Annual Report 2016 - 2018 by McMaster University Department of Surgery

2016-2018 ANNUAL REPORT Celebrating 50 years of Surgical Excellence

OUR VISION To be world leaders in the provision of evidence-based surgical education, research, and patient care.

2016-2018 Annual Report

WHAT’S I N S I D E 5

Welcome Messages

50-Year Timeline

Looking Back

Meet Some of our Contributors

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High-Impact Work DR. PATRICK DEANE

Surgical Research

Surgical Education

Divisional Reports

Meet the Admin Team

Graduating Trainees

Publications

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Support Surgery at Mac

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President, McMaster University

DR. PAUL O’BYRNE

Dean, McMaster Health Sciences

DR. FOROUGH FARROKHYAR

Director, OSRS

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Thank you all for your dedication and support and for the positive difference that you make to the lives of current and future patients every day.

-PATRICK DEANE-

wish to extend my sincere congratulations to all members of the Department of Surgery for your continued outstanding achievements in research, education, and patient care. The last year was a particularly important one with the Department celebrating its 50th anniversary on November 11, 2017, and this provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on the role of the Department in supporting and enhancing the success of McMasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical school, as well as the University itself. The important and groundbreaking research contributions made by members of the Department were highlighted this year by the McMaster Surgical Associates Showcase Awards, held in October. Since its inception in 2007, McMaster Surgical Associates grants have supported 204 Principal Investigators with approximately $5 million in funding. As further evidence of the research intensity and impact of the Department, faculty members were responsible for 307 publications over the course of the 2016/17 year, with eight of those appearing in high-impact journals. In 2017, the Department welcomed several new members, further increasing the faculty complement, which includes a mix of senior faculty, known nationally and internationally as scholars and researchers, as well as promising and talented mid-career and junior faculty members. This tremendous growth is a testament to the reputation of the Department, which I regard as being well positioned to thrive and excel for many years to come. The vision of the Department is to be the world leader in the provision of evidence-based surgical education, research, and patient care; with the initiatives currently underway and the talent and creativity at your disposal, I have no doubt of your ability to achieve this and to expand and develop even further. I thank you all for your dedication and support and for the positive difference that you make to the lives of current and future patients every day.

Dr. Patrick Deane

President and Vice-Chancellor McMaster University

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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

It gives me tremendous pleasure to offer my warmest congratulations to the faculty and staff of the Department of Surgery on another extraordinarily successful year.

-PAUL O’BYRNE-

s one of McMaster’s largest departments, comprising more than 100 full-time and 200 part-time and adjunct faculty members over 11 divisions, you contribute extensively to our unique ability to provide speciality care for Hamilton and our surrounding communities. Moreover, you are transforming surgery and medicine training by developing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies that have established new frontiers in medicine. Your dedication to integrating clinical care to our everyday practice is truly commendable and something you should all take great pride in. Upholding a strong reputation as an innovative department in clinical care, world-leading research, and outstanding educational programs, the Department of Surgery continues to attract and recruit leading-edge surgeons to its already first-rate team. This highly committed and tireless group of leaders, educators, and advocators for the promotion of evidence-based surgery is greatly impacting countless individuals through transformative surgical care. This past year was particularly successful for department members who garnered several important recognitions. These include Dr. Mark Walton, who was appointed chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s newest Committee on Specialty Education; Dr. Carolyn Levis, who won the Sister Joan O’Sullivan Award at the Annual St. Joseph’s Hospital Medical Staff Association Meeting; and, Dr. Sheila Singh, who was inducted into The Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. The Department’s publication record also continued to rise both in number and impact as have the number of researchers who initiated and are leading large, multinational clinical trials. For example, researchers Dr. Mohit Bhandari and Dr. Sheila Sprague received funding of more than $14 million to launch two sister multi-centre randomized crossover trials that are comparing the effect of different skin preparation solutions on the incidence of surgical site infections and unplanned fracture-related operations in fracture patients. The Faculty’s research impact has been truly outstanding over the past few years and has led to new understandings of the mechanisms of disease, research into quality improvement, and standardization that is improving care in our Local Health Integrated Network (LHIN) and beyond. At the same time, the Department of Surgery provides innovative learning approaches spanning undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education domains by integrating leading-edge methodologies through the Surgeon Scientist and Surgical Research Methodology Programs and other novel offerings. Congratulations to all members of the Department of Surgery for your dedicated approach and impressive achievements. Your continued success is very much appreciated. Collectively, you play an integral role in advancing the mission and vision of McMaster whilst contributing to our Faculty’s impressive ranking among the best universities in the world.

Dr. Paul O’Byrne

Dean and Vice-President Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Our belief in the values of McMaster University is witnessed daily in the execution of our mission, providing the best evidenced based surgical care, conducting research that is changing healthcare worldwide, and creating and researching the best way to deliver surgical education.

-SUSAN REID-

t is truly an honour to have the chance to reflect upon the accomplishments of the faculty, students, and staff of our Department over the past few academic years. Our new Departmental award, Every Day Heroes, was initiated this year to recognize the incredible dedication of our surgeons as they carry out miracles in clinical care every day. These surgeons improve the lives of patients in so many ways. We wish to recognize that some heroes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always make the headlines, but we see the sustained, consistent excellence that make them heroes, every day. In this report, you will see the evidence that our Department continues to make strides in all aspects of academic surgery. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary with a fantastic day of CME followed by an exquisite formal gala attracting our alumni from around the world to return to Hamilton to join with current faculty and residents as we recognized the accomplishments of our 11 Divisions. We continue to welcome new faculty to our Department, with several new recruits joining our team and bolstering our already-impressive roster of surgeons. Our research programs are thriving, under the support and direction of our Associate Chair of Research, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, along with the Research Advisory Committee members and the Office of Surgical Research Services (OSRS). Under their leadership, we have surpassed our targets for grant funding these past few years, reaching over $23 million in funding and over 600 publications. Our faculty continue to contribute to leadership roles in Undergraduate and Postgraduate medical education. Our Postgraduate training programs, under the leadership of our Associate Chair of Education, Dr. Stephen Kelly, our Program Directors, and the tireless work of our Program Coordinators, have all obtained full accreditation status with the Royal College. We are immersed in the roll-out of Competency-Based Medical Education, and well-prepared to move forward as we strive to create the tools required, studying and researching educational approaches to skill development through the Office of Education Science (OES), directed by Dr. Ranil Sonnadara. I am excited to announce a new collaborative effort with our colleagues in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Anesthesia; the formation of MacGLOBAS, a consortium of dedicated faculty and staff who will explore the opportunities for advancing global health together, combining the skills, strengths, and considerable experience of all three departments under one team. We are grateful for the support of Dr. Andrea Bauman of the McMaster Global Health Office, and all those who are serving on the advisory board of this new venture. I hope you enjoy this report and find inspiration in the great work that our surgeons and staff have carried out in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. Thank you for your support!

Dr. Susan Reid Academic Chair Department of Surgery

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50 YEARS OF SURGICAL EXCELLENCE A timeline of our half-century history

uring the early 1960s, the Ontario government expressed a growing need for a new, state-of-the-art medical school in Ontario. McMaster University had been considered a top candidate for medical teaching since the late-1800s, however, nothing came of the school’s candidacy until McMaster President Dr. Harry Thode seized the

exciting opportunity in 1965. Here, we show how Dr. Thode’s opportunism eventually resulted in the formation, progression, expansion, and evolution of one of the world’s largest purveyors of surgical education, research, and patient care.

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programs: Plastic Surgery,

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concept for medical education.

Chair of Surgery.

Surgery, and Ophthalmology.

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DR. JOHN EVANS

Founding Dean of McMaster’s Medical School

1980s

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Expansion

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Present Day & Future

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this time, more than 50 surgeons

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research, education, and

and Otolaryngology.

innovation in surgery.

patient care.

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LOOKING BACK ON

2016-2018

Some important moments, people, and events that made headlines during the past two academic years

Promotions, Honours, Awards, and Achievements

DR. SHEILA SINGH

Named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.

DR. MARKO SIMUNOVIC

Promoted to the rank of Professor, along side Drs. Michelle Ghert, Peter Lovrics, and Yaron Shargall.

DR. CAROLYN LEVIS

Awarded the prestigious Sister Joan O’Sullivan MSA Award for being an exemplary physician and humanitarian.

DR. FOROUGH FARROKHYAR

Recognized by McMaster University for achieving 20 years of service with the University.

Record-Setting Grant McMaster University researchers Drs. Mohit Bhandari and Sheila Sprague, along side Dr. Gerard Slobogean of the University of Maryland, have received more than $14 million in funding as they prepare to launch a new research program in fracture management. The program, PREP-IT, is a joint initiative coordinated by the Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics at McMaster and the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland. This massive study will recruit almost 10,000 participants and the trials will take place at more than 20 hospitals across North America. Upon completion, PREP-IT, which consists of two sister studies called PREPARE and Aqueous-PREP, will provide significant evidence to guide the prevention of surgical site infections as well as infections in open fractures. Funding was granted by the U.S. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the United States Department of Defense, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation, and the McMaster Surgical Associates.

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Grants, Year-Over-Year We’ve seen a huge uptick in research grants over the past few years. Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery maintained top-earner status in both 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, while General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Thoracic Surgery, and Urology trailed not far behind! With hundreds of publications and millions of dollars in funding to our Department’s name, our research program continues to thrive year-over-year.

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McMaster Surgery and Social Media Dr. Anil Kapoor generated major buzz online last spring when he and a team of surgeons live-streamed a successful kidney transplant over Facebook’s “Live” feature. During the educational online broadcast, which took place from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, doctors fielded questions from online viewers, opening up the curtain to the wonderful, live-saving operations that occur in our hospitals everyday. The ground-breaking online event received mainstream media coverage from national news outlets such as the CBC.

A Lancet Paper with Practice-Changing Potential Drs. Sheila Singh, Saleh Almenawer, Siddharth Nath, and a team of other McMaster University researchers collaborated to discover that one type of underused needle is superior to the standard when it comes to reducing spinal tap procedure complications. The paper was published in the prestigious Lancet, and achieved one of our highest impact factors in recent years.

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MSA Showcase Research Awards The McMaster Surgical Associates (MSA) hosted its first ever MSA Showcase Awards on October 5, 2017. Some of the Department’s top researchers gathered at The Spice Factory in Hamilton to celebrate some of the impressive grant-winning churned out by our great faculty. Every year, a total of $450,000 is allocated to MSA-eligible grants. Each award is granted a maximum of $30,000 in funding irrespective of its category. Since its inception in 2007, MSA grants have supported approximately 204 principal investigators with approximately $5 million in funding. The evening saw 18 awards distributed to faculty for success in the fields of clinical research, education, education research, innovation, and basic science.

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Neurosurgery News & Events The Division of Neurosurgery recently unveiled its new Division Head. Joining McMaster after time as an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ekkehard Kasper comes aboard with no shortage of experience. He earned his MD and MD Thesis at Albert Ludwig University in Frieiburg, Switzerland. He completed his residency and internship in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and he was a Fellow in Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School from 2000-2005, prior to his teaching appointment there. Surgical Foundations’ incoming group of residents in July of 2017, pictured with Dr. Stephen Kelly, Surgery’s Associate Chair of Education (far right).

Faculty and Staff with Guest Speaker Dr. M. Bojanowski. Back row, left to right: R. Takroni (Resident), A. Aljuzair (Fellow), M. Kameda-Smith (Resident), M. Al Otaibi (Resident), R. Power (Resident), M. Sourour (Resident), M. Aljoghaiman (Resident), H. Al-Gethami (Resident), A. Algird (Faculty), and B. Yarascavitch (Faculty). Front row, left to right: N. Zagzoog (Resident), O. Ajani (Program Director), and M. Bojanowski (guest).

The Division of Neurosurgey’s research director, Dr. Sheila Singh, holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Stem Cell Biology and is the Director of the McMaster Surgeon Scientist Program. Dr. Singh’s lab is conducting groundbreaking research in glioblastoma, medulloblastoma, and brain metastases. Dr. Singh and her collaborators received the Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project grant for their work in treating glioblastoma.

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The inaugural Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Dr. Walter Grand Brain Endoscopy Course, which took place on July 28 and July 29, 2017, and was held at the AHN Neuroscience Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thoracic Surgery Newsmakers Dr. Waël Hanna, one of Thoracic Surgery’s most recent successes, has obtained funding for a progressive research program utilizing Fitbit activity trackers. Under Dr. Hanna’s leadership, this research program has secured three separate grants totalling $282,000, which will support a feasibility pilot study and a full-scale randomized controlled trial to definitively evaluate the effect of pre-surgical physical conditioning, deep breathing, and a wellness program using Fitbit technology on the speed and quality of recovery after lung resection surgery. An additional grant from MSA was awarded to support the development of a lung cancer survivorship program that integrates radiological surveillance for cancer recurrence, respiratory rehabilitation featuring preprogrammed Fitbit activity trackers, and mindfulness therapy.

The incorporation of technology into patient care is a recurring theme for the Division of Thoracic Surgery, as they have recently completed a study that developed and evaluated a post-discharge mobile application for patients to use at home to access educational resources and to submit daily symptom reports. The app is integrated into the Integrated Comprehensive Care (ICC) home care program at SJHH, and reported patient symptoms are monitored and managed by a collaborative home care and surgical team to provide high-quality patient care. Led by Dr. Yaron Shargall, this study was found to significantly reduce hospital readmission rates and repeated visits to the emergency room, and has been presented at a number of international conferencess to date. Dr. Shargall also initiated a collaborative relationship with the Mona University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, aiming at developing a thoracic surgery training program there with one of the division’s former trainees.

In this past academic year, Thoracic Surgery recruited its fourth surgeon, Dr. John Agzarian, which has enabled the division to better serve its massive patient population of over 1.8 million, as they care for residents of the Hamilton-Niagara-HaldimandBrant area, and beyond. Dr. Agzarian completed his training with the Thoracic Surgery team at McMaster University before completing a Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic this past year, prior to returning home as a Staff Surgeon based at St. Joe’s. Dr. Agzarian was recently nominated as the Program Director for Thoracic Surgery.

The Division of Thoracic Surgery continues to be a leader in implementing a national quality improvement program. This national initiative, co-led by Dr. Christian Finley, aims to establish a registry that will enable site- and surgeon-based comparisons across the country and the nationwide sharing of surgical best practices to raise the quality of surgical cancer care for all patients across Canada. This project was recently funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer’s Electronic Synoptic Surgery Quality Initiative for over $725,000, which will help fund the program over several years.

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Orthopaedic Surgery Successes

General Surgery News

Ortho’s 2016-17 PGY1 Cohort. Left to right: Dr. Patrick Thornley, Dr. Chetan Gohal, Dr. Austin MacDonald, Dr. Nolan Horner.

Dr. Mohit Bhandari received the 2016 CPSO Council Award that honours outstanding Ontario physicians who have demonstrated excellence and come closest to meeting society’s vision of an “ideal physician.” Dr. Bhandari was also given the Order of Canada in June of 2018. MacOrtho Resident Dr. Colm McCarthy was awarded the Canadian Medical Association’s prestigious Young Leader Award.

Dr. Raman Mundi was the 2017 Hamilton Health Sciences Medical Staff Association (MSA) Resident of the Year Award receipient for the Department of Surgery. Photo Caption: Dr. Raman Mundi receiving the MSA Resident of the Year Award from Dr. Dereck Hunt (left), Vice President and Dr. Chris Ricci (right), past-President of the MSA.

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The 2017 International Resident Travel Scholarship was awarded to General Surgery Resident Dr. Travis Schroeder. Dr. Schroeder visited Angola in early 2018 to work with Mac alum Dr. Stephen Foster, an experience he describes as “challenging, rewarding, and invaluable for my growth as a surgeon.”

This past year, Dr. Ilun Yang was appointed Director of Written Assessment for McMaster University’s Undergraduate Medical Education Program. In his new position, Dr. Yang is responsible for overseeing all written assessments throughout the medical program across all educational sites and programs. Dr. Yang was also named CBD Lead for the General Surgery Residency Training Program.

Ophthalmology News & Events

Division members at the year-end dinner and awards.

Dr. John Harvey recognized for his service as Division Head by new Head Dr. Nina Ahuja.

Dr. Brian Chan joined the Division of Ophthalmology in September of 2017.

Dr. Sarah Mullen joined the Division of Ophthalmology in July of 2018.

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery In Review

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery residents together with Academic Division Head Dr. Stuart Archibald, Program Director Dr. Diane Reid, and Program Coordinator Carol Dow. Midway through the academic year, Dr. Stuart Archibald reduced his clinical and operating room activity by 50 per cent in anticipation of transition to retirement in the one or two years.

Resident Dr. David Choi was named Most Outstanding Surgical Resident of the Year by St. Joseph’s Healthcare and by Hamilton Health Sciences. In addition, he was the highest-ranked resident in the National In-Training Examination in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery in Canada for an unprecedented third year in succession.

Two faculty members from the Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery currently serve on the Examination Board of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Doron Sommer, left, as the Chief Examiner, and Dr. Michael Gupta, right.

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Pediatric Surgery In Review

The Pediatric Surgery group in June of 2018. From left to right: Dr. Mark Walton, Dr. Lisa VanHouwelingen, Dr. Yasser AlFraih (graduating fellow), Dr. Shawn Rangel (Boston, Gordon S. Cameron CAPS Visiting Professor), Dr. Helene Flageole, Dr. Gordon Cameron (Professor Emeritus), Dr. Karen Bailey, and Dr. Brian Cameron.

Pediatric Surgery fellow Dr. Abdullah Saleh completed his training and exams in 2017 and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta and is also the Director of their Office of Global Surgery. The annual Dr. Gordon S. Cameron Visiting Professorship continues to be a highlight of the year and includes Surgical Chair Rounds and Pediatric Grand Rounds. Pediatric Surgery also welcomed Dr. Doruk Ozgediz from Yale as the Visiting Professor in 2017, and Dr. Shawn Rangel joined them from Boston in 2018. From left to right: Dr. Doruk Ozgediz (Yale, Gordon S. Cameron CAPS Visiting Professor), Dr. Gordon Cameron (Professor Emeritus), and Dr. Abdullah Saleh (graduating fellow).

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Pediatric surgeon Dr. Martin Situma from Uganda delivered Surgery Chair Rounds in May 2018 on the evolution of treatment for gastroschisis.

Plastic Surgery News

Vascular Surgery Successes

Dr. Mohammad Qadura, a 2016 McMaster Vascular grad, was the recipient of a Blair Early-Career Professorship at the University of Toronto. Dr. James Bain, Plastic Surgery Division Head, was the Visiting Professor for Western University Division of Plastic Surgery Annual Resident Research Day on May 25, 2018. There, he delivered an engaging talk on “The Management of Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries: Yours and Others.” Congratulations to all of Plastic Surgery’s Chief Residents, Dr. Jiayi Hu, Dr. Maleka Ramji, and Dr. Alanna Fitzpatrick, for their success at the Royal College’s certification exam! Dr. Brian Chin (PGY2, Plastic Surgery) is completing a two-year thesis-based Master’s in Health Research Methodology at McMaster. His research will be focused on quality improvement in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Specifically, Dr. Chin will look at the factors that influence the quality of breast reconstruction services, and develop strategies to improve utilization. His primary research supervisor will be Dr. Marko Simunovic.

In the past year alone, Vascular Surgery’s Dr. John Harlock was promoted to Associate Professor, completed his Master of Science Degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University, authored seven papers published in peer-review journals, and became the Secretary of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery.

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Marquee Events in Urology The Urology Graduating class of 2017, out for their grad dinner at Spencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the Waterfront in Burlington, Ontario. From left to right: Dr. Patrick McGarry (Laparoscopic Fellow), Dr. Shawn Dason (Urology Resident), Dr. Soojin Kim (Urology Resident), Dr. Rahul Bansal (Urology Resident), Dr. Christopher Wu (Urology Resident), and Dr. Edward Matsumoto (Urology Program Director).

A group photo from the Urology Suture Competition in February of 2017. From left to right: Dr. Shawn Dason, Dr. Christopher Wu, Dr. Rahul Bansal, Dr. George Goucher, Dr. Taehyoung Lee, Dr. Richard Di Lena, Dr. Andrew Stokl, Dr. Udi Blankstein, Dr. Yanbo Guo, Dr. Jason Akerman, and Dr. Nathan Wong. Middle: Dr. Derek Bos. Front: Dr. Soojin Kim and Dr. Alaya Yassein.

The Annual Urology Golf Tournament at Rock Chapel Golf Centre in Dundas, Ontario.

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Cardiac Surgery News & Updates This past year, Dr. Dominic Parry left the Division of Cardiac Surgery to resume his practice in New Zealand. In his stead, the division has welcomed Dr. Li Zhang as a locum at the Hamilton General site.

Department of Surgery Cardiac Resident Dr. Louay Habbab represented McMaster University at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Centennial Celebration in Boston, Massachusetts last year. Dr. Habbab was the sole qualifying Canadian Resident at the event.

Dr. Richard Whitlock received the Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for his work as the lead investigator on the CIHR-funded studies SIRS, LAAOS III, and TRICS III. The award serves to strengthen health research capacity in Ontario, in order to advance knowledge and innovation aimed at preventing cardiovascular/ cerebrovascular disease (CCVD), reducing recurrence and complications, improving health outcomes (including quality of life), and decreasing the burden of CCVD-related illness and disability on individuals and society. The award provides salary support to highly qualified mid-career scientists who are within eight to 18 years of their first full-time academic appointment.

Dr. AndrĂŠ Lamy continues work on the massive, multicentre VISION-Cardiac Surgery trial, which prospectively analyzes over 15,000 patients from all over the world in an attempt to determine the relationship between postoperative high-sensitivity Troponin-I measurements and the 30-day risk of mortality post-Cardiac procedure.

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EVERY DAY HEROES

ot all heroes wear capes. In fact, outside of Hollywood, heroes are completely nondescript — you could be sitting beside one right now and not even know it. Real world heroes are single mothers who work two jobs just so their children can play sports. They’re firefighters and police officers who put their lives on the line for the safety of others. They’re soldiers, they’re teachers, and they’re doctors. Here at McMaster University’s Department of Surgery, we’re lucky enough to work side-by-side with heroes every single day. Our surgeons routinely perform remarkable, live-saving surgeries. They push the ball forward in clinical practice, research, and academics. They help thousands of people combat illness, injury, and trauma. Every day, our surgeons save lives. As such, we decided it’s high time to give our surgeons the praise that they deserve. We were proud to unveil our Every Day Heroes campaign at our 50 th Anniversary celebration. Trauma Surgeon Dr. Niv Sne and Vascular Surgeon Dr. John Harlock were named our inaugural Heroes for their outstanding response to a partial-dam collapse, which pinned an unsuspecting worker below a 25-ton concrete wall. To read more about this incredible excursion, visit our website at Surgery.McMaster.ca/heroes.

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2016-2017 HIGH-IMPACT PUBLICATIONS Belley Côté EP, Lamy AR, Whitlock RP. Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Disease. N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 16;376(11):1087-8. IF-59.55 Lamy A, Devereaux PJ, Prabhakaran D, Taggart DP, Hu S, Straka Z, Piegas LS, Avezum A, Akar AR, Lanas Zanetti F, Jain AR, Noiseux N, Padmanabhan C, Bahamondes JC, Novick RJ, Tao L, Olavegogeascoechea PA, Airan B, Sulling TA, Whitlock RP, Ou Y, Gao P, Pettit S, Yusuf S; CORONARY Investigators. Five-Year Outcomes after Off-Pump or On-Pump CoronaryArtery Bypass Grafting. N Engl J Med. 2016 Dec 15;375(24):2359-2368. IF-59.55 Vandvik PO, Otto CM, Siemieniuk RA, Bagur R, Guyatt GH, Lytvyn L, Whitlock R, Vartdal T, Brieger D, Aertgeerts B, Price S, Foroutan F, Shapiro M, Mertz R, Spencer FA. Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe, symptomatic, aortic stenosis at low to intermediate surgical risk: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 2016 Sep 28;354:i5085. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5085. IF-19.97 Writing Committee for the VISION Study Investigators, Devereaux PJ, Biccard BM, Sigamani A, Xavier D, Chan MTV, Srinathan SK, Walsh M, Abraham V, Pearse R, Wang CY, Sessler DI, Kurz A, Szczeklik W, Berwanger O, Villar JC, Malaga G, Garg AX, Chow CK, Ackland G, Patel A, Borges FK, Belley-Cote EP, Duceppe E, Spence J, Tandon V, Williams C, Sapsford RJ, Polanczyk CA, Tiboni M, Alonso-Coello P, Faruqui A, HeelsAnsdell D, Lamy A, Whitlock R, LeManach Y, Roshanov PS, McGillion M, Kavsak P, McQueen MJ, Thabane L, Rodseth RN, Buse GAL, Bhandari M, Garutti I, Jacka MJ, Schünemann HJ, Cortes OL, Coriat P, Dvirnik N, Botto F, Pettit S, Jaffe AS, Guyatt GH. Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. JAMA. 2017 Apr 25;317(16):1642-1651. IF-37.68 Zhao DF, Edelman JJ, Seco M, Bannon PG, Wilson MK, Byrom MJ, Thourani V, Lamy A, Taggart DP, Puskas JD, Vallely MP. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With and Without Manipulation of the Ascending Aorta: A Network Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Feb 28;69(8):924-936. IF-19.89

Sukkar L, Hong D, Wong MG, Badve SV, Rogers K, Perkovic V, Walsh M, Yu X, Hillis GS, Gallagher M, Jardine M. Effects of ischaemic conditioning on major clinical outcomes in people undergoing invasive procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2016 Nov 7;355:i5599. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5599. IF-19.97 Group Authorship (554 Collaborators – Bhandari M) Fracture fixation in the operative management of hip fractures (FAITH): an international, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2017 Apr 15;389(10078):1519-1527. IF-44.00 TRUST Investigators writing group, Busse JW, Bhandari M, Einhorn TA, Schemitsch E, Heckman JD, Tornetta P 3rd, Leung KS, Heels-Ansdell D, MakossoKallyth S, Della Rocca GJ, Jones CB, Guyatt GH. Re-evaluation of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): randomized clinical trial. BMJ. 2016 Oct 25;355:i5351. IF-19.97

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2017-2018 HIGH-IMPACT PUBLICATIONS Afilalo J, Lauck S, Kim DH, Lefèvre T, Piazza N, Lachapelle K, Martucci G, Lamy A, Labinaz M, Peterson MD, Arora RC, Noiseux N, Rassi A, Palacios IF, Généreux P, Lindman BR, Asgar AW, Kim CA, Trnkus A, Morais JA, Langlois Y, Rudski LG, Morin JF, Popma JJ, Webb JG, Perrault LP. Frailty in Older Adults Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement: The FRAILTY-AVR Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 8;70(6):689-700. IF-19.89

FM, Young PJ, Villar JC, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Syed S, Byrne K, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Mehta C, Painter TW, Royse C, Verma S, Hare GMT, Cohen A, Thorpe KE, Jüni P, Shehata N; TRICS Investigators and Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 30;377(22):2133-2144. IF-72.40

Anand SS, Bosch J, Eikelboom JW, Connolly SJ, Diaz R, Widimsky P, Aboyans V, Alings M, Kakkar AK, Keltai K, Maggioni AP, Lewis BS, Störk S, Zhu J, Lopez-Jaramillo P, O’Donnell M, Commerford PJ, Vinereanu D, Pogosova N, Ryden L, Fox KAA, Bhatt DL, Misselwitz F, Varigos JD, Vanassche T, Avezum AA, Chen E, Branch K, Leong DP, Bangdiwala SI, Hart RG, Yusuf S; COMPASS Investigators (Lamy A). Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable peripheral or carotid artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. Volume 391, No. 10117, p219–229, 20 January 2018. IF-53.25

McIntyre WF, Um KJ, Alhazzani W, Lengyel AP, Hajjar L, Gordon AC, Lamontagne F, Healey JS, Whitlock RP, Belley-Côté EP. Association of Vasopressin Plus Catecholamine Vasopressors vs Catecholamines Alone With Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Distributive Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2018 May 8;319(18):1889-1900. IF-44.40

Connolly SJ, Eikelboom JW, Bosch J, Dagenais G, Dyal L, Lanas F, Metsarinne K, O’Donnell M, Dans AL, Ha JW, Parkhomenko AN, Avezum AA, Lonn E, Lisheng L, Torp-Pedersen C, Widimsky P, Maggioni AP, Felix C, Keltai K, Hori M, Yusoff K, Guzik TJ, Bhatt DL, Branch KRH, Cook Bruns N, Berkowitz SD, Anand SS, Varigos JD, Fox KAA, Yusuf S; COMPASS investigators. (Lamy A). Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable coronary artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebocontrolled trial. Lancet, Volume 391, No. 10117, p205–218, 20 January 2018. IF-53.25 Graham MM, Sessler DI, Parlow JL, Biccard BM, Guyatt G, Leslie K, Chan MTV, Meyhoff CS, Xavier D, Sigamani A, Kumar PA, Mrkobrada M, Cook DJ, Tandon V, Alvarez-Garcia J, Villar JC, Painter TW, Landoni G, Fleischmann E, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Le Manach Y, Aphang-Lam M, Cata JP, Gao P, Terblanche NCS, Ramana PV, Jamieson KA, Bessissow A, Mendoza GR, Ramirez S, Diemunsch PA, Yusuf S, Devereaux PJ. Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 20;168(4):237-244. IF-17.20 Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Hall J, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Médicis É, McGuinness S, Royse A, Carrier

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Pinho-Gomes AC, Azevedo L, Ahn JM, Park SJ, Hamza TH, Farkouh ME, Serruys PW, Milojevic M, Kappetein AP, Stone GW, Lamy A, Fuster V, Taggart DP. Compliance With Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Contemporary Coronary Revascularization Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Feb 13;71(6):591-602. IF-19.89 Whitlock RP, McClure GR, Eikelboom JW. Aortic valve replacement in younger patients. Eur Heart J. 2017 Dec 1;38(45):3378-3381. IF-20.21 Whitlock RP, Bhatt DL, Eikelboom JW. ReducedIntensity Anticoagulation for Mechanical Aortic Valve Prostheses. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 19;71(24):2727-2730. IF-16.83 Wang L, Hong BY, Kennedy SA, Chang Y, Hong CJ, Craigie S, Kwon HY, Romerosa B, Couban RJ, Reid S, Khan JS, McGillion M, Blinder V, Busse JW. Predictors of Unemployment After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis of Observational Studies. J Clin Oncol. 2018 May 14:JCO2017773663. doi: 10.1200/ JCO.2017.77.3663. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-24.00 Alhazzani W, Alshamsi F, Belley-Cote E, HeelsAnsdell D, Brignardello-Petersen R, Alquraini M, Perner A, Møller MH, Krag M, Almenawer S, Rochwerg B, Dionne J, Jaeschke R, Alshahrani M, Deane A, Perri D, Thebane L, Al-Omari A, Finfer S, Cook D, Guyatt G. Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Jan;44(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00134017-5005-8. IF-12.01

Chu DK, Kim LH, Young PJ, Zamiri N, Almenawer SA, Jaeschke R, Szczeklik W, Schünemann HJ, Neary JD, Alhazzani W. Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1693-1705. doi: 10.1016/S01406736(18)30479-3. Epub 2018 Apr 26. IF-47.83 Mack SC, Pajtler KW, Chavez L, Okonechnikov K, Bertrand KC, Wang X, Erkek S, Federation A, Song A, Lee C, Wang X, McDonald L, Morrow JJ, Saiakhova A, Sin-Chan P, Wu Q, Michaelraj KA, Miller TE, Hubert CG, Ryzhova M, Garzia L, Donovan L, Dombrowski S, Factor DC, Luu B, Valentim CLL, Gimple RC, Morton A, Kim L, Prager BC, Lee JJY, Wu X, Zuccaro J, Thompson Y, Holgado BL, Reimand J, Ke SQ, Tropper A, Lai S, Vijayarajah S, Doan S, Mahadev V, Miñan AF, Gröbner SN, Lienhard M, Zapatka M, Huang Z, Aldape KD, Carcaboso AM, Houghton PJ, Keir ST, Milde T, Witt H, Li Y, Li CJ, Bian XW, Jones DTW, Scott I, Singh SK, Huang A, Dirks PB, Bouffet E, Bradner JE, Ramaswamy V, Jabado N, Rutka JT, Northcott PA, Lupien M, Lichter P, Korshunov A, Scacheri PC, Pfister SM, Kool M, Taylor MD, Rich JN. Therapeutic targeting of ependymoma as informed by oncogenic enhancer profiling. Nature. 2018 Jan 4;553(7686):101-105. IF-40.13 Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala JH, Alhazzani W, Jaeschke R, Sharma S, Banfield L, Shoamanesh A, Singh S, Nassiri F, Oczkowski W, Belley-Côté E, Truant R, Reddy K, Meade MO, Farrokhyar F, Bala MM, Alshamsi F, Krag M, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Kunz R, Nishida O, Matouk C, Selim M, Rhodes A, Hawryluk G, Almenawer SA. Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018 Mar 24;391(10126):1197-1204. IF-44.0

Singh M, Yelle N, Venugopal C, Singh SK. EMT: mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Feb;182:80-94. IF-11.12 Singh M, Venugopal C, Tokar T, Brown KR, McFarlane N, Bakhshinyan D, Vijayakumar T, Manoranjan B, Mahendram S, Vora P, Qazi M, Dhillon M, Tong A, Durrer K, Murty N, Hallet R, Hassell JA, Kaplan DR, Cutz JC, Jurisica I, Moffat J, Singh SK. RNAi screen identifies essential regulators of human brain metastasis-initiating cells. Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Dec;134(6):923-940. IF-12.21 Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M. Management of Acute Hip Fracture. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 23;377(21):2053-2062. doi: 10.1056/ NEJMcp1611090. IF-72.40 Shanthanna H, Gilron I, Rajarathinam M, AlAmri R, Kamath S, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M. Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS Med. 2017 Aug 15;14(8):e1002369. doi: 10.1371/journal. pmed. 1002369. eCollection 2017 Aug. IF-10.35 Voineskos SH, Nelson JA, Klassen AF, Pusic AL. Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes: Key Metrics in Reconstructive Surgery. Annu Rev Med. 2018 Jan 29;69:467-479. IF-13.61 Fizazi K, Tran N, Fein L, Matsubara N, RodriguezAntolin A, Alekseev BY, Özgüroğlu M, Ye D, Feyerabend S, Protheroe A, De Porre P, Kheoh T, Park YC, Todd MB, Chi KN; LATITUDE Investigators. (Shayegan B) Abiraterone plus Prednisone in Metastatic, Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 27;377(4):352-360. IF-72.40

Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala JH, Almenawer SA. Predicting outcomes in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. BMJ. 2018 Jan 24;360:k102. IF-20.75 Rochwerg B, Almenawer SA, Siemieniuk RAC, Vandvik PO, Agoritsas T, Lytvyn L, Alhazzani W, Archambault P, D’Aragon F, Farhoumand PD, Guyatt G, Laake JH, Beltrán-Arroyave C, McCredie V, Price A, Chabot C, Zervakis T, Badhiwala J, St-Onge M, Szczeklik W, Møller MH, Lamontagne F. Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 2018 May 22;361:k1920. IF-20.75

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CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS DID YOU KNOW?

DR. SHEILA SINGH

Professor, Division of Neurosurgery Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology

DR. MOHIT BHANDARI

Orthopaedic Surgery Division Head, Professor, Associate Chair of Research Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Trauma and Surgical Outcomes

The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) stands at the centre of the Canadian Government’s national strategy to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in research and development. We’re proud to have two chairholders in our Department!

ENDOWED CHAIRS

DR. SUSAN REID

Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery John A. Bauer Chair In Surgery

DR. MEHRAN ANVARI

Professor and Director, Ontario Bariatric Network Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Innovation

DR. BOBBY SHAYEGAN

Associate Professor, Deputy Chief of Surgery, and Urology Division Head Braley Gordon Chair in Urology

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

DR. YARON SHARGALL

Associate Professor, Thoracic Surgery Mortgage Intelligence/GMAC Chair in Thoracic Surgery & Juravinski Thoracic Surgery Professorship

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DR. JACQUES TITTLEY

Associate Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery Beamish Family Chair in Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Special thanks to the estate of John A. Bauer, Mortgage Intelligence and GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products, David Braley and Nancy Gordon, the Beamish family, and Charles and Margaret Juravinski for funding our endowments and professorships!

