100,000
Morshead CM, Danacause N, Fehlings MG, Mendez
IM, Shoichet MS. Promoting neural regeneration with
stem cell based therapies: A novel source of autologous
human neural stem cells for transplantation. 5 years;
$1,250,000
Karanicolas PJ, Guyatt GH, Shaudhury PK, Dixon E,
Lin Y, McCluskey SA, Porter GA, Tarshis J, Wei AC.
Tranexamic Acid Versus Placebo to Reduce Perioperative
Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Liver
Resection: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. 2 years;
$248,319
Sockalingam S, Cassin SE, Parikh SV, Hawa R, Jackson
TD, Urbach DR, Wnuk SM. Telephone-Based Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy for Bariatric Surgery Patients: A
randomized Controlled Trial. 1 year; $100,00
Baxter NN, Nathan P, Barr RD, Greenberg ML, Gupta
AA, Gupta S, Pole JD, Rapoport A, Sawka AM, Sussman
J, Sutradhar R, Wasserman JD. Initiative to Maximize
Progress in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer
Therapy (IMPACT). 5 years; $913,872
Caldarone CA, Coles JG, Maynes JT. Pulmonary Vein
Stenosis: Focus on Upstream Vasculopathology. 3 years;
$211,509
Dirks PB. Defining and Targeting Medulloblastoma
Intratumoral Diversity. 5 years; $754,345
Fairn GD. Molecular mechanisms generating and maintaining
phospholipid asymmetry and its consequences. 5
years; $634,685
Gagliardi AR, Urbach DR, Bell CM, Ducey A, Easty
AC, Lehoux PN, Ross SJ, Trbovich P. Safety of medical
devices licensed for use in Canada: A mixed methods
study to inform policy for effective post-market surveillance.
3 years; $301,055
Hawker GA, Marshall DA, Bohm ER, Dunbar MJ, Faris
PD, Jones CA, Noseworthy TW, Ravi B, Woodhouse LJ.
Towards Better Surgical Outcomes through Improved
Decision Making about Appropriateness for Total Knee
Arthoplasty in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis. 5
years; $764,384
Karkouti K, Callum JL, Crowther MA, Grocott HP, Rao
V, Scales DC, Wijeysundera DN. Blood conservation
in cardiac surgery using a novel transfusion algorithm
based on point-of-care testing: a stepped-wedge cluster
randomized controlled trial. 2.5 years; $484,584
Keshavjee S, Cypel M, Liu M. Advanced therapeutic
strategies for ex vivo repair of lungs for transplantation.
5 years; $914,350
Narayanan U, Fehlings DL, Graham K, Hamdy RC,
Mulpuri K, Stephens D, Willan AR. Outcomes of Hip
Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy – An
International Multi-Centre Prospective Comparative
Cohort Study. 5 years; $678,974
Schweizer TA, Bedard M, Fischer C, Graham SJ, Hung
Y, Naglie G. Driving and the aging brain: an immersive
fMRI study. 1 year; $144,553
Fischer C, Ismail A, Millikin C, Schweizer TA, Lix LM,
Munoz DG, Shelton P, Smith EE. Neuroimaging correlates
of delusions in Alzheimer’s Disease and related
dementias. 2 years; $98,390
James T. Rutka,
RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
2014 DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY FACULTY PROMOTIONS
ASSISTANT TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Sean Cleary (GenSurg, UHN)
Manuel Gomez (GenSurg, SRI)
Tom Harmantas (GenSurg, St. Joseph’s Health Centre)
Erin Kennedy (GenSurg, MSH)
Taufik Valiante (NeurSurg, UHN)
Gelareh Zadeh (NeurSurg, UHN)
Veronica Wadey (OrthoSurg, SHSC)
Toni Zhong (PlasSurg, UHN)
Armando Lorenzo (Urol, HSC)
Robert Stewart (VascSurg, SMH)
ASSOCIATE TO FULL PROFESSOR
Subodh Verma (CardSurg,SMH)
Calvin Law (GenSurg, SHSC)
Abhaya Kulkarni (NeurSurg, HSC)
Albert Yee (OrthoSurg, SHSC)
Walid Farhat (UrolSurg, HSC)
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