Gallie Day

Department of Surgery - 2025 Gallie Day and Gordon Murray Banquet
Friday, May 2, 2025

Gallie Day | 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
MaRS Discovery District 101 College St, Toronto, M5G 1L7

Cocktail Reception | 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner & Awards Ceremony | 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Baillie Court, Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas St, West Toronto, M5T 1G4

We're happy to announce the Department of Surgery's 2025 Gallie Day and Gordon Murray Banquet.

Each year, Gallie Day recognizes and celebrates the achievements of U of T Surgery faculty and learners. The theme of this year’s event is 'The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on the Art and Science of Surgery'.

Highlights will include the following:

Gordon Murray Lecture by Dr. Liane Feldman, Edward W. Archibald Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery, McGill University and Surgeon-in-chief at the McGill University Health Centre.
Gallie-Bateman, McMurrich and translational research presentations.
Symposium: 'Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Surgery: Where are we now? Where are we going?'

Full Event Agenda here.

Gallie Day activities will be followed by the Gordon Murray Banquet and awards ceremony, which will be held at the Baillie Court, Art Gallery of Ontario.

No registration is required to attend the Gallie Day sessions.

Banquet tickets are $125 per person.

To RSVP for the banquet, or to receive information about table purchases for 8 to 10 guests, please contact surgery.admin@utoronto.ca before April 21st.

Gallie Day Theme: “The impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the art and science of surgery”

Gordon Murray Lecturer: Liane Feldman, MD CM FACS FRCS

Title of lecture: "Getting to mastery: The promise (and pitfalls) of Video based analytics in surgery"

Dr Liane Feldman is the Edward W. Archibald Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at McGill University and Surgeon-in-chief at the McGill University Health Centre.

Dr Feldman’s clinical focus is minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery. Her patient-centered clinical research program focuses on improving quality and outcomes of abdominal surgery. Dr Feldman established a multidisciplinary group implementing evidence-based Enhanced Recovery perioperative care plans at the McGill University Health Centre which was recognized as a leading practice by Accreditation Canada, and has been contracted by the Ministry of Health to support ERAS implementation across the province. She has served in international leadership roles including at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), where she served as President; the American College of Surgeons, where she serves on the Board of Regents; and the Fellowship Council, where she led the implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities. Dr Feldman was a James IV Association traveller for Canada, received the Canadian Association for Medical Education Junior Award and was named to the McGill Faculty of Medicine Honour list for Educational Excellence.

Dr Feldman has received >4.5M$ in research support, has authored over 350 articles and book chapters and is co-editor of three books.

Watch the recording of the 2024 Gallie Day here.

Enjoy the Global Surgery Showcase displayed during the 50th Gallie Day: highlighting our global surgery leaders and their worldwide initiatives.

See slides:SSTP Grads Quotes & Photos on the Occasion of the Department of Surgery's 50th Gallie Day

e-Posters & Oral Presentations details for 2024 Gallie Day listed here.

Recipients of various awards given within the Department to acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of its members.

Charles Tator Surgeon Scientist Mentoring Award

The Surgeon Scientist Training Program (SSTP) at the University of Toronto was created to foster excellence in Research in the Department of Surgery. The successes of the Program have been reflected through the quality of research presented by the trainees, and by the fact that this Program has served as a model for Clinician-Scientist training throughout North America. A significant component of the success of this program has been the quality of research supervision received by these trainees.

Professor Charles H. Tator has served as a role model for Surgeon-Scientists throughout his career both locally and across the country. His commitment to the development of future Surgeon-Scientists has been demonstrated by his frequent supervision of surgeon-scientist trainees as well as by his nurturing of the SSTP during his tenure as Head of the Departmental Research Program.

The Charles H. Tator Surgeon-Scientist Mentoring Award is intended to recognize individuals supervising participants in the SSTP who emulate Professor Tator’s qualities, namely excellence in Research, commitment to SSTP mentoring and dedication to promotion of Surgeon-Scientists. The recipient will be honoured each year on Gallie Day with a plaque and a citation indicating contributions of the recipient.

To propose an individual for this award, one nomination letter outlining the candidate’s qualifications plus two supporting letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the candidate’s qualifications should be sent to surgery.hr@utoronto.ca

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Paul Karanicolas
2023 Dr. Gelareh Zadeh
2022 Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
2021 Dr. Natalie Coburn
2020 Dr. D. Urbach
2019 Dr. J. Drake
2018 Dr. C. Swallow
2017 Dr. M. Al-Omran
2016 Dr. T. Grantcharov
2015 Dr. S. Fremes
2014 Dr. A. Nathens
2013 Dr. M. Fehlings
2012 Dr. A. Yee & Dr. C. Whyne
2011 Dr. B. Alman
2010 Dr. R. Reznick
2009 Dr. G. Regehr
2008 Dr. J. Fish
2007 Dr. J. Marshall
2006 Dr. J. Rutka
2005 Dr. S. Gallinger
2004 Dr. R. McLeod
2003 Dr. O. Rotstein
2002 Dr. R. Weisel

George Armstrong-Peters Prize

Awarded to a young investigator* who has shown outstanding productivity during his/her initial period as an independent investigator as evidenced by research publications in peer reviewed journals, grants held, students trained, and research awards received.