THE ORDER OF CANADA

er Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, announced in June of 2018 that the Department of Surgery’s very own Dr. Mohit Bhandari would be named to the Order of Canada. According to the Canadian Government, Dr. Bhandari was tapped for the honour for his contributions to the field of orthopaedic trauma and for his pioneering research in the area of intimate partner violence. Created in 1967, the Order of Canada is one of our country’s highest civilian honours, and it recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation. Dr. Bhandari credits his ability to think outside the box and the people who taught him to do so for his success as a surgeon, a researcher, and an educator.

DR. MOHIT BHANDARI

Named to the Order of Canada

“Having spent the majority of my career at McMaster, I’m reminded of the uniqueness of our institution and the role models who have been critical to my ongoing growth and development,” Dr. Bhandari said. “In particular, I remember vividly the words of my mentor and friend, Professor Gordon Guyatt, who taught me to think big!” Dr. Bhandari will be invited to accept his insignia at a ceremony still to be announced.

50TH ANNIVERSARY CME & GALA

n Saturday, November 11, 2017, McMaster University’s Department of Surgery celebrated 50 years of surgical excellence at the Sheraton Hotel downtown Hamilton. Hundreds of past and present faculty members, esteemed alumni, and VIPs from the Hamilton surgical community came together to salute our half-century of success in surgical education, research, and patient care. The two-part celebration included a daytime Continuing Medical Education (CME) event, which was comprised of over a dozen enthralling talks, as well as an evening gala replete with grand speeches, fine dining, and live music. To those who celebrated with us, thank you. You helped make our 50 th year our most memorable yet! For those that missed it, you can browse photos from the day’s events in our our digital lookbook at Surgery.McMaster.ca/album.

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ur emphasis on evidence-based surgery has paid important dividends, doubling our total publications, including higher-impact publications, a tripling of research funding from grants over the last five years, and a greater inclusiveness across many of our divisions in clinical research. We have continued to demonstrate strengths in fundamental research with a focus on translation of findings to the clinical setting. With over 302 publications in the last academic year, over $15 million in research funding, and a number of new strategic recruits to the Department, MacSurgery is poised to continue its rise as a top-tier academic department! In keeping to the Faculty of Health Sciences’ tenets of interprofessional collaboration, strategic partnerships, and innovation, the Department of Surgery has a mission of advancing research in all aspects of surgical care, from bench to bedside, utilizing the most modern technical advances and the principles of evidencebased surgery. We have promoted interdisciplinary collaboration through our “Breakfast Breakthroughs” initiative, which brings together talent from a wide spectrum of McMaster Departments for a morning coffee and an open discussion about new ideas. The rationale is simple. Great things will come when highly talented people with unique backgrounds come together. Interdivisional engagement has also been a major focus for our office. Now in its third year, our “Building Bridges” quarterly program has brought together MacSurgery faculty and team members to share their stories of success and, perhaps more importantly, failure. Simply put, surgical research is hard. Understanding the stories of faculty who have found strategies for success has been a critical contribution to our learning. To allow earlyphase innovative ideas to move forward, we held our inaugural “First Cut” research pitches with great

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success. Particularly reassuring was the distribution of funding across several divisions, vindicating a broad interest in research innovation. Our Department’s legacy, however, will be less about our individual successes in publishing or conducting high-quality trials, but more so on our ability to identify, inspire, and develop talent. The Surgeon Scientist and Surgical Research Methodology Programs, and the ongoing mentoring within our top-tier research programs, have fuelled an everincreasing focus on research, providing our residents with the tools necessary to be highly successful. It is with great pride that we will look back at our Department’s research contributions over the past few years and look forward to continued success as we move forward!

Dr. Mohit Bhandari Associate Chair of Research

Research Success Stories Research is a large part of our program here at McMaster University, and, every year, our faculty publishes volumes of pertinent information in high-impact journals. This data often results in grant funding, international renown, and ultimately a better future for patients everywhere. This past year was no different, with literally millions of dollars in funding and hundreds of important publications credited to McMaster surgeons. Here’s just a snapshot — believe us; there’s a lot more where this came from — of some the important research stories that occurred over the past year-and-a-bit.

DR. WAËL HANNA

$182,000 HAHSO grant for study on pre-lung surgery patient health.

DR. SHEILA SPRAGUE

$14 million in funding for fracture study, as noted on Page 10 of this Report.

DR. PABLO SERRANO

Recipient of the American College of Surgeons Faculty Research Fellowship Award.

DR. MOIN KHAN

DR. SALEH ALMENAWER

Recipient of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy Award.

Led neuro team research on needle types, which was published in The Lancet.

DR. KOUROSH SABRI

DR. RICHARD WHITLOCK

DR. SHEILA SINGH

DR. JEHONATHAN PINTHUS

Invited to sit on the scientific advisory panel as a grant reviewer for NIH & NEI.

Named to The College of New Scholars, Artists, & Scientists for stem cell and cancer research.

Received the Mid-Career Investigator Award from Heart & Stroke Canada.

Named Best Reviewer of 2017 by the Journal of Urology.

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The Surgical Research Methodologies program has proven to be very beneficial to the residents, as the quality of the research presentations and number of peer-reviewed publications has significantly increased.

-FOROUGH FARROKHYAR-

DR. FOROUGH FARROKHYAR

Director, Office of Surgical Research Services

The Office of Surgical Research Services (OSRS)

he Office of Surgical Research Services (OSRS) has provided the Department of Surgery with substantial research support over the last six years. The OSRS has provided expert advice and support from implementation to completion for different areas of research such as clinical, knowledge translation, and educational research and activities. The OSRS offers services in question definition, design, methodology, statistical analysis, manuscript development, grant writing, and project budgeting. The OSRS has helped to generate over $2.5 million toward surgical research and has contributed to more than 200 peer-reviewed departmental publications since 2010. Dr. Farrokhyar continues to work on reaching out to new faculty surgeons to provide research support, and reaches out to provide support to those surgeons who have an interest in research but have limited time and/or resources to pursue their interest. Dr. Farrokhyar strives to sustain funding for the OSRS by budgeting for statistical and methodological services when these collaborators apply for grant funding. In addition to providing the aforementioned research support to Departmental Faculty, the OSRS also provides educational support across the Department in the form of educational workshops on research methodology and other highly requested research topics, such as grant writing, methods, ethics, analytics, use of online databases, and more. These workshops are open to all interested Departmental research personnel, faculty, residents, and fellows. In the case where a workshop is a joint-collaboration with other departments or institutions, these workshops are then open to the collaboratorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; members. For example, the latest workshop held by the OSRS, in collaboration with St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Institute, focused on Health Canada and Sponsor Audit preparedness where a Health Canada representative was an invited presenter. Lastly, as part of the Surgical Foundations (SF) Program, residents are expected to complete the two-year Surgical Research Methodologies (SRM) program, which is also run through our office.

Dr. Forough Farrokhyar

Director, Office of Surgical Research Services

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The Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOURCE)

he Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOURCE) is incredibly proud of the strides that it has made in 2017. This group of surgeons, faculty and biostatisticians continued to develop their article series in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS), held their 18 th annual Evidence-Based Surgery (EBS) Workshop, and had their EBS textbook proposal accepted by Springer Publishing. Our most recent workshop, held in February of 2018, focused on appraising the surgical literature on the topic of power and sample size. Five members of the SOURCE committee participated as tutors for over 20 attendees. The attendees included surgeons, surgical fellows, surgical residents, and surgical research assistants. As we have come to expect, the participation from those who attended was exceptional; the SOURCE committee would like to thank all those who attended.

DR. ACHILLEAS THOMA

Director, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre

The remarkable success of the Users’ Guide to the Surgical Literature article series inspired a new EBS text book, titled Evidence-Based Surgery: Understanding and Interpreting the Surgical Literature. The Editors will be Drs. Achilleas Thoma, Luis Braga, Sheila Sprague, and Sophocles Voineskos. The book will be published in 2019 by Springer. Using the same format as the Users’ Guide articles, each chapter will start with a clinical surgical scenario with an uncertain course of action. An identified article that seems relevant to the problem will then be appraised. This book contains 34 chapters, each focusing on a different area of surgical research.

PUBLICATIONS Users’ Guide to the Surgical Literature cumulative article series

For any information on SOURCE, its activities, or becoming a member, please contact us at murphj11@mcmaster.ca.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS Gallo L, Eskicioglu C, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: How to assess an article using surrogate end points. Can J Surg. 2017 August;60(4):280-287.

Thoma A, Farrokhyar F, Sprague S, Braga L; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: How to assess an article using about non-inferiority trials. Can J Surg. 2017 December;60(6):426-432.

Gallo L, Murphy J, Braga L, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Assess a Qualitative Study. Can J Surg. [In Press].

Braga L, Eskiciolgu C, Caddedu M, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Users’ Guide to the surgical literature: How to assess a pilot study. Can J Surg. 2018. [Submitted].

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MEANINGFUL HIGH-IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS CSii is working closely with MDA, NASA, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and IBM to develop systems that will be autonomous in nature for utilization on the International Space Station (ISS) and for potential settlements on Mars.

DR. MEHRAN ANVARI

Director, CSii, CMAS, Bariatric Network

The Centre for Surgical Invention & Innovation (CSii)

he Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii) is a NCE Centre of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR), committed to enhancing the quality and access to healthcare for all Canadians. Partnered with MDA, creators of the Canadarm, Canadarm-2, and Dextre, CSii is committed to the development of unique, highly differentiated robotic systems that turn input from imaging systems into precise diagnosis or treatment plans and to the development of tele-surgery capabilities to better leverage non-local surgeon expertise to the local/rural communities or more remote areas. In the last nine years, CSii has progressed from the design concept to the production of a functional Image Guided Automated Robotic (IGAR) medical device. The IGAR device acts automatically after being programmed by a physician, has been fine-tuned by clinicians and engineers, and has conducted clinical trials in Laval, Quebec and Hamilton, Ontario. As a result, CSii has created a market-ready, commercially viable surgical robotic device. IGAR will have a significant impact on the medical community. CSii is on track with a new start-up, which has been named Insight Medbotics Canada Corporation (IMCC). The centre has strong support from industry leaders (Stryker, Hologic, Sanarus, IBM, MDA, etc.) in the pursuit of our goals.

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In addition to the participation of CSii in the exciting new venture undertaken by IBM, the Watson Imaging Collective has aligned the Centre with the members who comprise one of the most influential groups of corporations, researchers, hospitals, and government agencies in existence today. IBM’s commitment to working with CSii to provide IGAR with Watson’s diagnostic capabilities will create synergies that will enable sophisticated analysis of 3D imaging and increase the effectiveness of IGAR planning and execution of treatment plans. Inclusion in the Watson Imaging Collective presents a rare and valuable opportunity for CSii to partner with the member corporations and institutions both collectively and individually to create synergies, new enterprises, and to work together in pursuit of the commercialization of emerging technologies and in the shared goals to detect and treat diseases in their earliest stages.

PAUL COOPER

CEO, Insight Medbotics

Paul Cooper is the former Vice President of Strategic Development at MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates (MDA), one of Canada’s largest technology companies, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and new business creation. He is a former entrepreneur and university professor and has a PhD in Computer Science. Peter Robertson, former Vice President and General Manager at GM Canada has also been retained by Insight Medbotics.

The Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) CMAS Celebrates 20 Years • 1998 - 2018

ince 1998, CMAS has provided over 10,000 surgeons, fellows, and residents with exceptional hands-on training as well as classroom instruction to provide a comprehensive learning experience for all of our participants. Clinical Research projects included comprehensive clinical studies, multiyear randomized trials, and complex projects like the; “Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery for Treatment of Complicated Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.” Applied Research conducted at CMAS includes telehealth and telerobotic initiatives, tele-mentoring, and research into the development and testing of novel surgical robotic devices. CMAS is internationally recognized as one of the premier skills training centres in Canada, providing personalized training in stateof-the-art techniques and MIS technology for surgeons, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, as well as customized fellowships.

TRAINING AT CMAS Customized Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery Training: CMAS now offers a one-to-one training program in the OR designed to be a procedure-specific experience. CMAS programs are focused on improving minimal access surgery techniques by incorporating selective laparoscopic cases in our stateof-the-art surgical suites for interactive dialogue with the operating surgeon.

The Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) Course: ATOM was held for the second time in March 2018. This unique course was developed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Hamilton now becomes only the sixth city in Canada to offer such a course to its general surgery residents and trauma fellows. The course, which was coordinated by the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), involved instructors from many institutions across Canada.

The Duodenal Switch Course: Successfully ran for the first time in October of 2017 with a full course of 10 Surgeons from across Canada and Mexico. The course includes lecture sessions and live surgeries as well as hands-on practice in dry and wet lab environments.

The Mohawk College RNFA Course: Run by CMAS, this course gives nursing students access to dry and wet lab facilities for hands-on practice of Basic Laparoscopic Skills that include port placement, camera navigation, suturing, cutting, dissection, and stapling, and the nurses are taught by our CMAS Fellows and a PGY5 General Surgery Resident.

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The Ontario Bariatric Network (OBN) The Bariatric Referral System was developed by CSii to provide a more single streamlined portal for patients accessing bariatric care in Ontario. Launched in 2010, the referral system, which is fax- and internet-based, was developed in partnership with the Ontario Bariatric Network (OBN) and Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) to process bariatric surgical referrals from physicians and nurse practitioners across Ontario. The revised Ontario referral system is an online portal and is instrumental in facilitating primary care patient referrals, reducing duplication, and ensuring equitable access to treatment for patients at a centre close to their home in a timely manner. The registry includes both surgical and medical patients.

12,786

Surgical & Medical Program Referrals (2017)

31,484

Surgical & Medical Program Enrollment (2017)

Innovation Nation The Innovation Nation Conference & Student Innovation Showcase features diverse voices of local, national, and international thought leaders whose stories offer ideas and innovative concepts that open us to a world of possibilities and fuel change. Held on Sunday, January 21, 2018, the event was a tribute to talent, intellect, tenacity, and to the extraordinary work being done by innovators in science, engineering, commerce, and the arts. We hope to see you all at next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference!

TANMAY BAKSHI

Software Developer, IBM Champion, and Honorary Cloud Advisor.

AOIFE PUCCHIO

Recipient of the Award of Excellence for study on disolving Styrofoam.

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PAUL FULFORD

Manager for Space Exploration at MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates (MDA).

TEAM TRANSCENDENCE

Silver Medalist NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest, featuring our own Dr. Mehran Anvari.

MacTrauma The MacTRAUMA Research Collaborative provides a multidisciplinary forum for faculty and learners interested in trauma research to pursue their research activities. Since our last report, MacTRAUMA has been successful in having research accepted for presentation at peer-reviewed conferences including the Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting. Internationally, MacTRAUMA has also participated as a study site in the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) Multi-Institutional Trials study entitled “Multicenter prospective observational study on immune dysfunction in subjects who present with traumatic brain injury and receive beta adrenergic receptor blockers” that was conducted in 15 trauma centres across North America and enrolled over 2,000 patients. This study was presented at the annual meeting of the AAST and published in 2018 in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (PMID: 29251711). Based on the results of this study, the Beta Blockers TBI Study Group Collaborators—with MacTRAUMA being one of the collaborators— are in the process of setting up a multi-site, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial that will aim to refine a dosing scheme for early propranolol treatment and determine if propranolol treatment improves functional recovery and confers additional outcome benefits after traumatic brain injury.

MacHand The McMaster University, Hand, Arm, Nerve (MacHANd) group is dedicated to promoting excellence in education, research, and clinical care for hand and upper extremity disorders and conditions. The MacHANd group is codirected by Drs. Carolyn Levis (Plastic Surgery) and Joy MacDermid (Rehabilitation Sciences) and is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team of plastic surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, physicians, rehabilitation therapists, and researchers. Our Annual MacHANd Day of Evaluation and Management of Disorders of the Upper Extremity held at the Royal Botanical Gardens continues to draw a soldout crowd of physicians, therapists, residents, trainees, and other allied health professionals. Multi-disciplinary sessions and interactive workshops disseminated the current evidence-based practice on the management of upper extremity disorders. Poster sessions provided trainees opportunities to present their hand and upper limb research projects. The ninth Annual MacHANd Day (2016) focused on major elbow disorders. The 10th Annual MacHANd Day (2017) focused on the shoulder.

McMASTER SURGICAL ASSOCIATES (MSA) GRANTS • The Electronic Repatriation (EPATRIATE) Pilot Study: The use of a videoconference transfer of accountability to strengthen interfacility partnerships and improve repatriation efficiency in complex trauma and neurosurgical patients (PI: Dr. Tim Rice) • Hagfish Slime Exudate as a Novel Hemostatic Agent (PI: Dr. Paul Engels)

MacTRAUMA STUDY SITE RESEARCH PROJECTS Nationally, MacTRAUMA is a contributing study site as part of the evolving Canadian Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Research Collaborative. Current projects include: • Multicentre study on traumatic pancreatic injury conducted at eight lead trauma hospitals with over 300 patients. • Multicentre study on Trauma Team Leader types being conducted at seven lead trauma hospitals. • Multicentre study examining the management of vascular trauma in Canada.

MacHANd PUBLICATIONS 2016-2018 Packham TL, Ball PD, MacDermid JC, Bain JR, DalCin A. A scoping review of applications and outcomes of traction orthoses and constructs for the management of intra-articular fractures and fracture dislocations in the hand. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2016 Jul-Sep;29(3):246-68. Uddin Z, MacDermid JC, Moro J, Galea V, Gross AR. Psychophysical and Patient Factors as Determinants of Pain, Function and Health Status in Shoulder Disorders. Open Orthop J. 2016 Sep 30;10:466-480. Nazari G, MacDermid JC, Bain J, Levis CM, Thoma A. Estimation of health-relatedquality of life depends on which utility measure is selected for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Ther. 2017 JulSep;30(3):299-306. Epub 2016 Dec 14. Packham TL, Bain JR, Buckley DN, Busse JW, MacDermid JC. Listening, then managing: The role of the team in addressing pain in the upper limb. J Hand Ther. 2018 AprJun;31(2):177-178.

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The McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative (MPSRC)

he McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative (MPSRC) was formed in October of 2008 by a group of surgeons dedicated to advancing evidence-based surgical care for pediatric patients through research. Currently, MPSRC is comprised of six pediatric surgeons, one pediatric urologist, and one pediatric ophthalmologist. Within the Collaborative are full-time research staff who assist in the design of, recruitment for, and management of all trials being conducted within the MPSRC. Between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, the MPSRC has accomplished:

DR. LUIS BRAGA

Director, MPSRC

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Published Abstracts

Podium Presentations

Book Chapters

Conference Posters

Invited Presentations

The Clinical Urology Research Enterprise (CURE) Program Due to our increasing research activity, we realized the need for additional resources to help with our initiatives, which initiated the development of the CURE program. We learned that SickKids successfully implemented a volunteer-based research program that provided opportunities for university students that allowed for academic and professional growth, while improving the output of high-quality research. The management team for the CURE Program is led by Dr. Luis Braga, Associate Professor in our Division of Urology, with help from a small group of coordinators as well as the Pediatric Urology research assistants, who supervise the CURE volunteer data input and other daily tasks. The purpose of the CURE program is to provide clinical research experience and mentorship in a hospital setting for university students to learn the research process, and gain transferrable skills usable in future careers, while aiding the Pediatric Urology service to disseminate quality research. Recently, we participated in McMasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volunteer fair and posted our positions on the same websites previously mentioned. We received over 90 applications. We adjusted our interview templates and conducted group interviews to maximize efficiency. We interviewed 30 candidates and increased the number of McMaster CURE volunteers to eight, in addition to three volunteers being placed at SickKids.

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General Surgery The Department of Pediatric General Surgery research team is comprised of six surgeons and two research assistants. There are currently 15 ethicsapproved research studies and two systematic reviews underway.

Mbarara Trauma Registry Pilot Study The project, entitled “Development and Implementation of GIS-enabled Trauma Registry in Mbarara Regional Hospital, Uganda: Is It Feasible?”, was funded by the McMaster Surgical Associates 2016 Innovation Grant Competition. This project aims to determine whether the implementation of a GISenabled trauma registry is feasible in Mbarara, Uganda, as currently, no trauma reporting system exists. Determining the feasibility of such a comprehensive database will be imperative to the development of a regional, and eventually national, trauma reporting and data capture system. In March 2018, Dr. Brian Cameron and Tessa Elliott were invited to Mbarara, Uganda to give grand rounds at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. They were joined by Dr. Abdullah Saleh, a former fellow in pediatric surgery here at the McMaster Children’s Hospital and now a staff surgeon in Edmonton, Alberta. The research team was aided by the surgical residents, nurses, and staff from various departments who took part in rounds.

Ophthalmology The Department of Ophthalmology MPSRC research team is comprised of Dr. Kourosh Sabri, one research assistant, and 10 student researchers (seven undergraduates, one graduate, and two postgraduate medical students). There are currently seven research projects underway in the department.

New Upcoming Research Dr. Sabri and his McMaster Pediatric Eye Research Group (McPERG) will be performing a retrospective review of data collected regarding all emergency room visits in Ontario that included an eye-related complaint between 2011 and 2015. This data, abstracted from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, will be examined to search for usage trends and how they vary between different patient groups. The object of this study will be to create initiatives for both patients and practitioners that will be instrumental in reducing emergency room wait times and ensuring appropriate and timely eye care.

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EDUCATION

he office of the Associate Chair, Education (ACE) is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate education activity within the Department of Surgery as well as faculty development and promotion and tenure. The Associate Chair, Education also oversees the Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP), the International Surgery Desk (ISD), and the Office of Education Science (OES) programs run under the excellent leadership of Drs. Sheila Singh, Brian Cameron, and Ranil Sonnadara respectively. As of June 30, 2018, we had 21 Professors, 55 Associate Professors, and 25 Assistant Professors comprising our dynamic team of full-time faculty, with an even longer list of part-time and adjunct faculty to compliment them. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a long list of our faculty receive well-deserved promotions, including Drs. Michelle Ghert, Peter Lovrics, Yaron Shargall, and Marko Simunovic, who all became professors around this time last year.

Undergraduate Pre-Clerkship and Surgical and Orthopaedic Clerkship Programs continue to provide outstanding teaching. In the 2016-2017 academic year, approximately 14,794 hours of teaching were dedicated to the Undergraduate Medical Education program. Surgical faculty devoted a total of 19,459 hours of teaching to the Surgical and Orthopaedic Clerkship programs, led by Drs. Jorge DeMaria and Devin Peterson respectively. Our faculty also provided over 53,629 hours of formal postgraduate surgical teaching, as well as countless hours of informal, “on the fly” clinical teaching. 2017-2018 was no different, with 12,051 hours of teaching being dedicated to the undergrad program, 18,514 hours to our clerkship programs, and 54,150 hours to postgrad teaching. These past two academic years have also seen new appointments in our residency program directorship positions. Dr. Vickas Khanna assumed the role of Orthopaedic Residency Director, Dr. John Agzarian was named Director of the

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Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, and Dr. Lisa Van Houwelingen became the Pediatric Surgery Residency Director. In related news, Dr. Edward Passos was named Trauma Fellowship Director and Dr. Tim Davies recently replaced the aforementioned Dr. DeMaria as Surgical Clerkship Director. The success of the Department in its educational mandate relies on the ongoing support of its chair, Dr. Susan Reid, and is the result of the dedication and hard work of the department’s program directors and program coordinators, the clerkship directors and assistants, the CTU directors, the faculty and division heads, as well as the department’s administrative support team. This solid foundation of support and collaboration will continue to serve the Department of Surgery well, especially as it continues its transition to the new competency-based medical education curriculum being introduced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Stephen Kelly

Associate Chair of Education

Education Accolades

DR. SHEILA SINGH

This Professor of Neurosurgery and Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology was designated a University Scholar by McMaster University.

DR. RAMAN MUNDI

This PGY6 Orthopaedic Surgery resident was the recipient of the 2017 Hamilton Health Sciences Medical Staff Association Resident of the Year award.

DR. ANDREW GILES

This PGY4 General Surgery resident was the recipient of the 2016-2017 Margaret and Charles Juravinski Surgical Fellowship Award.

Teaching Awards

CLASS OF 2017

Each year, the graduating class of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, presents an award to outstanding faculty preceptors in the Surgery and Orthopaedic Clerkship programs.

Surgery Clerkship Teaching Award

Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Award

DR. BILL RISTEVSKI

DR. KAREN BAILEY

DR. TIMOTHY RICE

DR. SARAH BURROW

DR. OLUFEMI AJANI

Surgery Selective Teaching Award

CLASS OF 2018

DR. NIV SNE

Surgery Clerkship Teaching Award

Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Award

Surgery Selective Teaching Award

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OES

YEAR IN REVIEW Grants Awarded: 9 Publications: 8 Presentations: 35 DR. RANIL SONNADARA

Director, Office of Education Science

The Office of Education Science (OES)

ed by Dr. Ranil Sonnadara, the Department of Surgery’s Office of Education Science (OES) has the mandate of helping surgical (and medical) specialties elevate and optimize their educational programs at all levels of training, as well as to continuously update programs based on the strongest and most recent evidence and ideas in surgical education. While its work spans many domains of learning, skill acquisition, and training, a primary area of focus is helping McMaster programs adopt the Royal College’s new Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum. The OES has several lines of research in progress. Partnering with the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery to implement a standardized approach to assessment and feedback, we are laying the foundation for their upcoming transition to CBD. This work was initiated with former Program Director, Dr. Brad Petrisor, and with the help of other staff and trainees, the OES has worked to produce a new suite of assessment tools that assist learning across different stages of training. Other projects underway include exploring the neural correlates of mind-wandering, examining the effectiveness of video-based training, and examining how different learning modalities affect the attention paid to and retention of surgical procedures. The OES has also partnered with Surgical Foundations (SF) and its Program Director, Dr. Nalin Amin. The first project was to develop and implement a new SF boot camp, which was held during the first two weeks of July 2016. The boot camp was designed to provide incoming trainees with an opportunity to improve their medical knowledge, confidence, and procedural and technical skills before beginning their clinical duties. Boot Camps have been held annually in July ever since. This year, the OES will be transitioning out and handing the planning and

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implementation of the boot camp over to Dr. Amin and SF Program Coordinator Jane Klie. The Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OTL-HNS) was the first surgical training program to make the transition to CBD and began accepting residents into its new CBD curriculum starting in July 2017. Prior to the transition, we worked with Program Director Dr. Diane Reid, Program Coordinator Carol Dow, and trainees to develop and implement five new assessment tools to assess the program’s initial Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). The OES is also assisting OTL-HNS with the implementation and operationalization of its competence committee and has received several grants, including one from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, to support this work. Other projects on the go include collaborations with the Division of Plastic Surgery, looking at assessment and evaluation strategies, and various studies exploring applications of data science and machine learning to medical education. The OES hosts a quarterly Journal Club focused on Surgical Education Research. The Journal Club has had many successful meetings to date, on topics ranging from Competence by Design and machine learning and artificial intelligence to assessment and evaluation. Surgeons, residents, research faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and research staff have attended these meetings, thus stimulating diverse and thoughtprovoking discussions. Additionally, the OES just hosted its first Education Research Symposium. This exciting event brought researchers from several institutions to Hamilton to share their latest research and ideas, which has already led to several new multi-institution collaborations.

The Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP)

nder the leadership of its Director, Dr. Sheila Singh, the Department of Surgery’s Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP) facilitates access to high-quality graduate research training for surgical residents and serves to encourage the pursuit of careers in academic surgery. It does this in conjunction with McMaster University’s existing Clinician Investigator Program (CIP), a Royal College-accredited research training program, which offers tuition support and a travel allowance through Postgraduate Medical Education, alignment with research supervisors and other research trainees, Royal College accreditation, additional funding opportunities and the means to seek both internal and external funding, and an academic program relevant to all trainees. Since the first cohort entered the SSP/CIP in 2011, 20 surgical trainees have been accepted into the programs, including two that started in July 2018. During that time, over $500,000 in awards, scholarships, and grants have gone to SSP residents, who have also been responsible for well in excess of 175 peer-reviewed publications as well as scores of podium and poster presentations at scientific meetings on a national and international level.

2015 COHORT

NAZARI DVIRNIK Research Supervisor: Dr. André Lamy

Cardiac Surgery Program: Two-year thesis-based Master’s in Health Research Methodology, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, & Impact, McMaster University. Research project: Focused on the reduction of the risk of perioperative stroke in cardiac surgery patients, based on the hypothesis that stroke is caused by manipulation of the aorta.

Neurosurgery Program: PhD, Biochemistry Graduate Studies Program, McMaster University. Research project: With an interest in basic science research and tumour oncology, Michelle is working in Dr. Sheila Singh’s lab in McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute. Her thesis focuses on the MICHELLE KAMEDA-SMITH role of the RNA-binding protein Musashi in recurrent Research Supervisor: Dr. Sheila Singh pediatric medulloblastoma.

DR. SHEILA SINGH

Director, Surgeon Scientist Program

2016 COHORT

YUDING WANG Research Supervisor: Dr. Edward Matsumoto

Urology Program: MSc Program in Health Science Education, McMaster University. Research project: With a very keen passion for medical education, Yuding’s research with the Surgeon Scientist Program is focused on his interest in the field of evaluation and its use as a learning tool. Yuding conducts his research along side Dr. Edward Matsumoto.

COLM McCARTHY Research Supervisor: Dr. Ranil Sonnadara

Orthopaedic Surgery Program: MSc Program in Health Science Education, McMaster University. Research project: Thesis focused on mentorship and feedback within competence-based evaluation systems, as well as the role that video and written instruction can play in surgical education. Colm has won several awards for his work with SSP.

The 2017 Cohort includes Anthony Bozzo and Saurabh Gupta and the 2018 Cohort includes Brian Chin and Ioana Cozma.

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Guest speakers were Drs. Jean Chamberlain, Stephen Foster, and Hilary McCormick. There was standing room only as they discussed “Making global surgery part of your career.” The second Global Surgery Forum on May 28, 2018 featured speakers Dr. Martin Situma from Uganda, and Anesthesia senior resident Dr. Caitlin VanDeCappelle. Again, attendance and interest was high, and we plan to continue this annual event.

DR. BRIAN CAMERON

Director, International Surgery Desk

The International Surgery Desk (ISD)

he International Surgery Desk continues to focus on the development of educational partnerships with Guyana and Uganda. Over the past two years, our orthopaedic, ophthalmology, and pediatric surgical faculty have visited these partner countries to contribute to training courses and professional development. These have included Dr. Brad Petrisor, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Dr. Des Kwok, Dr. Enitan Sogbesan, Dr. James Yan (PGY3), Dr. Abdullah Saleh (PGY7), and Dr. Brian Cameron to Uganda; and Dr. Karen Bailey and Dr. Cameron to Guyana. Also, McMaster has hosted several Visiting Scholars including a Ugandan orthopaedic surgeon (Dr. Edward Kironde) and a Guyanese general surgeon (Dr. Hemraj Ramcharran) for clinical fellowships in collaboration with the St. Joseph’s International Outreach Program. We have been able to fund these fellowships with support from the Department and more recently with a generous donation from the Charles Johnson Charitable Fund of $25,000 over two years. Many faculty are involved in global surgery service projects and international professional collaborations, as well as a leading a number of multi-institutional clinical studies including collaborators in low- and middle-income countries. Over 30 of these surgical collaborations are highlighted in the McMaster International Compendium. One initiative with the University of Toronto, McMaster, and the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) has been an online Surgery in Africa journal club. In May of 2017, we held the first Global Surgery Forum, a joint grand rounds with the Departments of Anesthesia, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Surgery.

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The 2017 ISD resident travel Scholarship recipient Dr. Travis Schroeder visited McMaster alumnus Dr. Stephen Foster in Angola early in 2018. There are three applicants for the 2018 ISD Scholarship. Two surgical residents have taken time out of training to complete advanced degrees in global surgery in Boston (Dr. Andrew Giles) and London (Dr. Heather Thomas). Two surgical faculty involved in global surgery were recognized by the Medical Staff Association over the past two years with the Humanitarian Award for Community and Global Service: Dr. John Harvey (2016) and Dr. Brian Cameron (2018). Dr. Cameron was also the invited keynote speaker at the University of Toronto’s third Annual Global Surgery Symposium in February 2018. Surgeons Drs. Samir Faidi, Ola Dunin-Bell, and Brian Cameron have also contributed as faculty at a new evening course series called MacGlobal, where they lecture to students in the McMaster Global Health program. Global surgery research opportunities are expanding, including our participation with the GlobalSurg Collaborative, looking at emergency abdominal surgery in children in low- and middle-income countries. Other areas of fruitful scholarship have included surgical education and the burden of surgical disease, resulting in a number of presentations, publications, and even a book chapter. We are completing a project in collaboration with Mbarara, Uganda, introducing a local trauma registry to address causes and identify possible interventions to improve the 14 per cent trauma mortality rate. This project has been led by pediatric surgery fellow Dr. Abdullah Saleh, now on staff in Edmonton, and paediatric surgeon Dr. Martin Situma in Mbarara. Dr. Situma visited McMaster for a week in June 2018. The Bethune Round Table (BRT) on international surgery is Canada’s major international research and networking conference, and McMaster continues to be well represented both in Ottawa (2017) and in Toronto (2018). Over a dozen current faculty and students, and former residents now in practice, have attended each year representing the departments of Surgery as well as Anesthesia and Obstetrics & Gynecology. This alignment of the three disciplines involved in surgical care has led to a new initiative at McMaster, called MacGLOBAS (Global Obstetrics & Gynecology, Anesthesia, and Surgery). Based in the Global Health Office, the collaboration and its new coordinator David Oldenburger will be launching some new activities including a resident-led seminar.

Effective Operating Room Teaching (EFFORT)

he EFFORT series of workshops took place on three dates in 2017-2018. These interactive sessions expanded on the previous Surgical Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Education Program (STEP), with a planning committee that included members from the Department of Anesthesia (Drs. Daniel Cordovani and Linda Korz), the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Dr. Lua Eiriksson), and the Department of Surgery (Drs. Deepak Dath, Edward Matsumoto, David Szalay, John Harlock, and Ilun Yang). With collaboration from the Program for Faculty Development (PFD), including Dr. Anne Wong (Assistant Dean, PFD) and Ms. Annette Sciarra (Program Administrator, PFD), EFFORT engaged and enriched faculty in modeling exemplary resident teaching in the complex operating room (OR) setting. The first session in May of 2017 introduced the many challenges inherent in teaching in the OR, and examined some of the teaching techniques, styles, and behaviours employed by faculty. Workshop participants from various disciplines and career stages benefited from sharing their commonalities and different perspectives. In

the second session, held in November of 2017, faculty reflected further on their own teaching in the OR, took part in robust group discussions and gave presentations on strategies to manage challenging scenarios. The third and final workshop in February of 2018 presented participants with existing theoretical frameworks for teaching in the OR that could be applied to their own practice. The workshops received broadly positive feedback from participants. Faculty members from a diverse range of disciplines were able to gather and gain valuable insights into the challenges of teaching in the complex environment of the OR.

EFFORT is developed by surgeons, anesthesiologists, obstetricians, and gynecologists!

Surgical Foundations (SF)

urgical Foundations encompasses the core foundational surgical competencies that are required for surgical specialties. Occurring within PGY1 & PGY2 of postgraduate training, Surgical Foundations consists of the skills and attitudes underlying the basics to the practice of surgery. Junior Surgical Residents must be evaluated by the end of PGY2. Residents must demonstrate the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective patientcentred care and service to a diverse population. Our program is coordinated and run under the leadership of Dr. Nalin Amin with the dedicated administrative support of Jane Klie. For the third year running, we have also provided a Surgical Foundations Boot Camp, which provides an accelerated immersion into such activities as Infection Control, Introduction to Instruments, Pre-op Prep, Case Handover, Suturing, Prepping and Draping, and Delivering Bad News. Feedback on these events has been overwhelmingly positive and data demonstrates that learning is enhanced for those having completed the Boot Camp! Many thanks to all the hands who help run these dynamic events.

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SURGICAL DIVISIONS

cMaster University’s Department of Surgery proudly consists of 11 dynamic divisions: Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, and Vascular Surgery. In the pages ahead, you’ll meet each division’s impressive faculty members, learn about their recent successes, and understand what makes their work so important.

