SPRING-SUMMER 2008

Cutting for Cancer

34th ANNUAL GALLIE DAY 2008

Bryce Taylor (right) presents the Lister Prize to Shaf Keshavjee
Bryce Taylor (right) presents the Lister Prize to Shaf Keshavjee (ThorSurg)
Helen MacRae (right) presents the Surgical Skills Centre Distinguished Educator Award to John Murnaghan
Helen MacRae (right) presents the Surgical Skills Centre Distinguished Educator Award to John Murnaghan (OrthSurg)
All of our surgical specialties deal with patients with cancer. Members of our Department of Surgery have an impressive level of research productivity in this area. In the past five years, our faculty had close to 500 peer reviewed articles published on cancer research. This included publications in the highest ranked journals, such as Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine.
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CHAIR'S COLUMN
Curriculum Renewal: A Challenge for Specialty Medicine
The University of Toronto is embarking on a process of undergraduate curriculum renewal.
EDITOR'S COLUMN
A Systems Approach to Surgery
During the SARS outbreak, there was remarkable variation between surgery units in our university affiliated hospitals.
Improving Patient Safety: Lessons from the Airline Industry
The Institute of Medicine estimates that there are 50 to 99 thousand deaths per year related to medical error in the US.
Catheter Based Endovascular Interventions
Catheter based endovascular interventions may reduce complications and offer advantages over open techniques for traumatic rupture of the aorta.
Creativity in Medicine
Where does creativity exist in medicine?
Kergin Lecture: Out of the Tunnel
The most riveting and moving University Grand Rounds of the year was given by a patient.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fellowships in Ethics, Policy and Global Health
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HONOURS & AWARDS
Dimitri Anastakis (PlasSurg) is the recipient of the 2008 Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit Award. The aim of this award is to promote medical education in Canadian medical schools and to recognize and reward faculty’s commitment to medical education.

Michael Cusimano (NeurSurg) is this year’s winner of the John Provan Award given by the Canadian Association of Surgical Chairs. The award recognizes Dr. Cusimano’s long standing contributions to the field of education.
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