*Up to 5 years from appointment (parental and sick leaves will be taken into consideration and not count towards the 5 years).

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Christopher Wallis
2023 Dr. David Gomez
2022 Dr. N. Lipsman
2021 Dr. K. Davidge
2020 Dr. J. Wilson
2019 Dr. S. de Montbrun
2018 Dr. C. O'Brien
2017 Dr. V. Yang
2016 Dr. T. Zhong
2015 Dr. M Cypel
2014 Dr. G. Borschel
2013 Dr. M. Jeschke
2012 Dr. T. Grantcharov
2011 Dr. M. Taylor
2010 Dr. S. Verma
2009 Dr. R. Nam
2008 Dr. C. Morshead
2007 Dr. V. Rao
2006 Dr. D. Urbach
2005 Dr. P. Dirks
2004 Dr. T. Waddell
2003 Dr. L. Burrows
2002 Dr. M. Tymianski
2001 Dr. B. Alman
2000 Dr. E. Schemitsch
1999 Dr. S. Keshavjee
1998 Dr. A. Guha
1997 Dr. A. Lozano
1996 Dr. J. Wright
1995 Dr. S. Gallinger
1994 Dr. J. Rutka
1993 Dr. I. Rebeyka
1992 Dr. S. Fremes
1991 Dr. C. Wittnich
1990 Dr. M. Bernstein
1989 Dr. G. Reid
1988 Dr. O. Rotstein
1987 Dr. S. Mackinnon
1986 Dr. A. Czitrom
1975 Dr. S.M. Strasberg
1967 Dr. W.P. Bobechko
1965 Dr. C. Tator
1963 Dr. N.T. McPhedran
1961 Dr. A.S. Trimble
1959 Dr. R.B. Salter
1955 Dr. W.M. Lougheed
1953 Dr. J.F.R. Fleming
1951 Dr. R.O. Heimbecker
1949 Dr. W.G. Bigelow
1947 Dr. E.B. Tovee
1939 Dr. E.H. Botterell
1936 Dr. C.H. Watson
1934 Dr. F.I. Lewis
1932 Dr. W.S. Keith
1930 Dr. F.G. Kergin
1929 Dr. L.J. Harris
1928 Dr. B. Willinsky
1927 Dr. H. Borsook
1926 Dr. D.W. Pratt
1925 Dr. C.E. Knowlton
1922 Dr. F.G. Banting
1921 Dr. R.I. Harris
1914 Dr. W.E. Gallie
1912 Dr. D.E. Robertson

To propose an individual for this award, one nomination letter outlining the candidate’s qualifications, the CV of the candidate and a support letter from the appropriate Division Chair should be sent in one .pdf file to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca).

Lister Prize

This lifetime award is the most prestigious research award in the Department of Surgery and celebrates an investigator who has shown outstanding and continuing productivity of international stature as evidenced by research publications, grants held, students trained and other evidence of stature of the work produced. The nominees should hold the rank of Professor at the time of the nomination.

Nominations should include a support letter and updated CV of the nominee. Please send your nomination in one pdf file to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca).

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Anna Gagliardi
2023 Dr. Peter Dirks
2022 Dr. C. Swallow
2021 Dr. S. Verma
2020 Dr. N. Coburn
2019 Dr. C. Morshead
2018 Dr. M. Jeschke
2017 Dr. G. Fernie
2016 Dr. M. Taylor
2015 Dr. E. Schemitsch
2014 Dr. L. Klotz
2013 Dr. A. Nathens
2012 Dr. R-K Li
2011 Dr. T. Waddell
2010 Dr. B. Rubin
2009 Dr. A. Guha
2008 Dr. S. Keshavjee
2007 Dr. M. Fehlings
2006 Dr. B. Alman
2005 Dr. S. Fremes
2004 Dr. A. Lozano
2003 Dr. S. Gallinger
2002 Dr. J. Wright
2001 Dr. J. Rutka
2000 Dr. C. Wittnich
1999 Dr. J. Marshall
1998 Dr. W. Cole
1997 Dr. W. Peters
1996 Dr. R. Reznick
1995 Dr. R. McLeod
1994 Dr. L. Mickleborough
1993 Dr. H. Hoffman
1992 Dr. O. Rotstein
1991 Dr. P. Walker
1990 Dr. S. Mackinnon
1989 Dr. R. Weisel
1988 Dr. T. Salerno
1987 Dr. R. Tasker
1986 Professor J. Falk
1985 Dr. J. Cooper
1984 Dr. K.W. Johnston
1983 None
1982 Dr. C. Tator
1981 Dr. S. Strasberg
1980 Dr. R. Falk

D.R. Wilson Award

The D.R. Wilson Award for Teaching is made annually to the surgical resident who is rated by undergraduate students as being an outstanding teacher. The recipient of this award will be a resident whose teaching in any one of all of the following settings has been highly evaluated by students: teaching on the ward during the course of day-to-day service activities, teaching in the operating room, and teaching in the clinic setting. The resident will demonstrate both a positive attitude toward teaching and will be considered a good surgical role model for undergraduate medical students.

