50th Anniversary CME Event Program

Celebrating

Special Anniversary CME Event & Gala November 11, 2017 LIVELab | Hamilton, ON

AGENDA 8:00 a.m.

Arrival and breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome Address by Dr. Stephen Kelly

8:45 a.m.

“STEP & EFFORT” by Dr. David Szalay & Dr. Deepak Dath

9:15 a.m.

“ERAS & NSQIP” by Dr. Shawn Forbes

9:35 a.m.

“Surgeon Scientist Program” by Dr. Sheila Singh

9:55 a.m.

Break for coffee!

10:15 a.m.

“Surgical Foundations Bootcamp” by Dr. Nalin Amin

10:35 a.m.

“CBD Preparation” by Dr. Ranil Sonnadara

11:00 a.m.

Moment of silence for Remembrance Day

11:05 a.m.

“Department Innovations” by Dr. Mehran Anvari

11:25 a.m.

“International Surgery Desk” by Dr. Jaydeep Moro

11:45 a.m.

Break for lunch!

1:00 p.m.

“Robotics” by Dr. Wael Hanna

1:20 p.m.

Please do not bring food or drink inside the LIVELab. Thank you!

“Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” by Dr. Niv Sne

1:40 p.m.

“POEM” by Dr. Dennis Hong

2:00 p.m.

LIVELab Demonstration by Dr. Ranil Sonnadara

2:20 p.m.

50th Anniversary video and closing remarks by Dr. Susan Reid

Dr. Stephen Kelly Dr. Stephen Kelly is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair of Education for McMaster University’s Department of Surgery. He is also a general surgeon operating out of Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.

Dr. Kelly graduated from Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital in London, England. After completing his General Surgery training in the UK, he moved overseas to complete a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Toronto.

In 2003, Dr. Kelly joined the faculty of McMaster’s Department of Surgery.

Today’s Topic: This welcome address will introduce the day’s events, as well as touch on some of the highlights of surgical education at McMaster University. Dr. Kelly will also speak at tonight’s evening gala.

Prior to assuming the role of Associate Chair of Education, Dr. Kelly served as the Department of Surgery’s Surgical Clerkship Director, the General Surgery Residency Program Director, and the Clinical Teaching Unit Director for the General Surgery Residency Program at the McMaster University Medical Centre.

Dr. Kelly’s primary research interests include surgical education and colorectal disease.

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Dr. David Szalay Dr. David Szalay graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1991 and remained in Toronto for postgraduate training in General Surgery as well as a subsequent fellowship in Vascular Surgery.

He also completed a Masters of Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto and spent five years as a faculty member in the University of Toronto’s Department of Surgery.

Dr. Szalay eventually came to McMaster University in 2004, where he now works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and is the Division Head for Vascular Surgery. He is also the Clinical Lead for the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN4) Regional Vascular Surgery Program.

Dr. Szalay’s primary academic interests are in surgical education and surgical outcomes and quality improvement. His clinical practice includes comprehensive management of all aspects of peripheral arterial and venous disease.

Today’s Topic: Speaking with Dr. Deepak Dath, Dr. David Szalay will discuss McMaster’s Surgical Teachers Educational Program (STEP) and Effective Operating Room Teaching (EFFORT).

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Dr. Deepak Dath Dr. Deepak Dath attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario and completed his general surgery training at McMaster University in 1998. He then completed a Masters of Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto, followed by a fellowship in Surgical Education at the Wilson Centre and a clinical fellowship in Toronto in Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant surgery.

Today’s Topic: Speaking with Dr. David Szalay, Dr. Deepak Dath will discuss McMaster’s Surgical Teachers Educational Program (STEP) and Effective Operating Room Teaching (EFFORT).

Dr. Dath eventually returned to McMaster University and became the program director of the CORE program in Surgery — what many people might know as the Principles of Surgery lectures. The CORE program, comprising seven separate curricula — including technical skills training — eventually became Surgical Foundations at the Royal College.