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IN THIS SECTION 44

CARDIAC SURGERY

GENERAL SURGERY

NEUROSURGERY

OPHTHALMOLOGY

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

OTOLARYNGOLOGY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HEAD & NECK SURGERY

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

PLASTIC SURGERY

THORACIC SURGERY

UROLOGY

VASCULAR SURGERY

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CARDIAC SURGERY Division Head

DR. ANDRÃ&#x2030; LAMY Professor

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he Division of Cardiac Surgery continues to be the busiest cardiac surgery site in Ontario, delivering clinical expertise at the Hamilton General Hospital. This past year, we bid farewell to Dr. Dominic Parry, who will continue his practice in New Zealand, while we welcomed Dr. Li Zhang as a locum at the Hamilton General site. The Cardiac training program continues to provide residents with ample opportunities to learn critical, evidence-based surgical skills for the operating room as well as research endeavours under the supervision of our full-time faculty. Our residents have been very active in research, and have successfully presented their research projects at the Division’s Research Day in June. This October, they will also present four podium presentations and two abstracts in the upcoming Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgery Meeting. We also bid farewell to our chief resident, who completed his training with us this past academic year and is embarking on a fellowship in Halifax. We have seen exceptional research productivity from our faculty this year, evidenced by numerous publications in high-impact journals, such as the New

The Division of Cardiac Surgery continues to be the busiest cardiac surgery site in Ontario.

England Journal of Medicine, BMJ, and The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), just to name a few. We also have a handful of ongoing multicentre trials currently conducted by Drs. André Lamy and Richard Whitlock. Dr. Whitlock made the Division of Cardiac Surgery very proud this past summer, when he was named the winner of the Mentorship & Supervision Excellence Award by the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI). Dr. Whitlock was nominated for the award by students whom he’s mentored for HEI.

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GENERAL SURGERY Dr. Nalin Amin | Associate Professor Dr. Mehran Anvari | Professor

Division Head

DR. PETER LOVRICS Professor

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Dr. Nicole Hodgson | Associate Professor Dr. Dennis Hong | Associate Professor

Dr. Susan Reid | Professor

Dr. Kamyar Kahnamoui | Associate Professor

Dr. Timothy Rice | Assistant Professor

Dr. Stephen Kelly | Associate Professor

Dr. Leyo Ruo | Associate Professor

Dr. Anna Kobylecky | Assistant Clinical Professor

Dr. Pablo Serrano | Assistant Professor

Dr. Michael Marcaccio | Professor

Dr. Marko Simunovic | Professor

Dr. Rahima Nenshi | Assistant Professor

Dr. Niv Sne | Associate Professor

Dr. Edward Passos | Assistant Professor

Dr. Ved Tandan | Associate Professor

Dr. Stephanie Phillips | Assistant Clinical Professor

Dr. Ilun Yang | Assistant Professor

he Division of General Surgery welcomed two new faculty members at the Hamilton General site this past year. Welcome to Drs. Edward Passos and Valerie Francescutti. Dr. Passos specializes in General Surgery & Trauma, while Dr. Francescutti brings added expertise in Surgical Oncology. The residency Program continues to thrive under the leadership of Dr. Michael Marcaccio. All chief residents were again successful in passing the Royal College Fellowship examinations. Dr. Ilun Yang is the assistant Program Director and lead for CBD implementation. We had an extremely successful resident research day with 19 high-quality presentations. The whole Division continues its strong support to our educational mandate for residents, undergraduate students, and the Fellowship Programs.

Tom R. DeMeester Traveling Fellowship, while also continuing his PhD program and maintaining leadership of multiple different research projects. The Division completed a timely and productive external review of the General Surgery Program in 2017, followed by our yearly dinner and business meeting. This was an important opportunity for looking at our strengths and weaknesses, and working toward long-term plans in clinical organization, recruiting, education, and research. We say goodbye to our two graduating Clinical Scholars, Drs. Elena Parvez and Jess Bogach. They both completed General Surgery and MSc here at McMaster, and now move on to Surgical Oncology Fellowships in Toronto and Montreal respectively. We wish them well! Dr. Vanessa Boudreau continues with her second year as a Clinical Scholar in Minimally invasive Surgery, and we welcome two new scholars, Drs. Sydney Godzisz and Diana Carter. They both completed their General Surgery training at McMaster University.

The General Surgery Residency Program continues to thrive under the leadership of Dr. Michael Marcaccio.

Dr. Pablo Serrano was recently awarded both the American College of Surgeonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Research Fellowship as well as the Carol and

The Division continues to have many active and successful research foci, including in Colorectal, Trauma, Hepatobiliary, Breast, and Bariatric surgery. Dr. Mehran Anvariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team continues its cutting-edge work in robotics research. These research productive groups provide opportunities for resident research, and have strong national and international reputations for excellence for producing high-quality, relevant, peer-reviewed research.

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Dr. Blake Yarascavitch | Assistant Professor

he Division of Neurosurgery continues to ventricular drain complications, cerebellar mutism, serve the Hamilton and surrounding areas, and extubation timing. Our local research projects representing the second-largest academic include investigating bracing following lumbar neurosurgery service in Ontario. We provide surgery, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, aneurysm treatment, carotid artery disease treatment, skull a broad range of clinical neurosurgical services, including trauma base and minimally neurosurgery, spine invasive surgery, recurrent and complex spine glioblastoma, lowgrade gliomas, tubular surgery, vascular and retractors, chronic neuro-endovascular/ interventional subdural hematoma neurosurgery, neurodrainage techniques, concomitant C1/2 oncological brain and fractures, and pediatric spinal cord tumour McMaster’s Division of neurosurgery research. surgery, skull base Neurosurgery represents surgery, and pediatric the second-largest neurosurgery. Welcome to Dr. Ekkehard

academic neurosurgery service in Ontario.

The Division educates a range of students from undergraduate students to medical students, residents and clinical fellows, and our Royal College-accredited neurosurgical residency program is growing. The Hamilton Health Science division of neurosurgery carries a very high clinical caseload and delivers excellent around-theclock patient care through CritiCall to Ontarians in our catchment area and beyond, providing a large number of teaching cases for residents and fellows. We also offer spine and neuroendovascular training fellowships.

The Division of Neurosurgery is currently involved with several national and international trials in neuro-critical care, neuro-trauma, and neuro-vascular research. Key areas are traumatic brain injury, cerebral aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, external

Kasper, who joins us this year as Nuerosurgery’s new Division Head. Dr. Kasper attained his MD and MD Thesis at Albert Ludwig University in Frieiburg, Switzerland. He completed his residency and internship in Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (2000) and was a Fellow in Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School from 2000-2005, where he remained and is currently Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. While at Harvard, Dr. Kasper held several leadership positions, as well as amassed many publications, research funding, and awards, including the HMS McCabe Clerkship Teaching Award nomination for five consecutive years. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kasper to the Division of Neurosurgery and to McMaster University, and we look forward to his leadership of the division. Neurosurgery is also pleased to welcome Dr. Bill Wang, who joined McMaster as an assistant professor last summer. Dr. Wang is a highly qualified vascular/ endovascular neurosurgeon who specializes in interventional neurovascular neurosurgery. Dr. Wang helps fortify our already-impressive faculty roster.

Finally, the growth of the division’s research capacity is reflected by the recruitment of two new residents, Drs. Hanan Al-Gethami and Majid Alojoghaiman, as well as a new fellow to the Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship, Dr. Ali Aljuzair.

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OPHTHALMOLOGY Dr. Robert Adam | Adjunct Faculty Member Dr. Steve Arshinoff | Adjunct Faculty Member Dr. Anne Beattie | Assistant Clinical Professor

Division Head

DR. NINA AHUJA Associate Clinical Professor

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Collectively, Ophthalmology division members nder the leadership of Dr. John Harvey currently hold over $4 million in active funding, over the last two decades, the Division has with efforts to increase research productivity. seen many successes including the return of the ophthalmology residency program and expanded clinical Since the last Annual services in the region. Report, we have At the annual yearwelcomed a new end dinner held in Division Head! After June of 2018, Dr. completing her medical Harvey was thanked degree at McMaster for his dedication and University and residency contributions over the training at the University Collectively, division years, and incoming of Ottawa, Dr. Nina Division Head Dr. members currently hold Ahuja began her Nina Ahuja was surgical practice in over $4 million in active introduced. Hamilton in 2003. A key

funding, with efforts to contributor to developing The Divisional the ophthalmology increase research External Review was residency program productivity. held in February resurrected in 2005, of 2018. Overall, Dr. Ahuja has held the report was very various academic and positive, with areas clinical leadership for improvement positions over the including research years. As Residency awareness and Program Director from productivity. Strengths 2011-2015, Dr. Ahuja included postgraduate lead the program to teaching within the residency program with a good a national reputation for excellence overall and record of success at Royal College specialty exams, more specifically for cataract surgical teaching. and harmonious collaboration between full-time and She has won numerous awards for excellence in part-time physicians toward achieving the Divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching and contributions to postgraduate medical academic goals. education. She is a member of the Examinations Board for Ophthalmology at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Certified Academically, faculty members continue to Health Executive with the Canadian College of excel in teaching, earning several awards Health Leaders, and Vice-President of the SJHH and achievements in both the 2017 Medical Staff Association. and 2018 academic years. We also hosted two academic meetings through McMaster Continuing Health Sciences Education during that span.

Over the past few years, several awards and achievements have deservedly landed on the CVs of our great faculty members and residents, including the 2017 Cataract Surgical Teacher of the Year (Dr. Nina Ahuja), the 2017 NonCataract Surgical Teacher of the Year (Dr. Varun Chaudhary), Cinical Teacher of the Year: (Dr. Mark Fava), the Resident Appreciation Award (Dr. Khalid Hasanee), the Academic Achievement and Resident Teaching Award (Dr. Sarah Mullen), and the Chief resident appreciation ward (Dr. Lily Zhao). Congratulations to all of our winners!

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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Dr. Anthony Adili | Associate Professor

Division Head

DR. MOHIT BHANDARI Professor

Dr. Bill Ristevski | Associate Professor Dr. Dale Williams | Associate Professor Dr. David Wilson | Assistant Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

he Division of Orthopaedic Surgery continues to consolidate our academic place in the world. We continue to drive the MacOrtho brand nationally delivering our message of “Think Big” in surgical research and education. Our year has been full of milestones and new accomplishments, largely the result of our connectedness and collaborations. We aim to be a top-tier program in Canada for evidence-based orthopaedic training, attracting the best and most promising trainees to our Division. The Centre for EvidenceBased Orthopaedics (CEO) is committed to providing the best environment for conducting high-impact Orthopaedic research, fostering global collaborations, and educating the researchers of tomorrow. Key values include collaboration, innovation, and practice-changing research based upon the principles of evidence-based medicine.

Our academic program continues to evolve to ensure the highest quality of resident education. In addition to daily site teaching rounds, we also continue to have a weekly academic half-day program with grand rounds, presented by faculty of all specialties and senior teaching sessions that focus more on case review and exam preparation. We have also undertaken to change the program scheduling template to be more in compliance with a competency-based system.

The success of our division is highly dependent upon the unified core values of our leaders and the culture that they create.

We seek to attract and retain top national and international orthopaedic faculty. We will ensure that our faculty members’ accomplishments are recognized and promoted. The success of our division is highly dependent upon the unified core values of our leaders and the culture that they create. We will continue to produce lifelong learners that practice orthopaedic surgery in a responsible, ethical, and evidence-based manner.

As well, residents from our program continue to contribute to and be a part of the Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP). Due to the dedication, support, and leadership from our faculty members, our residents excel both clinically and academically. Our program continues to be very successful in regard to our research endeavors, with a perennially strong MacOrtho presence at both national and international meetings.

Dr. Brad Petrisor continues his involvement with the Royal College ICRE Conference and recently led the “New Program Directors Workshop.” He also had the opportunity to be involved with the Royal College internationally as an accreditation consultant. As well, Dr. Jay Moro continued in his role as the Vice Chair of the Royal College Examination Executive Committee. Our Fellowship Program is focusing on disseminating our brand of fellowship opportunities in Canada and abroad. Our active fellowships include hip and knee reconstruction, Orthopaedic trauma, sports medicine and arthroscopy, paediatric Orthopaedic surgery, and musculoskeletal oncology. Our Clerkship Program serves as an opportunity to teach the principles of basic Orthopaedic care at the level of a family physician, to expose clerks to general and subspecialty Orthopaedic conditions, and to prepare clerks for the MCCQE I and II. There have been a number of changes to the Orthopaedic clerkship rotation, which have transitioned seamlessly as a direct result of the teamwork shown by our Orthopaedic team.

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OTOLARYNGOLOGY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HEAD & NECK SURGERY Dr. Jason Archibald | Associate Professor Dr. Robert Ballagh | Associate Clinical Professor

Division Head

Dr. Helen Caetano | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Michael Gupta | Associate Professor Dr. Theresa Holler | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Bernard Stanley Jackson | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Elizabeth Jeney | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Joseph A. Korkis | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Bruce Korman | Associate Professor Dr. Ronald Lemckert | Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Jonathan MacLean | Associate Professor Dr. Kenneth Reed | Assistant Clinical Professor

DR. STUART ARCHIBALD Associate Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

he Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery has been part of the Faculty of Health Sciences’ Department of Surgery at McMaster University for 20 years, with a Residency Program for the past 15 years. The spectrum of this specialty is well represented, and includes General Otolaryngology, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, OtologyNeurotology, Rhinology-Skull Base, and Facial Plastic Surgery. There are 11 members in Hamilton, and numerous adjunct faculty in the surrounding centres in Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Welland, Niagara Falls, Guelph, Brantford, Cambridge, and KitchenerWaterloo. The mission of the Division is to provide excellence in specialty and subspecialty care up to and including tertiary level for this region, to teach undergraduate medical students and residents, and to carry out important research. Our Residency Program continues to be highly sought after, and admits two applicants per year through the CaRMS match system. NEW IN 2017-2018 For the first time, the Division has had a Clinical Scholar, Dr. Han Zhang. He was very active in developing and contributing to research activities in concert with the residents and faculty. Presentations were made at the Resident Research Day, the Poliquin Competition of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, and two international meetings. Three studies have

Our Residency Program continues to be highly sought after, and admits two applicants per year through the CaRMS match system.

been accepted for publication. We expect that projects brought on-stream will be further developed in the next year. The early steps were taken to assess possible collaborative sites for a residency exchange program with another university centre overseas, and more development of this is anticipated during the next year. ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS IN 2018-2019 The coming academic year will be one of important change, as three of the head and neck surgeons who have served the region for a combined total of 118 years will be greatly reducing their clinical surgery or retiring altogether. This means that new faculty members will be recruited to build upon the excellent foundation of service, innovation, and excellence that already exists in our division. New faculty members will be Fellowship-trained and have post-graduate academic credentials.

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PEDIATRIC SURGERY Division Head

DR. BRIAN CAMERON Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

he McMaster Division of Pediatric Surgery As part of the McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research is recognized as a model academic group, Collaborative, we aim to consistently produce highincluding faculty with national profiles in quality research and participate in international hospital leadership, patient safety, graduate clinical trials. Each of our surgeons has unique education, pediatric trauma, training, clinical interests, and and global surgery. Our professional contributions that mission is to improve the contribute to our recognition as surgical care of children an innovative, collaborative, and through evidence-based forward-thinking Division. We work research, education, and as a team aspiring to deliver the practice, and to educate very best pediatric surgical care for Our mission is to improve the next generation of our patients and their families. the surgical care of children health professionals in through evidence-based pediatric surgery. In 2017-2018, the Division has had research, education, 20 peer-reviewed publications and and practice. 20 invited or peer-reviewed oral We are the sole tertiary or poster presentations at national pediatric and Level 1 and international meetings. Trauma Center in the area. Moreover, we have one of the largest and most modern Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Canada. In 2000, we opened the first dedicated pediatric Endosuite in the country, and we continue to be leaders in pediatric minimally invasive surgery. Our Nurse Practitioner works closely with our faculty and residents to provide the best care for our complex patients. McMaster Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital recently received an Innovation Award from Health Quality Ontario for its surgical quality improvement program led by Dr. Helene Flageole and Dr. Peter Fitzgerald. The educational contributions of Division members to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education in the Faculty of Health Sciences are exemplary. We mentor dozens of residents each year from general surgery, pediatrics, plastic surgery, and anesthesia training programs. Our accredited pediatric surgery training program consistently attracts the best Fellows. We have trained pediatric surgeons who are caring for children in Canada, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Puerto Rico.

Recently, Dr. Karen Bailey spoke at a Medical Ethics conference in Guyana, taught residents, and worked with the local pediatric surgeon. Dr. Brian Cameron was the invited keynote speaker at Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Global Surgery Day, and visited Uganda to complete an MSA-funded research project. Dr. Lisa VanHouwelingen presented a paper at the prestigious American Pediatric Surgery Association meeting. Dr. Mark Walton spoke at a Postgraduate conference in Kuwait. In May, Dr. Flageole was the invited CAPS-sponsored speaker to the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Winnipeg. During 2017-18, division members presented research and invited papers at 11 national and international meetings in Canada, the United States, and Uganda. Key areas of faculty research interest are surgical education, quality improvement, pediatric obesity, burden of pediatric surgical disease, quality of life, and trauma. We lead and contribute patients to national prospective pediatric surgery databases of gastroschisis, diaphragmatic hernia, and biliary atresia (CAPSNet and CBAR). As members of the McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative, we have a fulltime Research Assistant and have 15 open REB approved studies, including participation in several national and international multi-institutional studies. Our Division had eight abstracts accepted for the 2017 annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, and four abstracts accepted for the 2018 CAPS meeting in Toronto. Papers have also been presented at the American Pediatric Surgery Association, Trauma Association of Canada, and Bethune Round Table on International Surgery.

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PLASTIC SURGERY Division Head

DR. JAMES BAIN Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

Dr. Achilleas Thoma | Clinical Professor, Part-Time Dr. Sophocles Voineskos | Assistant Professor

he Division of Plastic Surgery had an Hamilton — the Division is an international leader and excellent year academically, innovatively, educator of evidence-based plastic surgery, spearand personally. Among our crowning headed by our Director of Research, Dr. Thoma. achievements since the publication Our residency program of the last report continues to attract stellar was welcoming Dr. applicants, who diligently Sophocles Voineskos participate in weekly teaching to our St. Joseph’s rounds, monthly journal team. His expertise is clubs, and comprehensive in microsurgery, breast didactic programs that We will continue to recruit reconstruction, and stimulate learning. We and to maintain a high-quality research will be a great will continue to recruit asset to our division residency program, and and to maintain a highand the Department as quality residency program, continue to provide excellent a whole. Dr. Achilleas and continue to provide surgical care to our Thoma will be slowing excellent surgical care to our down clinically but is community and beyond. community and beyond. still a research tour de force. Dr. Voineskos We have interviewed will take on Dr. Thoma’s residency candidates resources. Over the past matched through the few years, our excellent Canadian Residency residents and fellows Matching Service enriched both the (CaRMS), for the upcoming clinical and research productivity of the Division. academic year and selected Dr. Lucas Gallo, We had numerous presentations at national and Dr. Scott Holmes, and Dr. Ognjen (Ogi) Solaja. international meetings. Welcome to MacPlastics! Our 16 residents continue to contribute to clinical care, research, We remain committed to excellence in clinical and education. Diligent attention to the program care, education, and research, and plan to grow has paid off and resulted in full approval. Our and create opportunities to further strengthen strong academic program with weekly teaching our Division in the upcoming year. Plastic rounds, monthly journal clubs, and comprehensive Surgery is pivotal in the reconstruction and repair didactic programs stimulate learning for the of injury, burn trauma and birth defect victims in our residents, students, and staff. Collaboration has community. The dedicated Surgeons at the Division proven a great way to offer our learners additional of Plastic Surgery at McMaster tirelessly endeavour educational opportunities, and this was the case to improve patient care, guided by evidence-based recently as our staff contributed to the biannual methodologies and innovations. MacHAND CME program with orthopaedics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and members Based at two main teaching hospitals — of the rehabilitation sciences faculty. Hamilton Health Sciences, a four-site acute care teaching hospital As noted off the top, we are fortunate to have recruited that is Ontario’s largest one of our own in Dr. Voineskos. Recently completing the comprehensive provider Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program at Memorial of health services, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he brings with him a and St. Joseph’s wealth of experience. The fellowship is known especially Healthcare for its strength in breast and complex head and neck reconstruction. It is a world-renowned program with prominent leaders in the field and has been an excellent learning environment. Breast reconstruction is an area of great interest to Dr. Voineskos and remains relatively underserviced in southwestern Ontario. He has obtained specialized training in the reconstruction of oncologic defects of the breast using perforator flaps from the abdomen, thigh, and buttock.

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THORACIC SURGERY Division Head

Dr. John Agzarian | Assistant Professor Dr. Christian Finley | Associate Professor Dr. WaÃ«l Hanna | Associate Professor

DR. YARON SHARGALL Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

he Division of Thoracic Surgery continues to be a highly recognized centre of excellence in clinical, educational, and academic Thoracic Surgery. Over the last year alone, the Division has achieved major progress in pursuit of those goals.

and impact within the Canadian Thoracic Surgery community. During this time period, the surgeons were awarded five new grants totaling over $1 million in funding from agencies such as the Canadian Partnerships Against Cancer (CPAC), Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization (HAHSO), The SJHH Foundation and Hamilton Health Sciences, published 24 articles, and delivered 35 presentations at conferences and invited We continue to be a highly forums throughout recognized centre of Canada and in countries around the world. excellence in clinical,

In this past academic year, we recruited our fourth surgeon, Dr. John Agzarian, which has enabled us to better serve our patient population of over 1.8 million residents within the Hamilton-NiagaraHaldimand-Brant area and beyond. The four educational, and academic members of the Division This year marks the first Thoracic Surgery. of Thoracic Surgery time in our history that cumulatively undertake the Division has had more than 850 major abstracts accepted thoracic cases and at each of the major 1,845 endoscopies international thoracic (including 600 advanced surgery conferences. endoscopies) annually, in addition to maintaining The Division has an active education and continued to make research program. In good progress 2017, the team was also on our Venous responsible for carrying out more than 60 per cent Thromboembolism research program, having of the robotic lung resections performed in Canada. recently completed our feasibility RCT (VTEIn the 2017-2018 academic year, the Division of Thoracic Surgery has continued to be leaders in research productivity

PRO pilot) evaluating the extended use of blood thinners for up to 30 days after surgery in patients with lung cancer, and successfully initiating a prospective study in patients undergoing esophagectomy aiming to determine the rate of blood clots after surgery (VTE-Esoph). The VTE-Esoph is a multinational study with 10 sites initiated to date across Canada and the USA, with China to hopefully join shortly. This exciting program of research will continue over the coming years with a full scale VTE-PRO and continued recruitment in VTE-Esoph, which will inform post-operative VTE clinical practice guidelines in the high-risk thoracic surgery population.

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UROLOGY

Dr. Luis Braga | Associate Professor

Division Head

DR. BOBBY SHAYEGAN Associate Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

Dr. Jehonathan Pinthus | Associate Professor Dr. Piotr Zareba | Assistant Professor

he Division of Urology has had an exciting couple of years with many changes still ahead. The Division has welcomed new faculty members, some members have retired, and the Residency Program will be one of the first few programs rolling out Competency by Design in 2018.

The Urology Residency Program continues to grow and establish itself as one of the best training programs in the country. Our continued success rate passing their final Royal College exam and continued success to establish employment has attracted great candidates through the CaRMS match. For the 2017-2018 CaRMS match, Urology secured three top candidates and accepted a Pool C candidate for July. The Division has grown quite a The Residency Program currently bit in the past year. The Division has 17 residents in the program and of Urology recently welcomed The Urology Residency five clinical fellows (two MIS and back alumni Dr. Piotr Zareba as a Program continues to three renal transplantation). GFT faculty in urologic oncology. grow and establish itself In July of 2018, the Division as one of the best training programs in the country. also welcomed two other faculty As the program continues to grow members, Dr. Jessica Hannick in numbers, it is important to ensure (Pediatric Urology) and Dr. comradery amongst the residents. Laura Nguyen (Neuro-urology). The program holds several social The Division is now comprised events for the residents to get of six faculty members at St. together and to get to know faculty Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, two members. The Urology Residency members at McMaster Children’s Hospital, two at Program hosts the annual suture competition in the the Hamilton General Hospital, and four based at Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) and the Juravinski Hospital. winner represents McMaster at the Canadian Urology Association Conference to compete against other residents from across Canada. Dr. Edward Matsumoto Dr. Jorge DeMaria, a pediatric urologist who joined hosted a welcome barbecue at his house in August, the the University in the early 1980s, will be retiring this Graduation and Milestones celebration night, and the fall. The Division congratulates him on a long and second Annual Urology Golf Tournament in September. successful career and wishes him all the best in his retirement. As well, Dr. Hin Yu Vincent Tu, Dr. Eric Cole, and Dr. Wilfred Tam are departing the Division as locums. Good luck to all three as they start their careers in the community as urologists. Division members continue to be active in undergraduate education through the Degroote School of Medicine. Dr. Tim Davies was recently announced as the Director of the Surgical Clerkship Program, replacing Dr. DeMaria. All faculty members keep active in undergraduate education as supervisors both in research and clinical electives, tutors, and by participating in One Day Matters and other similar activities.

The Urology Residency Program went through a follow up internal review. The program received full approval with no weaknesses identified. Dr. Matsumoto, Program Director, continues to make improvements in the program, building one of the best programs in Canada. Dr. Matsumoto has worked tirelessly with the assistance of Dr. Zareba (CBD Lead) to prepare faculty and residents for Competency by Design, which officially started on July 1, 2018. Dr. Matsumoto and his research team, in collaboration with Western University, have designed a boot camp specifically for urologists, which takes place mainly at St. Joseph’s Hospital over two days. This boot camp is in addition to the Surgical Foundations boot camp. The Division of Urology held its fifth annual Residents’ Research Day on November 10, 2017. Dr. Sidney Radomski from the University of Toronto was the Visiting Professor for the event. Dr. Susan Reid, Chair Department of Surgery, Dr. Stephen Kelly, Associate Chair of Education, and several alumni were in attendance for the day. The event displayed the division’s remarkably high rates of academic activity.

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VASCULAR SURGERY Division Head

DR. DAVID SZALAY Associate Professor

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

he Division of Vascular Surgery remains amongst the largest clinical programs by volume in the entire country. The Division covers all of Local Health Integration Network 4 (LHIN) with a group of six full-time surgeons, one Nurse Practitioner with multi-site activity at Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph Hospital, Joseph Brant, and Brantford General (outpatient activity only), and three affiliated Clinical Associate Professors at Niagara Health Services.

Coordinator), and Tara Andrinopolous (Database Coordinator and Research Support) also went a long way in that regard. Beamish Chair, Dr. Jacques Tittley, and industrysponsored activities help provide additional secure funding for further unrestricted research activity and infrastructure. The Division has obtained approximately $105,000 in industry funding in academic years 2016-2017 and 20172018, with several more projects slated for 20182019. Additionally, the ongoing VOYAGER trial is expected to provide an additional $150,000 when it closes in 2021.

We are the first and largest contributor to the CorHealth Provincial Vascular Surgery Database, which is key to measuring outcomes and quality and resource planning for the province. We are provincial and national leaders in open We remain one of the most and endovascular aortic, competitive post-graduate peripheral arterial, and training programs in venous interventions. Vascular Surgery in Canada. Our leadership in NSQIP (National Surgical Quality Improvement Program) and the Ontario SQIP (Surgical Quality Improvement Project) have led to successful initiatives to reduce surgical site infections. We continue to collaborate with several other disciplines, in particular within the Cardiac and Vascular program, on minimal access valve interventions and occlusive disease, expedited intervention for symptomatic carotid disease, transplantation and hemodialysis programs, and trauma and surgical oncology requiring vascular repair and reconstructions. Divisional research activity continued to grow through the efforts of all division members, residents, and students, and the additional efforts and guidance of Dr. Michael Stacey (Divisional Research Lead), Dr. Theodore Rapanos (Director of Resident Research), Steven Phillips (Research

Apart from industry-sponsored research, the division has been actively seeking grants for investigator-initiated projects, and has submitted six MSA, two CIHR, two NIH, and one HAHSO grant over the past two years.

In the past two academic years, we have published 12 articles in peerreviewed journals, and a trend has been seen of increasing volume of research output with nine articles published in 2018 to date. There have been a total of over 40 presentations at local, national, and international conferences by surgeons and residents in the last two academic years alone. Surgeons in the division are currently involved in three large, international studies, VOYAGER (Dr. David Szalay), ALPHA (Dr. John Harlock), and RANGER II (Dr. Vikram Iyer). Resident research is also very active in the division, with many projects currently ongoing, including the initiation of a 60-patient, pilot randomized controlled surgical trial by resident Dr. Brandon McGuinness. We remain one of the most competitive postgraduate training programs in Vascular Surgery in Canada. Our unique and highly successful international elective program has trainees completing clinical and research experiences in Germany (Nurmberg), the United States (Stanford University), and France (Paris) in 2017. Residents are highly sought after and successful in securing very competitive academic and community staff appointments.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

I feel so fortunate to belong to such a dynamic Department, and even more so to work along side our inspiring faculty and staff!

-CATHY TURNER-

CATHY TURNER

Director of Administration

ince 2012, I have had the pleasure of supporting the Administrative Operations of the Department of Surgery. Continued exciting expansion in faculty, staff, and project work have kept us very busy in the administrative offices. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud of our centralized finance team and of the fast pace with which they can provide service under the direction of our Finance Manager, Marcy Murchie. Our HR team welcomed a new member this past year, Lee-Anne May, Operations Site Coordinator, who provides excellent recruitment support. Our communications activities have been ramping up over the last year, opening eyes and doors to the Department.

MEET OUR ADMIN TEAM ANNE LANCASTER

Human Resources Manager

MARCY MURCHIE

Finance Manager

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

LEE-ANNE MAY

Operations Site Coordinator

BRENDA PAINE

Admin Assistant to Dr. Susan Reid

On July 26, 2017, the Department of Surgery admin offices moved to Lakeview Lodge on the Juravinski Hospital campus.

LAURIE DENNISON

MARIA LEE FOOK

TERRIE HARVIE

ANN KOLKIN

Human Resources Assistant

Admin Assistant to Cathy Turner

Communications Coordinator

Accounting Assistant

NICHOLAS GERVAIS

Accounting Assistant

KATHY WILSON

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GRADUATING RESIDENTS & FELLOWS

2016-2017 General Surgery grads with Dr. Michael Marcaccio

General Surgery

Cardiac Surgery

2016 – 2017

2017 – 2018

Dr. Samar Alnahash – Fellow

Louay Habbab – Resident

Dr. Ahmad Alghamdi – Fellow Dr. Jessica Danielle Bogach – Resident Dr. Yaameen Chanda – Resident

Neurosurgery

Dr. Abdullah Al Ghamdi – Fellow

2016 – 2017

Dr. Kyle Daniel Hunt - Resident

Dr. Mohammed Aref – Resident

Dr. Dror Karni – Fellow

2017 – 2018

Dr. Yoojung Erika Lee – Resident

Dr. Ali Aljuzair – Fellow

Dr. Jennifer Li – Resident

Dr. Tarek Elmadhoun – Fellow

Dr. Mike Livingston – Resident Dr. Elena Parvez – Resident Dr. Feras Al Sannaa – Fellow Dr. Miriam Wing San Tsao – Resident Dr. Tabitha Jacqueline Tse – Resident Dr. Yasir Al Zubaidi - Fellow Dr. Matthew Zulys – Resident 2017 – 2018 Dr. Mustafa Alkatfi – Fellow Dr. Abdullah Alotaibi – Fellow Dr. Abdulaziz Alqahtani – Fellow

Pediatric Surgery 2016 – 2017 Abdullah Saleh – Resident 2017 – 2018 Dr. Yasser AlFraih – Fellow

Urology

Dr. Saud Alzahrani – Fellow

2016 – 2017

Dr. Diana Nicole Carter – Resident

Dr. Rahul Bansal – Resident

Dr. Yaameen Chanda – Fellow

Dr. Shawn Dason – Resident

Dr. Aristithes Doumouras – Resident

Dr. Soojin Kim – Resident

Dr. Ryan Fielding – Resident

Dr. Patrick McGarry – Fellow

Dr. Sydney Lauren Godzisz – Resident

Dr. Christopher Wu – Resident

Dr. Manon Guez – Fellow

2017 – 2018

Dr. Jennifer Li – Fellow

Dr. Hamad Alakrash – Fellow

Dr. Xavier Pare – Fellow

Dr. Taehyoung Lee – Resident

Dr. Cassandra Leigh Uy – Resident

Dr. Nathan Wong – Resident

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

Plastic Surgery 2016 – 2017

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Dr. Noor Alolabi – Resident

2016 – 2017

Dr. Christopher Coroneos – Resident

Dr. Natasha Cohen – Resident

Dr. Serge Goekjian – Resident

Dr. Jay Wong – Resident

Dr. Lauren Willoughby – Resident

2017 – 2018

Dr. David Choi – Resident

Dr. Alanna Fitzpatrick – Resident

Dr. Misha Moitri – Resident

Dr. Jiayi Hu – Resident

Dr. Jenna Rebelo – Resident

Dr. Maleka Ramji – Resident

Ophthalmology

Vascular Surgery

2016 – 2017

2017 – 2018

Dr. Brian Chan – Resident

Mina Guirgis – Resident

Dr. Christopher McLaughlin – Resident

Grant Woodman – Resident

Dr. Can Öztürker – Fellow

2017 – 2018

2017 - 2018

Kathryn Howe – Resident

Dr. Nicolas Cadet – Fellow

Asem Saleh – Resident

Dr. Sarah Mullen – Resident

Thoracic Surgery 2016 – 2017 Dr. Patrice Pinkney – Fellow

Orthopaedic Surgery 2016 – 2017 Dr. Harman Chaudhry – Resident Dr. Darren de Sa – Resident Dr. Sebastian Heaven – Resident Dr. Raman Mundi – Resident Dr. Gavinn Niroopan – Resident Dr. Vandit Sardana – Resident Dr. Tom Wood – Resident Dr. Marco Yeung – Resident 2017 – 2018 Nathan Evaniew – Resident Adrian Kurz – Resident Michael Riediger – Resident Leon van der Watt – Resident

2017-2018 MacOrtho grads

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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 2016 – 2017 Cardiac Surgery Al Otaibi A, Gupta S, Belley-Cote EP, Alsagheir A, Spence J, Parry D, Whitlock RP. Mini-thoracotomy vs. conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2017 Jun;58(3):489-496. IF-1.63 Bartoszko J, Vorobeichik L, Jayarajah M, Karkouti K, Klein AA, Lamy A, Mazer CD, Murphy M, Richards T, Englesakis M, Myles PS, Wijeysundera DN. Defining clinically important perioperative blood loss and transfusion for the Standardised Endpoints for Perioperative Medicine (StEP) collaborative: a protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 30;7(6):e016743. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-016743. IF-2.37 Belley-Côté EP, Parikh CR, Shortt CR, Coca SG, Garg AX, Eikelboom JW, Kavsak P, McArthur E, ThiessenPhilbrook H, Whitlock RP; TRIBE-AKI Consortium. Association of cardiac biomarkers with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: A multicenter cohort study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jul;152(1):245-251.e4. IF-2.26 Belley Côté EP, Lamy AR, Whitlock RP. Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Disease. N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 16;376(11):1087-8. IF-59.55

Garg V, Peterson MD, Chu MW, Ouzounian M, MacArthur RG, Bozinovski J, El-Hamamsy I, Chu FV, Garg A, Hall J, Thorpe KE, Dhingra N, Teoh H, Marotta TR, Latter DA, Quan A, Mamdani M, Juni P, David Mazer C, Verma S. Axillary versus innominate artery cannulation for antegrade cerebral perfusion in aortic surgery: design of the Aortic Surgery Cerebral Protection Evaluation (ACE) CardioLink-3 randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 10;7(6):e014491. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014491. IF- 2.37 Hanif H, Belley-Cote EP, Alotaibi A, Dvirnik N, Neupane B, Beyene J, Eikelboom JW, Holmes D, Whitlock RP. Left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2018 Feb;59(1):128-139. IF-1.63 Lamy A, Devereaux PJ, Prabhakaran D, Taggart DP, Hu S, Straka Z, Piegas LS, Avezum A, Akar AR, Lanas Zanetti F, Jain AR, Noiseux N, Padmanabhan C, Bahamondes JC, Novick RJ, Tao L, Olavegogeascoechea PA, Airan B, Sulling TA, Whitlock RP, Ou Y, Gao P, Pettit S, Yusuf S; CORONARY Investigators.. Five-Year Outcomes after OffPump or On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting. N Engl J Med. 2016 Dec 15;375(24):2359-2368. IF-59.55