The quality of the candidate’s teaching will be determined by means of the following:

- Objective student assessment (by questionnaire).
- Review of clerkship debriefing reports.
- Letters of recommendation from students and/or faculty.

Nominations may be made by students, faculty or residents. All nominations will be reviewed by the Undergraduate Education Committee and a list ranking the candidates is provided to the Awards Committee of the Department for final selection.

The D.R. Wilson Award is awarded at the Gallie Day Reception. The recipients receive a cheque for $500.

Nominations should be sent to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca) in one .pdf file.

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Robert Christopher Adams-McGavin
2023 Dr. Josephine D’Abbondanza
2022 Dr. A. Mazine
2021 Dr. A. Mosa
2020 Dr. C. Zavitz
2019 Dr. D. Berger Richardson
2018 Dr. R. Perlus
2017 Dr. M. Murphy
2016 Dr. J. Greenberg & Dr. K. Isaac
2015 Dr. H. Yan
2014 Dr. J. Lee
2013 Dr. R. Somogyi
2012 Dr. M. Heng
2011 Dr. T. Al-Rasheed
2010 Dr. R. Jinnah
2009 Dr. M. Keays
2008 Dr. M. Boulton
2007 Dr. A. Eckhaus
2006 Dr. S. Rai
2005 Dr. P. Stotland
2004 Dr. A. Kader
2003 Dr. B. Shayegan
2002 Dr. Y. Botros
2001 Dr. P. Ferguson
2000 Dr. C. Haywood
1999 Dr. J. Lipa
1998 Dr. R. Marx
1997 Dr. S. Lewis
1996 Dr. P. Chu
1995 Dr. P. Petrasek
1994 Dr. Z. Gamliel
1993 Dr. D. Anastakis
1992 Dr. C. Hutchison
1991 Dr. G. Sandor
1990 Dr. K. Ashe
1989 Dr. E. Vallieres
1988 Dr. J. Wright

Bruce Tovee Award

These awards are intended to honour a highly valued and long-time member of the Department of Surgery, Dr. E. Bruce Tovee.

The awards provide recognition of members of the Department of Surgery who have made the greatest contribution to the undergraduate and postgraduate educational activities of the Department, as exemplified by Dr. E. Bruce Tovee during his outstanding career. The Department will make no award if a suitable recipient is not identified for that year.

Nominations including a support letter and the CV of the nominee should be sent to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca) in one .pdf file.

AWARD WINNERS (Postgraduate)

2024 Dr. Mojgan Hodaie
2023 Dr. Diane Nam
2022 Dr. J. Dengler
2021 Dr. C. Swallow
2020 Dr. T. Forbes
2019 Dr. A. Kulkarni
2018 Dr. Mitch Brown
2017 Dr. R. Stewart
2016 Dr. G. Azzie
2015 Dr. A. Pierre
2014 Dr. O. Safir
2013 Dr. J. Hagen
2012 Dr. P. Ferguson
2011 Dr. W. Kraemer
2010 Dr. R. Mustard
2009 Dr. C. Law
2008 Dr. R. Kodama
2007 Dr. R. Levine
2006 Dr. J. Wunder
2005 Dr. D. Latter
2004 Dr. T. Ross
2003 Dr. J. Fish
2002 Dr. K.W. Johnston
2001 Dr. M. Bernstein
2000 Dr. B. Goldman
1999 Dr. J. Ali
1998 Dr. R. Bell
1997 Dr. A. Gross
1996 Dr. T. Axelrod
1995 Dr. W. Tucker
1994 Dr. J. Waddell
1993 Dr. R. Humphreys
1992 Dr. A. Lossing
1991 Dr. R. Richards
1990 Dr. J. Kellam
1989 Dr. B. Taylor
1988 Dr. L. Lickley
1987 Dr. R.M. Stone
1986 Dr. G.A. Hunter
1985 Dr. A. Freiberg
1984 Dr. D.J. Currie
1983 Dr. J.L. Provan
1982 Dr. C.E. Bayliss
1981 Dr. A.W. Harrison
1980 Dr. A.R. Hudson

AWARD WINNERS (Undergraduate)

2024 Dr. Amit Atrey
2023 Dr. Yonah Krakowsky
2022 Dr. A. Kayssi
2021 Dr. A. Nadler
2020 Dr. A. Behzadi
2019 Dr. J. Simpson
2018 Dr. F. Moussa
2017 Dr. J. Hall
2016 Dr. D. Di Pasquale
2015 Dr. H. Tien
2014 Dr. D. Fenech
2013 Dr. R.J. Cusimano
2012 Dr. G. Azzie
2011 Dr. F. Wright
2010 Dr. R. Stewart
2009 Dr. Y. Shargall
2008 Dr. P. Ferguson
2007 Dr. A. Khoury
2006 Dr. R. Richards
2005 Dr. D. Backstein
2004 Dr. P. Chu
2003 Dr. R. Mustard
2002 Dr. S. Herschorn
2001 Dr. T. Ross
2000 Dr. G. Darling
1999 Dr. M. Cusimano
1998 Dr. R. Kodama
1997 Dr. C. Hutchison
1996 Dr. P. Greig
1995 Dr. M. Goldberg
1994 Dr. J. Waddell
1993 Dr. P. Muller
1992 Dr. L. Mahoney
1991 Dr. C. Jamieson
1990 Dr. W. Tucker
1989 Dr. R. Reznick

Langer Surgeon Scientist Award

Awarded to an outstanding graduate of the Surgeon Scientist Training Program in the Department of Surgery, who shows the greatest promise for a career in academic surgery.