Dr. Dath was then recruited as a Clinician Educator at the Royal College until 2016. His Education work continues in teaching, interprofessional learning, and medical education leadership.

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Dr. Shawn Forbes Dr. Shawn Forbes is an Associate Professor at McMaster University as well as a Colorectal Surgereon at Juravinsk Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario.

In 1999, Dr. Forbes earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Lakehead University in Orillia, Ontario.

Following that, he got his Medical Doctorate (MD) from McMaster University, before ultimately completing his master’s in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto in 2009. The following year, Dr. Forbes returned to his alma mater — this time as faculty. He originally joined McMaster’s Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor, and has since been promoted to Associate Professor.

Dr. Forbes is a current member of the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board, and sat on the Cancer Care Ontario ColonCancerCheck Clinical Advisory Committee for two years. Throughout his career, his primary research interests have been in perioperative quality of care, surgical site infection prevention, venous thromboembolism prevention, and colorectal cancer.

Today’s Topic: Dr. Forbes will discuss enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) as well as the many innovations occurring thanks to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

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Dr. Sheila Singh Dr. Sheila Singh is an Associate Professor of surgery and biochemistry, chief pediatric neurosurgeon at McMaster Children’s Hospital, the Division Head of Neurosurgery at Hamilton Health Sciences, and the scientist appointed to the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University. She holds a Tier-1 Senior Canada Research Chair in Human Brain Cancer Stem Cell Biology, and is the Director of the McMaster Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP).

Today’s Topic: Dr. Sheila Singh will discuss the excellent opportunities provided

by McMaster University’s Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP), which operates as part of McMaster’s pre-established Clinician Investigator Program (CIP), a Royal College accredited postgraduate research training program.

Dr. Singh’s lab applies a developmental neurobiology framework to the study of brain tumorigenesis. Building upon previous cell culture techniques developed for the isolation of normal neural stem cells (NSC) and applying them to brain tumours, and through development of a xenograft model to efficiently study brain tumour initiating cell (BTIC) activity, Dr. Singh’s lab aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that govern BTIC self-renewal.

Dr. Singh is currently studying the regulation of BTIC-signaling pathways in glioblastoma, brain metastases, and childhood medulloblastoma, with an ultimate goal of selectively targeting the BTIC with appropriately tailored drug and molecular therapies.

Her lab is funded by CCSRI, CIHR, TFRI, CRS, the Stem Cell Network, McMaster Surgical Associates, Brain Canada, and the Boris Family Fund.

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Dr. Nalin Amin Dr. Nalin Amin is an Associate Professor and general surgeon with the Department of Surgery at McMaster University.

After completing his medical degree and family medicine residency at the University of Manitoba, he subsequently completed a General Surgery residency at McMaster University and a Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Fellowship in New York. He then started his clinical and academic practice at McMaster University in 2008.

His clinical practice is currently in Minimally Invasive General Surgery with a clinical focus on Minimally Invasive approaches to colorectal resections, gastrectomies, splenectomies, hernia repairs, and other general surgical procedures.

He is currently the Surgical Foundations Program Director, the Clinical Teaching Unit Clerkship director, the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery lead for Hamilton, and sits on the Royal College Surgical Foundations Advisory Committee and the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education Advisory Committee.

Dr. Amin was awarded the 2016 Steeltown Scalpel for excellence in residency education.

Today’s Topic: This presentation will highlight the challenges medical educators and learners face during the transition to residency and provide an overview of the new Surgical Foundations boot camp at McMaster, including information on how it was created and data on its effectiveness.

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Dr. Ranil Sonnadara Dr. Ranil Sonnadara is the Director of the Office of Education Science and holds academic appointments in McMaster University’s Departments of Surgery and Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind, as well as in the eHealth, Health Research Methodology, and Health Science Education programs at McMaster University. He also holds an administrative appointment as Special Advisor to the Vice-President (Research) at McMaster.