Belley-Côté EP, Jaffer I, Lamy A, Whitlock RP. Cost effectiveness of LAA closure in patients with AF and contraindications to warfarin: comment. Europace. 2017 May 1;19(5):882. IF-4.02

McClure GR, Belley-Cote EP, Singal RK, Jaffer IH, Dvirnik N, An KR, Fortin G, Spence J, Whitlock RP. Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 2;6(11):e013273. IF-2.97

Chan V, Chu MWA, Leong-Poi H, Latter DA, Hall J, Thorpe KE, de Varennes BE, Quan A, Tsang W, Dhingra N, Yared K, Teoh H, Chu FV, Chan KL, Mesana TG, Connelly KA, Ruel M, Jüni P, Mazer CD, Verma S. Randomised trial of mitral valve repair with leaflet resection versus leaflet preservation on functional mitral stenosis (The CAMRA CardioLink-2 Trial). BMJ Open. 2017 May 30;7(5):e015032. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015032. IF-2.37

McGillion M, Yost J, Turner A, Bender D, Scott T, Carroll S, Ritvo P, Peter E, Lamy A, Furze G, Krull K, Dunlop V, Good A, Dvirnik N, Bedini D, Naus F, Pettit S, Henry S, Probst C, Mills J, Gossage E, Travale I, Duquette J, Taberner C, Bhavnani S, Khan JS, Cowan D, Romeril E, Lee J, Colella T, Choinière M, Busse J, Katz J, Victor JC, Hoch J, Isaranuwatchai W, Kaasalainen S, Ladak S, O’KeefeMcCarthy S, Parry M, Sessler DI, Stacey M, Stevens B, Stremler R, Thabane L, Watt-Watson J, Whitlock R,

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MacDermid JC, Leegaard M, McKelvie R, Hillmer M, Cooper L, Arthur G, Sider K, Oliver S, Boyajian K, Farrow M, Lawton C, Gamble D, Walsh J, Field M, LeFort S, Clyne W, Ricupero M, Poole L, Russell-Wood K, Weber M, McNeil J, Alpert R, Sharpe S, Bhella S, Mohajer D, Ponnambalam S, Lakhani N, Khan R, Liu P, Devereaux PJ. Technology-Enabled Remote Monitoring and Self-Management - Vision for Patient Empowerment Following Cardiac and Vascular Surgery: User Testing and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Aug 1;5(3):e149. IF-N/A Nguyen TL, Collins GS, Lamy A, Devereaux PJ, Daurès JP, Landais P, Le Manach Y. Simple randomization did not protect against bias in smaller trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr;84:105-113. IF-4.70 Noiseux N, Stevens LM, Chartrand-Lefebvre C, Soulez G, Prieto I, Basile F, Mansour S, Dyub AM, Kieser TM, Lamy A; CORONARY investigators. Off-pump Versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Graft Patency Assessment With Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. J Thorac Imaging. 2017 Nov;32(6):370-377. IF- 2.01 Paikin JS, Hirsh J, Ginsberg JS, Weitz JI, Chan NC, Whitlock RP, Pare G, Eikelboom JW. Once versus twice daily aspirin after coronary bypass surgery: a randomized trial. J Thromb Haemost. 2017 May;15(5):889-896. IF-5.56 Royse CF, Saager L, Whitlock R, Ou-Young J, Royse A, Vincent J, Devereaux PJ, Kurz A, Awais A, Panjasawatwong K, Sessler DI. Impact of Methylprednisolone on Postoperative Quality of Recovery and Delirium in the Steroids in Cardiac Surgery Trial: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Substudy. Anesthesiology. 2017 Feb;126(2):223-233. IF-5.26 Shetty V, Shetty D, Punnen J, Chattuparambil B, Whitlock R, Bohra D. Single-stage repair for multiple muscular septal defects: a single-centre experience across 16 years. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Sep 1;25(3):422-426. IF-1.85 Shortt C, Xie F, Whitlock R, Ma J, Clayton N, Sherbino J, Hill SA, Pare G, McQueen M, Mehta SR, Devereaux PJ, Worster A, Kavsak P. Economic Considerations of Early Rule-In/Rule-Out Algorithms for The Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in The Emergency Department Using Cardiac Troponin and Glycemic Biomarkers. Clin Chem. 2017 Feb;63(2):593-602. IF-7.45 Shortt C, Ma J, Clayton N, Sherbino J, Whitlock R, Pare G, Hill SA, McQueen M, Mehta SR, Devereaux PJ, Worster A, Kavsak PA. Rule-In and Rule-Out of Myocardial Infarction Using Cardiac Troponin and Glycemic Biomarkers in Patients with Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Clin Chem. 2017 Jan;63(1):403-414. IF-7.45

Spence J, Belley-Côté E, Ma HK, Donald S, Centofanti J, Hussain S, Gupta S, Devereaux PJ, Whitlock R. Efficacy and safety of inhaled anaesthetic for postoperative sedation during mechanical ventilation in adult cardiac surgery patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2017 May 1;118(5):658669. doi: 10.1093/bja/aex087. IF-5.61 Stevens LM, Noiseux N, Avezum A, Ayapati DR, Chen X, Lucchese FA, Cacheda H, Parvathaneni S, Ou Y, Lamy A; CORONARY Investigators.. Conversion after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: the CORONARY trial experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Mar 1;51(3):539-546. IF-2.80 Thériault S, Whitlock R, Raman K, Vincent J, Yusuf S, Paré G. Gene Expression Profiles for the Identification of Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jun 30;6(7). pii: e006057. doi: 10.1161/ JAHA.117.006057. IF-5.11 Vandvik PO, Otto CM, Siemieniuk RA, Bagur R, Guyatt GH, Lytvyn L, Whitlock R, Vartdal T, Brieger D, Aertgeerts B, Price S, Foroutan F, Shapiro M, Mertz R, Spencer FA. Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement for patients with severe, symptomatic, aortic stenosis at low to intermediate surgical risk: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 2016 Sep 28;354:i5085. IF-3.47 Writing Committee for the VISION Study Investigators, Devereaux PJ, Biccard BM, Sigamani A, Xavier D, Chan MTV, Srinathan SK, Walsh M, Abraham V, Pearse R, Wang CY, Sessler DI, Kurz A, Szczeklik W, Berwanger O, Villar JC, Malaga G, Garg AX, Chow CK, Ackland G, Patel A, Borges FK, Belley-Cote EP, Duceppe E, Spence J, Tandon V, Williams C, Sapsford RJ, Polanczyk CA, Tiboni M, Alonso-Coello P, Faruqui A, Heels-Ansdell D, Lamy A, Whitlock R, LeManach Y, Roshanov PS, McGillion M, Kavsak P, McQueen MJ, Thabane L, Rodseth RN, Buse GAL, Bhandari M, Garutti I, Jacka MJ, Schünemann HJ, Cortes OL, Coriat P, Dvirnik N, Botto F, Pettit S, Jaffe AS, Guyatt GH. Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. JAMA. 2017 Apr 25;317(16):1642-1651. IF-37.68 Youssef N, Whitlock RP. The Routine Use of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter Should Be Abandoned. Can J Cardiol. 2017 Jan;33(1):135-141. doi: 10.1016/j. cjca.2016.10.005. IF-3.11 Zhao DF, Edelman JJ, Seco M, Bannon PG, Wilson MK, Byrom MJ, Thourani V, Lamy A, Taggart DP, Puskas JD, Vallely MP. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With and Without Manipulation of the Ascending Aorta: A Network Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Feb 28;69(8):924-936. IF-19.89

2016-2018 Annual Report

General Surgery Aird LN, Hong D, Gmora S, Breau R, Anvari M. The impact of a standardized program on short and longterm outcomes in bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2017 Feb;31(2):801-808. IF-3.51 Chan KG, Fielding T, Anvari M. An image-guided automated robot for MRI breast biopsy. Int J Med Robot. 2016 Sep;12(3):461-77. IF-1.61 Coroneos CJ, Roth-Albin K, Rai AS, Rai AS, Voineskos SH, Brouwers MC, Avram R, Heller B. Barriers, beliefs and practice patterns for breast cancer reconstruction: A provincial survey. Breast. 2017 Apr;32:60-65. IF-2.74 Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Eskicioglu C, Amin N, Cadeddu M, Hong D. Neighborhood Variation in the Utilization of Laparoscopy for the Treatment of Colon Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Aug;59 (8):781-8. IF-3.74 Doumouras AG, Tsao MW, Saleh F, Hong D. A population-based comparison of 30-day readmission after surgery for colon and rectal cancer: How are they different? J Surg Oncol. 2016 Sep;114(3):35460. IF-3.24 Doumouras AG, Engels PT. Early crisis nontechnical skill teaching in residency leads to long-term skill retention and improved performance during crises: A prospective, nonrandomized controlled study. Surgery. 2017 Jul;162(1):174-181. IF-3.9

Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Anvari S, Gmora S, Anvari M, Hong D. A Longitudinal Analysis of Short-Term Costs and Outcomes in a Regionalized Center of Excellence Bariatric Care System. Obes Surg. 2017 Nov;27(11):2811-2817. IF-3.34 Engels PT, Erdogan M, Widder SL, Butler MB, Kureshi N, Martin K, Green RS. Use of intraosseous devices in trauma: a survey of trauma practitioners in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Can J Surg. 2016 Dec;59(6):374-382. IF-1.75 Fung F, Cornacchi SD, Reedijk M, Hodgson N, Goldsmith CH, McCready D, Gohla G, Boylan C, Lovrics PJ Breast cancer recurrence following radioguided seed localization and standard randomized controlled trial. Am J Surg. 2017 Apr;213(4):798-804. IF-2.40 Fung F, Cornacchi SD, Vanniyasingam T, Dao D, Thabane L, Simunovic M, Hodgson N, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien MA, Reid S, Heller B, Lovrics PJ. Predictors of 5-year local, regional, and distant recurrent events in a populationbased cohort of breast cancer patients. Am J Surg. 2017 Feb;213(2):418-425. IF-2.40 Gillman LM, Brindley P, Paton-Gay JD, Engels PT, Park J, Vergis A, Widder S. Simulated Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training course-evolution of a multidisciplinary trauma crisis resource management simulation course. Am J Surg. 2016 Jul;212(1):188193.e3. IF-1.05

Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Anvari S, Gmora S, Anvari M, Hensel J, Selvadurai M, Anvari M, Taylor V. Mental Illness and Psychotropic Medication use Among Hong D. Ann Surg. 2018 Mar;267(3):489-494. IF-8.57 People Assessed for Bariatric Surgery in Ontario, Canada. Obes Surg. 2016 Jul;26(7):1531-6. doi: Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Anvari S, Gmora S, Anvari 10.1007/s11695-015-1905-2. IF-3.75 M, Hong D. The effect of health system factors on outcomes and costs after bariatric surgery in a Honarmand K, Chetty K, Vanniyasingam T, Anvari M, universal healthcare system: a national cohort study Chetty VT. Type 2 diabetes remission rates 1-year of bariatric surgery in Canada. Surg Endosc. 2017 post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and validation of Nov;31(11):4816-4823. IF-3.51 the DiaRem score: the Ontario Bariatric Network experience. Clin Obes. 2017 Jun;7(3):176-182. IF-N/A Doumouras AG, Hamidi M, Lung K, Tarola CL, Tsao MW, Scott JW, Smink DS, Yule S. NonKang X, Hong D, Anvari M, Tiboni M, Amin N, technical skills of surgeons and anaesthetists in Gmora S. Is Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Safe to simulated operating theatre crises. Br J Surg. 2017 Take Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Jul;104(8):1028-1036. IF-5.59 Bypass for Obesity Surgery? Obes Surg. 2017 Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Sharma AM, Anvari S, Gmora May;27(5):1261-1265. IF-3.34 S, Anvari M, Hong D. Geographic and socioeconomic Liu J, Marcaccio MJ, Young JE, Aziz T, Wat J, Asa SL. factors affecting delivery of bariatric surgery across Pancreatic Struma with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: high- and low-utilization healthcare systems. Br J a Diagnostic Dilemma. Endocr Pathol. 2017 Surg. 2017 Jun;104(7):891-897. IF-5.59 Mar;28(1):91-94. IF-1.81 Doumouras AG, Anvari S, Breau R, Anvari M, Hong Nassar A, Coates A, Tuma F, Farrokhyar F, Reid S; D, Gmora S. The effect of an online referral system MacTRAUMA Research Group.. The MacTRAUMA on referrals to bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2017 TTL Assessment Tool: Developing a Novel Tool Dec;31(12):5127-5134 IF-3.51

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for Assessing Performance of Trauma Trainees: Initial Reliability Testing. J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov Dec;73(6):1046-1051. IF=1.39 O’Brien MA, Tsao M, Cornacchi SD, Hodgson N, Reid S, Simunovic M, Mukherjee SD, Strang B, Thabane L, Lovrics PJ. Effects of a regional guideline for completion axillary lymph node dissection in women with breast cancer to reduce variation in surgical practice: A qualitative study of physicians’ views. Breast. 2016 Oct;29:126-31. IF-2.74 Sukkar L, Hong D, Wong MG, Badve SV, Rogers K, Perkovic V, Walsh M, Yu X, Hillis GS, Gallagher M, Jardine M. Effects of ischaemic conditioning on major clinical outcomes in people undergoing invasive procedures: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2016 Nov 7;355:i5599. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i5599. IF-19.97 Tarride JE, Breau R, Sharma AM, Hong D, Gmora S, Guertin JR, O’Reilly D, Xie F, Anvari M The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Mobility, Health-Related Quality of Life, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Employment Status. Obes Surg. 2017 Feb;27(2):349-356. Erratum in Obes Surg. 2017 Feb 13; 2017 Feb 13. doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2598-5. IF-3.75 Thoma A, Kaur MN, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Levis C, Lovrics P, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article about harm in surgery. Can J Surg. 2016 Sep;59(5):351-7. IF-1.75 Tsao MW, Cornacchi SD, Hodgson N, Simunovic M, Thabane L, Cheng J, O’Brien MA, Strang B, Mukherjee SD, Lovrics PJ. A Population-Based Study of the Effects of a Regional Guideline for Completion Axillary Lymph Node Dissection on Axillary Surgery in Patients with Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct;23(10):3354-64. IF-3.65 VanderBeek L, Francescutti V, Farrokhyar F, Lovrics P, Strang B, Kahnamoui K. Primary Breast Cancer Tumor and Patient Characteristics as Predictors of Adjuvant Radiation Therapy. Breast J. 2017 Jan;23(1):40-48. IF-1.28 Wang L, Guyatt GH, Kennedy SA, Romerosa B, Kwon HY, Kaushal A, Chang Y, Craigie S, de Almeida CP, Couban RJ, Parascandalo SR, Izhar Z, Reid S, Khan JS, McGillion M, Busse JW. Predictors of persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. CMAJ. 2016 Oct 4;188(14):E352-E361. IF-6.5 Wang M, Li A, Sun G, Mbuagbaw L, Reid S, Lovrics PJ, Thabane L. Association between mesothelin expression and survival outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer: a protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016 Aug 11;5(1):133. IF-N/A

Wei AC, Coburn NG, Devitt KS, Serrano PE, Moulton CA, Cleary SP, Law C, Moore MJ, Gallinger S. Survival Following Resection of Intra- and Extra-Hepatic Metastases from Colorectal Cancer: A Phase II Trial. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Aug;23(8):2644-51. IF-3.26 Wong SG, Maida E, Harvey D, Wagner N, Sonnadara R, Amin N. Evaluation of a physiatrist-directed prehabilitation intervention in frail patients with colorectal cancer: a randomised pilot study protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 9;7(6):e015565. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2016-015565. IF- 2.37

Neurosurgery Al Jishi A, Watson T, Elgheriani A, Kachur E, Cenic A. An Unusual Association of Os Odontoideum Compressive Synovial Cyst and Multiple Sclerosis: Case report and review of the literature. J Neurol Stroke 2016 Dec 5(4): 00183. DOI: 10.15406/ jnsk.2016.05.0018 IF-0.0 Aref M, Martyniuk A, Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala J, Algird A, Farrokhyar F, Almenawer SA, Reddy K. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Outcome Analysis of an Anterior Entry Point. World Neurosurg. 2017 Aug;104:554-559. IF-2.68 Baweja R, Reddy K, Whitton A, Provias J, Lach B. 65-year-old female with cerebellopontine angle lesion. Brain Pathol. 2017 Mar;27(2):237-238. IF-5.25 Du Le VN, Provias J, Murty N, Patterson MS, Nie Z, Hayward JE, Farrell TJ, McMillan W, Zhang W, Fang Q. Dual-modality optical biopsy of glioblastomas multiforme with diffuse reflectance and fluorescence: ex vivo retrieval of optical properties. J Biomed Opt. 2017 Feb 1;22(2):27002. IF-2.55 English SW, Fergusson D, Chassé M, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Griesdale D, Algird A, Kramer A, Tinmouth A, Lum C, Sinclair J, Marshall S, Dowlatshahi D, Boutin A, Pagliarello G, McIntyre LA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Aneurysmal SubArachnoid HemorrhageRed Blood Cell Transfusion And Outcome (SAHaRA): a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 2016 Dec 7;6(12):e012623. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2016-012623. IF-2.37 Garg N, Bakhshinyan D, Venugopal C, Mahendram S, Rosa DA, Vijayakumar T, Manoranjan B, Hallett R, McFarlane N, Delaney KH, Kwiecien JM, Arpin CC, Lai PS, Gómez-Biagi RF, Ali AM, de Araujo ED, Ajani OA, Hassell JA, Gunning PT, Singh SK. CD133+ brain tumor-initiating cells are dependent on STAT3 signaling to drive medulloblastoma recurrence. Oncogene. 2017 Feb 2;36(5):606-617. IF-7.93

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Kameda-Smith MM, Klurfan P, van Adel BA, Larrazabal R, Farrokhyar F, Bennardo M, Gunnarsson T. Timing of complications during and after elective endovascular intracranial aneurysm coiling. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Apr;10(4):374379. IF-3.55 Kashani P, Roy M, Gillis L, Ajani O, Samaan MC. The Association of Pseudo-hypoparathyroidism Type Ia with Chiari Malformation Type I: A Coincidence or a Common Link? Case Rep Med. 16;2016:7645938. IF-.50 Lach B, Kameda-Smith M, Singh S, Ajani O. Development of an Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in a Meningioma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2017 Sep;25(6):567-572. IF-.83 Lam Shin Cheung V, Provias J, Cenic A. Plexiform schwannoma of the thoracolumbar spine a rare clinical entity - a case report. Br J Neurosurg. 2017 Apr;31(2):279-281. IF-.33 *Manoranjan B, Mahendram S, Almenawer SA, Venugopal C, McFarlane N, Hallett R, Vijayakumar T, Algird A, Murty NK, Sommer DD, Provias JP, Reddy K, Singh SK. The identification of human pituitary adenoma-initiating cells. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2016 Nov 28;4(1):125. IF-N/A Manoranjan B, Dey AK, Wang X, Kuzyk A, Petticrew K, Carruthers C, Arnold I. Role of non-government organizations in engaging medical students in research. J Investig Med. 2017 Mar;65(3):709-716. IF-2.08 Nath S, Badhiwala JH, Alhazzani W, Nassiri F, Belley-Cote E, Koziarz A, Shoamanesh A, Banfield L, Oczkowski W, Sharma M, Sahlas D, Reddy K, Farrokhyar F, Singh S, Sharma S, Zytaruk N, Selim M, Almenawer SA. Atraumatic versus traumatic lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 31;7(3):e014478. IF-2.56 Qazi MA, Vora P, Venugopal C, Sidhu SS, Moffat J, Swanton C, Singh SK. Intratumoral Heterogeneity: Pathways to Treatment Resistance and Relapse in Human Glioblastoma. Ann Oncol 2017 Jul 1;28(7):1448-1456. IF-9.26

Sergeant A, Kameda-Smith MM, Manoranjan B, Karmur B, Duckworth J, Petrelli T, Savage K, Ajani O, Yarascavitch B, Samaan MC, Scheinemann K, Alyman C, Almenawer S, Farrokhyar F, Fleming AJ, Singh SK, Stein N. Analysis of surgical and MRI factors associated with cerebellar mutism. J Neurooncol. 2017 Jul;133(3):539-552 IF-2.75 Sharma S, Bohn D, Mikroyiannakis I, Trowbridge J, Thompson D, Bell R, Rutka J. Development of a multi stakeholder partnership to improve access to and delivery of neurosurgical services in Ontario. Health Policy, Vol. 121, Issue 2, p207–214. IF-2.03 Tso MK, Dakson A, Ahmed SU, Bigder M, Elliott C, Guha D, Iorio-Morin C, Kameda-Smith M, Lavergne P, Makarenko S, Taccone MS, Wang B, Winkler-Schwartz A, Sankar T, Christie SD. Operative Landscape at Canadian Neurosurgery Residency Programs. Can J Neurol Sci. 2017 Jul;44(4):415-419. IF-.852 Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Zarychanski R, Fergusson DA, Léger C, McIntyre LA, Bernard F, Rigamonti A, Burns K, Griesdale DE, Green R, Scales DC, Meade MO, Savard M, Shemilt M, Paquet J, Gariépy JL, Lavoie A, Reddy K, Jichici D, Pagliarello G, Zygun D, Moore L; TBI-Prognosis Study Team and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.. Prognostication in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury: the TBI-Prognosis multicentre feasibility study. BMJ Open. 2017 Apr 17;7(4):e013779. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2016-013779. IF-2.56 Wang KW, Souza RJ, Fleming A, Singh SK, Johnston DL, Zelcer SM, Rassekh SR, Burrow S, Scheinemann K, Thabane L, Samaan MC. Adiposity in childhood brain tumors: A report from the Canadian Study of Determinants of Endometabolic Health in Children (CanDECIDE Study). Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 22;7:45078. IF-5.22 Wang KW, Fleming A, Singh SK, Banfield L, de Souza RJ, Thabane L, Samaan MC. Evaluating overweight and obesity prevalence in survivors of childhood brain tumors: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 3;6(1):43. doi: 10.1186/ s13643-017-0439-1. IF-N/A

Rempel J, Busse JW, Drew B, Reddy K, Cenic A, Kachur E, Murty N, Candelaria H, Moore AE, Riva JJ. Patients’ Attitudes Toward Non-Physician Screening of Low Back and Low Back-Related Leg Pain Complaints Referred for Surgical Assessment. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Mar;42(5):E288-E293. IF-2.44

Wang KW, Chau R, Fleming A, Banfield L, Singh SK, Johnston DL, Zelcer SM, Rassekh SR, Burrow S, Valencia M, de Souza RJ, Thabane L, Samaan MC. The effectiveness of interventions to treat hypothalamic obesity in survivors of childhood brain tumours: a systematic review. Obes Rev. 2017 Aug;18(8):899-914. IF-7.51

Rusiecki D, Lach B, Manoranjan B, Fleming A, Ajani O, Singh SK. Progression of Atypical Extraventricular Neurocytoma to Anaplastic Ganglioglioma. Hum Pathol. 2017 Jan;59:125-130. IF-2.79

Zagzoog N, Ra G, Koziarz A, Provias J, Sommer D, Almenawer SA, Reddy K. Metastatic Liposarcoma of the Skull Base: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 1;80(4):219-223. IF-3.78

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Ophthalmology Chaudhary V, Brent M, Lam WC, Devenyi R, Teichman J, Mak M, Barbosa J, Kaur H, Carter R, Farrokhyar F Genetic Risk Evaluation in Wet AgeRelated Macular Degeneration Treatment Response. Ophthalmologica. 2016;236(2):88-94. IF-1.65 Chaudhary V, Barbosa J, Lam WC, Mak M, Mavrikakis E, Mohaghegh P SM. Ozurdex in age-related macular degeneration as adjunct to ranibizumab (The OARA Study) Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug;51(4):302-5. IF-.90 Chaudhary V, Popovic M, Holmes J, Robinson T, Mak M, Mohaghegh P SM, Eino D, Mann K, Kobetz L, Gusenbauer K, Barbosa J. Predictors of functional vision changes after cataract surgery: the PROVISION study. Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug;51(4):265-70. IF-.90 Donaldson L, Rebello R, Rodriguez A. Massive Oculomotor Nerve Enlargement: A Case of Presumed Schwannomatosis. Neuroophthalmology. 2017 Mar 9;41(3):137-139. doi: 10.1080/01658107.2017.1285319. eCollection 2017 Jun. IF-.17 Mikhail M, Sabri K, Levin AV. Effect of Anesthesia on Intraocular Pressure Measurement in Children. Surv Ophthalmol 2017 Sep - Oct;62(5):648-658. IF-3.29 Modabber M, Gupta V, Rodriguez AR. A 24 year old woman with rapidly progressive vision loss. Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2017, Jan. Vol 23 (1). IF-.36 Sabri K, Easterbrook B, Wakeman B, Mehta V, Riyaz R. Elbow splinting as a method to increase patching compliance in amblyopia therapy. Eye (Lond). 2017 Mar;31(3):406-410. IF-1.71 Popovic M, Chaudhary V, McKay BR, Moinul P, Mohaghagh M, Beattie A, Fava M, Eino D, Mann K, Kobetz L, Barbosa J. Discrepancies in physicianpatient agreement in reporting ocular history. Can J Ophthalmol. 2016 Oct;51(5):378-381. IF-.90

Orthopaedic Surgery *Aleem IS, Bhandari M. Cochrane in CORR ÂŽ: Ultrasound and Shockwave Therapy for Acute Fractures in Adults (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Jul;474(7):1553-9. IF-2.76 *Aleem IS, Aleem I, Evaniew N, Busse JW, Yaszemski M, Agarwal A, Einhorn T, Bhandari M. Efficacy of Electrical Stimulators for Bone Healing:

A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Sham-Controlled Trials. Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 19;6:31724. IF-5.22 Aleem I, DeMarco D, Drew B, Sancheti P, Shetty V, Bhandari M The Burden of spine fractures in India: A prospective Multicenter study. Global Spine J; Volume: 7 issue: 4, page(s): 325-333 (June 2017). IF-.39 Alentorn-Geli E, Samuelsson K, Musahl V, Green CL, Bhandari M, Karlsson J. The Association of Recreational and Competitive Running With Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2017 Jun;47(6):373-390. IF-2.55 Altman RD, Devji T, Bhandari M, Fierlinger A, Niazi F, Christensen R. Clinical benefit of intra-articular saline as a comparator in clinical trials of knee osteoarthritis treatments: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2016 Oct;46(2):151-9. IF-3.94 Ayeni OR, Larson CM, Bonin N, Safran MR. Editorial: is the hip really a stable joint? Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jan;25(1):1-2. IF-2.90 Ball CG, Grondin SC, Dixon E, Lillemoe KD, Bhandari M, Parry N. Five things they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach you in medical school. Can J Surg. 2016 Sep;59(5):296-8. IF-1.75 Banga K, Memon M, Baisi L, de SA D, Asheesh Bedi, Ayeni OR Outcomes in surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic nontraumatic shoulder labrum tears in the paediatric population: a systematic review Journal of ISAKOS DOI: 10.1136/jisakos-2016-000122 Published 22 May 2017. IF-N/A Bednar DA. Description and Results of a Comprehensive Care Protocol for Overnight-Stay Spine Surgery in Adults. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 42 (14), E871-E875. 2017 Jul 15. IF-1.21 Bozzo A, Bali K, Evaniew N and Ghert M. Retractions in cancer research: a systematic survey. Research Integrity and Peer Review (2017) 2:5. May 12, 2017 DOI 10.1186/s41073-017-0031-1. IF-N/A Brignardello-Petersen R, Guyatt GH, Buchbinder R, Poolman RW, Schandelmaier S, Chang Y, Sadeghirad B, Evaniew N, Vandvik PO. Knee arthroscopy versus conservative management in patients with degenerative knee disease: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2017 May 11;7(5):e016114. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-016114. IF-2.56

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Brubaker S, Lotherington K, Zhao J, Hamilton B, Rockl G, Duong A, Garibaldi A, Simunovic N, Alsop D, Dao D, Bessemer R, Ayeni OR; Bioburden Steering Committee and Tissue Recovery Working Group.. Tissue recovery practices and bioburden: a systematic review. Cell Tissue Bank. 2016 Dec;17(4):561-571. IF-1.25 Buirs LD, Van Beers LW, Scholtes VA, Pastoors T, Sprague S, Poolman RW. Predictors of physical functioning after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2016 Sep 6;6(9):e010725. IF-2.97 Cadet ER, Babatunde OM, Gorroochurn P, Chan AK, Stancato-Pasik A, Brown M, Johnson S, Kaiser PB, Gardner TR, Ayeni OR. Inter- and intra-observer agreement of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) parameters comparing plain radiographs and advanced, 3D computed tomographic (CT)generated hip models in a surgical patient cohort. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Jul;24(7):2324-31. IF-3.09 Chomsky-Higgins K, Miclau TA, Mackechnie MC, Aguilar D, Avila JR, Dos Reis FB, Balmaseda R, Barquet A, Ceballos A, Contreras F, Escalante I, Elias N, Vincenti SI, Lozano C, Medina F, Merchan G, Segovia J, Guerado E, Quintero JE, Morshed S, Bhandari M, Miclau T 3rd. Barriers to Clinical Research in Latin America. Front Public Health. 2017 Apr 18;5:57. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00057. eCollection 2017. IF-2.11 de Sa D, Horner NS, MacDonald A, Simunovic N, Slobogean G, Philippon MJ, Belzile EL, Karlsson J, Ayeni OR. Evaluating healthcare resource utilization and outcomes for surgical hip dislocation and hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Dec;24(12): 3943-3954. IF-2.90 Doshi P, Gopalan H, Sprague S, Pradhan C, Kulkarni S, Bhandari M. Incidence of infection following internal fixation of open and closed tibia fractures in India (INFINITI): a multi-centre observational cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Apr 14;18(1):156. IF-1.68 Dzaja I, Martin K, Kay J, Memon M, Duong A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Radiographic outcomes reporting after arthroscopic management of femoroaceabular impingement: a systematic review. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Dec;9(4):411-417. IF-1.10 *Ekhtiari S, Haldane CE, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Musahl V, Ayeni OR. Return to Work and Sport Following High Tibial Osteotomy: A Systematic Review. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Sep 1;98(18):1568-77. IF-2.46

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*Ekhtiari S, de Sa D, Haldane CE, Simunovic N, Larson CM, Safran MR, Ayeni OR. Hip arthroscopic capsulotomy techniques and capsular management strategies: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jan;25(1):9-23 IF-2.90 *Ekhtiari S, Haldane CE, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Fluid Extravasation in Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2017 Apr;33(4):873-880. IF-3.29 *Ekhtiari S, Kay J, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Musahl V, Peterson DC, Ayeni OR. What Makes a Successful Survey? A Systematic Review of Surveys Used in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Arthroscopy. Arthroscopy. 2017 May;33(5):1072-1079.e3. IF-3.29 *Ekhtiari S, Horner NS, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Hirschmann MT, Ogilvie R, Berardelli RL, Whelan DB, Ayeni OR. Arthrofibrosis after ACL reconstruction is best treated in a step-wise approach with early recognition and intervention: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Dec;25(12):3929-3937 IF-2.90 *Evaniew N, Carrasco-Labra A, Devereaux PJ, Tikkinen KA, Fei Y, Bhandari M, Guyatt G. How to Use a Randomized Clinical Trial Addressing a Surgical Procedure: Usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guide to the Medical Literature. JAMA Surg. 2016 Jul 1;151(7):657-62. IF-5.7 *Evaniew N, Bhandari M. Cochrane in CORR ÂŽ: Topical Application of Tranexamic Acid for the Reduction of Bleeding (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Jan;475(1):21-26. IF- 1.44 Evaniew N, Adili AF, Ghert M, Khan M, Madden K, Smith C, Bhandari M. The Scholarly Influence of Orthopaedic Research According to Conventional and Alternative Metrics: A Systematic Review. JBJS Rev. 2017 May;5(5):e5 IF-N/A Evaniew AL, Evaniew N. Knee osteoarthritis: Therapeutic alternatives in primary care. World J Orthop. 2017 Feb 18;8(2):187-191. doi: 10.5312/ wjo.v8.i2.187. eCollection 2017 Feb 18. IF-2.88 Farrokhyar F, Sivakumar G, Savage K, Koziarz A, Jamshidi S, Ayeni OR, Peterson D, Bhandari M. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Physical Performance in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sports Med. 2017 Nov;47(11):2323-2339 IF-6.83 Franceschetti E, Torre G, Palumbo A, Papalia R, Karlsson J, Ayeni OR, Samuelsson K, Franceschi F. No difference between cemented and cementless total knee arthroplasty in young patients: a review of the evidence. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jun;25(6):1749-1756. IF-2.90

Germain M, Strong DM, Dowling G, Mohr J, Duong A, Garibaldi A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR; Bioburden Steering Committee and Cardiac Tissue Working group. Disinfection of human cardiac valve allografts in tissue banking: systematic review report. Cell Tissue Bank. 2016 Dec;17(4):593-601. IF-1.25 Ghert M, McKee M. To operate or not to operate, that is the question: The proximal humerus fracture. Bone Joint Res. 2016 Oct;5(10):490-491. IF-1.64 Ghert M. CORR Insights®: Are Biopsy Tracts a Concern for Seeding and Local Recurrence in Sarcomas? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Feb;475(2):519-521. IF- 1.44 Ghert M. CORR Insights®: Can We Estimate Shortand Intermediate-term Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Metastatic Bone Disease? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Apr;475(4):1262-1264. IF-1.44 Ghert M. Pearls: Never Write a Research Grant Alone. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Sep;475(9):2189-2190. IF-3.12 Ghert M. CORR Insights®: Reliability and Validity of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Scoring System for the Upper Extremity in Japanese Patients. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Sep;475(9):2260-2262. IF-3.12 Glennie RA, Bailey CS, Tsai EC, Noonan VK, Rivers CS, Fourney DR, Ahn H, Kwon BK, Paquet J, Drew B, Fehlings MG, Attabib N, Christie SD, Finkelstein J, Hurlbert RJ, Parent S, Dvorak MF. An analysis of ideal and actual time to surgery after traumatic spinal cord injury in Canada. Spinal Cord. 2017 Jun;55(6):618-623. IF-1.54 Gohal C, Rofaiel J, Abouali J, Ayeni OR, Pinsker E, Whelan D. Does Study Design Affect Redislocation Rates After Primary Shoulder Dislocations? A Systematic Review Comparing Prospective and Retrospective Studies. Arthroscopy. 2017 Oct;33(10):1876-1881. IF-4.29 Group Authorship (554 Collaborators – Bhandari) Fracture fixation in the operative management of hip fractures (FAITH): an international, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2017 Apr 15;389(10078):1519-1527. IF-44.00 Hartman J, Khanna V, Habib A, Farrokhyar F, Memon M, Adili A. Perioperative systemic glucocorticoids in total hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review of outcomes. J Orthop. 2017 Apr 12;14(2):294-301. doi: 10.1016/j. jor.2017.03.012. eCollection 2017 Jun. IF- 1.15 Horner NS, Ekhtiari S, Simunovic N, Safran MR, Philippon MJ, Ayeni OR. Hip Arthroscopy in Patients Age 40 or Older: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2017 Feb;33(2):464-475.e3. IF-3.29

Hussain N, Sermer C, Prusick PJ, Banfield L, Atrey A, Bhandari M. Intramedullary Nailing Versus Plate Fixation for the Treatment Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 20;6:34912. IF-5.22 *Johal H, Bhandari M, Tornetta P 3rd. Cochrane in CORR ®: Intramedullary Nailing for Tibial Shaft Fractures in Adults (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Mar;475(3):585-591 IF-1.44 Johnston C, Callum J, Mohr J, Duong A, Garibaldi A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR; Bioburden Steering Committee and Skin Working group. Disinfection of human skin allografts in tissue banking: a systematic review report. Cell Tissue Bank. 2016 Dec;17(4):585-592. IF-1.25 Kay J, Memon M, de Sa D, Duong A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Does the Level of Evidence of Paper Presentations at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting From 2006-2010 Correlate With the 5-Year Publication Rate or the Impact Factor of the Publishing Journal? Arthroscopy. 2017 Jan;33(1):12-18 IF-3.29 Kay J, Memon M, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Athwal GS, Bedi A, Ayeni OR. Level of clinical evidence presented at the open and closed American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons annual meeting over 10 years (2005-2014). BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Nov 14;17(1):470.IF-2.11 Kay J, Memon M, de Sa D, Duong A, Simunovic N, Athwal GS, Ayeni OR. Five-year publication rate of clinical presentations at the open and closed American shoulder and elbow surgeons annual meeting from 2005-2010. J Exp Orthop. 2016 Dec;3(1):21. IF-N/A Kay J, Memon M, Rogozinsky J, Simunovic N, Seil R, Karlsson J, Ayeni OR. Level of evidence of free papers presented at the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy congress from 2008 to 2016. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Feb;25(2):602-607. IF-2.90 Kay J, Memon M, Rogozinsky J, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Seil R, Karlsson J, Ayeni OR. The rate of publication of free papers at the 2008 and 2010 European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy congresses. J Exp Orthop. 2017 Dec;4(1):15 IF-.94 Khan AA, Morrison A, Kendler DL, Rizzoli R, Hanley DA, Felsenberg D, McCauley LK, O’Ryan F, Reid IR, Ruggiero SL, Taguchi A, Tetradis S, Watts NB, Brandi ML, Peters E, Guise T, Eastell R, Cheung AM, Morin SN, Masri B, Cooper C, Morgan SL, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Langdahl BL, Dabagh RA, Davison KS, Sándor GK, Josse RG, Bhandari M,