Eligibility:

Nominees must be at the academic rank of Assistant Professor, have passed their Continuing Appointment Review and have had an outstanding academic trajectory.

Nominations including a support letter and the CV of the nominee should be sent to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca) in one .pdf file.

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Amir Khoshbin
2023 Dr. Siba Haykal
2022 Dr. G. Ibrahim
2021 Dr. D. Pincus
2020 Dr. A. Nauth
2019 Dr. K. Davidge
2018 Dr. J. Chahal
2017 Dr. F. Quereshy
2016 Dr. A. Govindarajan
2015 Dr. G. Kulkarni
2014 Dr. G. Zadeh
2013 Dr. C-A. Moulton
2012 Dr. M. Hodaie
2011 Dr. T. Finelli
2010 Dr. R. Gladdy
2009 Dr. S. Hopyan
2008 Dr. M. Taylor
2007 Dr. N. Baxter
2006 Dr. R. Nam
2005 Dr. I. McGilvray
2004 Dr. D. Urbach
2003 Dr. P. Dirks
2002 Dr. R. Gryfe
2001 Dr. K. Thapar
2000 Dr. D. Hackam
1999 Dr. V. Rao
1998 Dr. Z. Kiss
1997 Dr. T. Waddell
1996 Dr. R. Midha
1995 Dr. M. Tymianski
1994 Dr. B. Rubin
1993 Dr. C. Swallow

Surgical Skills Centre DH Gales Outstanding Educator Award

The University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre Distinguished Education Award for Outstanding Contributions demonstrates the Centre’s commitment to surgical skills education. This award recognizes those individuals who have made exemplary, innovative contributions to teaching and learning in the Surgical Skills Centre over the past year.

Nominations including a support letter should be sent to surgery.hr@utoronto.ca

AWARD WINNERS

2024 Dr. Ivan Radovanovic
2023 Dr. Elisa Greco
2022 Dr. O. Safir
2021 Dr. T. Mainprize (posthumously)
2020 Dr. J. Wolfstadt
2019 Dr. M. Wheatcroft
2018 Dr. A. Kulkarni
2017 Dr. G. Cohen
2016 Dr. S. de Montbrun
2015 Dr. J. Hall
2014 Dr. G. Oreopoulos
2013 Dr. M. Burnstein
2012 Dr. H. MacRae
2011 No recipient
2010 Dr. R. Holtby
2009 Dr. P. Binhammer
2008 Dr. J. Murnaghan
2007 Dr. A. Pierre
2006 Dr. T. Lindsay
2005 Dr. S. Lewis
2004 Dr. P. Neligan
2003 Dr. P. Chu
2002 Dr. L. Rotstein
2001 Dr. S. Radomski
2000 Dr. M. Brown

Zane Cohen Clinical Fellowship Achievement Award

This award of $1,000 is awarded annually.

The award is adjudicated based on an assessment of the most significant achievement made by a clinical fellow. Achievement will be defined as any significant contribution made in any of the domains of medicine: clinical research, basic science research, publications, presentations, education/teaching, administrative systems, delivery of care, community service, etc. The achievement or work may have taken place at the University of Toronto, in Canada, or in any international jurisdiction. The only limiting definition is that the majority of the work must take place while the nominee is a clinical fellow in the Department of Surgery.

The process in which the selection will be made is as follows. The applicant, or the clinical fellow’s supervisor, may initiate the process. The clinical fellow is asked to write a one-page summary of his/her/their achievements, and this is to be supplemented by a one-page letter of support from the clinical fellow’s supervisor. This application will be submitted to the Chair of the University Division of the clinical fellow. Each of the 8 clinical divisions in our Department will then select one nominee application from their Division to be submitted to the Awards Committee. The Committee will seek input from Dr. Zane Cohen during its deliberations. The award will be announced at the annual Gallie Day Dinner.

This award is eligible to any clinical fellow in the divisions of Orthopedics, General Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Neurosurgery. As well, any postgraduate trainees in the general surgery subspecialty training programs of Surgical Oncology, Colo-Rectal Surgery, and Pediatric Surgery are eligible.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 Dr. Sachiko Kadowaki
2023 Dr. Anna Dare
2022 Dr. A. Azin
2021 Dr. F. Shariff
2020 Dr. T. Chesney
2019 Dr. A. Covelli
2018 Dr. J.P. Almeida
2017 Dr. C. Boulanger-Gobeil
2016 Dr. C. Haller
2015 Dr. U. Hameed
2014 Dr. N. Dehghan
2013 Dr. D. Wasserstein
2012 Dr. B. Rogers & Dr. B. Krischek
2011 Dr. E. Hickey
2010 Dr. O. Honjo
2009 Dr. M. Cypel

Shafie S. Fazel Outstanding Resident Surgeon and Investigator Award

In memory of Dr. Shafie S. Fazel, an outstanding resident within the Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto. The award will be presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments during their residency both as a surgeon and as an investigator. It will be provided to a senior resident within the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, in his or her last year of training.

