Please find link below for the Virtual Research Day 2020 recording stream:
https://mediasite.audiovisual.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/c40ab33dab134beb8e7d84ef514425151d
Virtual Research Day 2020 Winners
The winners for Research Day are:
Anesthesiology Oral Presentation: Dr. Ryan Hoiland – The use of tocilizumab and corticosteroids in critically ill patients with severe COVID-19
Runner Up: Ms Marie Johns – Non-invasive microcirculation monitoring using near-infrared spectroscopy during scoliosis correction surgery to inform blood transfusion – results of a prospective observational study
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Oral Presentation: Desmond Fung – Long-Lasting Motor Block and Local Tissue Toxicity Produced by QX-572: A Preclinical Comparison to Lidocaine in Mice.
(there were only 2 oral presentations in P&T)
Anesthesiology Video Short: Dr. Elena Vowels – A comparison of COVID-19 intubation barrier techniques for the prevention of droplet and contact contamination in health-care workers
Runner Up: Kai Zhu – The Effect of Intra-operative Lidocaine Infusion on Post-operative Opioid Consumption in Children Undergoing Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Pharmacology & Therapeutics Video Short: Dr. Emmanuel Osei – New Insights into Fibroblast-Extracellular Matrix Interactions: Implications for Airway Remodeling in Asthma
Runner Up: Elodie Sauge – Losartan metabolites EXP3174 and EXP3179 interefere with epithelial-mesenchymal transition via transforming growth factor beta signaling pathway
Papers of the Year:
Basic Science Category: Dr. Tillie Hackett – Defective Fibrillar Collagen Organization by Fibroblasts Contributes to Airway Remodeling in Asthma. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2019;200:432-443.
Anesthesiology Category: Dr. Simon Whyte – Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Myocardial Repolarization in Children Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg 2019;129:1100-8.
VIRTUAL RESEARCH DAY 2020 invite
The UBC Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics is pleased to announce its Annual Virtual Research Day 2020. For details, please click on Invitation/Program.
Please attend and support the work of our trainees and Departmental colleagues!
With many thanks to all of our department staff who have helped make this day happen.
In Memoriam: Dr. David M Quastel
Dr. David Quastel a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics passed away on Friday February 28, 2020.
Services will be held at 11:00AM Tuesday, March 3rd at Beth Israel Cemetery 1721 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, followed by a reception at their home at 4489 Marguerite Street in Shaughnessy.
Our thoughts are with his family
2020 Visiting Professor Lecture – Dr. David Juurlink
“The North American Opioid Crisis, and Why the Perioperative Period Still Matters”.
For more details, please view poster.
In Memoriam: Dr. Kitt Turney
Dr. Kitt Turney was on staff at Lion’s Gate Hospital since 2018.
She was a talented, engaging young woman with many great accomplishments in life, as well as being an excellent anesthesiologist.
Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues.
Please read message from Dr. Clare Morrison.
Announcement – UBC and Oxford University MOU in training Clinical Pharmacology
For more information, please check out the Memo from Dr. Roanne Preston.
2020 Visiting Professor Lecture – Dr. David Juurlink (CANCELLED)
This Lecture is Cancelled.
“The North American Opioid Crisis, and Why the Perioperative Period Still Matters”.
For more details, please view poster.
2019 Visiting Professor Lecture – Dr. Norm Buckley video recording
Dr. Norm Buckley’s lecture on November 6, 2019 recording is available here.
2019 Visiting Professor Lecture – Dr. Norm Buckley
Date/Time: November 6, 2019 (Wednesday), 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Venue:
Lecture: Rm. 1891, Paetzold Auditorium, Jim Pattison Pavilion South Vancouver General Hospital
Reception: 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Light Refreshments will be served) Multi-purpose Room, JPPS1888, Jim Pattison Pavilion South VGH
(Note: no food or drink allowed inside the auditorium)
Title: “Chronic Pain Network”
Dr. Norm Buckley (Biosketch)
Professor Emeritus Department of Anesthesia, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University
Objectives:
1. Appreciate the process of healthcare policy advocacy by understanding the background of a successful research network funding application
2. Learn about an example of patient engagement in the research process through examination of a chronic disease network governance structure
3. Contribute to the discussion of planning opportunities for continuation of a chronic disease research network
Brief CV: A faculty member since 1988, Dr. Norm Buckley completed his third term as Chair of the Department of Anesthesia, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton in September 2017. Prior to his appointment as Chair, Dr. Buckley also held hospital administrative positions as Operating Room Director, Chief of Anesthesia (Chedoke McMaster) and Deputy Chief (Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation). Dr. Buckley’s particular interests are pain, both acute and chronic. He was extensively involved in the development and organization of the acute post-operative pain service for adult and pediatric patients, and the pediatric sedation services, and was the Director of the Pain Management Centre at the Hamilton General Hospital from its opening in 2000 until 2014. His clinical work is focused on chronic pain management at the Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic, McMaster University Medical Centre. In 2010, Dr. Buckley established and is the director of the Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre. He is scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care. The missions of these two units are to improve the management of pain through dissemination of best practice information; use persistent post- surgical pain to explore chronic pain, and provide unique learning opportunities. Dr. Buckley is the nominated principal applicant on a CIHR Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) initiative to develop a Canadian Chronic Pain Network. Project funding of $25M from 2016-2021 will focus on improved health outcomes for Canadians living with chronic pain.