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Grand Rounds 2024-2025

Surgical Grand Rounds

Thursday 07:30 am–08:45 am


M&M Rounds

Thursday 07:30 am – 8:45 am

Date / Location

Speaker / Topic

August 22
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

September 5
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.28and via Teams

Townhall - Welcome to the new year

Lesley Fellows, MDCM
Vice-President & Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, 91Ƶ

Sam Daniel, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, 91Ƶ

Jean-Pierre Farmer, MD
Associate Vice-President and Vice Dean, 91Ƶ

CANCELLED

September 12
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.28 and via Teams

Changing Challenges into Opportunities: The Path Forward Towards Care Standardization in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Pramod Puligandla, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics & Surgery
Director, Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery
Associate Researcher, MUHC Research Institute

October 10
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Clinical Teaching Challenges & Approaches

Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, MACP, FRCP, FCAHS
Professor of Medicine & Health Science Education, 91Ƶ
Senior Clinical Educator, Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada

October 17
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

October 24
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Zoom

Learning and Serving Together: Practical Approaches to Democratizing Global Surgery

Sherif Emil, MD,CM, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation Chair in Pediatric Surgical Education & Patient and Family-Centered Care
Associate Chair for Education
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Surgery and Pediatrics
Department of Pediatric Surgery, 91Ƶ

A joint event between the Departments of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery

November14
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.30 and via Teams

Parental Presence at Induction: Insights from Different Lenses

Sabrina Drudi, Certified Child Life Specialist
Krystalanne Pacheco Cabral, Certified Child Life Specialist
Montreal Children's Hospital

November 21
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Pediatric Replantation: Successes, Failures and Reconstructive Alternatives

Sabrina Cugno, MD
Pediatric Plastic Surgeon
Montreal Children's Hospital

November 28
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Momentum App Journey "How to transform a simple medical student elective into a major clinical & research breakthrough in scoliosis management!"

Jean A. Ouellet, MD
Director, 91Ƶ Scoliosis & Spinal Group
Professor of Surgery

December 5
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Townhall

Sam Daniel, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery

December 12
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Mainport Accreditation

Tim Paquette, Project Coordinator with the Learning & Practices Improvement Team
Kate Runacres, Manager, Learning Frameworks, Office of Learning and Connecting both of the Royal College

"Royal College Continuing Professional Development Program” focus on MOC and My Learning Demo of our new platforms: My MOC and My Learning.

Learning objectives:

  • Understanding the new cycle requirements

  • Discover new learning activities ·

  • Explore “My MOC” the new credit tracking

  • Explore “My Learning” a new centralized hub for learners to access trusted CPD learning activities and resources

  • Explore the newest iteration of the Content Provider portal (created with input from partners)

December 19
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

January 9
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

ERAS 2.0: Where are we now?

Sherif Emil, MD,CM ERAS: The Big Picture At Our Hospitals & Beyond
Chantal Frigon, MD ERAS: Changing the Trajectory of Chest Wall Anomaly Correction
Gianluca Bertolizio, MD ERAS: Changing Outcomes of Scoliosis Surgery
Hussein Wissanji, MD ERAS: An Essential Part of COCOE
Justine Laurie, RN ERAS: The Provincial Perspective
Rosa Paradelo, RN ERAS: The Shriners Perspective
Chantal Guévremont, Pharm.D. ERAS: Standardizing Narcotic Use

January 23
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment Group? Who are we & what we do?

Jean-Martin Laberge, MD
Richard Brown, MD
Tiscar Cavalle, MD
Elizabeth Hailu, MD
Carla Vitali, RN

January 30
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 (TBC) and via Teams

Continued Professional Development, Its Impact & Benefits on All of Us

Reggie Hamdy, MD

February 6
7:30-8:45
Shriners Room 2.28 (in-person only)

The Charles Clermont Inaugural Memorial Lecture

When Words Matter Most: The Art of Delivering Bad News

Ms. Vanessa Wrzesien, Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Advanced Care/Pediatric Palliative Care Team, Montreal Children’s Hospital

February 13
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

“Ten Years of Trying to do Less Invasive Pediatric Neurosurgery – Successes, Failures and The Opposite Direction”

Roy Dudley, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Montreal Children's Hospital

February 20
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

March 6
7:30-8:45

2nd Annual Jean-Pierre Farmer Foundational Chair Lectureship

CANCELLED

March 13
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: RI Auditorium E S1.1129 and via Teams

Demystifying Continuous Professional Development

Sam Daniel, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery

CANCELLED

March 27
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Auditorium ES1.1129 and via Teams

My Crazy AI Friend: Harnessing AI for Academic and Research Efficiency

Dan Poenaru, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery
Montreal Children's Hospital

April 3
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.30 and via Teams

Introduction

JP Capolicchio, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Urology
Montreal Children's Hospital

Robotic-Assisted Pediatric Surgery

Karen A. Diefenbach, MD
Director of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Nationwide Children's Hospital - Columbus, Ohio


Justifying the Price of Robot Assisted Pediatric Urological Surgery in a Universal Healthcare System

Sumit Dave, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery & Pediatrics
Western University, London, Ontario


Closing Remarks

Jean A. Ouellet, MD
Associate Chief of Innovation, Department of Pediatric Surgery
Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Montreal Children's Hospital

April 10
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Auditorium ES1.1129 and via Teams

17th David Murphy Visiting Professorship Day

Building a Successful Career in Pediatric Surgery

David Bauer, MD
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Texas Children's Hospital

April 17
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

April 24
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.30 and via Teams

The Power of Mentorship

Reggie Hamdy, MD, Chair of Continuous Professional Development
Atif Abbas, RN, Nurse Adviser
Kelly Thorstad, Director of Nursing & Patient Care Services
Montreal Children's Hospital

May 8
7:30-8:45
Hybrid: Shriners Room 2.30 and via Teams

Extended reality in anesthesia education: What does the future hold?

Gianluca Bertolizio, MD, Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Montreal Children's Hospital

May 22
7:30-08:45
Location to be confirmed

2nd Annual Jean-Pierre Farmer Lectureship

Patrick McDonald, MD, MHSc, FRCSC
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
University of Manitoba

May 29
7:30-8:45
Location to be confirmed

35th Annual Fraser Gurd Visiting Professor (MGH)

Diana L. Farmer, MD
Department of Surgery, University of California

June 5
7:30-8:45
Teams meeting

M&M Rounds

June 11
7:30-16:00
7:30-8:45 Auditorium S1.1129

Frank M. Guttman Visiting Professor

June 19
7:30-13:30
Location to be confirmed

15th Annual H. Bruce Williams Pediatric Surgical Research Day
Jesse A. Taylor, MD
Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgeon
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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