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El Rabbany M, Pierroz DD, Sulimani R, Saunders DP, Brown JP, Compston J; International Task Force on Osteonecrosis of the Jaw. Case-Based Review of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) and Application of the International Recommendations for Management From the International Task Force on ONJ. J Clin Densitom 20 (1), 8-24. 2016 Dec 09. IF-2.64 *Khan M, Miller BS. Cochrane in CORR ®: Surgical Versus Non-surgical Interventions for Treating Patellar Dislocation (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. November 2016, Vol. 474, Issue 11, pp 2337–2343]. IF-1.44 *Khan M, Oduwole KO, Razdan P, Phillips M, Ekhtiari S, Horner NS, Samuelsson K, Ayeni OR. Sources and quality of literature addressing femoroacetabular impingement: a scoping review 2011-2015. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Dec;9(4):396-401. IF-1.10 *Khan M, Miller BS. Cochrane in CORR ®: Surgical Versus Non-surgical Interventions for Treating Patellar Dislocation (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Nov;474(11):2337-2343. IF-1.44 *Khan M, Evaniew N, Gichuru M, Habib A, Ayeni OR, Bedi A, Walsh M, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M. The Fragility of Statistically Significant Findings From Randomized Trials in Sports Surgery: A Systematic Survey. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jul;45(9):2164-2170. IF-3.04 *Khan M, Cheung AM, Khan AA. Drug-Related Adverse Events of Osteoporosis Therapy. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2017 Mar;46(1):181-192. IF-3.30 *Khan M, Warner JJP. Cochrane in CORR ®: Manual Therapy and Exercise for Rotator Cuff Disease. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Jul;475(7):1779-1785. IF-1.44 Kim TK, Phillips M, Bhandari M, Watson J, Malhotra R. What Differences in Morphologic Features of the Knee Exist Among Patients of Various Races? A Systematic Review. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Jan;475(1):170-182. Erratum to: What Differences in Morphologic Features of the Knee Exist Among Patients of Various Races? A Systematic Review. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 May;475(5):1507. IF- 3.12 Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Madden K, Groen SR, Ham SJ, Kloen P, Haverlag R, Simons MP, Bhandari M, Goslings JC, Scholtes VAB, Poolman RW. Can experienced surgeons predict the additional value of a CT scan in patients with displaced intraarticular distal radius fractures? Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr. 2017 Aug;12(2):91-97 IF-1.05 Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Groen SR, Ham SJ, Kloen P, Haverlag R, Simons MP, Scholtes VAB, Bhandari M,

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Goslings JC, Poolman RW. Classification systems for distal radius fractures. Acta Orthop. 2017 Dec;88(6):681-687. IF-3.54 *Kurz AZ, Kelly MJ, Hackett L, Murrell GA. Effect of surgeon-sonographer interaction on ultrasound diagnosis of rotator cuff tears: a five-year cohort study in 775 shoulders. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Jul 13. pii: S1058-2746(16)30116-1. IF-.99 *Kurz A, Evaniew N, Yeung M, Samuelsson K, Peterson D, Ayeni OR. Credibility and quality of meta-analyses addressing graft choice in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Feb;25(2):538-551. Review. IF-2.90 Lerman DM, Cable MG, Thornley P, Evaniew N, Slobogean GP, Bhandari M, Healey JH, Randall RL, Ghert M. Has the Level of Evidence of Podium Presentations at the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting Changed Over Time? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Mar;475(3):853-860. IF-1.44 Madden K, Bhandari M. Cochrane in CORR (®): Screening Women for Intimate Partner Violence in Healthcare Settings (Review). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Sep;474(9):1897-903. doi: 10.1007/ s11999-016-4957-2. IF-1.44 Madden K, Scott T, Sholapur N, Bhandari M. Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian Women Living in Southern Ontario .J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Aug;18(4):913-20. IF-1.58 Madden K, Evaniew N, Scott T, Domazetoska E, Dosanjh P, Li CS, Thabane L, Bhandari M, Sprague S. Knowledge Dissemination of Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Studies Measured Using Alternative Metrics: Results From a Scoping Review. J Interpers Violence. 2016 Jul 4. pii: 0886260516657914. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.58 Malik A, Jazini E, Song X, Johal H, OʼHara N, Slobogean G, Abzug JM. Positional Change in Displacement of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures: An Aid to Initial Evaluation. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 Jan;31(1):e9-e12. IF-1.84 Martin RK, Dzaja I, Kay J, Memon M, Duong A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Radiographic outcomes following femoroacetabular impingement correction with open surgical management: a systematic review. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Dec;9(4):402-410. IF-1.10 Mehlman CT, Okike K, Bhandari M, Kocher MS. Potential Financial Conflict of Interest Among Physician Editorial Board Members of Orthopaedic Surgery Journals. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Mar 1;99(5):e19. IF-2.46

Memon M, Ginsberg L, Simunovic N, Ristevski B, Bhandari M, Kleinlugtenbelt YV. Quality of Webbased Information for the 10 Most Common Fractures. Interact J Med Res. 2016 Jun 17;5(2):e19. IF-0

Phillips M, Drew B, Sprague S, Aleem I. Efficacy of combined magnetic Field treatment on spinal fusion: A review of the literature. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2016;26(3): 271-276. IF-0.0

Memon M, Ginsberg L, de Sa D, Nashed A, Simunovic N, Phillips M, Denkers M, Ogilvie R, Peterson D, Ayeni OR. Patient perceptions regarding physician reimbursements, wait times, and out-of-pocket payments for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Ontario. J Exp Orthop. 2017 Dec;4(1):1. IF-N/A

Rendon JS, Swinton M, Bernthal N, Boffano M, Damron T, Evaniew N, Ferguson P, Galli Serra M, Hettwer W, McKay P, Miller B, Nystrom L, Parizzia W, Schneider P, Spiguel A, Vélez R, Weiss K, Zumárraga JP, Ghert M. Barriers and facilitators experienced in collaborative prospective research in orthopaedic oncology: A qualitative study. Bone Joint Res. 2017 May;6(5):307-314. IF-2.42

Mohr J, Germain M, Winters M, Fraser S, Duong A, Garibaldi A, Simunovic N, Alsop D, Dao D, Bessemer R, Ayeni OR; Bioburden Steering Committee and Musculoskeletal Tissue Working group. Disinfection of human musculoskeletal allografts in tissue banking: a systematic review. Cell Tissue Bank. 2016 Dec;17(4):573-584. IF-1.25

Rosen J, Sancheti P, Fierlinger A, Niazi F, Johal H, Bedi A. Potential Impact of Biologically Derived Hyaluronic Acid on Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis in the United States. Adv Ther. 2017 Jan;33(12):2200-2210. IF-2.49

Muscatelli S, Spurr H, O’Hara NN, O’Hara LM, Sprague SA, Slobogean GP. The Prevalence of Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Acute Orthopaedic Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 Jan;31(1):47-55. IF-1.84

Rosen J, Sancheti P, Fierlinger A, Niazi F, Johal H, Bedi A. Response to: Important Considerations When Determining the Cost-effectiveness of Viscosupplements in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis. Adv Ther. 2017 Jan;33(12):22732276. IF-2.49

Noonan VK, Chan E, Santos A, Soril L, Lewis R, Singh A, Cheng CL, O’Connell C, Truchon C, Paquet J, Christie S, Ethans K, Tsai E, Ford MH, Drew B, Linassi G, Bailey C, Fehlings MG. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care in Canada: A Survey of Canadian Centres. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Apr 1. doi: 10.1089/neu.2016.4928. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.37

Samaan MC, Missiuna P, Peterson D, Thabane L. Understanding the role of the immune system in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Immunometabolic CONnections to Scoliosis (ICONS) study protocol. BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 8;6(7):e011812. IF-2.97

Nuttall J, Evaniew N, Thornley P, Griffin A, Deheshi B, O’Shea T, Wunder J, Ferguson P, Randall RL, Turcotte R, Schneider P, McKay P, Bhandari M, Ghert M. The inter-rater reliability of the diagnosis of surgical site infection in the context of a clinical trial. Bone Joint Res. 2016 Aug;5(8):347-52. IF-1.64 Osterhoff G, O’Hara NN, D’Cruz J, Sprague SA, Bansback N, Evaniew N, Slobogean GP. A CostEffectiveness Analysis of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty versus Hemiarthroplasty for the Management of Complex Proximal Humeral Fractures in the Elderly. Value Health. 2017 Mar;20(3):404-411. IF-3.82 Peterson DC, Ayeni OR. Pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction outcomes. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Dec;9(4):339-347. IF-1.10 Phillips S, Silvia Li C, Phillips M, Bischoff M, Ali P, Chahal J, Snider M, Bhandari M. Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee with Bracing: A Scoping Review. Orthop Rev (Pavia). 2016 Jun 27;8(2):6256. doi: 10.4081/ or.2016.6256. eCollection 2016 Jun 27. Review. IF-0

Sardana V, Burzynski JM, Khan M, Stone N, Weening BS, Zalzal PK. Long-term functional outcomes and knee alignment of computer-assisted navigated total knee arthroplasty. Musculoskelet Surg2017 Apr;101(1):37-43. IF-1.81 Slevin O, Ayeni OR, Hinterwimmer S, Tischer T, Feucht MJ, Hirschmann MT. The role of bone void fillers in medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Nov;24(11): 3584-3598. IF-2.90 Snaebjörnsson T, Hamrin Senorski E1, Ayeni OR, Alentorn-Geli E, Krupic F, Norberg F, Karlsson J, Samuelsson K Graft Diameter as a Predictor for Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and KOOS and EQ-5D Values: A Cohort Study From the Swedish National Knee Ligament Register Based on 2240 Patients. Am J Sports Med. 2017 Jul;45(9):2092-2097. IF-4.51 Somerson JS, Bartush KC, Shroff JB, Bhandari M, Zelle BA. Loss to follow-up in orthopaedic clinical trials: a systematic review. Int Orthop. 2016 Nov;40(11):2213-2219. IF-2.53

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Sprague S, Slobogean GP, Spurr H, McKay P, Scott T, Arseneau E, Memon M, Bhandari M, Swaminathan A. A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence Screening Programs for Health Care Professionals. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 15;11(12):e0168502. IF-3.54

Stone N, Sardana V, Missiuna P. Indications and Outcomes of Cell Saver in Adolescent Scoliosis Correction Surgery: A Systematic Review. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Mar 15;42(6):E363-E370. IF-2.44

Wong NC, Allard CB, Dason S, Farrugia P, Bhandari M, Davies TO. Management of pelvic fractureassociated urethral injuries: A survey of Canadian urologists. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Mar-Apr;11(34):E74-E78. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4154. IF-.87

Svantesson E, Hamrin Senorski E, Spindler KP, Ayeni OR, Fu FH, Karlsson J, Samuelsson K. While modern medicine evolves continuously, evidencebased research methodology remains: how register studies should be interpreted and appreciated. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2017 Aug;25(8):2305-2308. IF-3.22 Thibault-Halman G, Rivers CS, Bailey CS, Tsai EC, Drew B, Noonan VK, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF, Kuerban D, Kwon BK, Christie SD. Predicting Recruitment Feasibility for Acute Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials in Canada Using National Registry Data. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Feb;34(3):599-606. IF-4.37 Thornley P, Habib A, Bozzo A, Evaniew N, Ghert M. The Role of Denosumab in the Modern Treatment of Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. JBJS Rev. 2017 Apr 25. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.16.00072. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-N/A TRUST Investigators writing group., Busse JW, Bhandari M, Einhorn TA, Schemitsch E, Heckman JD, Tornetta P 3rd, Leung KS, Heels-Ansdell D, Makosso-Kallyth S, Della Rocca GJ, Jones CB, Guyatt GH. Re-evaluation of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): randomized clinical trial. BMJ. 2016 Oct 25;355:i5351. IF-19.97 Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. .Trainee-led Research: A Promising Opportunity for Evidence-Based Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] IF=3.08 Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. Reply: A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part I. Risk of Bias and Outcomes: Common Pitfalls Plastic Surgeons Can Overcome, and A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part 2. Funding Source, Conflict of Interest, and Sample Size in Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct;138(4):778e-779e. IF-2.99 Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. Reply: A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Feb;139(2):581e-582e. IF-2.99

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Wood TJ, Thornley P, Petruccelli D, Kabali C, Winemaker M, de Beer J. Preoperative Predictors of Pain Catastrophizing, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Dec;31(12):2750-2756. IF-3.55 Writing Committee for the VISION Study Investigators, Devereaux PJ, Biccard BM, Sigamani A, Xavier D, Chan MTV, Srinathan SK, Walsh M, Abraham V, Pearse R, Wang CY, Sessler DI, Kurz A, Szczeklik W, Berwanger O, Villar JC, Malaga G, Garg AX, Chow CK, Ackland G, Patel A, Borges FK, Belley-Cote EP, Duceppe E, Spence J, Tandon V, Williams C, Sapsford RJ, Polanczyk CA, Tiboni M, Alonso-Coello P, Faruqui A, Heels-Ansdell D, Lamy A, Whitlock R, LeManach Y, Roshanov PS, McGillion M, Kavsak P, McQueen MJ, Thabane L, Rodseth RN, Buse GAL, Bhandari M, Garutti I, Jacka MJ, SchĂźnemann HJ, Cortes OL, Coriat P, Dvirnik N, Botto F, Pettit S, Jaffe AS, Guyatt GH. Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. JAMA. 2017 Apr 25;317(16):1642-1651. IF-37.68 Yan J, Musahl V, Kay J, Khan M, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Outcome reporting following navigated high tibial osteotomy of the knee: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc2016 Nov;24(11):3529-3555. IF-2.90 *Yeung M, Khan M, Williams D, Ayeni OR. Anterior hip capsuloligamentous reconstruction with Achilles allograft following gross hip instability postarthroscopy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jan;25(1):3-8. IF-2.90 *Yeung M, Leblanc MC, Ayeni OR, Khan M, Hiemstra LA, Kerslake S, Peterson D. Indications for Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review. J Knee Surg. 2016 Oct;29(7):543-554. IF-1.17 Zelle BA, Francisco BS, Bossmann JP, Fajardo RJ, Bhandari M. Spanish Translation, CrossCultural Adaptation, and Validation of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Foot and Ankle Outcomes Questionnaire in Mexican-Americans With Traumatic Foot and Ankle Injuries. J Orthop Trauma. 2017 May;31(5):e158-e162. IF-.89

Zelle BA, Weathers MA, Fajardo RJ, Haghshenas V, Bhandari M. Publication Productivity of Orthopaedic Surgery Chairs. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Jun 21;99(12):e62. doi: 10.2106/ JBJS.16.00587. IF-4.84

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Cohen N, Gupta M, Doerwald-Munoz L, Jang D, Young JE, Archibald S, Jackson B, Lee J, Chernesky M. Developing a new diagnostic algorithm for human papilloma virus associated oropharyngeal carcinoma: an investigation of HPV DNA assays. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Feb 13;46(1):11. IF-1.58 Greig SR, Cooper TJ, Sommer DD, Nair S, Wright ED. Objective sinonasal functional outcomes in endoscopic anterior skull-base surgery: an evidence-based review with recommendations. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2016 Oct;6(10):1040-1046. IF-2.37 Khan AA, Hanley DA, Rizzoli R, Bollerslev J, Young JE, Rejnmark L, Thakker R, D’Amour P, Paul T, Van Uum S, Shrayyef MZ, Goltzman D, Kaiser S, Cusano NE, Bouillon R, Mosekilde L, Kung AW, Rao SD, Bhadada SK, Clarke BL, Liu J, Duh Q, Lewiecki EM, Bandeira F, Eastell R, Marcocci C, Silverberg SJ, Udelsman R, Davison KS, Potts JT Jr, Brandi ML, Bilezikian JP. Primary hyperparathyroidism: review and recommendations on evaluation, diagnosis, and management. A Canadian and international consensus. Osteoporos Int. 2017 Jan;28(1):1-19. IF-3.44 Liu J, Marcaccio MJ, Young JE, Aziz T, Wat J, Asa SL. Pancreatic Struma with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: a Diagnostic Dilemma. Endocr Pathol. 2017 Mar;28(1):91-94. IF-1.81 Matthews J, Ng W, Archibald S, Levis C. The use of the radial styloid in the extended osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2016 Summer;24(2):89-95. IF-0 Rachinsky I, Rajaraman M, Leslie WD, Zahedi A, Jefford C, McGibbon A, Young JE, Pathak KA, Badreddine M, De Brabandere S, Fong H, Van Uum S. Regional Variation across Canadian Centers in Radioiodine Administration for Thyroid Remnant Ablation in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Diagnosed in 2000-2010. J Thyroid Res. 2016;2016:2867916. IF-2.91 Rebelo J, Nayan S, Choong K, Fulford M, Chan A, Sommer DD. To anticoagulate? Controversy in the management of thrombotic complications of head &

neck infections. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Sep;88:129-35. IF-1.12 Scott GM, Roth K, Rotenberg B, Sommer DD, Sowerby L, Fung K. Evaluation of a novel highfidelity epistaxis task trainer. Laryngoscope. 2016 Jul;126(7):1501-3. IF-2.47 VanDeCappelle C, Wong J, Buchanan IM, Korman B, Ricci C. Life-threatening lingual artery hemorrhage after cardiac surgery. Can J Anaesth. 2017 Mar;64(3):333-334. IF-.93 Wagner N, Fahim C, Dunn K, Reid D, Sonnadara R. Otolaryngology Residency Education: A Scoping Review on the Shift Towards Competency Based Medical Education. Clin Otolaryngol. 2017 Jun;42(3):564-572. IF-2.62 Zagzoog N, Ra G, Koziarz A, Provias J, Sommer D, Almenawer SA, Reddy K. Metastatic Liposarcoma of the Skull Base: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Neurosurgery. 2017 Apr 1;80(4):219223. IF-3.78

Pediatric Surgery GlobalSurg Collaborative (Bailey K, Cameron B). Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income countries. Br J Surg. 2016 Jul;103(8):971-88. IF-5.59 Hamidi S, Livingston MH, Alnaqi A, Yousef Y, Walton JM. Management of a massive choledochal cyst in a 12 year-old girl: Which imaging modalities should be performed preoperatively? Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2016;10: 42-46. IF-N/A Livingston MH, Cohen E, Giglia L, Pirrello D, Mistry N, Mahant S, Weinstein M, Connolly B, Himidan S, Bütter A, Walton JM. Are some children with empyema at risk for treatment failure with fibrinolytics? A multicenter cohort study. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 May;51(5):832-7. IF-1.73 Poenaru D, Pemberton J, Frankfurter C, Cameron BH, Stolk E. Establishing disability weights for congenital pediatric surgical conditions: a multi-modal approach. Popul Health Metr. 2017 Mar 4;15(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12963-0170125-5. IF-2.76 Stagg H, Cameron BH, Ahmed N, Butler A, Jimenez-Rivera C, Yanchar NL, Martin SR, Emil S, Anthopoulos G, Schreiber RA, Laberge JM; Canadian Biliary Atresia Registry.Variability of diagnostic approach, surgical technique, and medical management for children with biliary atresia in Canada - Is it time for standardization? J Pediatr Surg. 2017 May;52(5):802-806. IF-1.73

2016-2018 Annual Report

Plastic Surgery Coroneos CJ, Voineskos SH, Christakis MK, Thoma A, Bain JR, Brouwers MC; Canadian OBPI Working Group. Obstetrical brachial plexus injury (OBPI): Canada’s national clinical practice guideline. BMJ Open. 2017 Jan 27;7(1):e014141. IF-2.97 Hatchell AC, Farrokhyar F, Choi M. The Misconception of Case-Control Studies in the Plastic Surgery Literature: A Literature Audit. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Jun;139(6):1356e-1363e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003330. IF-3.78 Liu EH, Stone N, Alowami SO, Thoma A. Proximal Phalanx Osteoid Osteoma: A Case Report and Literature Review. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017 May 25;5(5):e1332. doi: 10.1097/ GOX.0000000000001332. eCollection 2017 May. IF-N/A Matthews J, Ng W, Archibald S, Levis C. The use of the radial styloid in the extended osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2016 Summer;24(2):89-95. IF-0 Nazari G, MacDermid JC, Bain J, Levis CM, Thoma A. Estimation of health-related-quality of life depends on which utility measure is selected for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Ther. Volume 30, Issue 3, July–September 2017,pg. 299306. IF-1.77 Ng WK, Chesney A, Farrokhyar F, Hodgson N, Dal Cin A. One stage placement of permanent implant compared to two stage tissue expander reconstruction. J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2017 Aug;51(4):240-246. IF-.79 The Canadian Plastic Surgery Research; Collaborative (CPSRC)., Al Youha S, Alhalabi B, Stone J, Retrouvey H, Samargandi O, Efanov JI, Stein M, Morzycki A, Augustine H, Bougie E, Song D, Power H, Diaz-Abele J, Symonette C, Noland M, Coroneos C, Voineskos S, Vorstenbosch J, Zhong T, Bezuhly M, Williams JG. Barriers and Attitudes to Research Among Residents in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: A National Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov Dec;74(6):1094-1104 IF-1.95 Thoma A, Kaur MN, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Levis C, Lovrics P, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article about harm in surgery. Can J Surg. 2016 Sep;59(5):351-7. IF-1.75 Thoma A, Eaves FF 3rd. What is Wrong With Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: If You Want the Right Answer, Ask the Right Question! Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Nov;36(10):1198-1201. IF-2.50

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Thoma A, Eaves FF 3rd. To Get the Best Outcome, Choose the Best Outcome. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Jun 1;37(6):739-741. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx063. IF-2.50 *Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. .Trainee-led Research: A Promising Opportunity for Evidence-Based Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] IF=3.08 *Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. Reply: A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part I. Risk of Bias and Outcomes: Common Pitfalls Plastic Surgeons Can Overcome, and A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Part 2. Funding Source, Conflict of Interest, and Sample Size in Plastic Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct;138(4):778e-779e. IF-2.99 *Voineskos SH, Coroneos CJ, Thoma A, Bhandari M. Reply: A Systematic Review of Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Feb;139(2):581e-582e. IF-2.99 Waltho D, Hatchell A, Thoma A. Gynecomastia Classification for Surgical Management: A Systematic Review and Novel Classification System. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Mar;139(3):638e-648e. IF-3.08

Thoracic Surgery Bertolaccini L, Bedetti B, Brunelli A, Marinova K, Raveglia F, Rocco G, Shargall Y, Solli P, Varela G, Papagiannopoulos K, Kuzdzal J, Massard G, Ruffini E, Falcoz PE, Martinez-Barenys C, Opitz I, Batirel HF, Toker A, Scarci M; Members of the ESTS Pleural Disease Working Group. A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Aug 1;52(2):356-362. IF-2.80 Donahoe LL, de Valence M, Atenafu EG, Hanna WC, Waddell TK, Pierre AF, Yasufuku K, de Perrot M, Cypel M, Keshavjee S, Darling GE. High Risk for Thoracotomy but not Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun;103(6):1730-1735. IF-3.02 Fahim C, Hanna W, Waddell T, Shargall Y, Yasufuku K. Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung resection: the first Canadian series. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):260-265. IF-1.92 Hanna WC. Y-en-Y airway stents: A complex solution for a complex problem. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Aug;152(2):564. IF-2.26

Hanna WC. Blue is the new black. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Aug;152(2):545.. IF-2.26 Hanna WC. Imagine your operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Nov;152(5):1400. IF-2.26 Hanna WC. Stuck between a rock and a hard place: ILD + NSCLC = LIM. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):1074. IF-4.45 Hanna WC. The enemy of good is better. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):1144 IF-4.45 Shakeel S, Elit L, Akhtar-Danesh N, Schneider L, Finley C. Care Delivery Patterns, Processes, and Outcomes for Primary Ovarian Cancer Surgery: A Population-Based Review Using a National Administrative Database. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2017 Jan;39(1):25-33. IF-1.34 Shanthanna H, Aboutouk D, Poon E, Cheng J, Finley C, Paul J, Thabane L. A retrospective study of open thoracotomies versus thoracoscopic surgeries for persistent postthoracotomy pain. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Dec;35:215-220. IF-1.28 Walker S, Zubrinic M, Massey C, Shargall Y, Bédard E, Darling G. A prospective study of patient-centred outcomes in the management of malignant pleural effusions. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2016 Jul 2;22(7):351-8. IF-.51 Vernon J, Hanna WC. Response to Screening for Brain Metastases in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Mar;12(3):e22. IF-5.04 Yeung JC, Finley C, Hanna WC, Miller L, Ferri L, Urbach DR, Darling GE. Treatment choices and outcomes of patients with manometrically diagnosed achalasia. Dis Esophagus. 2016 Jul;29(5):472-8. doi: 10.1111/dote.12348. IF-2.15

Urology

Bos D, Dason S, Matsumoto E, Pinthus J, Allard C. A prospective evaluation of obesometric parameters associated with renal stone recurrence. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Aug;10(7-8):234-238. IF-.87 Braga LH, Rickard M, Farrokhyar F, Jegatheeswaran K, Brownrigg N, Li C, Bansal R, DeMaria J, Lorenzo AJ. Bladder Training Video Versus Standard Urotherapy for Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction: A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Trial. J Urol. 2017 Mar;197(3 Pt 2):877884. IF-4.7 Braga LH. Striving to improve care for hypospadias patients. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(12Suppl1):S54. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4422. IF-.87 Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ. Cryptorchidism: A practical review for all community healthcare providers. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(12Suppl1):S26-S32. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4343. IF-.87 Braga LH, McGrath M, Farrokhyar F, Jegatheeswaran K, Lorenzo AJ. Associations of Initial Society for Fetal Urology Grades and Urinary Tract Dilation Risk Groups with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Isolated Prenatal Hydronephrosis. J Urol. 2017 Mar;197(3 Pt 2):831-837. IF-4.7 Braga LH, McGrath M, Easterbrook B, Jegatheeswaran K, Mauro L, Lorenzo AJ. Quality of reporting for randomized controlled trials in the hypospadias literature: Where do we stand? J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Oct;13(5):482.e1-482.e9IF-1.43 Braga LH, Jegatheeswaran K, McGrath M, Easterbrook B, Rickard M, DeMaria J, Lorenzo AJ. Cause and Effect versus Confounding: Is There a True Association between Caudal Blocks and Tubularized Incised Plate Repair Complications? J Urol. 2017 Mar;197(3 Pt 2):845-851. IF-4.7

Alyami FA, Koyle MA, Bowlin PR, Gleason JM, Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ. Side-to-side refluxing nondismembered ureterocystotomy: A novel strategy to address obstructed megaureters in children. J Urol. 2017 Nov;198(5):1159-1167. IF-4.7

Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ, Bagli DJ, Pippi Salle JL, Caldamone A. Application of the STROBE statement to the hypospadias literature: Report of the international pediatric urology task force on hypospadias. J Pediatr Urol. 2016 Dec;12(6):367380. IF-1.17

Bansal RK, Tanguay S, Finelli A, Rendon R, Moore RB, Breau RH, Lacombe L, Black PC, Kawakami J, Drachenberg D, Pautler S, Saarela O, Liu Z, Jewett MAS, Kapoor A. Positive surgical margins during partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: Results from Canadian Kidney Cancer information system (CKCis) collaborative. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jun;11(6):182-187. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4264. IF-.87

Chamie K, Donin NM, Klöpfer P, Bevan P, Fall B, Wilhelm O, Störkel S, Said J, Gambla M, Hawkins RE, Jankilevich G, Kapoor A, Kopyltsov E, Staehler M, Taari K, Wainstein AJ, Pantuck AJ, Belldegrun AS. Adjuvant Weekly Girentuximab Following Nephrectomy for High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma: The ARISER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Jul 1;3(7):913-920 IF-0.0

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Crawford ED, Schally AV, Pinthus JH, Block NL, Rick FG, Garnick MB, Eckel RH, Keane TE, Shore ND, Dahdal DN, Beveridge TJ, Marshall DC. The potential role of follicle-stimulating hormone in the cardiovascular, metabolic, skeletal, and cognitive effects associated with androgen deprivation therapy. Urol Oncol. 2017 May;35(5):183-191. IF-2.92

Prostate-Specific Antigen May Improve the Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Feb 22;18(2). pii: E470. IF-3.25

Di Sebastiano KM, Pinthus JH, Duivenvoorden WC, Patterson L, Dubin JA, Mourtzakis M. Abdominal Obesity, and Abnormal Adipokine Profile are Associated With Higher Gleason Scores in Prostate Cancer. Prostate. 2017 Feb;77(2):211-221. IF-3.78

Kapoor A. First-line treatment options in metastatic renal cell cancer. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 NovDec;10(11-12Suppl7):S236-S238. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4307. IF-.87

Duivenvoorden WCM, Hopmans SN, Austin RC, Pinthus JH. Endoplasmic reticulum protein ERp46 in prostate adenocarcinoma. Oncol Lett. 2017 May;13(5):36243630. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.5908. IF-1.48 Easterbrook B, Capolicchio JP, Braga LH. Antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of urinary tract infections in prenatal hydronephrosis: An updated systematic review. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(12Suppl1):S3-S11. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4384. IF-.87 El Dib R, Gomaa H, Ortiz A, Politei J, Kapoor A, Barreto F. Enzyme replacement therapy for Anderson-Fabry disease: A complementary overview of a Cochrane publication through a linear regression and a pooled analysis of proportions from cohort studies. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 15;12(3):e0173358. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0173358. eCollection 2017 Mar 15. IF-3.54 Forbes CM, Rendon RA, Finelli A, Kapoor A, Moore RB, Breau RH, Lacombe L, Kawakami J, Drachenberg DE, Pautler SE, Jewett MM, Saarela O, Liu Z, Tanguay S, Black PC. Disease progression and kidney function after partial vs. radical nephrectomy for T1 renal cancer. Urol Oncol. 2016 Nov;34(11):486.e17-486.e23. IF-2.45 Gandhi S, Vasisth G, Kapoor A. Systematic review of the potential role of cannabinoids as antiproliferative agents for urological cancers. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Mar-Apr;11(3-4):E138-E142. IF-.87 Hurwitz MD, Harris J, Sartor O, Xiao Y, Shayegan B, Sperduto PW, Badiozamani KR, Lawton CA, Horwitz EM, Michalski JM, Roof K, Beyer DC, Zhang Q, Sandler HM. Adjuvant radiation therapy, androgen deprivation, and docetaxel for high-risk prostate cancer postprostatectomy: Results of NRG Oncology/RTOG study 0621. Cancer. 2017 Jul 1;123(13):2489-2496. IF-5.65 Ishikawa T, Yoneyama T, Tobisawa Y, Hatakeyama S, Kurosawa T, Nakamura K, Narita S, Mitsuzuka K, Duivenvoorden W, Pinthus JH, Hashimoto Y, Koie T, Habuchi T, Arai Y, Ohyama C. An Automated MicroTotal Immunoassay System for Measuring CancerAssociated Îą2,3-linked Sialyl N-Glycan-Carrying

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Kapoor A. Kidney cancer, ESMO 2016. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Nov-Dec;10(11-12Suppl6):S227-S230. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4282. IF-.87

Kapoor A, Hotte SJ. Androgen receptor axistargeted agents. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Aug;10(78Suppl3):S146-S148. IF-.87 Kapoor A, Hotte SJ. Radionuclides. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Aug;10(7-8Suppl3):S144-S145. IF- .87 Kapoor A, Hotte SJ. Chemotherapy research for metastatic prostate cancer. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Aug;10(7-8Suppl3):S140-S143. IF-.87 Kapoor A, Hotte SJ. Localized prostate cancer. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Aug;10(7-8Suppl3):S138-S139. Review. IF-.87 Kapoor A, Wu C, Shayegan B, Rybak AP. Contemporary agents in the management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Nov-Dec;10(11-12):E414-E423 IF-.87 Khare SR, Aprikian A, Black P, Blais N, Booth C, Brimo F, Chin J, Chung P, Drachenberg D, Eapen L, Fairey A, Fleshner N, Fradet Y, Gotto G, Izawa J, Jewett M, Kulkarni G, Lacombe L, Moore R, Morash C, North S, Rendon R, Saad F, Shayegan B, Siemens R, So A, Sridhar SS, Traboulsi SL, Kassouf W. Quality indicators in the management of bladder cancer: A modified Delphi study. Urol Oncol. 2017 Jun;35(6):328-334. IF-2.92 Kumar R, Kapoor A. Current management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: evolving new therapies. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2017 Sep;11(3):231-237 Lalani AA, Li H, Heng DYC, Wood L, Kalirai A, Bjarnason GA, Sim HW, Kollmannsberger CK, Kapoor A, Hotte SJ, Vanhuyse M, Czaykowski P, Reaume MN, Soulieres D, Venner P, North S, Basappa NS. First-line sunitinib or pazopanib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: The Canadian experience. Can Urol Assoc J 11(3-4):112-117. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4398 IF-.87 Lam CJ, Shayegan B. Complete resection of a primitive neuroectodermal tumour arising in the bladder of a 31-year-old female after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Jul-Aug;10(78):E264-E267. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.3808. IF-.87

Lee T, Hoogenes J, Wright I, Matsumoto ED, Shayegan B. Utility of preoperative 3 Tesla pelvic phased-array multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in prediction of extracapsular extension and seminal vesicle invasion of prostate cancer and its impact on surgical margin status: Experience at a Canadian academic tertiary care centre. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 May;11(5):E174-E178. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4211. IF-.866 McGrath M, Alnaqi AA, Braga LH. Vesicostomy and Colostomy in a Premature Neonate With Posterior Urethral Valves, Bilateral Dysplastic Kidneys, and High Imperforate Anus: The Challenge of Stoma Placement. Urology. 2016 Jul;93:191-3. IF-2.19 Morris C, Hoogenes J, Shayegan B, Matsumoto ED. Towards development and validation of an intraoperative assessment tool for robotassisted radical prostatectomy training: results of a Delphi study. Int Braz J Urol. 2017 JulAug;43(4):661-670. IF-.815 Oake JS, Davies TO, Houle AM, Beiko D. Exploring the business of urology: Change management. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jun;11(6):163-166. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4525. IF-.87 Olesovsky C., Kapoor A Evidence for the Efficacy and Safety of Tadalaphil and Finasteride in Combination for the Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.Therapeutic Advances in Urology August 2016 vol. 8 no. 4 257271. IF-2.17 Patel P, Nayak JG, Liu Z, Saarela O, Jewett M, Rendon RA, Kapoor A, Black P, Tanguay S, Kawakami J, Moore R, Breau RH, Morash C, Pouliot F, Drachenberg D. A multi-centered, propensity matched analysis comparing laparoscopic and open surgery for pT3a renal cell carcinoma. J Endourol2017 Jul;31(7):645-650. IF-2.10 Pinthus JH, Duivenvoorden WC. Does androgendeprivation therapy for prostate cancer increase the risk for thromboembolic disease? Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(1-2):39-40. IF-.87 Read J, Ingram A, Al Saleh HA, Platko K, Gabriel K, Kapoor A, Pinthus J, Majeed F, Qureshi T, AlNedawi K. Nuclear transportation of exogenous epidermal growth factor receptor and androgen receptor via extracellular vesicles. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Jan;70:62-74 IF-.26 Richard PO, Jewett MA, Tanguay S, Saarela O, Liu Z, Pouliot F, Kapoor A, Rendon R, Finelli A. Safety, reliability and accuracy of small renal tumor biopsies: Results of a multi-institution registry. BJU Int. 2017 Apr;119(4):543-549 IF-4.38

