EBS Research Symposium Abstracts

Presenters

Jennifer Urquhart, PhD
Ten-year Revision Rate and Clinical Outcome in Patients Treated Surgically for Lumbar Spinal
Stenosis

Abolfazl Avan, PhD
1. Identifying and Treating Hypertension through Holistic Brain Health: an Exploratory,
Scoping, and Feasibility Study
2. Age-, Sex-, and Risk-specific Trends of Stroke, Ischemic Heart Disease, and Dementia in
Africa, 1990–2019: A Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Laura Allen, MSc
The Demand for Emergency General Surgery in Canada: A Public Health Crisis

Emily Dawson, PhD Candidate
Waiting Time for Hip and Knee Replacement and Its Association With Poor Post-Operative
Outcomes: A Research Protocol

Pingzhao Hu, PhD
Artificial Intelligence –Driven Synthetic Radiogenomic Applications in Breast Cancer

Curtis Jeffrey, Meds2026 and MSc Candidate
On The Road Again: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Assessing the Impact of
Travelling to Access Surgery on Postoperative Outcomes in High-Income Countries

Madeline Lemke, MD
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Readmission Rates Following Colorectal Surgery

Kevin McIntyre, PhD Candidate
Initial Findings of Perioperative Mortality in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries: A
Multilevel Meta-Regression Analysis

Jovana Momic, MD, MSc
Aspirin versus Heparin in the Treatment of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury (BCVI) – A
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Edith Otalike, PhD Candidate
Impact of PROMs Quality on ACL Reconstruction Effect Estimates

Evelyn Waugh, MD
Laparoscopic vs. Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Initial Institutional Experience

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