The award is to be presented to the individual who best exemplifies the many traits of Dr. Shafie Fazel, namely: 1) outstanding clinical ability; 2) superb academic achievement; and 3) attributes which are in keeping with the ideal caregiver, including: collaboration, communication, mentorship, patient advocacy, leadership, reliability, respect, community service, and honesty.

Nominations including a support letter and the CV of the nominee should be sent to (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca) in one .pdf file.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 Dr. Syena Moltaji
2023 Dr. Fahima Dossa and Dr. Farrshad Nassiri
2022 Dr. K. Lawson
2021 Dr. M. Roy
2020 Dr. A. Dare
2019 Dr. C. Wallis
2018 Dr. C. Witiw
2017 Dr. A. Mansouri
2016 Dr. N. Lipsman
2015 Dr. J. Wilson
2014 Dr. A. Fallah
2013 Dr. W. Hanna
2012 Dr. K. Davidge

Bryce Taylor Mentorship Award

Mentorship is recognized as being a key contributor to a fulfilling academic career. To highlight its importance in the Department of Surgery, the Bryce Taylor Mentorship Award was established in 2017 to recognize those faculty members who emulate the traits that Dr. Taylor exhibited throughout his long and illustrious career at the University of Toronto.

This award is based on an assessment of the significant impact made by a faculty mentor. Impact is defined as any significant contribution made in any of the domains of: research, education, delivery of medical care, CPA, overall career advice, providing physician wellness etc. The majority of the mentor’s efforts should have taken place since the appointment of the mentee as a faculty member at the University of Toronto.

This award is eligible to any faculty member in the divisions of Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Neurosurgery who has formally mentored another faculty member.

The process in which the selection will be made is as follows: Mentees forward their letter of nomination directly to the University Division Chair of their mentor. University Division Chairs or their Division Mentorship Committee leads will initiate an internal divisional nomination process by reviewing names of recent faculty and their mentors within their divisions. This will involve soliciting letters of support (limit to 3 nominators) for each candidate. Letters should be a one-page summary of the mentor’s impact on their mentee(s). These letters are to be supplemented by a one-page letter of support from the University Division Chair/Division Mentorship committee lead. Each division or subspecialty will select one nominee to represent their division/subspecialty for consideration of this award. The University Division Chair will then forward the Division’s selected nominee’s application package (nominee’s C.V., letters of support received, along with the Division’s letter of support) to the Department of Surgery’s Awards Committee at (surgery.hr@utoronto.ca).

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 Dr. Hans Kreder
2023 Dr. Joan Lipa
2022 Dr. T. Axelrod
2021 Dr. G. Darling
2020 Dr. J. Waddell
2019 Dr. A. Nathens
2018 Dr. Nancy Baxter
2017 Dr. Paul Greig

Lavina Lickley Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated significant contributions to the Department of Surgery throughout their careers at the University of Toronto. These individuals will have provided a lifetime of exceptional professionalism through leadership, research, teaching, exemplary clinical care, administration or public service. The award will be made only in years when an exceptional candidate has been identified and unanimously approved by the Awards Committee of the Department of Surgery.

Eligibility and Criteria
Candidates must be faculty members in the Department of Surgery for a minimum of 10 years.
Candidates may be nominated by a faculty member in good standing in the Department of Surgery.

Submission Process and Requirements:

- Nomination Form

- A letter of nomination highlighting the nominee's longstanding contributions to the Department of Surgery, and outstanding achievements should be addressed to the Chair of the Department of Surgery. Maximum 250 words.

- A current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae

- Additional letters of support will be accepted, but are not required.

Please note that all nominations will be kept on file for three years for future consideration.

Applications should be sent in one .pdf file to:
Surgery Awards Committee at surgery.hr@utoronto.ca.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 Dr. Ori Rotstein
2023 Dr. Hugh Scully
2022 Dr. G. Darling
2021 Dr. D. McCready
2020 Dr. J. Semple
2019 Dr. R. McLeod

Surgical Foundations Teaching Award

The Surgical Foundations Teaching Award was established in June 2023 and is awarded annually to the best overall lecturer in the Surgical Foundations lecture series.

Dr Mark Wheatcroft, Program Director of Surgical Foundations, initiated this award to recognize the efforts of Surgical Foundations lecturers. Award recipients, selected by residents, must be a lecturer who taught during the Surgical Foundations course.