Today’s Topic: With the shift toward Competence

by Design (CBD), the new Office of Education Science will present some of the key surgical education initiatives happening within the Department of Surgery that are set to position McMaster at the forefront of surgical education in the coming years. Later today, Dr. Sonnadara will also speak about today’s venue, the LIVELab.

A behavioural neuroscientist by training, Dr. Sonnadara leads a team of researchers and students who use a wide variety of different methodologies to study changes in the human body that arise as a result of learning and practice, from the initial stages of skill acquisition through to elite and expert level performance across a wide variety of domains. Dr. Sonnadara is particularly interested in the role of feedback in learning and assessing complex skills.

Dr. Sonnadara’s interests in this area grew out of his own experiences as a professional musician and an elite level coach.

Today, Dr. Sonnadara helps bring clinicians and education scientists together to foster innovation and excellence in surgical education.

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Dr. Mehran Anvari Dr. Mehran Anvari is a tenured Professor of Surgery, holds the Chair of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Innovation at McMaster University, and is the founding director of the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), which was the first of its kind in Canada, training more than 3,000 surgeons through over 200 CME programs under Dr. Anvari’s direction.

Dr. Anvari is also Scientific Director and CEO of the Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii), a federally-funded National Center of Excellence for the development and commercialization of innovative medical robotic platforms and minimally-invasive tools. CSii has developed an automated robot for early detection and treatment of cancers, and is commercializing the first platform designed for MRI-guided biopsy and ablation of suspicious breast lesions.

Dr. Anvari is recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the fields of minimally invasive surgery and telerobotic surgery, becoming the first person in the world to complete a series of remote surgeries on patients in Northern community hospitals. He has over 150 publications, holds multiple patents, and is the Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery.

Dr. Anvari has received numerous honorary degrees and international awards, and was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2017 for his contributions to the field of robotic surgery.

Today’s Topic: Dr. Mehran Anvari will be highlighting some of the many innovations made by McMaster University’s Department of Surgery throughout the years.

He will examine the significance of innovation in surgery, and discuss how future generations of surgeons — including many of you in the audience today — can build upon that success.

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Dr. Jaydeep Moro Dr. Jaydeep Moro is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Orthopaedics in McMaster University’s Department of Surgery.

Dr. Moro obtained his Medical Doctorate (MD) degree at the University of Toronto. Subsequently, he trained in orthopaedic surgery as a resident at McMaster University. Following that, he completed a hand and upper extremity fellowship at the University of Western Ontario and a fellowship in sports and shoulder surgery at the University of Toronto.

Today’s Topic: Dr. Jaydeep Moro will speak about his experiences with and the innovations made by McMaster University’s International Surgery Desk. Dr. Moro has personally participated in international surgical endeavours, most notably spending two weeks in Uganda as part of USTOP.

Today, Dr. Moro teaches surgical skills labs at local, provincial, and national institutions and supervises the research of McMaster University’s orthopaedic surgery fellows and residents. His practice specializes in upper extremity and sports injuries.

Throughout his career, Dr. Moro’s primary research interests have included total shoulder arthroplasty as well as rotator cuff repair treatments.

Dr. Moro has won many awards and honours in his career, including an Orthopaedic Surgery Teaching Award.

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Dr. Wael Hanna Dr. Wael Hanna is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University and a thoracic surgeon with a strong focus on clinical and academic robotic surgery of the chest.

Dr. Hanna is also the Director of Research at the Boris Family Centre for Robotic Surgery (BFCRS), and, through this role, has pioneered multiple robotic lung operations in Canada, including targeted lung surgery with near infrared technology.

The BFCRS Research Program, which includes research teams from the disciplines of Urology, Thoracics, and Head and Neck Surgery, runs 18 clinical trials ranging from Phase I studies to Randomized Controlled Trials.

In addition to clinical evidence, BFCRS research also focuses on cost-effectiveness studies for robotic surgery in the public healthcare system, with the aim of ensuring the viability and sustainability of robotic programs across Canada.