Rickard M, Braga LH, Gandhi S, Oliveria JP, Demaria J, Lorenzo AJ. Comparative Outcome Analysis of Children Who Underwent Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Associated with or Without Supra-Normal Differential Renal Function. Urology. 2017 Jan;99:210-214. IF-2.19 Rickard M, Easterbrook B, Kim S, Farrokhyar F, Stein N, Arora S, Belostotsky V, DeMaria J, Lorenzo AJ, Braga LH. Six of one, half a dozen of the other: A measure of multidisciplinary inter/intra-rater reliability of the society for fetal urology and urinary tract dilation grading systems for hydronephrosis. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Feb;13(1):80.e1-80.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.09.005. IF-1.43 Rickard M, Lorenzo AJ, Braga LH. Renal Parenchyma to Hydronephrosis Area Ratio (PHAR) as a Predictor of Future Surgical Intervention for Infants with High-Grade Prenatal Hydronephrosis. Urology. 2017 Mar;101:85-89. IF-2.18 Rickard M, Lorenzo AJ, Munoz C, Braga LH. Parenchyma to Hydronephrosis Area Ratio (PHAR) is a Promising Outcome Measure to Quantify Upper Tract Changes in Infants with High-Grade Prenatal Hydronephrosis. Urology. 2017 Jun;104:166-171. IF- 2.18 Shayegan B. Prostate cancer, ESMO 2016. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016 Nov-Dec;10(1112Suppl6):S231-S234. doi: 10.5489/cuaj. 4283. IF-.87 Shayegan B, Pouliot F, So A, Fernandes J, Macri J. Testosterone monitoring for men with advanced prostate cancer: Review of current practices and a survey of Canadian physicians. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jun;11(6):204-209. doi: 10.5489/cuaj. 4539. IF-.87 So A, Kapoor A. Diagnostic Criteria of TSC: A Response to a Letter to the Editor. Urology. 2017 Feb;100:255 IF-2.18 Stewart F, Gameiro LF, El Dib R, Gameiro MO, Kapoor A, Amaro JL.Electrical stimulation with non-implanted electrodes for overactive bladder in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Dec 9;12:CD010098. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010098. pub4. IF-6.10 Wang Y, Dason S, Shayegan B. How I do it: Prescribing abiraterone acetate for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. Can J Urol. 2016 Aug;23(4):8388-94. IF-1.0 Wong ECL, Kapoor A. Epidemiology of prostate and kidney cancer in the Aboriginal population of Canada: A systematic review. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 May;11(5):E222-E232. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4185. IF-.866

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Wong N, Major P, Kapoor A, Wei F, Yan J, Aziz T, Zheng M, Jayasekera D, Cutz JC, Chow MJ, Tang D. Amplification of MUC1 in prostate cancer metastasis and CRPC development. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 13; 7(50): 83115–83133. IF-3.45 Wong N, Gu Y, Kapoor A, Lin X, Ojo D, Wei F, Yan J, de Melo J, Major P, Wood G, Aziz T, Cutz JC, Bonert M, Patterson AJ, Tang D. Upregulation of FAM84B during prostate cancer progression. Oncotarget. 2017 Mar 21;8(12):19218-19235. IF-3.45 Wong NC, Dason S, Bansal RK, Davies TO, Braga LH. Can it wait? A systematic review of immediate vs. delayed surgical repair of penile fractures. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(1-2):53-60. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4032. IF-.87 Wong NC, Allard CB, Dason S, Farrugia P, Bhandari M, Davies TO. Management of pelvic fractureassociated urethral injuries: A survey of Canadian urologists.Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Mar-Apr;11(34):E74-E78. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4154. IF-.87 Wong NC, Koyle MA, Braga LH. Continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in the setting of prenatal hydronephrosis and vesicoureteral reflux. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(1-2Suppl1):S20-S24. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4387. IF-.87

Vascular Surgery Biccard BM, Scott DJA, Chan MTV, Archbold A, Wang CY, Sigamani A, Urrútia G, Cruz P, Srinathan SK, Szalay D, Harlock J, Tittley JG, Rapanos T, Elias F, Jacka MJ, Malaga G, Abraham V, Berwanger O, Montes FR, Heels-Ansdell DM, Hutcherson MT, Chow CK, Polanczyk CA, Szczeklik W, Ackland GL, Dubois L, Sapsford RJ, Williams C, Cortés OL, Le Mananch Y, Devereaux PJ. Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery (MINS) in Vascular Surgical Patients: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2017 May 8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002290. [Epub ahead of print] IF-8.57 McGillion M, Yost J, Turner A, Bender D, Scott T, Carroll S, Ritvo P, Peter E, Lamy A, Furze G, Krull K, Dunlop V, Good A, Dvirnik N, Bedini D, Naus F, Pettit S, Henry S, Probst C, Mills J, Gossage E, Travale I, Duquette J, Taberner C, Bhavnani S, Khan JS, Cowan D, Romeril E, Lee J, Colella T, Choinière M, Busse J, Katz J, Victor JC, Hoch J, Isaranuwatchai W, Kaasalainen S, Ladak S, O’Keefe-McCarthy S, Parry M, Sessler DI, Stacey M, Stevens B, Stremler R, Thabane L, Watt-Watson J, Whitlock R, MacDermid JC,

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Leegaard M, McKelvie R, Hillmer M, Cooper L, Arthur G, Sider K, Oliver S, Boyajian K, Farrow M, Lawton C, Gamble D, Walsh J, Field M, LeFort S, Clyne W, Ricupero M, Poole L, Russell-Wood K, Weber M, McNeil J, Alpert R, Sharpe S, Bhella S, Mohajer D, Ponnambalam S, Lakhani N, Khan R, Liu P, Devereaux PJ. Technology-Enabled Remote Monitoring and Self-Management - Vision for Patient Empowerment Following Cardiac and Vascular Surgery: User Testing and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Aug 1;5(3):e149. IF-N/A Saleh A, Tittley J, Anand S. Limb-Threatening Ischemia in a Young Man with Cathinone “Bath Salt” Intoxication: A Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Oct;36:294.e1-294.e5. IF-1.14

Other Acai A, McQueen SA, Fahim C, Wagner N, McKinnon V, Boston J, Maxwell C, Sonnadara RR. ‘It’s not the form; it’s the process’: a phenomenological study on the use of creative professional development workshops to improve teamwork and communication skills. Med Humanit. 2016 Sep;42(3):173-80. IF-.24 Aref M, Martyniuk A, Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala J, Algird A, Farrokhyar F, Almenawer SA, Reddy K. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Outcome Analysis of an Anterior Entry Point. World Neurosurg. 2017 Aug;104:554-559 IF-2.68 Ali MU, Fitzpatrick-Lewis D, Miller J, Warren R, Kenny M, Sherifali D, Raina P. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in asymptomatic adults. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Dec;64(6):1855-1868. IF-3.45 Braga LH, McGrath M, Farrokhyar F, Jegatheeswaran K, Lorenzo AJ. Associations of Initial Society for Fetal Urology Grades and Urinary Tract Dilation Risk Groups with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Isolated Prenatal Hydronephrosis. J Urol. 2017 Mar;197(3 Pt 2):831-837. IF-4.7 Farrokhyar F, Bianco D, Dao D, Ghert M, Andruszkiewicz N, Sussman J, Ginsberg JS. Impact of research investment on scientific productivity of junior researchers. Transl Behav Med. 2016 Dec;6(4):659-668. IF-2.19 Farrokhyar F, Sivakumar G, Savage K, Koziarz A, Jamshidi S, Ayeni OR, Peterson D, Bhandari M. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Physical

Performance in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Sports Med. 2017 Nov;47(11):2323-2339. IF-6.83 Hatchell AC, Farrokhyar F, Choi M. The Misconception of Case-Control Studies in the Plastic Surgery Literature: A Literature Audit. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Jun;139(6):1356e-1363e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003330. IF-3.78 Nassar A, Coates A, Tuma F, Farrokhyar F, Reid S; MacTRAUMA Research Group.. The MacTRAUMA TTL Assessment Tool: Developing a Novel Tool for Assessing Performance of Trauma Trainees: Initial Reliability Testing. J Surg Educ. 2016 Nov Dec;73(6):1046-1051. IF=1.39 Nousiainen MT, McQueen SA, Hall J, Kraemer W, Ferguson P, Marsh JL, Reznick RR, Reed MR, Sonnadara R. Resident education in orthopaedic trauma: the future role of competencybased medical education. Bone Joint J. 2016 Oct;98-B(10):1320-1325. Review. IF-1.61 Sergeant A, Kameda-Smith MM, Manoranjan B, Karmur B, Duckworth J, Petrelli T, Savage K, Ajani O, Yarascavitch B, Samaan MC, Scheinemann K, Alyman C, Almenawer S, Farrokhyar F, Fleming AJ, Singh SK, Stein N. Analysis of surgical and MRI factors associated with cerebellar mutism. J Neurooncol. 2017 Jul;133(3):539-552. IF-2.75 Thoma A, Kaur MN, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Levis C, Lovrics P, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article about harm in surgery. Can J Surg. 2016 Sep;59(5):351-7. IF-1.75 Usman Ali M, Miller J, Peirson L, FitzpatrickLewis D, Kenny M, Sherifali D, Raina P. Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review and metaanalysis. Prev Med. 2016 Aug;89:301-14. . IF-2.47 VanderBeek L, Francescutti V, Farrokhyar F, Lovrics P, Strang B, Kahnamoui K. Primary Breast Cancer Tumor and Patient Characteristics as Predictors of Adjuvant Radiation Therapy. Breast J. 2017 Jan;23(1):40-48. IF-1.28 Wagner N, Fahim C, Dunn K, Reid D, Sonnadara R. Otolaryngology Residency Education: A Scoping Review on the Shift Towards Competency Based Medical Education. Clin Otolaryngol. 2017 Jun;42(3):564-572. IF-2.62 Wong SG, Maida E, Harvey D, Wagner N, Sonnadara R, Amin N. Evaluation of a physiatristdirected prehabilitation intervention in frail patients with colorectal cancer: a randomised pilot study protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Jun 9;7(6):e015565. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015565. IF-2.37

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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

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PEDIATRIC SURGERY

PLASTIC SURGERY

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UROLOGY VASCULAR SURGERY

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TOTAL PUBLICATIONS DURING THE 2017 ACADEMIC YEAR † Division totals do not equal department total due to overlap * Denotes resident author

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2017 – 2018 Cardiac Surgery Afilalo J, Lauck S, Kim DH, Lefèvre T, Piazza N, Lachapelle K, Martucci G, Lamy A, Labinaz M, Peterson MD, Arora RC, Noiseux N, Rassi A, Palacios IF, Généreux P, Lindman BR, Asgar AW, Kim CA, Trnkus A, Morais JA, Langlois Y, Rudski LG, Morin JF, Popma JJ, Webb JG, Perrault LP. Frailty in Older Adults Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement: The FRAILTY-AVR Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 8;70(6):689-700. IF-19.89 Al Khalifa A, McMaster WG Jr, Schieman C, Whitlock R, Ricci C, Danter M. Gastrointestinal Bleed from a Left Ventricle to Colonic Interposition Graft Fistula following an Esophagectomy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. 2017 Jan;6(1):e22-e24. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603989. IF-1.42 Alraddadi HO, Alsagheir A, Belley-Côté EP, McClure GR, Whitlock RP. Cardiac pheochromocytoma encasing the left main coronary artery. J Card Surg. 2018 Mar 24. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13560. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.51 Alsagheir A, Belley-Côté EP, Whitlock RP. Anatomical and electrical remodeling with incomplete left atrial appendage ligation: Results from the LAALA-AF registry. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2018 Jan;29(1):E1. IF-3.06 Alsagheir A, Belley-Côté EP, Whitlock RP. Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Level in Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery: Is This the Crystal Ball? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jun;32(3):1191-1192. doi: 10.1053/j. jvca.2017.10.014. IF-3.06 Alzayer H, Bossard M, Ahsan S, Tsang M, Whitlock R, Sheth T. A case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection complicated by free wall rupture. Can J Cardiol. 2017 Dec;33(12):1736.e13-e15. IF-2.47 Anand SS, Bosch J, Eikelboom JW, Connolly SJ, Diaz R, Widimsky P, Aboyans V, Alings M, Kakkar AK, Keltai K, Maggioni AP, Lewis BS, Störk S, Zhu J, Lopez-Jaramillo P, O’Donnell M, Commerford PJ, Vinereanu D, Pogosova N, Ryden L, Fox KAA, Bhatt DL, Misselwitz F, Varigos JD, Vanassche T, Avezum AA, Chen E, Branch K, Leong DP, Bangdiwala SI, Hart RG, Yusuf S; COMPASS Investigators (Lamy A). Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable peripheral or carotid artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. Volume 391, No. 10117, p219–229, 20 January 2018. IF-53.25

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Boldeanu I, Perreault Bishop J, Nepveu S, Stevens LM, Soulez G, Kieser TM, Lamy A, Noiseux N, Chartrand-Lefebvre C. Incidental findings in CT imaging of coronary artery bypass grafts: results from a Canadian multicenter prospective cohort. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jan 25;11(1):72. IF-1.6 Bosch J, Eikelboom JW, Connolly SJ, Bruns NC, Lanius V, Yuan F, Misselwitz F, Chen E, Diaz R, Alings M, Lonn EM, Widimsky P, Hori M, Avezum A, Piegas LS, Bhatt DL, Branch KRH, Probstfield JL, Liang Y, Liu L, Zhu J, Maggioni AP, LopezJaramillo P, O’Donnell M, Fox KAA, Kakkar A, Parkhomenko AN, Ertl G, Störk S, Keltai K, Keltai M, Ryden L, Dagenais GR, Pogosova N, Dans AL, Lanas F, Commerford PJ, Torp-Pedersen C, Guzik TJ, Verhamme PB, Vinereanu D, Kim JH, Ha JW, Tonkin AM, Varigos JD, Lewis BS, Felix C, Yusoff K, Steg PG, Aboyans V, Metsarinne KP, Anand SS, Hart RG, Lamy A, Moayyedi P, Leong DP, Sharma M, Yusuf S. Rationale, Design and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS) Trial. Can J Cardiol. 2017 Aug;33(8):1027-1035. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.06.001. IF-4.40 Buse GL, Manns B, Lamy A, Guyatt G, Polanczyk CA, Chan MTV, Wang CY, Villar JC, Sigamani A, Sessler DI, Berwanger O, Biccard BM, Pearse R, Urrútia G, Szczeklik RW, Garutti I, Srinathan S, Malaga G, Abraham V, Chow CK, Jacka MJ, Tiboni M, Ackland G, Macneil D, Sapsford R, Leuwer M, Le Manach Y, Devereaux PJ. Troponin T monitoring to detect myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a cost-consequence analysis. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun;61(3):185-194. IF-1.92 Connolly SJ, Eikelboom JW, Bosch J, Dagenais G, Dyal L, Lanas F, Metsarinne K, O’Donnell M, Dans AL, Ha JW, Parkhomenko AN, Avezum AA, Lonn E, Lisheng L, Torp-Pedersen C, Widimsky P, Maggioni AP, Felix C, Keltai K, Hori M, Yusoff K, Guzik TJ, Bhatt DL, Branch KRH, Cook Bruns N, Berkowitz SD, Anand SS, Varigos JD, Fox KAA, Yusuf S; COMPASS investigators. (Lamy A). Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable coronary artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebocontrolled trial. Lancet, Volume 391, No. 10117, p205–218, 20 January 2018. IF-53.25 Drudi LM, Ades M, Turkdogan S, Huynh C, Lauck S, Webb JG, Piazza N, Martucci G, Langlois Y, Perrault LP, Asgar AW, Labinaz M, Lamy A, Noiseux N, Peterson MD, Arora RC, Lindman BR, Bendayan M, Mancini R, Trnkus A, Kim DH, Popma JJ, Afilalo J. Association

of Depression With Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Mar 1;3(3):191-197. IF-N/A Dvirnik N, Belley-Cote EP, Hanif H, Devereaux PJ, Lamy A, Dieleman JM, Vincent J, Whitlock RP. Steroids in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Apr;120(4):657-667. IF-6.23 Garg AX, Shehata N, McGuinness S, Whitlock R, Fergusson D, Wald R, Parikh C, Bagshaw SM, Khanykin B, Gregory A, Syed S, Hare GMT, Cuerden MS, Thorpe KE, Hall J, Verma S, Roshanov PS, Sontrop JM, Mazer CD. Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Randomized to a Restrictive Versus Liberal Approach to Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: A Substudy Protocol of the Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery III Noninferiority Trial. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2018 Jan 3;5:2054358117749532. eCollection 2018. IF-N/A Graham MM, Sessler DI, Parlow JL, Biccard BM, Guyatt G, Leslie K, Chan MTV, Meyhoff CS, Xavier D, Sigamani A, Kumar PA, Mrkobrada M, Cook DJ, Tandon V, Alvarez-Garcia J, Villar JC, Painter TW, Landoni G, Fleischmann E, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Le Manach Y, Aphang-Lam M, Cata JP, Gao P, Terblanche NCS, Ramana PV, Jamieson KA, Bessissow A, Mendoza GR, Ramirez S, Diemunsch PA, Yusuf S, Devereaux PJ. Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 20;168(4):237-244. IF-17.20 Gupta S, Belley-Côté EP, Whitlock RP. The limitations of observational data in assessing surgical left atrial appendage ligation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun 13. pii: S0022-5223(18)31425-9. doi: 10.1016/j. jtcvs.2018.04.119. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.44 Gupta S, Belley-Cote EP, Sarkaria A, Pandey A, Spence J, McClure G, Panchal P, Jaffer IH, An K, Eikelboom J, Whitlock RP. International Normalized Ratio Targets for Left-Sided Mechanical Valve Replacement. Thromb Haemost. 2018 Apr 3. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1637755. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-5.62 Hanif H, Belley-Cote EP, Alotaibi A, Dvirnik N, Neupane B, Beyene J, Eikelboom JW, Holmes D, Whitlock RP. Left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2018 Feb;59(1):128-139. IF-2.18 Healey JS, McIntyre WF, Whitlock RP. Late Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 May 1;3(5):425-426. IF-N/A

Kavsak PA, Ainsworth C, Arnold DM, Scott T, Clark L, Ivica J, Mackett K, Whitlock R, Worster A. The potential role of a turbidimetric heart-type fatty acidbinding protein assay to aid in the interpretation of persistently elevated, non-changing, cardiac troponin I concentrations. Clin Biochem. 2018 May 8. pii: S0009-9120(18)30362-X. doi: 10.1016/ j.clinbiochem.2018.05.006. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.43 Kim KS, Belley-Côté E, Whitlock RP. No Difference in Superiority Trial Does Not Equate Noninferiority.Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 May;105(5):1577. IF-3.70 Le Manach Y, Sibilio S, Whitlock R. Xenon and Cardioprotection: Is This the Light at the End of the Tunnel? Anesthesiology. 2017 Dec;127(6):913-914. IF-4.01 Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Hall J, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de Médicis É, McGuinness S, Royse A, Carrier FM, Young PJ, Villar JC, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Syed S, Byrne K, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Mehta C, Painter TW, Royse C, Verma S, Hare GMT, Cohen A, Thorpe KE, Jüni P, Shehata N; TRICS Investigators and Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 30;377(22):2133-2144. IF-72.40 McClure GR, Belley-Cote EP, Jaffer IH, Dvirnik N, An KR, Fortin G, Spence J, Healey J, Singal RK, Whitlock RP. Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Europace. 2017 Nov 27. doi: 10.1093/europace/ eux336. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.52 McIntyre WF, Um KJ, Alhazzani W, Lengyel AP, Hajjar L, Gordon AC, Lamontagne F, Healey JS, Whitlock RP, Belley-Côté EP. Association of Vasopressin Plus Catecholamine Vasopressors vs Catecholamines Alone With Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Distributive Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2018 May 8;319(18):1889-1900. IF-44.40 Meisner A, Kerr KF, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Wilson FP, Garg AX, Shlipak MG, Kavsak P, Whitlock RP, Coca SG, Parikh CR. Development of biomarker combinations for postoperative acute kidney injury via Bayesian model selection in a multicenter cohort study. Biomark Res. 2018 Jan 12;6:3. doi: 10.1186/ s40364-018-0117-z. eCollection 2018. IF-N/A Moledina DG, Isguven S, McArthur E, ThiessenPhilbrook H, Garg AX, Shlipak M, Whitlock R, Kavsak PA, Coca SG, Parikh CR; Translational Research Investigating Biomarker Endpoints in Acute Kidney Injury (TRIBE-AKI) Consortium. Plasma Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury and Death After Cardiac Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug;104(2):613-620. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.11.036. IF-3.70

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Noiseux N, Stevens LM, Chartrand-Lefebvre C, Soulez G, Prieto I, Basile F, Mansour S, Dyub AM, Kieser TM, Lamy A; CORONARY investigators. Off-pump Versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Graft Patency Assessment With Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. J Thorac Imaging. 2017 Nov;32(6):370-377. IF-2.01 Parikh CR, Puthumana J, Shlipak MG, Koyner JL, Thiessen-Philbrook H, McArthur E, Kerr K, Kavsak P, Whitlock RP, Garg AX, Coca SG. Relationship of Kidney Injury Biomarkers with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Dec;28(12):3699-3707. IF-8.96 Pinho-Gomes AC, Azevedo L, Ahn JM, Park SJ, Hamza TH, Farkouh ME, Serruys PW, Milojevic M, Kappetein AP, Stone GW, Lamy A, Fuster V, Taggart DP. Compliance With Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Contemporary Coronary Revascularization Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Feb 13;71(6):591-602. IF-19.89 Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Kearon C, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Guyatt GH, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Sessler DI, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, Devereaux PJ; Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Investigators. Bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery: a protocol to establish diagnostic criteria, estimate prognostic importance, and develop and validate a prediction guide in an international prospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 4;5(3):E594-E603. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160106. IF-N/A Shehata N, Whitlock R, Fergusson DA, Thorpe KE, MacAdams C, Grocott HP, Rubens F, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Bagshaw S, Royse A, Rosseel PM, Hare G, Medicis E, Hudson C, Belley-Cote E, Bainbridge D, Kent B, Shaw A, Byrne K, Syed S, Royse CF, McGuiness S, Hall J, Mazer CD. Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery III (TRICS III): Study Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Feb;32(1):121-129. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.10.036. IF-1.70 Sheth T, Natarajan MK, Kreatsoulas C, Whitlock R, Parry D, Chu V, Smith A, Velianou JL. Avoiding S3 Valve Over-Sizing by Deployment Balloon Over-Filling: Impact on Rates of Permanent Pacemaker and Other Procedural Complications During TAVR. J Invasive Cardiol. 2018 Jan;30(1):23-27. IF-1.39 Shetty V, Shetty D, Punnen J, Chattuparambil B, Whitlock R, Bohra D. Single-stage repair for multiple muscular septal defects: a single-centre experience across 16 years. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Sep 1;25(3):422-426. IF-1.85

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Spence J, Long S, Tidy A, Raymer K, Devereaux PJ, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Syed S. Tranexamic Acid Administration During On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: A Survey of Current Practices Among Canadian Anesthetists Working in Academic Centers. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug 30. doi: 10.1213/ ANE.0000000000002422. [Epub ahead of print] IF-4.01 Spence J, Belley-Côté E, Devereaux PJ, Whitlock R, Um K, McClure G, Lamy A, LeManach Y, Connolly S, Syed S. Benzodiazepine administration during adult cardiac surgery: a survey of current practice among Canadian anesthesiologists working in academic centres. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Mar;65(3):263-271. IF-2.31 Spence J, Belley-Côté E, Lee SF, Bangdiwala S, Whitlock R, LeManach Y, Syed S, Lamy A, Jacobsohn E, MacIsaac S, Devereaux PJ, Connolly S. The role of randomized cluster crossover trials for comparative effectiveness testing in anesthesia: design of the Benzodiazepine-Free Cardiac Anesthesia for Reduction in Postoperative Delirium (B-Free) trial. Can J Anaesth. 2018 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s12630018-1130-2. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.31 Um KJ, McClure GR, Belley-Cote EP, Gupta S, Bouhout I, Lortie H, Alraddadi H, Alsagheir A, Bossard M, McINTYRE WF, Lengyel A, Eikelboom JW, Ouzounian M, Chu MW, Parry D, El-Hamamsy I, Whitlock RP. Hemodynamic outcomes of the Ross procedure versus other aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2018 Jun;59(3):462-470. IF-2.17 Whitlock RP, McClure GR, Eikelboom JW. Aortic valve replacement in younger patients. Eur Heart J. 2017 Dec 1;38(45):3378-3381. IF-20.21 Whitlock RP, Bhatt DL, Eikelboom JW. ReducedIntensity Anticoagulation for Mechanical Aortic Valve Prostheses. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 19;71(24):2727-2730. IF-16.83 Xu K, Chan NC, Hirsh J, Ginsberg JS, Bhagirath V, Kruger P, Dale B, Crowther M, Whitlock RP, Li C, Eikelboom JW. Quantifying immature platelets as markers of increased platelet production after CABG surgery. Eur J Haematol. 2018 Jun 12. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13109. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.65

General Surgery Acai A, Steyn C, Reid SE, Sonnadara RR. A solution to gender inequity in surgery? Better caregiving policies. Can J Surg. 2018 Feb;61(1):6-7. IF-1.92 Akhtar-Danesh GG, Doumouras AG, Bos C, Flageole H, Hong D. Factors Associated With Outcomes and Costs After Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. JAMA Surg. 2018 Jun 1;153(6):551-557. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5461 IF-7.96

Bogach J, Levine O, Parpia S, Valencia M, Ruo L, Serrano P. Does the Addition of Biologic Agents to Chemotherapy in Patients with Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Metastases Result in a Higher Proportion of Patients Undergoing Resection? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 Mar;22(3):523-528. IF-2.96 Bogach J, Tsai S, Zbuk K, Wong R, Grubac V, Coates A, Pond GR, Simunovic M. Quality of preoperative pelvic computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for rectal cancer in a region in Ontario: A retrospective population-based study. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Feb 23. doi: 10.1002/jso.25000. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.99 Daza JF, Tan CM, Fielding RJ, Brown A, Farrokhyar F, Yang I. Propofol administration by endoscopists versus anesthesiologists in gastrointestinal endoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient safety outcomes. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun 1;61(4):8117. doi: 10.1503/ cjs.008117. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.92 DeGirolamo K, D’Souza K, Apte S, Ball CG, Armstrong C, Reso A, Widder S, Mueller S, Gillman LM, Singh R, Nenshi R, Khwaja K, Minor S, de Gara C, Hameed SM. A day in the life of emergency general surgery in Canada: a multicentre observational study. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun 1;61(4):13517. doi: 10.1503/cjs.013517. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.92 Donovan EK, Corbett T, Vansantvoort J, Kak I, Popvic S, Heller B. Radical chest wall resection and hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy for radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast: A safe and effective treatment strategy. Breast J. 2017 Aug 27. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12886. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.80 Doumouras AG, Maeda A, Jackson TD. The role of routine abdominal drainage after bariatric surgery: a metabolic and bariatric surgery accreditation and quality improvement program study. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 Dec;13(12):1997-2003. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.08.019. IF-4.49 Doumouras AG, Anvari S, Cadeddu M, Anvari M, Hong D. Geographic variation in the provider of screening colonoscopy in Canada: a populationbased cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2018 Mar 13;6(1):E126-E131. IF-N/A Doumouras AG, Saleh F, Anvari S, Gmora S, Anvari M, Hong D. Mastery in Bariatric Surgery: The Long-term Surgeon Learning Curve of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Ann Surg. 2018 Mar;267(3):489-494. IF-8.98 Engels PT, Bradley NL, Ball CG. The current state of resident trauma training: Are we losing a generation? Can J Surg. 2018 Jun;61(3):153-154. IF-1.92

Evans C, Quinlan DO, Engels PT, Sherbino J. Reanimating Patients After Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Practical Approach Informed by Best Evidence. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2018 Feb;36(1):19-40. IF-1.36 Gallo L, Eskicioglu C, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article using surrogate end points. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):280-287. IF-1.92 Kaplan U, Penner S, Farrokhyar F, Andruszkiewicz N, Breau R, Gmora S, Hong D, Anvari M. Bariatric Surgery in the Elderly Is Associated with Similar Surgical Risks and Significant Long-Term Health Benefits. Obes Surg. 2018 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s11695-0183160-9. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.94 Kaplan U, Anvari M. Reply to Letter to the Editor: Advanced Age and Success of Bariatric Surgery. Obes Surg. 2018 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s11695018-3368-8. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.94 Kegel F, Sne N, RiceT, Joy E, Shahsavar S, Collins C, Maria Gagarine, Allard-Coutuv A, Klotz L, Coates A, Kahnamoui K, and Simunovic M. Independent Heath Facility Meets Cancer Care Ontario and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Endoscopic Procedure Wait Times While Meeting Quality Indicators: A Retrospective Review. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Volume 2018, June 3, 2018 Article ID 4708270. IF-1.622 Koziarz A, Sne N, Kegel F, Alhazzani W, Nath S, Badhiwala JH, Rice T, Engels P, Samir F, Healey A, Kahnamoui K, Banfield L, Sharma S, Reddy K, Hawryluk GWJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Almenawer SA. Optic nerve sheath diameter sonography for the diagnosis of increased intracranial pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 11;7(8):e016194. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016194. IF-2.36 Lemus R, Karni D, Hong D, Gmora S, Breau R, Anvari M. The impact of bariatric surgery on insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients. Surg Endosc. 2018 Feb;32(2):990-1001. IF-3.74 Ley EJ, Leonard SD, Barmparas G, Dhillon NK, Inaba K, Salim A, OʼBosky KR, Tatum D, Azmi H, Ball CG, Engels PT, Dunn JA, Carrick MM, Meizoso JP, Lombardo S, Cotton BA, Schroeppel TJ, Rizoli S, Chang DSJ, de León LA, RezendeNeto J, Jacome T, Xiao J, Mallory G, Rao K, Widdel L, Godin S, Coates A, Benedict LA, Nirula R, Kaul S, Li T; Beta Blockers TBI Study Group Collaborators. Beta blockers in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: Results from a multicenter, prospective, observational American Association for the Surgery of Trauma study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Feb;84(2):234-244. IF-3.40

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Martin L, Burute N, Haider E, Serrano PE, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shea T, Siegal D. Occult Amoebic Liver Abscess as Cause of Extensive Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein Thrombosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Oct;97(4):1214-1217. IF-2.45 Nguyen NT, Okrainec A, Anvari M, Smith B, Meireles O, Gee D, Moran-Atkin E, BaramClothier E, Camacho DR. Sleeve gastrectomy telementoring: a SAGES multi-institutional quality improvement initiative. Surg Endosc. 2018 Feb;32(2):682-687. IF-3.54 Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Kearon C, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Guyatt GH, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Sessler DI, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, Devereaux PJ; Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Investigators. Bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery: a protocol to establish diagnostic criteria, estimate prognostic importance, and develop and validate a prediction guide in an international prospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 4;5(3):E594-E603. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160106. IF-N/A Sandler BJ, Biertho L, Anvari M, Rumbaut R, MoralesGarza LA, Torres-Barrera G, Marceau S, Hong D, Smith CD, Horgan S. Totally endoscopic implant to effect a gastric bypass: 12-month safety and efficacy outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2018 Apr 20. doi: 10.1007/ s00464-018-6186-0. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.74 Shalaby N, Al-Ebraheem A, Le D, Cornacchi S, Fang Q, Farrell T, Lovrics P, Gohla G, Reid S, Hodgson N, Farquharson M Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Mar;50(3):236-245. IF-2.31 Shanthanna H, Paul J, Lovrics P, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M, Thabane L. Satisfactory Analgesia with Minimal Emesis in Day Surgeries (SAME DayS): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of morphine versus hydromorphone. BMJ Open. 2018 Jun 22;8(6):e022504. IF-2.36 Skitch S, Engels PT. Acute Management of the Traumatically Injured Pelvis. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2018 Feb;36(1):161-179. IF-1.36 Springer JE, Elkheir S, Eskicioglu C, Doumouras AG, Kelly S, Yang I, Forbes S. The effect of simethicone on postoperative ileus in patients undergoing colorectal surgery (SPOT), a randomized controlled trial. Int J Surg. 2018 Jun 12;56:141-147. doi: 10.1016/j. ijsu.2018.06.011. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.69 Strauss S, Engels P, Harlock J. Distal Placement of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) to Restore Hemodynamic Stability in a Patient With Proximal Aortic Rupture. J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Feb 1:1526602818757012. doi: 10.1177/1526602818757012. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.83

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Taylor VH, Hensel J, Anvari M. The impact of health discipline designation on psychological assessments prior to bariatric surgery. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 31. pii: S0163-8343(17)304838. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.01.008. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.28 Wang L, Hong BY, Kennedy SA, Chang Y, Hong CJ, Craigie S, Kwon HY, Romerosa B, Couban RJ, Reid S, Khan JS, McGillion M, Blinder V, Busse JW. Predictors of Unemployment After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis of Observational Studies. J Clin Oncol. 2018 May 14:JCO2017773663. doi: 10.1200/ JCO.2017.77.3663. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-24.00

Neurosurgery Alhazzani W, Alshamsi F, Belley-Cote E, Heels-Ansdell D, Brignardello-Petersen R, Alquraini M, Perner A, MĂ¸ller MH, Krag M, Almenawer S, Rochwerg B, Dionne J, Jaeschke R, Alshahrani M, Deane A, Perri D, Thebane L, Al-Omari A, Finfer S, Cook D, Guyatt G. Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Jan;44(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00134017-5005-8. IF-12.01 Al Jishi A, Murty N. Massive lumbar spine hematoma post-spinal tap. Surg Neurol Int. 2017 Dec 6;8:293. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_351_17. eCollection 2017. IF-1.41 Badhiwala JH, Nassiri F, Witiw CD, Mansouri A, Alotaibi N, Eagles M, Almenawer SA, da Costa L, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG. Highly Cited Works in Spinal Disorders: The Top 100 Most Cited Papers Published in Spine Journals. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jun 8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002735. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.44 Badodi S, Dubuc A, Zhang X, Rosser G, Da Cunha Jaeger M, Kameda-Smith MM, Morrissy AS, Guilhamon P, Suetterlin P, Li XN, Guglielmi L, Merve A, Farooq H, Lupien M, Singh SK, Basson MA, Taylor MD, Marino S. Convergence of BMI1 and CHD7 on ERK Signaling in Medulloblastoma. Cell Rep. 2017 Dec 5;21(10):2772-2784. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.021. IF-8.28 Bakhshinyan D, Adile AA, Qazi MA, Singh M, Kameda-Smith MM, Yelle N, Chokshi C, Venugopal C, Singh SK. Introduction to Cancer Stem Cells: Past, Present, and Future. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1692:116. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7401-6_1. IF-.79 Barry S, Ekong C, Wheelock BW, Moulton R, Gorman P, Reddy K, Fleetwood I. Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) and the Neurosurgeon: Position Statement of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS). Can J Neurol Sci. 2017 Aug 14:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ cjn.2017.51. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.952

Baweja RK, Michael Bennardo M, Farrokhyar F, Martyniuk A, Reddy K. A Canadian perspective on anterior cervical discectomies: practice patterns and preferences. J Spine Surg, (March 2018) Vol 4, No 1, 72-78. IF-N/A Chu DK, Kim LH, Young PJ, Zamiri N, Almenawer SA, Jaeschke R, Szczeklik W, Schünemann HJ, Neary JD, Alhazzani W. Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1693-1705. doi: 10.1016/S01406736(18)30479-3. Epub 2018 Apr 26. IF-47.83 El Malik EFB, Manoranjan B, Ajani O, Zidan A. Hypophysitis due to paranasal sinusitis: A neurosurgical perspective from the developing world. World Neurosurg. 2018 Apr 17. pii: S1878-8750(18)30786-1. doi: 10.1016/j. wneu.2018.04.068. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.59 Iorio-Morin C, Ahmed SU, Bigder M, Dakson A, Elliott C, Guha D, Kameda-Smith M, Lavergne P, Makarenko S, Taccone MS, Tso MK, Wang B, Winkler-Schwartz A, Fortin D; Canadian Neurosurgery Research Collaborative. Demographics, Interests, and Quality of Life of Canadian Neurosurgery Residents. Can J Neurol Sci. 2018 Mar;45(2):214-220. IF-.61 Kameda-Smith MM, Lach B, Reddy KS. A 72-YearOld Male with A Slow Growing Pineal Region Tumor Brain Pathol. 2018 Jan;28(1):129-130. IF-6.62 Kameda-Smith MM, Iorio-Morin C, Winkler-Schwartz A, Ahmed US, Bergeron D, Bigder M, Dakson A, Elliott CA, Guha D, Lavergne P, Makarenko S, Taccone MS, Tso M, Wang B, Fortin D; Canadian Neurosurgery Research Collaborative (CNRC). Smartphone Usage Patterns by Canadian Neurosurgery Residents: A National Cross-Sectional Survey. World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:e465-e470. IF-2.59 Kameda-Smith MM, Klurfan P, van Adel BA, Larrazabal R, Farrokhyar F, Bennardo M, Gunnarsson T. Timing of complications during and after elective endovascular intracranial aneurysm coiling. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Apr;10(4):374379. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013110. IF-3.55 Koziarz A, Sne N, Kegel F, Alhazzani W, Nath S, Badhiwala JH, Rice T, Engels P, Samir F, Healey A, Kahnamoui K, Banfield L, Sharma S, Reddy K, Hawryluk GWJ, Kirkpatrick AW, Almenawer SA. Optic nerve sheath diameter sonography for the diagnosis of increased intracranial pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 11;7(8):e016194. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-016194. IF-2.36 Lu JQ, Algird AR. Intratumoral cavernous-like malformation in subependymomas. Br J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec 14:1-2. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1416065. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.05