No formal nomination process is required. At the end of the academic year, residents will be alerted by email to submit their course evaluations and rank their course lecturers via Quercus, a web-based platform used by trainees to access course content/conduct evaluations. The lecturer with the highest number of votes will receive the award. Should two individuals receive the same number of votes, both will receive a plaque at the annual Gordon Murray banquet. In the event that more than two people received the same number of votes, the Surgical Foundations RPC committee will decide who the recipient is by reviewing their lecture(s) evaluations and determining which lecturer received the best combined evaluations overall.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2024 Mark Camp

Oral Presentations & e-Posters Awards (Gallie Bateman, McMurrich, Translational Research)

2024

Oral Presentations: Gallie-Bateman

Malak Elbatarny (SSTP), Cardiac Surgery - Supervisors: Maral Ouzounian and Anthony O Gramolini
Julian Daza (SSTP), General Surgery - Supervisor: Duminda Wijeysundera
Johnathan R. Lex (SSTP), Orthopaedic Surgery - Supervisors: Cari Whyne and Bheeshma Ravi

Oral Presentations: McMurrich

Laura Kondrataviciute, Neurosurgery - Supervisors: Taufik Valiante and Suneil Kalia; Co-supervisor Luka Milosevic
Kumi Mesaki, Thoracic Surgery - Supervisor: Shaf Keshavjee
Hoyee Wan, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Supervisor: Steffen Bolz

Oral Presentations: Translational Research

Alex Landry (SSTP), Neurosurgery - Supervisor: Gelareh Zadeh

e-Posters: Gallie-Bateman

Husain Shakil (SSTP), Neurosurgery - Supervisor: Jefferson R. Wilson
Ann Mansur (SSTP), Neurosurgery - Supervisor: Ivan Radovanovic
Elliott Yee (SSTP), General Surgery - Supervisor: Barbara Haas

e-Posters: McMurrich

Paula J. Yu, Anatomy - Supervisors: Anne Agur and John Tran
Xinyang Zhang, Anatomy - Supervisor: Hong-Shuo Sun
Siyi Zhu, Thoracic Surgery - Supervisor: Jonathan Yeung

e-Posters: Translational Research

Fumi Yokote, Thoracic Surgery - Supervisor: Kazuhiro Yasufuku

2023

Gallie Bateman Awards – Oral Presentations – SSTP

1st Prize:

Sneha Raju (SSTP), Kamalben Prajapati, Mark Blaser, Steven R. Botts,Tse Wing Winnie Ho, Crizza Ching, Natalie J Galant, Lindsey Fiddes, Ruilin Wu, Cassandra L. Clift, Tan Pham, Shawn Veitch, Sasha A Singh, Warren L Lee, Elena Aikawa, Jason E Fish, *Kathryn L Howe

Endothelial cells communicate with surrounding vascular cells through polarized release of extracellular vesicles containing distinct cargo: implications for atherosclerotic plaque development

Supervisors: Jason E Fish, Kathryn L Howe

2nd Prize:

Nebras M. Warsi (SSTP), Simeon M. Wong, Olivia N. Arski, Hrishikesh Suresh, Jürgen Germann, Alexandre Boutet, Lauren Erdman, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Elizabeth Kerr, Mary Lou Smith, Ayako Ochi, Hiroshi Otsubo, Rohit Sharma, Puneet Jain, Shelly Weiss, Elizabeth J. Donner, Andres M. Lozano, O. Carter Snead, Margot J. Taylor, George M. Ibrahim

Closed-loop decoding and control of attention in children

Supervisor: George M. Ibrahim

3rd Prize:

Amine Mazine (SSTP), Alexander A. Mikryukov, Michael A. Laflamme, Terrence M. Yau, Gordon Keller

Generation of the cardiac valve lineage from human pluripotent stem cells

Supervisor: Gordon Keller

McMurrich Awards – Oral Presentations

1st Prize:

Hillary Lia, Melanie Hammond Mobilio, Frank Rudizcz, Carol-Anne Moulton

The role of operating room professions in setting the tone for teamwork: a constructivist grounded theory study

Supervisor: Carol-Anne Moulton, Frank Rudzicz

2nd Prize:

Hyo Jin Son, Denise W. Gee, David Gomez, James Jung

The obesity paradox revisited: is obesity still a protective factor for patients with severe comorbidities or in high-risk operations?

Supervisors: David Gomez, James Jung

3rd Prize:

Jen Dorsey, Joanna Przybyl, Peter Ferguson, Kim Tsoi, Jay Wunder, Peter Chung, Edward Taylor, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Elizabeth Demicco, Rebecca Gladdy, David Shultz

Characterizing hypoxia associated genetic features in extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Supervisors: Rebecca Gladdy

Translational Research Oral Presentation Awardee

Julia Nomikos, Claire Wunker, Adam C. Waspe, Yael Babichev, Karolina Piorkowska, Suzanne Wong, Warren Foltz, J. Ted Gerstle, Elizabeth G. Demicco, Abha A. Gupta, Cynthia J. Guidos, James M. Drake, Rebecca Gladdy

The impact of magnetic resonance guided high intensity focused ultrasound generated hyperthermia and chemotherapy on the immune profile of a murine model of rhabdomyosarcoma (TR)

