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CSF 2026 Abstract Winners

Video Winner

CSF/Video – 015 - Robotic Total Colectomy with Ileorectal Anastomosis in a MUTYH Associated Polyposis (MAP) Patient – Dr. Cameo Hao

 

Paper per Sub-Specialty

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  • CAGS – 04 - From Event to Action: Structured Multidisciplinary Operating Room Event Reviews to Drive System-Level Quality Improvement – Dr. Ashlie Nadler

  • CAGS – 013 - Pediatric Surgery Wait Times in Ontario: a Retrospective Cohort Study - Dr. Brynn Aucoin

  • CSCRS – 02 - Artificial Intelligence Takes on the Multidisciplinary Committee: A Single-Center Study for Rectal Cancer Management - Dr. Alina Wang

  • CSCRS – 012 - Safety of Potable Tap Water for Endoscopy: a Multi-Site Interrupted Time Series Analysis of 29000 Procedures – Dr. Hilalion (San) Ahn

  • CHS – 03 - The Uptake of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in Nova Scotia, Canada: A 10-year Population-based Analysis – Dr. Ernest Chan

  • CSSO-01 - Should Canadian Provincial Cancer Registries Collect Race, Ethnicity and Sociodemographic Data? A Survey Study - Dr. Meghan Bourque

  • CHPBA – 06 - Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Outcomes of MSI-High Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Following Immunotherapy – Dr. Catherine McGuire

  • CON/CABPS – 05 - Short-term Safety and Efficacy of Revision or Conversion Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Older Adults: an Analysis of the MBSAQIP Database – Dr. Karanbir Brar

  • CAGS - ACS/Trauma – 06 - Artificial Intelligence Assistance for eFAST Image Acquisition: A Prospective Feasibility Study in ICU Patients - Dr. Hasnaien Ahmed

  • CATS – 05 - Esophagectomy vs Active Surveillance After Clinical Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation: Updated Markov Decision Analysis of Long-Term Survival and QALYs Using SANO Data – Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson

  • Dr. André Duranceau Award for Best Resident Paper Presentation (CATS)!

To review abstracts selected (Papers, Posters and Videos) at the CSF 2026, follow this link.

Posters per Sub-Specialty:

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  • CAGS – 032 - Evaluating Surgical Residents’ Clinical Decision-Making: A Multi-Institutional Study using MyOnCall Pages – Dr. Dexter Choi

  • CSCRS – 029 - Results from the Surgery for IBD Luminal Disease in Canadian Children Biobank: A National Multi-Centre Surgical Research Resource for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease – Dr. E. Paul Lerner

  •  CATS 09 Lighting Oral - 09 Impact of a Thoracic Surgeon–Physician Assistant Team Model on Outpatient Wait Times and Clinic Efficiency – Dr. Adrianna Olszewski

  • CAGS - ACS/Trauma – 07 - The Impact of Language Barriers on Clinical Outcomes of Adults Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): A Scoping Review – Dr. Imen Benadda

  • CHPBA – 010 - Intraoperative Blood Salvage Use in Curative Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Does Not Increase Cancer Recurrence or Mortality Rates: A Maritime Retrospective Cohort Study – Dr. Kiera Levesque

  •  CSSO – 039 - Access to Immediate Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: A Population-based Study – Dr. Sheharzad Mahmood

  • CHS – 09 - Ultrasound Utilization in the Diagnosis of Groin Hernias: A Survey of General Physicians – Dr. Jennifer Usher

  • CAGS-ACS/Trauma – 12: Evaluating the Acute Care Surgery Service Operating Room Efficiency at St Joseph’s Healthcare Centre. Dr. Sabrina Wang

To review all of the Abstracts Submissions presented at the CSF 2025, please follow this link. Feel free to search authors name to find the submission.

CSF 2025 Abstract Winners

To review abstracts selected (Papers, Posters and Videos) at the CSF 2025, follow this link.

Video Winner

CON_CABPS-15: Single-Stage Conversion of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass to Duodenal Switch for Weight Regain: A Single Institution Experience. Dr. Yung Lee

 

Paper per Sub-Specialty

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  • CAGS 04: Comparing Post-Operative Healthcare Utilization between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Undergoing Emergency General Surgery in British Columbia. Dr. Michael Guo

  • CAGS-10: Developing and Implementing a Novel Planetary Health Menu for a Tertiary Care Hospital.  Dr. Annie Lalande

  • CSCRS-08: Impact of a Patient-Centered Program for Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: A Multicenter, Single-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial.  Dr.Richard Garfinkle

  • CSCRS-12: Patient, provider and institutional factors associated with wait time benchmarks for colorectal cancer surgery: a population-based cross-sectional study. Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson

  • CHS-04: Quality Review of Ventral Hernia Repair Operative Reports. Dr. Ahmed Karmustaji

  • CON_CABPS-04 : The First Canadian Academic Endobariatric Program: Initial Experience with Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty. Dr.Intekhab Hossain

  • CAGS ACS/TAC – 07: Towards Informatics-Driven Decision-Making and Rescue: An Ethnographic Evaluation of Electronic Health Record Use in Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Alex Lee

  • CATS 03- Podium Paper: Predicting Local Recurrence After Segmentectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Dr. Christopher Griffiths

To review abstracts selected (Papers, Posters and Videos) at the CSF 2025, follow this link.