Mack SC, Pajtler KW, Chavez L, Okonechnikov K, Bertrand KC, Wang X, Erkek S, Federation A, Song A, Lee C, Wang X, McDonald L, Morrow JJ, Saiakhova A, Sin-Chan P, Wu Q, Michaelraj KA, Miller TE, Hubert CG, Ryzhova M, Garzia L, Donovan L, Dombrowski S, Factor DC, Luu B, Valentim CLL, Gimple RC, Morton A, Kim L, Prager BC, Lee JJY, Wu X, Zuccaro J, Thompson Y, Holgado BL, Reimand J, Ke SQ, Tropper A, Lai S, Vijayarajah S, Doan S, Mahadev V, Miñan AF, Gröbner SN, Lienhard M, Zapatka M, Huang Z, Aldape KD, Carcaboso AM, Houghton PJ, Keir ST, Milde T, Witt H, Li Y, Li CJ, Bian XW, Jones DTW, Scott I, Singh SK, Huang A, Dirks PB, Bouffet E, Bradner JE, Ramaswamy V, Jabado N, Rutka JT, Northcott PA, Lupien M, Lichter P, Korshunov A, Scacheri PC, Pfister SM, Kool M, Taylor MD, Rich JN. Therapeutic targeting of ependymoma as informed by oncogenic enhancer profiling. Nature. 2018 Jan 4;553(7686):101-105. IF-40.13 Nassiri F, Badhiwala JH, Witiw CD, Mansouri A, Davidson B, Almenawer SA, Lipsman N, Da Costa L, Pirouzmand F, Nathens AB. The clinical significance of isolated traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in mild traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Oct;83(4):725-731. IF-3.40 Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala JH, Alhazzani W, Jaeschke R, Sharma S, Banfield L, Shoamanesh A, Singh S, Nassiri F, Oczkowski W, Belley-Côté E, Truant R, Reddy K, Meade MO, Farrokhyar F, Bala MM, Alshamsi F, Krag M, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Kunz R, Nishida O, Matouk C, Selim M, Rhodes A, Hawryluk G, Almenawer SA. Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018 Mar 24;391(10126):1197-1204. IF-44.0 Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala JH, Almenawer SA. Predicting outcomes in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. BMJ. 2018 Jan 24;360:k102. IF-20.75 Qazi MA, Vora P, Venugopal C, Adams J, Singh M, Hu AX, Gorelik M, Subapanditha MK, Savage N, Yang J, Chokshi C, London M, Gont A, Bobrowski D, Grinshtein N, Brown KR, Murty NK, Nilvebrant J, Kaplan DR, Moffat J, Sidhu S, Singh SK. Cotargeting ephrin receptor tyrosine kinases A2 and A3 in cancer stem cells reduces growth of recurrent glioblastoma. Cancer Res. 2018 Jun 26. pii: canres.0267.2018. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472. CAN-18-0267. [Epub ahead of print] IF-9.13 Rochwerg B, Almenawer SA, Siemieniuk RAC, Vandvik PO, Agoritsas T, Lytvyn L, Alhazzani W, Archambault P, D’Aragon F, Farhoumand PD, Guyatt G, Laake JH, Beltrán-Arroyave C, McCredie V, Price A, Chabot C, Zervakis T, Badhiwala J, St-Onge M, Szczeklik W, Møller MH, Lamontagne F. Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. 2018 May 22;361:k1920. IF-20.75

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Singh M, Yelle N, Venugopal C, Singh SK. EMT: mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Feb;182:80-94. IF-11.12 Singh M, Venugopal C, Tokar T, Brown KR, McFarlane N, Bakhshinyan D, Vijayakumar T, Manoranjan B, Mahendram S, Vora P, Qazi M, Dhillon M, Tong A, Durrer K, Murty N, Hallet R, Hassell JA, Kaplan DR, Cutz JC, Jurisica I, Moffat J, Singh SK. RNAi screen identifies essential regulators of human brain metastasis-initiating cells. Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Dec;134(6):923-940. IF-12.21 Singh M, Bakhshinyan D, Venugopal C, Singh SK. Preclinical Modeling and Therapeutic Avenues for Cancer Metastasis to the Central Nervous System. Front Oncol. 2017 Sep 19;7:220. doi: 10.3389/ fonc.2017.00220. eCollection 2017. IF-4.66 Wang KW, Fleming A, Johnston DL, Zelcer SM, Rassekh SR, Ladhani S, Socha A, Shinuda J, Jaber S, Burrow S, Singh SK, Banfield L, de Souza RJ, Thabane L, Samaan MC. Overweight, obesity and adiposity in survivors of childhood brain tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Obes. 2018 Feb;8(1):55-67. IF-N/A

Ophthalmology Chaudhary V, Brent M, Lam WC, Devenyi R, Teichman J, Mak MY, Kaur H, Barbosa J, Carter R, Farrokhyar F. Genetic Risk Factors Are Not Associated with Wet AgeRelated Macular Degeneration Treatment Response to Ranibizumab. Ophthalmologica. 2018 Jan 26. doi: 10.1159/000481178. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.74 Mehta S, Ying GS, Hussain A, Harvey JT. Is gastroesophageal reflux disease associated with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction? Orbit. 2017 Oct 17:1-5. doi: 10.1080/01676830.2017.1383456. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.82 Mullen SJ, Coret-Simon J, Rodriguez AR. Perineural spread of skin cancer presenting as diplopia. CMAJ. 2018 Jan 8;190(1):E13-E16. IF-6.78 Sabri K, Woodward MA, Easterbrook B, Shivananda S; Canadian Neonatal Network. Retinopathy of prematurity practices: a national survey of Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Units. J Perinatol. 2018 Jan 2. doi: 10.1038/s41372-017-0030-6. [Epub ahead of print]. IF- 2.31 Shen C, Shamsudeen I, Farrokhyar F, Sabri K. Fragility of Results in Ophthalmology Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review. Can J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun;53(3):210-214. IF-8.20 Wu AY, Gervasio KA, Gergoudis KN, Wei C, Oestreicher JH, Harvey JT. Conservative therapy for chalazia: is it really effective? Acta Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1111/aos.13675. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.15

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

Orthopaedic Surgery Adili AF, Di Giovanni J, Kolesar E, Wong NC, Hoogenes J, Dason S, Shayegan B. Positive surgical margin rates during the robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy learning curve of an experienced laparoscopic surgeon. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Nov 11. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4588. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Aleem IS, Drew B.Cochrane in CORR ÂŽ: Surgical Versus Non-surgical Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Nov;475(11):2632-2637. IF-3.12 Archdeacon MT, Papp SR, Bernstein M, Giannoudis PV, Bhandari M, Harvey EJ. How Does Orthopaedic Research Affect Patient Care? J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Mar;32 Suppl 1:S25-S28. IF-2.25 Ayeni OR. Editorial Commentary: Safe Innovation? Arthroscopy After Traumatic Hip Dislocation. Arthroscopy. 2018 Mar;34(3):928-929. IF-4.29 Ayeni OR, Coughlin RP. Why look to the future? Ann Joint May 2018;3:45. IF-N/A Bakshi NK, Khan M, Lee S, Finney FT, Stotts J, Sikka RS, Bedi A. Return to Play After Multiligament Knee Injuries in National Football League Athletes. Sports Health. 2018 Apr 1:1941738118768812. doi: 10.1177/1941738118768812. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-N/A Bednar DA. Description and Results of a Comprehensive Care Protocol for Overnight-Stay Spine Surgery in Adults. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Jul 15;42(14):E871-E875. F. IF-2.44 Bhandari M, Bannuru RR, Babins EM, MartelPelletier J, Khan M, Raynauld JP, Frankovich R, Mcleod D, Devji T, Phillips M, Schemitsch EH, Pelletier JP. Intra-articular hyaluronic acid in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a Canadian evidence-based perspective. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2017 Sep;9(9):231-246. IF-2.17 Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M. Management of Acute Hip Fracture. N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 23;377(21):20532062. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1611090. IF-72.40 Bozzo A, Oitment C, Thornley P, Yan J, Habib A, Hoppe DJ, Athwal GS, Ayeni OR. Humeral Avulsion of the Glenohumeral Ligament: Indications for Surgical Treatment and Outcomes-A Systematic Review. Orthop J Sports Med. 2017 Aug 14;5(8):2325967117723329. doi: 10.1177/2325967117723329. IF-.26 Cantu Morales D, de Beer J, Petruccelli D, Kabali C, Winemaker M. Lower Extremity Arterial Calcification on Preoperative Knee Radiographs as a Predictor of Postoperative Cardiovascular Events After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 Apr;33(4):1181-1185. IF-3.05

Coughlin RP, Ayeni OR. Educating the future arthroscopic hip surgeon. Annals of Joint. March 2018;3(13):1-7. IF-N/A Coughlin RP, Memon M, Kay J, Simunovic N, Duong A, Ayeni OR. Outcomes after arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabular impingement with global pincer: a systematic review. Annals of Joint. doi: 10.21037/aoj.2018.01.05. May 2018. IF-N/A Crum R, De SA D, Volker M, Ayeni OR. No difference between extraction drilling and serial dilation for tibial tunnel preparation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review. Journal of ISAKOS. Jun 2018, 3 (3) 161-166. IF-N/A de Sa D, Shanmugaraj A, Weidman M, Peterson DC, Simunovic N, Musahl V, Ayeni OR. AllInside Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction-A Systematic Review of Techniques, Outcomes, and Complications. J Knee Surg. 2018 Feb 8. doi: 10.1055/s-00381627446. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.65 Devji T, Johnston BC, Patrick DL, Bhandari M, Thabane L, Guyatt GH. Presentation approaches for enhancing interpretability of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in meta-analysis: a protocol for a systematic survey of Cochrane reviews. BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 27;7(9):e017138. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-017138. IF-2.36 Ekhtiari S, Coughlin RP, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Strategies in revision hip arthroscopy. Ann Joint March 2018;3:7. IF-N/A Ekhtiari S, Coughlin RP, Ayeni O. Editorial review: American Journal of Sports Medicine “Anatomic Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee With or Without Reconstruction of the Anterolateral Ligament.” Ann Joint March 2018;3:2. IF-N/A Ekhtiari S, Haldane C, De SA D, Simunovic N, Wong I, Farrokyhar F, Ayeni OR. Reporting of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review and Survey. Journal of ISAKOS; June 2018 3:105-109. IF-N/A Ekhtiari S, Horner NS, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. The PRECISION Survey: Preferences of Physicians Regarding Ultrasound-Guided IntraArticular Injections. Clin J Sport Med. 2018 Jun 26. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000612. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.19 El-Rabbany M, Li S, Bui S, Muir JM, Bhandari M, Azarpazhooh A. A Quality Analysis of Systematic Reviews in Dentistry, Part 1: Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2017 Dec;17(4):389-398. doi: 10.1016/j. jebdp.2017.06.004. IF-2.47 Ghert M. The reporting of outcomes in randomised controlled trials: The switch and the spin. Bone Joint Res. 2017 Oct;6(10):600-601. IF-2.59

Ghert M. CORR Insights®: Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities: What Is the Value of Treating at High-volume Centers? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 May 22. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000344. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.12 Gohal C, Rofaiel J, Abouali J, Ayeni OR, Pinsker E, Whelan D. Does Study Design Affect Redislocation Rates After Primary Shoulder Dislocations? A Systematic Review Comparing Prospective and Retrospective Studies. Arthroscopy. 2017 Jun 26. pii: S0749-8063(17)30377-8. doi: 10.1016/j. arthro.2017.03.034. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.29 Gohal C, Shanmugaraj A, Tate P, Horner NS, Bedi A, Adili A, Khan M. Effectiveness of Valgus Offloading Knee Braces in the Treatment of Medial Compartment Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review. Sports Health. 2018 Mar 1:1941738118763913. doi: 10. 1177/1941738118763913. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-N/A Grassi A, Perdisa F, Samuelsson K, Svantesson E, Romagnoli M, Raggi F, Gaziano T, Mosca M, Ayeni O, Zaffagnini S. Association between incision technique for hamstring tendon harvest in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and the risk of injury to the infra-patellar branch of the saphenous nerve: a meta-analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Feb 8. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4858-x. [Epub ahead of print]. IF- 3.22 Grassi A, Alexiou K, Amendola A, Moorman CT, Samuelsson K, Ayeni OR, Zaffagnini S, Sell T. Postural stability deficit could predict ankle sprains: a systematic review. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2017 Nov 25. Doi: 10.1007/ s00167-017-4818-x. IF-3.22 Haac BE, O’Hara NN, Mullins CD, Stein DM, Manson TT, Johal H, Castillo R, O’Toole RV, Slobogean GP. Patient preferences for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after injury: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 11;7(8):e016676. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-016676. IF-2.36 Habib A, Haldane CE, Ekhtiari S, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Belzile EL, Ayeni OR. Pudendal nerve injury is a relatively common but transient complication of hip arthroscopy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Mar;26(3):969-975. IF-3.22 Haeri Hendy S, de Sa D, Ainsworth K, Ayeni OR, Simunovic N, Peterson D. Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Does Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instability Correlate With the Need for Surgical Intervention? Orthop J Sports Med. 2017 Nov 14;5(11):2325967117738516. IF-.26 Haldane CE, Ekhtiari S, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Preoperative physical examination and imaging of femoroacetabular impingement prior to hip arthroscopy-a systematic review. J Hip Preserv Surg. 2017 Jun 15;4(3):201-213. doi: 10.1093/jhps/ hnx020. eCollection 2017 Aug. IF-N/A

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Haldane CE, Ekhtiari S, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Safran M, Randelli F, Duong A, Farrokhyar F, Ayeni OR. Venous Thromboembolism Events After Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2017 Sep 29. pii: S0749-8063(17)30702-8. doi: 10.1016/j. arthro.2017.07.006. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.29 Hartman J, Thornley P, Oreskovich S, Adili A, Bedi A, Khan M. Braking Time Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review. J Arthroplasty. 2018 Jan;33(1):284-290.e1. IF-3.05 Hendy SH, De Sa D, Ainsworth K, Ayeni OR, Simunovic N, Peterson D. Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the knee: Does MRI instability correlate with the need for surgical intervention. Orthop J Sports Med. 2017 Nov; 5(11): 2325967117738516. IF-.26 Hussain N, Johal H, Bhandari M. An evidencebased evaluation on the use of platelet rich plasma in orthopedics - a review of the literature. SICOT J. 2017;3:57. IF-N/A Johal H, Kreder H. Cochrane in CORRÂŽ: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Skin Grafts and Surgical Wounds Healing by Primary Intention. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Mar;476(3):463-465. IF-3.12 Judy RP, Shin JJ, McCrum C, Ayeni OR, Samuelsson K, Musahl V. Level of evidence and authorship trends of clinical studies in knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy, 1995-2015. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jan;26(1):9-14. IF-3.22 Kam AJ, Ayeni OR. How well does bivalve cast immobilization maintain reducition of pediatric displaced forearm fractures? Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine. Vol 3 (302) February, 2018 Kandel RA, Yao X, Dickson BC, Ghert M, Popovic S, Purgina BM, Verma S, Werier J. Molecular analyses in the diagnosis and prediction of prognosis in non-GIST soft tissue sarcomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Treat Rev. 2018 May;66:74-81. IF-8.59 Kates SL, Satpathy J, Petrisor BA, Konda SR, McKee MD, Schemitsch EH. Outside the Bone: What Is Happening Systemically to Influence Fracture Healing? J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Mar;32 Suppl 1:S33-S36. IF- 2.25 Kay J, de Sa D, Morrison L, Fejtek E, Simunovic N, Martin HD, Ayeni OR. Surgical Management of Deep Gluteal Syndrome Causing Sciatic Nerve Entrapment: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2017 Dec;33(12):2263-2278.e1. IF-4.29 Kay J, Kirsh JM, Bakshi N, Ekhtiari S, Horner N, Gichuru M, Alolabi B, Khan M, Bedi A. Humeral Retroversion and Capsule Thickening in the Overhead Throwing Athlete: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2018 Jan 17. pii: S0749-8063(17)31432-9. doi: 10.1016/j. arthro.2017.10.049. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.29

McMaster University | Department of Surgery

Kay J, Memon M, Sa D, Simunovic N, Musahl V, Fu FH, Karlsson J, Ayeni OR. A Historical Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Dec 20;99(24):2062-2068. IF-4.84 Kay J, Memon M, Marx RG, Peterson D, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Over 90% of children and adolescents return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jan 13. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4830-9. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Kay J, Memon M, Shah A, Yen YM, Samuelsson K, Peterson D, Simunovic N, Flageole H, Ayeni OR. Earlier anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with a decreased risk of medial meniscal and articular cartilage damage in children and adolescents: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jun 6. doi: 10.1007/s00167-018-5012-5. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Kay J, Memon M, Zou VZ, Duong A, Simunovic N, Bonin N, Safran MR, Ayeni OR. Biomarkers in the serum, synovial fluid and articular cartilage show promising utility in patients with femoroacetabular impingement: a systematic review. Journal of ISAKOS: June 2018;3:167-176. IF-N/A Khan M, Adili A, Winemaker M, Bhandari M. Management of osteoarthritis of the knee in younger patients. CMAJ. 2018 Jan 22;190(3):E72-E79. IF-6.78 Khan M, Khanna V, Adili A, Ayeni OR, Bedi A, Bhandari M. Knee osteoarthritis: when arthroscopy can help. Pol Arch Intern Med. 2018 Feb 28;128(2):121-125. IF-2.31 Khan M, Madden K, Burrus T, Rogowski J, Stotts J, Samani M, Sikka R, Bedi A. Epidemiology and Impact on Performance of Lower Extremity Stress Injuries in Professional Basketball Players. Sports Health. 2018 Mar/Apr;10(2):169-174. IF-N/A Kirsch JM, Bedi A, Horner N, Wiater JM, Pauzenberger L, Koueiter DM, Miller BS, Bhandari M, Khan M. Tranexamic Acid in Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and MetaAnalysis. JBJS Rev. 2017 Sep;5(9):e3. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.17.00021. IF-2.46 Kirsch JM, Khan M, Thornley P, Gichuru M, Freehill MT, Neviaser A, Moravek J, Miller BS, Bedi A. Platform shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Apr;27(4):756-763. IF-2.73 Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Krol RG, Bhandari M, Goslings JC, Poolman RW, Scholtes VAB. Are the patient-rated wrist evaluation (PRWE) and the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire used in distal radial fractures truly valid and reliable? Bone Joint Res. 2018 Jan;7(1):36-45. IF- 2.59

Kooner S, Johal H, Clark M. Bicompartmental knee arthroplasty vs total knee arthroplasty for the treatment of medial compartment and patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Arthroplast Today. 2017 Nov 29;3(4):309-314. doi: 10.1016/j. artd.2017.02.006. eCollection 2017 Dec. IF-N/A Kosa SD, Mbuagbaw L, Debono VB, Bhandari M, Dennis BB, Ene G, Leenus A, Shi D, Thabane M, Valvasori S, Vanniyasingam T, Ye C, Yranon E, Zhang S, Thabane L Agreement in reporting between trial publications and current clinical trial registry in high impact journals: A methodological review. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Feb;65:144-150. IF-2.09 Madden K, Bhandari M. Cochrane in CORR®: Interventions for the Reduction of Prescribed Opioid Use in Chronic Non-cancer Pain. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Mar 28. doi: 10.1007/ s11999.0000000000000288. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.12 Madden K; PRAISE-2 Investigators (Petrisor, Bhandari, Johal, Denkers, Ghert, Ristevski, Drew). Prospective evaluation of intimate partner violence in fracture clinics (PRAISE-2): protocol for a multicentre pilot prospective cohort study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2018 Jun 15;4:115. doi: 10.1186/ s40814-018-0301-9. eCollection 2018. IF-N/A

Memon M, Kay J, Ginsberg L, Simunovic N, Bak K, Lapner P, Ayeni OR. Arthroscopic management of suprascapular neuropathy of the shoulder improves pain and functional outcomes with minimal complication rates. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jan;26(1):240-266. IF-3.22 Memon M, Kay J, Ginsberg L, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Samuelsson K, Athwal GS, Ayeni OR. Arthroscopic Management of Septic Arthritis of the Native Shoulder: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2018 Feb 1;34(2):625-46. IF-4.29 Memon M, Kay J, Hache P, Simunovic N, Harris JD, O’Donnell J, Ayeni OR. Athletes experience a high rate of return to sport following hip arthroscopy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4929-z. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Memon M, Kay J, Quick E, Simunovic N, Duong A, Henry P, Ayeni OR. Arthroscopic-Assisted Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Systematic Review. Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 Jun 11;6(6):2325967118777735. eCollection 2018 Jun. IF-.26 Memon M, Kay J, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Arthroscopic management of snapping scapula syndrome improves pain and functional outcomes, although a high rate of residual symptoms has been reported. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jan;26(1):221-239. IF-3.22

Madden K, Scott T, McKay P, Petrisor BA, Jeray KJ, Tanner SL, Bhandari M, Sprague S. Predicting and Preventing Loss to Follow-up of Adult Trauma Patients in Randomized Controlled Trials: An Example from the FLOW Trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Jul 5;99(13):1086-1092. IF-4.84

Memon M, Kay J, Ginsberg L, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Samuelsson K, Athwal GS, Ayeni OR. Arthroscopic Management of Septic Arthritis of the Native Shoulder: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2017 Oct 30. pii: S0749-8063(17)31044-7. doi: 10.1016/j. arthro.2017.07.038. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.29

Madden K, Tai K, Ali Z, Schneider P, Singh M, Ghert M, Bhandari M. Published intimate partner violence studies often differ from their trial registration record. Women Health. 2017 Dec 27. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2017.1421287. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.43

Memon M, Kay J, Gholami A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Fluid Extravasation in Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery: A Systematic Review. Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 May 14;6(5):2325967118771616. eCollection 2018 May. IF-.26

Madden K, van der Hoek N, Chona S, George A, Dalchand T, Baldawi H, Mammen G, Bhandari M. Cannabinoids in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Critical Review of the Evidence. JBJS Rev. 2018 May 22. doi: 10.2106/ JBJS.RVW.17.00153. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.46 Mascarenhas VV, Rego P, Dantas P, Castro M, Jans L, Marques RM, Gouveia N, Soldado F, Ayeni OR, Consciência JG. Hip shape is symmetric, nondependent on limb dominance and gender-specific: implications for femoroacetabular impingement. A 3D CT analysis in asymptomatic subjects. Eur Radiol. 2018 Apr;28(4):1609-1624. IF-3.97 Memon M, Kay J, Cadet ER, Shahsavar S, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Return to sport following arthroscopic Bankart repair: a systematic review. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Apr 2. pii: S10582746(18)30125-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.02.044. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.73

Mittal N, Bhandari M, Kumbhare D. Are Corticosteroid Injections Safe to Inject into Knees with Osteoarthritis? What are the Long-term Effects? Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Jun;97(6):461-464. IF-1.73 Moroz PA, Quick EE, Horner NS, Duong A, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. What Is the State of the Evidence in Anterolateral Ligament Research? Clin Sports Med. 2018 Jan;37(1):137-159. doi: 10.1016/j. csm.2017.07.013. IF-1.47 Morrison L, Haldane C, de Sa D, Findakli F, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Device-assisted tensioning is associated with lower rates of graft failure when compared to manual tensioning in ACL reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Apr 23. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4951-1. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Nakano N, Gohal C, Duong A, Ayeni OR, Khanduja V. Outcomes of cartilage repair techniques for chondral injury in the hip-a systematic review. Int Orthop. 2018 Mar 13. doi: 10.1007/s00264-018-3862-6. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.52

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Nicholls MA, Fierlinger A, Niazi F, Bhandari M. The Disease-Modifying Effects of Hyaluronan in the Osteoarthritic Disease State. Clin Med Insights Arthritis Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Aug 11;10:1179544117723611. doi: 10.1177/1179544117723611. eCollection 2017. IF-3.25 Nichols E, O’Hara NN, Degani Y, Sprague SA, Adachi JD, Bhandari M, Holick MF, Connelly DW, Slobogean GP. Patient preferences for nutritional supplementation to improve fracture healing: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 12;8(4):e019685. IF-2.36 Oduwole KO, de Sa D, Kay J, Findakli F, Duong A, Simunovic N, Yi-Meng Y, Ayeni OR. Surgical treatment of femoroacetabular impingement following slipped capital femoral epiphysis: A systematic review. Bone Joint Res. 2017 Aug;6(8):472-480. IF-2.59 Paquet J, Rivers CS, Kuerban D, Finkelstein J, Tee JW, Noonan VK, Kwon BK, Hurlbert RJ, Christie S, Tsai EC, Ahn H, Drew B, Bailey CS, Fourney DR, Attabib N, Johnson MG, Fehlings MG, Parent S, Dvorak MF. The impact of spine stability on cervical spinal cord injury with respect to demographics, management and outcome: a prospective cohort from a national SCI registry. Sp Spine J. 2018 Jan;18(1):88-98. IF-2.96 Phillips M, Rönnblad E, Lopez-Rengstig L, Svantesson E, Stålman A, Eriksson K, Ayeni OR, Samuelsson K. Meniscus repair with simultaneous ACL reconstruction demonstrated similar clinical outcomes as isolated ACL repair: a result not seen with meniscus resection. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Feb 28. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4862-1. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Piran S, Bednar D, Drew B, Schulman S.Optimal timing of starting thromboprophylaxis for patients with acute spinal cord injury: A survey of Canadian spine surgeons. Thromb Res. 2017 Dec;160:38-40. IF-2.65 Reiman MP, Peters S, Sylvain J, Hagymasi S, Ayeni OR. Prevalence and Consistency in Surgical Outcome Reporting for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Scoping Review. Arthroscopy. 2018 Feb 3. pii: S0749-8063(17)31488-3. doi: 10.1016/j. arthro.2017.11.037. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.29 Rivers CS, Fallah N, Noonan VK, Whitehurst DG, Schwartz C, Finkelstein J, Craven BC, Ethans K, O’Connell C, Truchon C, Ho C, Linassi AG, Short C, Tsai E, Drew B, Ahn H, Dvorak MF, Paquet J, Fehlings MG, Noreau L; RHSCIR Network Health conditions: impact on function, health-related quality of life, and life satisfaction following traumatic spinal cord injury. A prospective observational registry cohort study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Mar;99(3):443-451. IF-3.29

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Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Kearon C, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Guyatt GH, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Sessler DI, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, Devereaux PJ; Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Investigators. Bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery: a protocol to establish diagnostic criteria, estimate prognostic importance, and develop and validate a prediction guide in an international prospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 4;5(3):E594-E603. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20160106. IF-N/A Rudrapatna S, Peterson D, Missiuna P, Aditya I, Drew B, Sahar N, Thabane L, Samaan MC. Understanding muscle-immune interactions in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a feasibility study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2017 Dec 5;3:50. doi: 10.1186/ s40814-017-0193-0. eCollection 2017. IF-N/A Schneider PJ, Evaniew N, McKay P, Ghert M. Moving Forward Through Consensus: A Modified Delphi Approach to Determine the Top Research Priorities in Orthopaedic Oncology. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Dec;475(12):3044-3055. IF-3.89 Sancheti P, Shetty VD, Dhillon MS, Sprague SA, Bhandari M. India-Based Knee Osteoarthritis Evaluation (iKare): A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Study on the Management of Knee Pain and Early Osteoarthritis in India. Clin Orthop Surg. 2017 Sep;9(3):286-294. IF-0.14 Seil R, Ayeni OR, Hirschmann MT. Technological innovation in orthopaedic surgery: balancing innovation and science with clinical and industry interests. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 May 27. doi: 10.1007/s00167-018-4990-7. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Shanmugaraj A, Shell JR, Horner NS, Duong A, Simunovic N, Uchida S, Ayeni OR. How Useful Is the Flexion-Adduction-Internal Rotation Test for Diagnosing Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Systematic Review. Clin J Sport Med. 2018 Mar 28. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000575. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.19 Shanthanna H, Gilron I, Rajarathinam M, AlAmri R, Kamath S, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M. Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS Med. 2017 Aug 15;14(8):e1002369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed. 1002369. eCollection 2017 Aug. IF-10.35 Somerville LE, Willits K, Johnson AM, Litchfield R, LeBel ME, Moro J, Bryant D. Clinical Assessment of Physical Examination Maneuvers for Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior Lesions. Surg J (N Y). 2017 Oct 5;3(4):e154-e162. eCollection 2017 Oct. IF-N/A

Sprague S, Bhandari M, Heetveld MJ, Liew S, Scott T, Bzovsky S, Heels-Ansdell D, Zhou Q, Swiontkowski M, Schemitsch EH. Factors associated with health-related quality of life, hip function, and health utility after operative management of femoral neck fractures. Bone Joint J. 2018 Mar 1;100-B(3):361-369. IF-2.95

Swamy G, Lopatina E, Thomas KC, Marshall DA, Johal HS. The Cost Effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in the Treatment of Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: A Comparison of Transpsoas and Open Techniques. Spine J. 2018 May 30. pii: S1529-9430(18)30266-3. doi: 10.1016/j. spinee.2018.05.040. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.96

Sprague S, Petrisor BA, Jeray KJ, McKay P, Scott T, Heels-Ansdell D, Schemitsch EH, Liew S, Guyatt GH, Walter SD, Bhandari M. Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Open Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Jan;32(1):e5-e11. IF-2.25

Tarride JE, Hopkins RB, Blackhouse G, Burke N, Bhandari M, Johal H, Guyatt GH, Busse JW. Lowintensity pulsed ultrasound for treatment of tibial fractures: an economic evaluation of the TRUST study. Bone Joint J. 2017 Nov;99-B(11):1526-1532. IF-2.95

Sprague S, Petrisor B, Jeray K, McKay P, HeelsAnsdell D, Schemitsch E, Liew S, Guyatt G, Walter SD, Bhandari M. Wound irrigation does not affect health-related quality of life after open fractures: results of a randomized controlled trial. Bone Joint J. 2018 Jan;100-B(1):88-94. IF-2.95 Sprague S, Schemitsch EH, Swiontkowski M, Della Rocca GJ, Jeray KJ, Liew S, Slobogean GP, Bzovsky S, Heels-Ansdell D, Zhou Q, Bhandari M; FAITH Investigators. Factors Associated With Revision Surgery After Internal Fixation of Hip Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 May;32(5):223230. IF-2.25 Sprague S, Swaminathan A, Slobogean GP, Spurr H, Arseneau E, Raveendran L, Memon M, Scott T, Agarwal G, Bhandari M. A scoping review of intimate partner violence educational programs for health care professionals. Women Health. 2017 Dec 18. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2017.1388334. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.43 Sprague S, Tornetta P 3rd, Slobogean GP, O’Hara NN, McKay P, Petrisor B, Jeray KJ, Schemitsch EH, Sanders D, Bhandari M; FLOW Investigators. Are large clinical trials in orthopaedic trauma justified? BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Apr 20;19(1):124. IF-1.74 Sprague S, Madden K, Slobogean G, Petrisor B, Adachi JDR, Bogoch E, Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Bhandari M. A Missed Opportunity in Bone Health: Vitamin D and Calcium Use in Elderly Femoral Neck Fracture Patients Following Arthroplasty. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil. 2017 Dec;8(4):215-224. doi: 10.1177/2151458517735201. IF-N/A Svantesson E, Hamrin Senorski E, Spindler KP, Ayeni OR, Fu FH, Karlsson J, Samuelsson K. While modern medicine evolves continuously, evidence-based research methodology remains: how register studies should be interpreted and appreciated. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Aug;25(8):2305-2308. doi: 10.1007/s00167017-4582-y. IF-2.90

van Oldenrijk J, Scholtes VAB, van Beers LWAH, Geerdink CH, Niers BBAM, Runne W, Bhandari M, Poolman RW; CUSTOM trial research collaborative. Better early functional outcome after short stem total hip arthroplasty? A prospective blinded randomised controlled multicentre trial comparing the Collum Femoris Preserving stem with a Zweymuller straight cementless stem total hip replacement for the treatment of primary osteoarthritis of the hip. BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 16;7(10):e014522. IF-2.36 Wang KW, de Souza RJ, Fleming A, Johnston DL, Zelcer SM, Rassekh SR, Burrow S, Thabane L, Samaan MC. Birth weight and body mass index z-score in childhood brain tumors: A cross-sectional study. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 26;8(1):1642. IF-4.26 Zelle BA, Singh G, Kitchen DL, Fajardo RJ, Bhandari M, Valerio MA. Ethnic differences in patients’ perceptions towards isolated orthopedic injuries: a pilot study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2017 Nov 7;3:39. doi: 10.1186/s40814-017-0188-x. eCollection 2017 IF-n/a Zhang K, de Sa D, Yu H, Choudur HN, Simunovic N, Ayeni OR. Hip capsular thickness correlates with range of motion limitations in femoroacetabular impingement. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Mar 24. doi: 10.1007/ s00167-018-4915-5. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Chernesky M, Jang D, Schweizer J, Arias M, Doerwald-Munoz L, Gupta M, Jackson B, Archibald S, Young J, Lytwyn A, Smieja M, Severini A, Ecobichon-Morris A, Hyrcza M. HPV E6 oncoproteins and nucleic acids in neck lymph node fine needle aspirates and oral samples from patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Papillomavirus Res. 2018 May 26;6:15. doi: 10.1016/j.pvr.2018.05.003. [Epub ahead of print] IF-0.0

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Sommer DD, Arbab-Tafti S, Farrokhyar F, Tewfik M, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Rotenberg B, Chandra R, Weitzel EK, Wright E, Ramakrishna J. A challenge-response endoscopic sinus surgery specific checklist as an add-on to standard surgical checklist: an evaluation of potential safety and quality improvement issues. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2018 Feb 27. doi: 10.1002/ alr.22106. [Epub ahead of print]. IF=2.13

Pediatric Surgery Akhtar-Danesh GG, Doumouras AG, Bos C, Flageole H, Hong D. Factors Associated With Outcomes and Costs After Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. JAMA Surg. 2018 Jan 17. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5461. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-7.96 Bailey K, Easterbrook B, Blinder H, Hoogenes J, Morrison K. Understanding paediatric patients’ attitudes toward obesity and expectations prior to entering a weight management program. Paediatrics & Child Health, 24 May 2018 (Epub ahead of print). IF-2.05 Busing N, Rosenfield J, Rungta K, Raegele M, Warren A, Wright B, Walton M, Oandasan I, Sanfilippo A, Saxena A. Smoothing the Transition Points in Canadian Medical Education. Acad Med. 2018 May;93(5):715-721. IF-5.25 Eamer GJ, Alfraih Y, Stein N, Bailey K. Splenic and pancreatic torsion after giant omphalocele repair. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. Oct. 2017; 25: 40-43. IF-N/A Fernandes AR, Elliott T, McInnis C, Easterbrook B, Walton JM. Evaluating complication rates and outcomes among infants less than 5kg undergoing traditional percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertion: A retrospective chart review. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 May;53(5):933936. IF-1.97 Kay J, Memon M, Shah A, Yen YM, Samuelsson K, Peterson D, Simunovic N, Flageole H, Ayeni OR. Earlier anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with a decreased risk of medial meniscal and articular cartilage damage in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2018 Jun 6. doi: 10.1007/s00167-018-5012-5. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.22 Lagoo J, Lopushinsky SR, Haynes AB, Bain P, Flageole H, Skarsgard ED, Brindle ME. Effectiveness and meaningful use of paediatric surgical safety checklists and their implementation strategies: a systematic review with narrative synthesis. BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 16;7(10):e016298. IF-2.36