Supervisor: Rebecca Gladdy

E-Posters

Gallie-Bateman e-Posters

First Prize: Armaan K Malhotra (Supervisors: Avery B Nathens, Jefferson R Wilson)- "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED DECISION SUPPORT PREDICTS REQUIREMENT FOR NEUROSURGICAL INTERVENTION IN ACUTE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: AUTOMATED SURGICAL INTERVENTION SUPPORT TOOL (ASIST-TBI) DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND SIMULATED PROSPECTIVE DEPLOYMENT"
Second Prize: Asha Behdinan (Supervisor: Ahmed Kayssi) - "EXAMINING ACCESS TO VASCULAR SURGERY CARE FOR INDIGENOUS PATIENTS IN NORTH WEST ONTARIO"
Third Prize: Moaath M Saggaf (Supervisors: Brian M Feldman, Dimitri J Anastakis) - "ESTIMATING AND PREDICTING COLD SENSITIVITY SEVERITY FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME USING DEEP LEARNING"

McMurrich e-Posters

First Prize: Brent D Bates (Supervisor: Ryan A Paul, Andrea HW Chan) - "VALIDATION OF THE LIFT-OFF SCREW TECHNIQUE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORRECTIVE OSTEOTOMY FOR MALUNITED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES"
Second Prize: Jamie E. Jeon (Supervisors: Mingyao Liu)- "ACELLULAR EX VIVO LUNG PERFUSION SILENCES PRO-INFLAMMATORY PATHWAYS IN HUMAN LUNG ENDOTHELIAL AND EPITHELIAL CELLS"
Third Prize: Juliane Richter (Supervisor: Armando J. Lorenzo)- "WHAT IF THEY CONTINUED THE PREGNANCY? USING PRENATAL ULTRASOUND FINDINGS TO PREDICT POSTNATAL OUTCOMES FOR FETUSES WITH LOWER URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION (LUTO) TO IMPROVE COUNSELING AND AID IN DECISION MAKING"

Translation Research e-Posters

Prize: Luckshi Rajendran (Supervisors: Steven Gallinger, Gonzalo Sapisochin)- "THE TORONTO MANAGEMENT OF INITIALLY UNRESECTABLE LIVER METASTASES FROM COLORECTAL CANCER IN A LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANT PROGRAM (TR)"

2022

Gallie Bateman Awards – Oral Presentations – SSTP

1^st Prize – Shelly Luu (SSTP), Ning Fu, Karineh Kazazian, Karina Pacholczyk, Deanna Ng, Jossie Swett-Cosentino, Paul Savage, Yukiko Shibahara, Sangeetha Kalimuthu, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, James Conner, Jonathan Yeung, Gail Darling, Carol Swallow (Supervisor): Loss of Tumour Suppressor FAM46c Induces K⁺ Ion Channelopathy and Progression of GastricAdenocarcinoma

2^nd Prize – Nardin Samuel (SSTP), Ke Zeng, Irene Harmsen, Mandy Yi Rong Ding, Ghazaleh Dharmani, Can Sarica, Brendan Santyr, Artur Vetkas, Aditya Pancholi, Anton Fomenko, Vanessa Milano, Kazuaki Yamamoto, Utpal Shah, Nathan Rowland, Richard Wennberg, Robert Chen, Andres Lozano (Supervisor): Investigation of Focused Ultrasound-Induced Neuroplasticity of the Human Motor Cortex Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Magnetoencephalography

3^rd Prize – Julian F. Daza (SSTP), Justyna Bartoszko, Wilton Van Klei, Karim Ladha, Stuart McCluskey, Duminda N. Wijeysundera (Supervisor): Improved Re-Estimation of Perioperative Cardiac Risk using the Surgical Apgar Score: A Retrospective Cohort Study

McMurrich Awards – Oral Presentations

1^st Prize – SEVERA BUNDA, Gelareh Zadeh (Supervisor): “Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a Novel Capicua (CIC) Co-Repressor”

2^nd Prize – RAFAELA V.P. RIBEIRO, Anas Samman, Aizhou Wang, Tereza Martinu, Shaf Keshavjee, Lianne G. Singer, Deepali Kumar, Atul Humar, Marcelo Cypel (Supervisor): “Donor Inflammatory Signature during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion as a Potential Approach to Predict Cytomegalovirus Development Following Lung Transplantation”

3^rd Prize – BEN LI, Philippe Rizkallah, Naomi Eisenberg, Thomas L. Forbes, Graham Roche-Nagle: “Thresholds for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Canada and United States”

Translational Research – Oral Presentation

1^st Prize – Hrishikesh Raghuram, Benjamin Keunen, Nathan Soucier, Thomas Looi, Samuel Pichardo, Adam C. Waspe, James M. Drake (Supervisor): An MRI Compatible MR-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Neonatal Neurosurgery Platform for Intraventricular Hemorrhage (TR)

E-Poster Presentations – SSTP – Gallie Bateman Awards

1^st Prize – Justin Z. Wang (SSTP), Gelareh Zadeh: Predicting Response to Radiotherapy in Meningiomas using DNA Methylation Signatures and an Applied Machine Learning Approach