Dr. Hanna is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, where he reviews high-impact publications, writes editorial commentaries, and more.

Today’s Topic: Dr. Wael Hanna will explain how robotic surgery at McMaster University became the highest volume surgical robotics program in Canada. He will also discuss McMaster’s robotics program’s emergence as a national leader in research and innovation.

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Dr. Niv Sne After receiving his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in 1998, Dr. Niv Sne proceeded to complete his General Surgery Training at McMaster University. Following the completion of his residency program, Dr. Sne has taken on a special interest in ventral hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). Dr. Sne is an Associate Professor for McMaster’s Department of Surgery and a trauma surgeon with Hamilton Health Sciences. Currently situated at the Hamilton General Site, Dr. Sne runs a growing General Surgery and Trauma practice.

Today’s Topic: This engaging talk on Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) will help the audience define AWR and its global impact, conceptualize the role of new cadaveric models in the education of AWR, understand the significance and importance of a multidisciplinary approach to AWR, and discover the future of AWR at McMaster University.

Over the past decade, Dr. Sne has been a guest speaker in a number of national and international venues surrounding the topic of complex abdominal wall hernias. Additionally, Dr. Sne has recently formalized an AWR course through McMaster University with the intention to create a Hernia Centre of Excellence.

In addition to his clinical interests, Dr. Sne serves as the CTU director at the Hamilton General Hospital while he continues to participate in provincial, national, and international research studies. Dr. Sne recently purchased a farm in Brantford, Ontario, where he is enjoying the country life with his wife and three children.

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Dr. Dennis Hong Dr. Dennis Hong is an Associate Professor at McMaster University and a general surgeon practicing out of St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. He specializes in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery.

Dr. Hong was born in Seoul, South Korea. He completed his undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Western Ontario in 1992. Dr. Hong received his medical degree (M.D.) from the University of Toronto in 1996. Following that, he completed his residency in the McMaster University Department of Surgery. A few years later, in 2003, Dr. Hong completed a Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at the Legacy Health System in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. In 2010, Dr. Hong returned to his residency stomping grounds and joined the Department of Surgery at McMaster University as faculty. The same year, he became the Clinical Teaching Unit Director for McMaster University as well as the Associate Director for the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario.

Dr. Hong has received many honours and awards durning his career, including the Korean-Canadian Educational Scholarship and the McMaster University Physicians’ Services Incorporated Award.

Today’s Topic: Dr. Dennis Hong calls his talk “Teaching old dogs new tricks.”

This engaging discussion will have Dr. Hong speak about his extensive experience with Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), which is a specialized novel endoscopic procedure designed to treat patients suffering from achalasia.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE Dr. Susan Reid | Department Chair Cathy Turner | Director of Administration Anne Lancaster | Assistant Manager, HR Marcy Murchie | Finance Manager Brenda Paine | Assistant to the Chair Terrie Harvie | Assistant to the Director of Admin Dr. Robert Hansebout | Professor Emeritus Dr. Stephen Kelly | Associate Chair, Education Dr. Deepak Dath | Professor, General Surgery Jennifer Bowen | Program Coordinator, Plastics Blake Dillon | Communications Coordinator

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SPONSORS Thank you to the organizations that kindly contributed to our anniversary celebration!

50 Years of Excellence Congratulations McMaster University Department of Surgery.

MNP proudly supports initiatives that share our values of leadership, excellence and a commitment to enhancing the communities where we live and work.

Contact Jim Chagnon, CPA, CA, TEP, at 289.293.2311 or jim.chagnon@mnp.ca

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING! Thank you for participating in our anniversary celebration. We hope you enjoyed your visit to McMaster University and learned a lot from our diverse lineup of speakers. Please remember to fill out and submit your evaluation forms, and to retrieve your CME certificate on the way out. For those of you attending our celebratory gala, we’ll see you at 5:30 p.m. tonight!

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