Department of Surgery IRF Recipients

2024 Faculty IRF Funded Studies

Large Grant Competition

  • Dr. Steven MacDonald - The Role of Synovectomy in Pain Reduction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
    $30,000

Support for CIHR Success

  • Dr. Brad Moffat - Can we omit antibiotics after perforated appendicitis? A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial
    $20,000
  • Dr. Alp Sener - The effect of 10 degree celsius organ preservation on graft outcomes following donation after cardiac death kidney transplantation in an ex-vivo porcine model
    $20,000

Fundamental Sciences & Surgical Innovation

  • Dr. George Athwal - Mid-term follow up of implant migration following reverse shoulder arthroplasty using radiostereomektric analysis
    $7,480
  • Dr. Ryan Degen - Strain on cadaveric native anterior cruciate ligament following lateral extra-articular tenodesis
    $10,000.00
  • Dr. Christopher Schlachta - Validation Testing of the Revolve Surgical System v1.0: A novel table-mounted alternative to robotic minimally invasive surgical platforms
    $9,670

Surgical Education

  • Dr. Oonagh Scallan - A motherhood coaching program for Canadian surgical trainees: a pilot study
    $10,000.00

Big Data

  • Dr. Muriel Brackstone - Does Centralizing Patient Referrals Overcome Referral Pattern-Based Gender Inequity for Surgeons
    $10,000

Quality Improvement

  • Dr. Elaine Tang - Decreasing Case Lengths in Organ Donation
    $9,999.49

Patient Centered Research

  • Dr. Richard Hilsden - Evaluating the Implementation LHSC Urgent General Surgery Clinic: Outcomes, Systems, and Patient Perspectives
    $9,910
  • Dr. Nicholas Power - A Phase II Single-arm clinical trial of Primary Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Testicular Seminoma with limited retroperitoneal metastases
    $10,000

EDID Research Project Award

  • Dr. Natashia Seemann - Through their Lens: Capturing the Experiences of Surgeon Mothers Using Photovoice Methodology
    $10,000.00

2024 RRG Funded Studies

Fundamental Sciences & Surgical Innovation

  • Dr. Theodore Wigle and Dr. J. Glinka (supervisor) - Assessing the performance of Preoperative Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in Preventing Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure: A Single Institution’s Experience.
    $5,000.00

Quality Improvement

  • Dr. Rosemary Stanoev and Dr. K. Vogt (supervisor) - An Evaluation of the Opioid Withdrawal Symptom Management Module in Trauma Patients
    $5,000

Patient Centered Research

  • Dr. Brynn Charron and Dr. B. Lanting (supervisor) - Midterm CT-Based Radiostereometric Analysis for Inducible Displacement of Acetabular Migration
    $5,000
  • Dr. Dyanna Melo and Dr. K. Vogt (supervisor) - Incidence of Retained or Recurrent Hemothorax in Multisystem Trauma Patients with Thoracic Injuries
    $5,000
  • Dr. Pooja Patel and Dr. R. Nayak (supervisor) - Optimal Patient Reported Palliation of Unresectable and Metastatic Gastroesophageal Cancer: A Randomized Control Trial
    $4,882
  • Dr. Gavin Raner and Dr. T. DeLyzer (supervisor) - Hematoma Rates Following Top Surgery
    $2,200
  • Dr. Annie Wu and Dr. M. Brackstone (supervisor) - Laparoscopic Pedicled Omental Flap in Breast Reconstruction: Revisiting its Potential in North America
    $5,000

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