2^nd Prize – Jean Jacob-Brassard (SSTP), Mohammed Al-Omran, Thérèse Stukel, Muhammad Mamdani, Douglas Lee, Charles de Mestral: Long-Term Outcomes of Endovascular and Open Surgical Revascularization for Peripheral Artery Disease: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

3^rd Prize – Rashmi Nedadur (SSTP), Zeinab Navidi, Frank Yu, Mitesh Badiwala, Bo Wang: Machine Learning to Identify Predictors Heart Transplant Survival

E-Poster Presentations – McMurrich Awards

1^st Prize – Katarzyna Pieczonka, Hiroaki Nakashima, Nahirito Nagoshi, Kazuya Yokota, James Hong, Anna Badner, Jonathon Chio, Shinsuke Shibata, Mohamad Khazaei, Michael Fehlings: Transplantation of Human Oligodendrogenic Neural Progenitor Cells for the Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

2^nd Prize – Andrea Ovcjak, Steve P. Miller, Zhong-Ping Feng, Hong-Shuo Sun: Dantrolene Reduces Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in Mouse Model

3^rd Prize – Mark S. Shafarenko, Joseph Catapano, Stefan O.P. Hofer, Blake D. Murphy: Development and Validation of a Novel Augmented Reality K-Wire Fixation Simulator

E-Poster Presentations – Translational Research - Tie

1^st Prize – Miguel Alfonso Principe, Nalan Gokgoz, Patrick Prochazka, Peter Ferguson, Simin Dewji, Jay Wunder, Irene Andrulis, Brendan Dickson, Kim Tsoi: Detection of Satellite Tumour Cells in Peritumoral Edema in Infiltrative Soft Tissue Sarcomas Using Targeted Gene Sequencing (TR)

1^st Prize – Mariya Popkov, Hamzah Khan, Shubha Jain, Niousha Djahanpour, Muzammil H. Syed, Margaret L. Rand, John Eikleboom, David Mazer, Mohammed Al-Omran, Rawand Abdin, Mohammad Qadura: Low Dose Aspirin and Rivaroxaban Combination Therapy to Overcome Aspirin Non-Sensitivity in Patients with Vascular Disease (TR)

2021

Gallie Bateman Awards - Oral Presentation Awardees - SSTP

1st prize - Benjamin Davidson (Supervisors:Clement Hamani & Nir Lipsman)
2nd prize - Jeffrey A. Zuccato (Supervisor:Gelareh Zadeh)
3rd prize - Jesse Zuckerman (Supervisors: Natalie Coburn & Julie Hallet)

Gallie-Bateman Awards - E-Poster Presentations - SSTP

1st prize - Jay Toor (Supervisors: Raja Rampersaud, William Mitchell, Peter Coyte) and Keegan Guidolin (Supervisors: Gang Zheng, Fayez Quereshy)
2nd prize - Jerry C. Ku (Supervisor: Victor Yang) and Alexander Gregor (Supervisor: Kazuhiro Yasufuku)
3rd prize - Wanda Marini (Supervisors: Michael Reedijk & Carol Swallow)

McMurrich Awards - Oral Presentations

1st prize - Deanna Ng (Supervisor: Carol Swallow)
2nd prize - Rafaela V.P. Ribeiro (Supervisor: Marcelo Cypel)
3rd prize - Jethro C.C. Kwong (Supervisor: Andrew Feifer)

McMurrich Awards - E-Poster Presentations

1st prize - Anders W. Erickson (Supervisor: Sunit Das)
2nd prize - Aazad Abbas (Supervisor: Joel Finkelstein)
3rd prize - Negin Shahbazian (Supervisor: Thomas Forbes)

Translational Research - Oral Presentations

1st Prize - Aadil Ali (Supervisor: Marcelo Cypel) and Jonathon Chon Teng Chio (Supervisor: Michael Fehlings)

Translational Rsearch - E-Poster Presentations

Dalia Barayan (Supervisor: Marc Jeschke)

2020

Oral Presentation Awardees (SSTP)

1st prize - Christopher S. Ahuja (Supervisor: Michael G. Fehlings)
2nd prize - Keith A. Lawson (Supervisor: Jason Moffat)
3rd prize - Farshad Nassiri (Supervisor: Gelareh Zadeh)

Oral Presentation Awardees (Non-SSTP)

1st prize - Jen Dorsey (Supervisor: Rebecca A. Gladdy)
2nd prize - Spyridon K. Karadimas (Supervisor: Michael G. Fehlings)
3rd prize - Vinay Garg (Supervisor: Subodh Verma)

Oral Translational Research

1st Prize - Zachary Fishman (Supervisor: Cari M. Whyne) and Aizhou Wang (Supervisor: Marcelo Cypel)

E-Poster Presentation Awardees

SSTP

1st prize - Keegan Guidolin
2nd prize - Mathew R. Voisin
3rd prize - Peter Urbanellis

Non-SSTP

1st prize - Olivia Hough
2nd prize - Dalia Barayan
3rd prize - 3-way TIE

Aadil Ali

Jonathon Chon Teng Chio
Claire Wunker

Translational Research - TIE

Shirin Karimi
Vinicius Michaelsen