2021

Holiday Closure
December 02, 2021
The Department of Surgery office will be closed during the winter break.

Surgery residents working to ensure diversity in Canadian Orthopaedics
December 02, 2021
Drs. Chloe Cadieux and Kristen Barton (PGY3 orthopaedic surgery residents at Western University) are two members of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association’s Gender Diversity Task Force.

Opening the door: Creating trans-inclusive spaces in research and medicine
November 26, 2021
Dr. Jeffrey Campbell, Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, and the Trans PULSE Canada team are working to design a more inclusive system.

Global study offers new insight on heart valve surgery
November 17, 2021
Researchers at Western and Lawson Health Research Institute played a leading role in a new global study that will change the way surgeons repair leaky valves in the heart.

Cardiac surgery study helps to improve patient care in the short and long term.
November 16, 2021
Dr. Michael Chu, Professor & Chair/Chief of Cardiac Surgery, and his team investigate the outcomes of concomitant mitral and tricuspid repair.

Carving a pumpkin? This surgeon sees spike in tendon lacerations at Halloween
November 08, 2021
Dr. Ruby Grewal, Professor in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, talks to CBC London about hand injuries.

Holding ourselves accountable
October 28, 2021
At Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is more than a moral aspiration. It’s a foundational building block in the mission to educate socially responsible leaders in human health.

Department of Surgery Fall 2021 Newsletter
October 14, 2021
The Department of Surgery Newsletter Fall 2021 issue is now available. Highlights of this issue include: Drs. Kristen Barton and Chloe Cadieux's work with the Canadian Orthopaedic Association's Gender Diversity Task Force, introductions to new faculty members Drs. Supriya Singh and David Drullinsky, the recipients of the 2020-21 Surgery Clerkship Teaching Awards, and more.

Department of Surgery message re: sexual and gender based violence
September 17, 2021
The news of recent sexual and gender-based violence at Western is distressing and abhorrent. These actions violate our values and laws and will not be tolerated in any measure.

Simple prostatectomy using the open and robotic approaches for lower urinary tract symptoms: A retrospective, case-control series
September 03, 2021
Urology members assess the outcome of a series of simple prostatectomy using the open simple prostatectomy (OSP) and robotic-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP) approaches at Western University.

Call for Abstracts: Dr. Robert Zhong Department of Surgery Research Day
August 03, 2021
Residents and fellows are invited to submit an abstract for this year's Dr. Robert Zhong Department of Surgery Research Day, which will be held virtually on the afternoon of November 11, 2021. Submissions will be accepted until September 8.

Wait times, resource use and health-related quality of life across the continuum of care for patients referred for total knee replacement surgery.
August 03, 2021
Study by Orthopaedic surgery members highlights the need for new models of care to reduce wait times for TKA.

Announcement: Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam appointed as the Dr. Robert Zhong Chair in Translational Transplant Research
June 28, 2021
Dr. Lakshman Gunaratnam, Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and cross-appointed to the Department of Surgery, has been appointed as the Dr. Robert Zhong Chair in Translational Transplant Research, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, effective April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026.

Graduation 2021
June 23, 2021
Congratulations to our Surgery residency and MSc in Surgery program graduates!

A message to our colleagues
June 14, 2021
A message to our colleagues from Dr. Emil H. Schemitsch, Richard Ivey Professor & Chair/Chief, Department of Surgery, and Drs. Doug Ross and Muriel Brackstone, Co-Chairs, Gender, Equity and Diversity Office, Department of Surgery.

Spring 2021 issue of the Surgery Newsletter is now available
April 30, 2021
The latest issue of the Surgery newsletter is now available. Learn more about recent leadership changes, academic successes, and research innovations.

London startup raises the bar on spinal implants
March 08, 2021
Backing from the Bone & Joint Institute’s Catalyst Grants Program and the MSK Innovation Competition led to Tim Lasswell, now president of A-Line Orthopaedics, and Assistant Professor in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Parham Rasoulinejad, commercializing their revolutionary product with an international medical device company.

Medical device to manage blood loss approved by Health Canada
March 01, 2021
Dr. Adam Power, Associate Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, and his team at Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. have received Health Canada approval for their device, called the COBRA-OS (Control of Bleeding, Resuscitation, Arterial Occlusion System), that manages blood loss.

Alternate type of surgery may prevent total knee replacement
February 04, 2021
Study by members at Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic finds that an underused type of knee surgery in younger patients, called high tibial osteotomy, may reduce the need for total knee replacement.

Dr. Emil Schemitsch re-appointed as Chair/Chief of the Department of Surgery
January 07, 2021
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Emil Schemitsch has been re-appointed as Chair/Chief of the Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London, effective January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025.

Dr. Vivian McAlister named Officer of the Order of Canada
January 01, 2021
Dr. Vivian McAlister, Professor, Division of General Surgery, has received one of Canada's highest civilian honours.

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