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Li C, Shanahan S, Livingston MH, Walton JM. Malone appendicostomy versus cecostomy tube insertion for children with intractable constipation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 May;53(5):885-891. IF-1.97 Thomas H, Yole J, Livingston MH, Bailey K, Cameron BH, VanHouwelingen L. Replacing gastrostomy tubes with collapsible bumpers in pediatric patients: Is it safe to “cut” the tube and allow the bumper to pass enterally? J Pediatr Surg. 2018 May;53(5):942-945. IF-1.97 VanHouwelingen LT, Seims AD, Ortega-Laureano L, Coleman JL, McCarville MB, Davidoff AM, FernandezPineda I. Use of ultrasound in diagnosing postoperative small-bowel intussusception in pediatric surgical oncology patients: a single-center retrospective review. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 Feb;48(2):204-209. IF-1.46 Yardley S, Westerman M, Bartlett M, Walton JM, Smith J, Peile E. The do’s, don’t and don’t knows of supporting transition to more independent practice. Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Feb;7(1):8-22. doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0403-3. IF-N/A

Plastic Surgery Augustine HFM, White C, Bain J. Aggressive Combined Medical and Surgical Management of Mucormycosis Results in Disease Eradication in 2 Pediatric Patients. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2017 Aug;25(3):211-217. IF-N/A Bain A. Barko J. McRae MC. McRae MH. Beyond Surgical Site Bleeding: A Case of Life-Threatening Gastrointestinal Bleed With Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Use After Autologous Breast Reconstruction. Plastic Surgery Case Studies. Vol 4:1-4. Apr 19, 2018. IF-0.0 Chin B, Ramji M, Farrokhyar F, Bain JR. Efficient Imaging: Examining the Value of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries, A Systematic Review.Neurosurgery. 2017 Oct 11. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx483. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.88 Dayan JH, Voineskos S, Verma R, Mehrara BJ. Managing Venous Hypertension in Vascularized Omentum Lymphatic Transplant: Restoring Bidirectional Venous Drainage. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Feb;141(2):326e-327e. IF-3.78 Gallo L, Eskicioglu C, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article using surrogate end points. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):280-287. IF-1.92 Haines A, Levis C, Goldsmith CH, Kaur M, Duku E, Wells R, Walter SD, Rook C, Stock S, Liss G, Murphy J, Thoma A. Dupuytren’s contracture and handwork: A case-control study. Am J Ind Med. 2017 Aug;60(8):724-733. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22736. IF-1.73

Klassen AF, Kaur M, Breitkopf T, Thoma A, Cano S, Pusic A. Using the BODY-Q to Understand Impact of Weight Loss, Excess Skin and the Need for Body Contouring Following Bariatric Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar 28. doi: 10.1097/ PRS.0000000000004461. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.78 Lee BT, Agarwal JP, Ascherman JA, Caterson SA, Gray DD, Hollenbeck ST, Khan SA, Loeding LD, Mahabir RC, Miller AS, Perdikis G, Schwartz JS, Sieling BA, Thoma A, Wolfman JA, Wright JL. Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: Autologous Breast Reconstruction with DIEP or Pedicled TRAM Abdominal Flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov;140(5):651e-664e. IF-3.78 Liu EH, Najarali Z, Farrokhyar F, Banfield L, McRae M. Resolution of Diplopia in Late Repair of Enophthalmos Following Facial Trauma. J Craniofac Surg. 2018 Jun;29(4):1006-1011. IF-.78 Matthews JLK, Alolabi N, Farrokhyar F, Voineskos SH. One Versus 2 Venous Anastomoses in Free Flap Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2018 May;26(2):91-98. IF-0.0 Thoma A, Eaves FF 3rd. The Pros and Cons of the PROs. Aesthet Surg J.. 2018 Feb 15;38(3):343-345. IF-2.69 Thoma A, Eaves FF 3rd. Yes, Size Does Matter! Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Apr 27. doi: 10.1093/asj/ sjy106. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.69 Thoma A, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Braga LH, Sprague S, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a noninferiority trial. Can J Surg. 2017 Dec;60(6):426-432. IF-1.92 Thoma A, Karpinski M. Involvement of the Interosseous and Lumbrical Muscle-Tendon Units in the Lateral and Spiral Cords in Dupuytren’s Disease of the Middle Fingers. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Jul;140(1):116-124. IF-3.78 Thoma A, Levis C, Patel P, Murphy J, Duku E. Partial Versus Total Trapeziectomy Thumb Arthroplasty: An Expertise-based Feasibility Study. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Mar 19;6(3):e1705. IF-N/A Tsangaris E, Riff KWYW, Vargas F, Aguilera MP, Alarcón MM, Cazalla AA, Thabane L, Thoma A, Klassen AF. Translation and cultural adaptation of the CLEFT-Q for use in Colombia, Chile, and Spain. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Nov 28;15(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0805-7. IF-2.14 Voineskos SH, Nelson JA, Klassen AF, Pusic AL. Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes: Key Metrics in Reconstructive Surgery. Annu Rev Med. 2018 Jan 29;69:467-479. IF-13.61 Waltho D, Hatchell A, Thoma A. Reply: Gynecomastia Classification for Surgical Management: A Systematic Review and Novel Classification System. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Oct;140(4):621e. IF-3.78

Thoracic Surgery Agzarian J, Bessissow A, Srinathan S, Devereaux PJ, Neary J, Decher W, Gandy L, Schneider L, Finley CJ, Schieman C, Hanna WC, Shargall Y. The effect of colchicine administration on postoperative pleural effusion following lung resection: a randomized blinded placebo-controlled feasibility pilot study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Nov 23. doi: 10.1093/ ejcts/ezx401. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.76 Agzarian J, Qandeel H, Bancos I, Johnson GB, Thompson GB, Yi J, Zhang X, Shen KR. The use of DOTATATE PET/CT scan in the diagnosis and staging of thymic atypical carcinoid tumor in a patient with secondary ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome. World J Endoc Surg 2018;10(2):1-7. May 2018. IF-.14 Agzarian J, Shargall Y. Volume-outcome relationships: Does practice really make perfect? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun;155(6):26952696. IF-4.44 Agzarian J, Shargall Y. Open Thoracic Surgery : Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Conversion to Thoracotomy. Shanghai Chest 2017, 1:31. August 2017. IF–0.0 Bertolaccini L, Bedetti B, Brunelli A, Marinova K, Raveglia F, Rocco G, Shargall Y, Solli P, Varela G, Papagiannopoulos K, Kuzdzal J, Massard G, Ruffini E, Falcoz PE, Martinez-Barenys C, Opitz I, Batirel HF, Toker A, Scarci M; Members of the ESTS Pleural Disease Working Group. A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Aug 1;52(2):356-362. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx089. IF-3.75 Bessissow A, Agzarian J, Shargall Y, Srinathan S, Neary J, Tandon V, Finley C, Healey JS, Conen D, Rodseth R, Pettit S, Dechert W, Regalado O, Ramasundarahettige C, Alshalash S, Devereaux PJ. Colchicine for Prevention of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in patients undergoing lung resection surgery: a pilot randomized controlled study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 May 1;53(5):945-951. IF-3.76 Fahim C, Hanna W, Waddell T, Shargall Y, Yasufuku K. Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung resection: the first Canadian series. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):260-265. IF-1.92 Hanna WC. Welcome to the Era of the Nodule. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Aug 24. pii: S1043-0679(17)30225-3. doi: 10.1053/j. semtcvs.2017.08.009. [Epub ahead of print] IF-1.29 Hanna WC. Eight and counting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jan;155(1):360 IF-4.44

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Jiang L, Liu J, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Shargall Y, Kolb M, Shao W, Dong Q, Liang L, He J. Thoracoscopic surgery for tracheal and carinal resection and reconstruction under spontaneous ventilation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun;155(6):27462754. IF-4.44 Kaur MN, Xie F, Shiwcharan A, Patterson L, Shargall Y, Finley C, Schieman C, Dalimonte T, Fahim C, Hanna WC. Robotic Versus VideoAssisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resection During Early Program Development. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Apr;105(4):1050-1057. doi: 10.1016/j. athoracsur.2017.11.013. IF-3.70 Kidane B, Peel JK, Seely A, Malthaner RA, Finley C, Grondin S, Louie BE, Srinathan S, Darling GE.National practice variation in pneumonectomy perioperative care among Canadian thoracic surgeons Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec 1;25(6):872-876. IF-1.85 Laan DV, Agzarian J, Harmsen WS, Shen KR, Blackmon SH, Nichols FC 3rd, Cassivi SD, Wigle DA, Allen MS. A comparison between Belsey Mark IV and laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in patients with large paraesophageal hernia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Dec. pii: S0022-5223(17)32858-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.092. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.88 Malik PR, Fahim C, Vernon J, Thomas P, Schieman C, Finley CJ, Agzarian J, Shargall Y, Farrokhyar F, Hanna WC. Incentive Spirometry after Lung Resection: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Apr 24. pii: S0003-4975(18)305472. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.051. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.70 Nguyen NA, Isfahanian N, Pond G, Hanna W, Cutz JC, Wright J, Swaminath A, Shargall Y, Chow T, Wierzbicki M, Okawara G, Quan K, Finley C, Juergens R, Tsakiridis T. A Novel Neoadjuvant Therapy for Operable Locally Invasive NonSmall-Cell Lung Cancer. Phase I Study of Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. LINNEARRE I (NCT02433574). Clin Lung Cancer. 2017 Jul;18(4):436-440.e1. doi: 10.1016/j. cllc.2017.01.007. IF-3.43 Pompili C, Shargall Y, Decaluwe H, Moons J, Chari M, Brunelli A. Risk-adjusted performance evaluation in three academic thoracic surgery units using the Eurolung risk models. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jan 3. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ ezx483. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.75 Veronesi G, Park B, Cerfolio R, Dylewski M, Toker A, Fontaine JP, Hanna WC, Morenghi E, Novellis P, Velez-Cubian FO, Amaral MH, Dieci E, Alloisio M, Toloza EM. Robotic resection of Stage III lung cancer: an international retrospective study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Apr 30. doi: 10.1093/ ejcts/ezy166. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.76

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Urology Adili AF, Di Giovanni J, Kolesar E, Wong NC, Hoogenes J, Dason S, Shayegan B. Positive surgical margin rates during the robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy learning curve of an experienced laparoscopic surgeon. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Nov 11. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4588. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Al-Hashimi AA, Lebeau P, Majeed F, Polena E, Lhotak Ĺ , Collins CAF, Pinthus JH, GonzalezGronow M, Hoogenes J, Pizzo SV, Crowther M, Kapoor A, Rak J, Gyulay G, Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo S, Marchio S, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Shayegan B, Austin RC. Autoantibodies against the cell surfaceassociated chaperone GRP78 stimulate tumor growth via tissue factor. J Biol Chem. 2017 Dec 22;292(51):21180-21192. IF-4.12 Al Saleh HA, Haas Neill S, Al Hashimi A, Kapoor A, Shayegan B, Austin RC, Al Nedawi K. Thrombotic characteristics of extracellular vesicles derived from prostate cancer cells. The Prostate, first published: 15 May 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.23653 [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.82 Bandini M, Smith A, Zaffuto E, Pompe RS, Marchioni M, Capitanio U, Chun FK, Kapoor AB, Shariat SF, Montorsi F, Briganti A, Karakiewicz PI. Effect of pathological high-risk features on cancerspecific mortality in non-metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a tool for optimizing patient selection for adjuvant therapy. World J Urol. 2017 Oct 11. doi: 10.1007/s00345-017-2093-6. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.74 Bandini M, Smith A, Marchioni M, Pompe RS, Martel TF, Cindolo L, Montorsi F, Shariat SF, Briganti A, Kapoor A, Capitanio U, Karakiewicz PI. Adjuvant Therapies in Nonmetastatic RenalCell Carcinoma: A Review of the Literature. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2018 Jun;16(3):176183. IF-2.53 Bandini M, Marchioni M, Pompe RS, Tian Z, Martel T, Chun FK, Cindolo L, Kapoor A, Montorsi F, Shariat SF, Briganti A, Karakiewicz PI. The effect of age on cancer specific mortality in patients with small renal masses: A population-based analysis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4854. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Bonert M, El-Shinnawy I, Carvalho M, Williams P, Salama S, Tang D, Kapoor A. Next Generation Quality: Assessing the Physician in Clinical History Completeness and Diagnostic Interpretations Using Funnel Plots and Normalized Deviations Plots in 3,854 Prostate Biopsies. J Pathol Inform. 2017 Nov 23;8:43. doi: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_50_17. eCollection 2017. IF-N/A

Bos D, Kim K, Hoogenes J, Lambe S, Shayegan B, Matsumoto ED. Compliance of the recurrent renal stone former with current best practice guidelines. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Dec 22. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4605. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Braga LH, McGrath M, Farrokhyar F, Jegatheeswaran K, Lorenzo AJ. Society For Fetal Urology Classification Versus Urinary Tract Dilation Grading Systems For Prognostication In Prenatal Hydronephrosis: A Time To Resolution Analysis. J Urol. 2018 Jun;199(6):1615-1621. IF-5.15 Brownrigg N, Braga LH, Rickard M, Farrokhyar F, Easterbrook B, Dekirmendjian A, Jegatheeswaran K, DeMaria J, Lorenzo AJ. The impact of a bladder training video versus standard urotherapy on quality of life of children with bladder and bowel dysfunction: A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Aug;13(4):374.e1-374.e8. IF=2.02 Capolicchio JP, Braga LH, Szymanski KM. Canadian Urological Association/Pediatric Urologists of Canada guidelines on the investigation and management of antenatally detected hydronephrosis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Dec 22. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5094. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87

Dragomir A, Aprikian A, Kapoor A, Finelli A, Pouliot F, Rendon R, Black PC, Moore R, Breau RH, Kawakami J, Drachenberg D, Lattouf JB, Tanguay S. Follow-up imaging after nephrectomy for cancer in Canada: urologists’ compliance with guidelines. An observational study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Dec 11;5(4):E834-E841. IF-N/A Fernandez N, Chua ME, Ming JM, Silangcruz JM, Zu’bi F, Dos Santos J, Lorenzo AJ, Braga LH, Lopes RI. Neurostimulation Therapy for Non-Neurogenic Overactive Bladder in Children: a Meta-Analysis. Urology. 2017 Dec;110:201-207. IF-2.31 Fizazi K, Tran N, Fein L, Matsubara N, RodriguezAntolin A, Alekseev BY, Özgüroğlu M, Ye D, Feyerabend S, Protheroe A, De Porre P, Kheoh T, Park YC, Todd MB, Chi KN; LATITUDE Investigators. (Shayegan) Abiraterone plus Prednisone in Metastatic, Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 27;377(4):352-360. IF-72.40 Gallo L, Eskicioglu C, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article using surrogate end points. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):280-287. IF-1.92

Chua ME, Firaza PNB, Ming JM, Silangcruz JMA, Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ. Lidocaine Gel for Urethral Catheterization in Children: A Meta-Analysis. J Pediatr. 2017 Nov;190:207-214.e1. IF-3.87

Gallo L, Murphy J, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a qualitative study. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun;61(3):208-214. IF-1.92

Chua ME, Gnech M, Ming JM, Silangcruz JM, Sanger S, Lopes RI, Lorenzo AJ, Braga LH. Preoperative hormonal stimulation effect on hypospadias repair complications: Meta-analysis of observational versus randomized controlled studies. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Oct;13(5):470-480. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.06.019. IF-1.61

Hoogenes J, Wong N, Al-Harbi B, Kim KS, Vij S, Bolognone E, Quantz M, Guo Y, Shayegan B, Matsumoto ED. A Randomized Comparison of Two Robotic Virtual Reality Simulators and Evaluation of Trainees’ Skills Transfer to a Simulated Robotic Urethrovesical Anastomosis Task. Urology. 2018 Jan;111:110-115. IF-2.31

Chua M, Welsh C, Amir B, Silangcruz JM, Ming J, Gnech M, Sanger S, Lorenzo A, Braga LH, Bägli D. Non-stented versus stented urethroplasty for distal hypospadias repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Jun;14(3):212-219. IF-2.02

Houle AM, Ouimet G, Beiko D, Oake JS, Davies TO. Exploring the business of urology: Influence management and political skills. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Aug;11(8):227-229. doi: 10.5489/ cuaj.4778. IF-.87

Chua ME, Ming JM, Kim JK, Koyle MA, Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ. Laparoscopic-Assisted Versus Open Appendicovesicostomy Procedure in Patients with Prior Abdominal Surgeries: a Comparative Study. Urology. 2018 Jun;116:93-98. IF-2.31 Dason S, Wong NC, Allard CB, Hoogenes J, Orovan W, Shayegan B. High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) as salvage therapy for radio-recurrent prostate cancer: predictors of disease response. Int Braz J Urol. 2018 Mar-Apr;44(2):248-257. IF-.81 Di Sebastiano KM, Pinthus JH, Duivenvoorden WCM, Mourtzakis M. Glucose impairments and insulin resistance in prostate cancer: the role of obesity, nutrition and exercise. Obes Rev. 2018 Mar 24. doi: 10.1111/obr.12674. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-7.88

Kapoor A. Evolution of the CUA guideline - Raising the bar! Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Jun;12(6):151. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5409. IF-.87 Karakiewicz PI, Zaffuto E, Kapoor A, Basappa NS, Bjarnason GA, Blais N, Breau RH, Canil C, Drachenberg D, Hotte SJ, Jeldres C, Jewett MAS, Kassouf W, Kollmannsberger C, Lavallée LT, Maloni R, Patenaude F, Pouliot F, Reaume MN, Sabbagh R, Shayegan B, So A, Soulières D, Tanguay S, Wood L, Bandini M. Kidney Cancer Research Network of Canada consensus statement on the role of adjuvant therapy after nephrectomy for high-risk, non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma: A comprehensive analysis of the literature and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Jun;12(6):173-180. IF-.87

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Kassouf W, Aprikian A, Saad F, Breau RH, Kulkarni G, Guttman DM, Bagshaw K, Izawa J, Eapen L, Fairey A, So A, North S, Rendon R, Sridhar SS, Brimo F, Chung P, Drachenberg D, Fradet Y, Jacobsen N, Morash C, Shayegan B, Gotto G, Zlotta A, Fleshner N, Siemens DR, Black PC. Improving patient journey and quality of care: Summary from the 2nd Bladder Cancer Canada-Canadian Urological Association-Canadian Urologic Oncology Group (BCC-CUA-CUOG) bladder cancer quality of care consensus meeting. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5246. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Kim JK, Chua ME, Ming JM, Braga LH, Smith GHH, Driver C, Koyle MA. Practice variation on use of antibiotics: An international survey among pediatric urologists. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 May 19. pii: S1477-5131(18)30200-6. doi: 10.1016/j. jpurol.2018.04.018. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-2.02 Klotz L, Loblaw A, Siemens R, Ouellette P, Kapoor A, Kebabdjian M, Zhang L, Saad F; Canadian Urology Research Consortium. A phase II, randomized, multicentre study comparing 10 months versus 4 months of degarelix (Firmagon®) therapy in prolonging the off treatment interval in men with localized prostate cancer receiving intermittent androgen deprivation therapy for biochemical recurrence following radical local therapy. J Urol. 2018 Mar 10. pii: S00225347(18)42502-5. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2018.03.010. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-5.15 Kumar R, Kapoor A. Current management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: evolving new therapies. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2017 Sep;11(3):231-237. IF-2.04 Lam CJ, Kapoor A. The true malignancy risk of Bosniak III cystic renal lesions: Active surveillance or surgical resection? Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Jun;12(6):E276-E280 IF-.87 Lawson KA, Saarela O, Liu Z, Lavallée LT, Breau RH, Wood L, Jewett MAS, Kapoor A, Tanguay S, Moore RB, Rendon R, Pouliot F, Black PC, Kawakami J, Drachenberg D, Finelli A. Benchmarking quality for renal cancer surgery: Canadian Kidney Cancer information system (CKCis) perspective. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Aug;11(8):232-237. IF-.87 Lee T, Guo Y, Vij S, Bansal R, Wong NC, Shayegan B. Case: Spontaneous regression of post-radical prostatectomy prostate-specific antigen elevation without adjuvant therapy in a patient with lymph node metastasis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jul;11(7):E315-E317. IF-.87 Lin X, Gu Y, Kapoor A, Wei F, Aziz T, Ojo D, Jiang Y, Bonert M, Shayegan B, Yang H, Al-Nedawi K, Major P, Tang D. Overexpression of MUC1 and Genomic Alterations in Its Network Associate with Prostate Cancer Progression. Neoplasia. 2017 Nov;19(11):857-867. IF-5.00

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Locke JA, Hamidizadeh R, Kassouf W, Ricardo Rendon R, Bell D, Izawa J, Joseph Chin J, Kapoor A, Shayegen B, Lattouf JB, Saad F, Lacombe L, Fradet Y, Fairey A, Jacobson NE, Drachenberg D, Cagiannos I, So A, Black PC. Surveillance guidelines based on recurrence patterns for upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Apr 12. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5377. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Maizels M, Braga L, Gong EM, Liu D, Meade P, Nelson LD, Dungan JS. “1 Voice”: Learn urinary tract dilation (UTD) classification to assess fetal & newborn urological ultrasound findings. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Dec;13(6):559-562. IF-2.02 Marchioni M, Bandini M, Pompe RS, Martel T, Tian Z, Shariat SF, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Briganti A, Schips L, Capitanio U, Karakiewicz PI. The impact of lymph node dissection and positive lymph nodes on cancer specific mortality in contemporary pT2-3 non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with radical nephrectomy. BJU Int. 2018 Mar;121(3):383-392. IF-4.38 Marchioni M, Bandini M, Pompe RS, Tian Z, Martel T, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Berardinelli F, Briganti A, Shariat SF, Schips L, Karakiewicz PI. Survival of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients continues to improve over time, even in targeted therapy era. Int Urol Nephrol. 2017 Dec;49(12):2143-2149. IF-1.56 Marchioni M, Harmouch SS, Nazzani S, Bandini M, Preisser F, Tian Z, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Briganti A, Shariat SF, Schips L, Karakiewicz PI. Effect of African-American race on cancer specific mortality differs according to clear cell vs. non-clear cell histologic subtype in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;54:112-118. IF-2.88 Marchioni M, Martel T, Bandini M, Pompe RS, Tian Z, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Autorino R, Briganti A, Shariat SF, Schips L, Karakiewicz PI. Marital status and gender affect stage, tumor grade, treatment type and cancer specific mortality in T1-2 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma. World J Urol. 2017 Dec;35(12):1899-1905. IF-2.39 Marchioni M, Nazzani S, Preisser F, Bandini M, Tian Z, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Primiceri G, Carmignani L, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Shariat SF, Schips L, Karakiewicz PI. The Effect of Institution Teaching Status on Perioperative Outcomes After Robotic Partial or Radical Nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2018 Jun 19. doi: 10.1089/ end.2018.0025. [Epub ahead of print] IF-2.03 Marchioni M, Preisser F, Bandini M, Nazzani S, Tian Z, Kapoor A, Cindolo L, Abdollah F, Tilki D, Briganti A, Montorsi F, Shariat SF, Schips L, Karakiewicz PI. Comparison of Partial Versus Radical Nephrectomy Effect on Other-cause Mortality, Cancer-specific Mortality, and 30-day Mortality in Patients Older Than 75 Years. Eur Urol Focus. 2018 Feb 2. pii: S2405-4569(18)30008-7. doi: 10.1016/j. euf.2018.01.007. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-N/A

Matsumoto ED. Video replay in surgery: Can we make the “right call” in predicting outcomes? Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Oct;11(10):337. IF-.87 Michlitsch JG, Romao RLP, Gleason JM, Braga LH, Allen L, Gupta A, Lorenzo AJ. Local control for vaginal botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma with prerectal transperineal surgical resection and autologous buccal graft vaginal replacement: A novel, minimally invasive, radiation-sparing approach. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Nov 21. pii: S0022-3468(17)30764-9. doi: 10.1016/j. jpedsurg.2017.11.044. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.97 McGrath M, Easterbrook B, Braga LHP. Letter to the editor regarding “The association between caudal anesthesia and increased risk of postoperative surgical complications in boys undergoing hypospadias repair”. Paediatr Anaesth. 2017 Sep;27(9):973-974. IF-2.25 Patel P, Nayak JG, Liu Z, Saarela O, Jewett M, Rendon R, Kapoor A, Black P, Tanguay S, Kawakami J, Moore R, Breau RH, Morash C, Pouliot F, Drachenberg DE. A Multicentered, Propensity Matched Analysis Comparing Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for pT3a Renal Cell Carcinoma. J Endourol. 2017 Jul;31(7):645-650. IF=2.27 Pinthus JH. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2018 Jun 11. pii: S0022-5347(18)43340-X. doi: 10.1016/j. juro.2018.03.159. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-5.15 Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Kearon C, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Guyatt GH, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Sessler DI, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, Devereaux PJ; Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) Investigators. Bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery: a protocol to establish diagnostic criteria, estimate prognostic importance, and develop and validate a prediction guide in an international prospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 4;5(3):E594-E603. doi: 10.9778/ cmajo.20160106. IF-N/A

Varghese S, Wong NC, Shayegan B. Images in urology: Localized primary amyloidosis of the urinary bladder. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Jan;12(1):E42-E44. IF-.87 Vasisth G, Kapoor A, Piercey K, Lambe S. Renal cell carcinoma in renal allograft: Case series and review of literature. Urology Annals, 2018, Vol. 10:2:229-232 April 9, 2018. IF-.51 Wallis CJD, Morton G, Herschorn S, Kodama RT, Kulkarni GS, Appu S, Shayegan B, Buckley R, Grabowski A, Narod SA, Nam RK. The effect of selection and referral biases for the treatment of localised prostate cancer with surgery or radiation. Br J Cancer. 2018 May;118(10):1399-1405. IF-6.17 Wong NC. CUA-AUA International Fellows Program: Boston 2017. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Aug;11(8):230. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4818. IF-.87 Wong NC, Hoogenes J, Guo Y, Quantz M, Matsumoto ED. Techniques: Utility of a 3D printed bladder model for teaching minimally invasive urethrovesical anastomosis. Can Urol Asoc J. 2017; 11(7): E321-2 IF-.87 Woon DTS, Chandrasekar T, Aaron L, Basappa NS, Chi KN, Conter HJ, Danielson B, Hotte SJ, Malone S, Saad F, Shayegan B, Park-Wyllie L, Hamilton RJ. Disparity in public funding of therapies for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer across Canadian provinces. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Apr 12. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5378. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87 Zareba P, Eastham J, Scardino PT, Touijer K Contemporary Patterns of Care and Outcomes of Men Found to Have Lymph Node Metastases at the Time of Radical Prostatectomy. J Urol. 2017 Nov;198(5):1077-1084. doi: 10.1016/j. juro.2017.06.062. IF-5.15 Zareba P, Duivenvoorden WCM, Pinthus JH. Thromboembolism in Patients with Bladder Cancer: Incidence, Risk Factors and Prevention. Bladder Cancer. 2018 Apr 26;4(2):139-147. IF-N/A

Rourke K, Braga LH. Transitioning patients with hypospadias and other penile abnormalities to adulthood: What to expect? Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Apr;12(4 Suppl 1):S27-S33. IF-.87

Vascular Surgery

Saad F, Pouliot F, Danielson B, Catton C, Kapoor A. Symptom assessment to guide treatment selection and determine progression in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Expert opinion and review of the evidence. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 May 14. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5145. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-.87

Hennessey H, Luckham E, Kayssi A, Wheatcroft MD, Greco E, Al-Omran M, Harlock J, Qadura M. Optimization of rifampin coating on covered Dacron endovascular stent grafts for infected aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2018 Mar 1. pii: S0741-5214(17)32650-2. doi: 10.1016/j. jvs.2017.10.069. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.53

Thoma A, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Braga LH, Sprague S, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a noninferiority trial. Can J Surg. 2017 Dec;60(6):426-432. IF-1.92

Howe KL ,Guirgis M, Woodman G, Chu FV,Cooper MJ , Rapanos T, Szalay D. Blunt innominate artery trauma requiring repair and carotid ligation. Trauma Case Reports. 2017;12:24-7. IF-N/A

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Hu J, Goekjian S, Stone N, Nelson A, Cooper MJ. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for a Giant Wound Secondary to Malignancy Induced Necrotizing Fascitiis. Wounds. 2017 Aug;29(8):E55-E60. IF-.17 Naji F, Srivatsav V, Qadura M, Harlock J, Andrinopoulos T, Iyer V, Rapanos T. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Internal Iliac Artery Branched Endovascular Stent Grafts. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Nov;45:247-252. IF-1.14 Naji F, Javidan AP, Khan S, Srivatsav V, Rapanos T, Harlock J. Level of clinical evidence presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting during a 5-year period (2012-2016). J Vasc Surg. 2018 Mar;67(3):951-959. IF-3.53 Stacey M. Combined Topical Growth Factor and Protease Inhibitor in Chronic Wound Healing: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Proofof-Concept Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Apr 27;7(4):e97. IF-N/A Stacey MC, Phillips SA, Farrokhyar F, Swaine JM. Reliability and measurement error of digital planimetry for the measurement of chronic venous leg ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2017 Sep 18. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12587. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-3.04 Strauss S, Engels P, Harlock J. Distal Placement of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) to Restore Hemodynamic Stability in a Patient With Proximal Aortic Rupture. J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Apr;25(2):257-260. IF-2.83 Swaine JM, Moe A, Breidahl W, Bader DL, Oomens CWJ, Lester L, O’Loughlin E, Santamaria N, Stacey MC. Adaptation of a MR imaging protocol into a real-time clinical biometric ultrasound protocol for persons with spinal cord injury at risk for deep tissue injury: A reliability study. J Tissue Viability. 2018 Feb;27(1):32-41. IF-1.26

Other Acai A, Steyn C, Reid SE, Sonnadara RR. A solution to gender inequity in surgery? Better caregiving policies. Can J Surg. 2018 Feb;61(1):6-7. IF-1.92 Acai A, Sonnadara RR, O’Neill TA. Getting with the times: a narrative review of the literature on group decision making in virtual environments and implications for promotions committees. Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Jun;7(3):147-155. IF-N/A Baweja RK, Michael Bennardo M, Farrokhyar F, Martyniuk A, Reddy K. A Canadian perspective on anterior cervical discectomies: practice patterns and preferences. J Spine Surg, (March 2018) Vol 4, No 1, 72-78. IF-N/A

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Chaudhary V, Brent M, Lam WC, Devenyi R, Teichman J, Mak MY, Kaur H, Barbosa J, Carter R, Farrokhyar F. Genetic Risk Factors Are Not Associated with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatment Response to Ranibizumab. Ophthalmologica. 2018 Jan 26. doi: 10.1159/000481178. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-1.74 Chin B, Ramji M, Farrokhyar F, Bain JR. Efficient Imaging: Examining the Value of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries, A Systematic Review.Neurosurgery. 2017 Oct 11. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx483. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-4.88 Fahim C, Wagner N, Nousiainen MT, Sonnadara R. Assessment of Technical Skills Competence in the Operating Room: A Systematic and Scoping Review. Acad Med. 2018 May;93(5):794-808. IF-5.25 Gallo L, Eskicioglu C, Braga LH, Farrokhyar F, Thoma A. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess an article using surrogate end points. Can J Surg. 2017 Aug;60(4):280-287. IF-1.92 Haldane CE, Ekhtiari S, de Sa D, Simunovic N, Safran M, Randelli F, Duong A, Farrokhyar F, Ayeni OR. Venous Thromboembolism Events After Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review. Arthroscopy. 2018 Jan;34(1):321-330.e1. IF-4.29 Kalun P, Wagner N, Yan J, Nousiainen MT, Sonnadara RR. Surgical simulation training in orthopedics: current insights. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2018 Feb 21;9:125-131. doi: 10.2147/ AMEP.S138758. eCollection 2018. IF-N/A Kameda-Smith MM, Klurfan P, van Adel BA, Larrazabal R, Farrokhyar F, Bennardo M, Gunnarsson T. Timing of complications during and after elective endovascular intracranial aneurysm coiling. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Apr;10(4):374-379. doi: 10.1136/ neurintsurg-2017-013110. Matthews JLK, Alolabi N, Farrokhyar F, Voineskos SH. One Versus 2 Venous Anastomoses in Free Flap Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Plast Surg (Oakv). 2018 May;26(2):91-98. IF-0.0 Nath S, Koziarz A, Badhiwala JH, Alhazzani W, Jaeschke R, Sharma S, Banfield L, Shoamanesh A, Singh S, Nassiri F, Oczkowski W, Belley-Côté E, Truant R, Reddy K, Meade MO, Farrokhyar F, Bala MM, Alshamsi F, Krag M, EtxeandiaIkobaltzeta I, Kunz R, Nishida O, Matouk C, Selim M, Rhodes A, Hawryluk G, Almenawer SA. Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet. 2017 Dec 6. pii: S0140-6736(17)324510. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32451-0. [Epub ahead of print] IF-44.0

Shen C, Shamsudeen I, Farrokhyar F, Sabri K. Fragility of Results in Ophthalmology Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review. Ophthalmology. 2017 Dec 11. pii: S0161-6420(17)31987-5. doi: 10. 1016/j.ophtha.2017.11.015. [Epub ahead of print]. IF-8.20 Sommer DD, Arbab-Tafti S, Farrokhyar F, Tewfik M, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Rotenberg B, Chandra R, Weitzel EK, Wright E, Ramakrishna J. A challenge-response endoscopic sinus surgery specific checklist as an add-on to standard surgical checklist: an evaluation of potential safety and quality improvement issues. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2018 Feb 27. doi: 10.1002/alr.22106. [Epub ahead of print]. IF=2.13 Stacey MC, Phillips SA, Farrokhyar F, Swaine JM. Reliability and measurement error of digital planimetry for the measurement of chronic venous leg ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2017 Sep;25(5):901-905.IF-3.04 Thoma A, Farrokhyar F, Waltho D, Braga LH, Sprague S, Goldsmith CH. Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a noninferiority trial. Can J Surg. 2017 Dec;60(6):426-432. IF-1.92

2017-18 PUBLICATION STATS 29

GENERAL SURGERY

OPHTHALMOLOGY

102

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

VASCULAR SURGERY

315

NEUROSURGERY

OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD & NECK SURGERY

CARDIAC

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

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TOTAL PUBLICATIONS DURING THE 2018 ACADEMIC YEAR

PLASTIC SURGERY

THORACIC SURGERY

UROLOGY

OTHER

† Division totals do not equal department total due to overlap * Denotes resident author

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Step 2: Choose Type of Gift Upon entering our site, the first decision you’ll have to make is whether you want to make a one-time donation or a monthly donation. Toggle between choices by clicking the checkmark adjacent to the one you’d prefer. By default, the form starts with “one-time gift” selected.

Step 3: Select Fund & Amount We have a generic “Surgical Education Fund” designation set up to make matters quick and easy for our online donors. Simply type in your desired amount, and continue on with the form. All donations to the Surgical Education Fund will be used for our most pressing needs — could be research, could be resident resources, could be recruitment. However, if you would prefer to give for a specific purpose, simply type that purpose in the field below and we’ll ensure your 2016-2018 gift achieves its goal. Even if you’re interested in donating to a specific ANNUAL REPORT surgeon who helped you or your family through a difficult time, simply type his or her name in that same field and we’ll ensure your donation helps Special thanks to our Chair, fund their surgical endeavours. our Associate Chairs, our Program Coordinators, our Step 4: Enter your Personal Info Division Heads, and our Admin Staff for making this “Personal information” is a bit of a stretch. For this part of publication possible. the process, we only need your first name, last name, and email address. Editorial & Graphic Design: Maria Lee Fook Step 5: Search for your Employer Communications Coordinator leefoom@mcmaster.ca Did you know that some employers will double or even triple their employees’ charitable efforts? Search for your employer in our Contributing Editorial & database to see if yours is eligible for this amazing initiative. Graphic Design: Blake Dillon dillonb@mcmaster.ca Step 6: Enter your Billing Info The final step is to enter your credit card information. For the record, we see none of this information. All payments are processed by McMaster’s central advancement office so your info will not remain on file with us.

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