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  • CAGS-42: Automated Research Coordination for Clinical Trials: A Study Within a Trial.  Dr. Tyler McKechnie

  • CSCRS – 36: Optimal Timing for Diverting Loop Ileostomy Reversal: A Single Centre Retrospective Review.  Dr. Raphaëlla Rosebush-Mercier

  • CSCRS-45: Improving rectal cancer care by developing an automated artificial intelligence algorithm for magnetic resonance imaging interpretation: a pilot study. Dr. Susan Muncner

  • CATS 21 Lighting Oral: Holographic Surgical Education: Development of a Comprehensive Case-Based MR Thoracic Surgery Atlas. Dr.Ge Shi

  • CON_CABS-10: The Analgesic Efficacy of Dexamethasone as an Adjunct to Bupivacaine in Laparoscopic Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Ahmed Karmustaji

  • CHPBA – 17: Examination of the Association Between Estimated Blood Loss and Hepatobiliary Outcomes—Working Towards a Definition of Minimal Clinically Significant Difference. Dr. Tiago Ribeiro

  • CSSO-14:  Immigrant Women’s Breast Cancer Treatment Experience in a Canadian Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study. Dr. Ashley Eom

  •  CSSO-16: Breast Surgery Education and Curriculum Components in Canadian General Surgery Residency Training: A National Delphi Study. Dr.Joanna Ryan

  • CAGS-ACS/Trauma – 12: Evaluating the Acute Care Surgery Service Operating Room Efficiency at St Joseph’s Healthcare Centre. Dr. Sabrina Wang

To review all of the Abstracts Submissions presented at the CSF 2025, please follow this link. Feel free to search authors name to find the submission.

CSF 2024 Abstract Winners

To view abstracts selected as Papers at CSF 2024 follow this link and to view the abstracts selected as Posters and Videos submissions follow this link. 

Top Paper Winner

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CHPBA - 04: Evaluating the Safety and Tumorigenicity of Stem Cell-derived Islet Cells in Immunodeficient Mice. Dr. Zofia Czarnecka

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Papers per Sub-Specialty

  • CAGS-01: The Green Thumb of Endoscopy: Switching from Sterile Water to Tap Water. Dr. Christine Li

  • CATS-03 (Ginsberg Award): Same Day Discharge After Pulmonary Wedge Resection: A Cost-Utility Analysis. Dr. Cohen Chaulk

  • CSCRS-1: The Association between Preoperative Anemia and Healthcare Resource Use and Outcomes After Colorectal Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Dr. Lily Park

  • CSSO-07: Predictive Value of C-Reactive Protein for Infectious Complications after Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Single-Center Prospective Study. Dr. Janyssa Charbonneau.

  • CHS-04: The Modified Frailty Index Predicts Postoperative Morbidity in Elective Hernia Repair Patients: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2015-2019.  Dr. Jigish Khamar

  • CAGS - ACS/TAC - 08: Hospital-level Variation in Emergency General Surgery Outcomes.  Dr. Jordan Nantais

  • CON_CABPS - 04: Weight Specific Prehabilitation in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Dr. Brianna Brand

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Video Winners 

•    CAGS-67: Endoscopic Management of a Sleeve Gastrectomy Leak. Dr. Irtaza Tahir

 

Poster Winners per Sub-Specialty

  • CAGS-26:    Fragility index for Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Following Abdominopelvic Surgery: A Methodological Survey. Dr. Ruxandra Bogdan

  • CAGS-46: Establishing Quality of Care Indicators for Thyroid Cancer Management: A Scoping Review. Dr. Michelle Kwon 

  • CSCRS-28: Total Neoadjuvant Therapy as standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer at a regional cancer centre: Completeness of Treatment, Surgical Quality and postoperative complications. Dr. Vanessa Wiseman

  • CSCRS-32: A picture is worth a thousand words: graphic narrative to supplement consent for low anterior resection. Dr. Elizabeth Clement

  • CHPBA-23: Impact of wound protectors on complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 20,960 patients. Dr. Kevin Verhoeff

  • CSSO-15: Exploring Genetic Literacy in Surgeons Who Manage Patients with Cancer: A National Survey of Knowledge, Perceptions, Attitudes, and Barriers. Dr. Sandra Messiha

  • CATS-16 (Duranceau Award): Thoracic Surgeon-Led Bedside Biopsy is Safe, Efficient, and Economic in a Canadian Healthcare Context. Dr. Vaibhav Gupta

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To review all of the Abstracts Submissions presented at the CSF 2024, please follow this link. Feel free to search authors name to find the submission.

CSF 2023 Abstract Winners

Top Paper Winner

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ACS- 08 Delayed vs. Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy (DELAY) for Adult Patients with Acute Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dr. Zuhaib M. Mir

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Papers per Sub-Specialty

  • CAGS-81: Assessment of Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Peri-operative Patient Warming Strategies. Dr. Karina  Spoyalo

  • CATS-15 (Ginsberg Award): Stage II/III Esophageal Cancer Patients with Complete Clinical Response post Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy - A Markov Decision Analysis. Dr. Tiago Ribeiro

  • CSCRS-53 (Clinical Award): Modulation of the Gut Microbiota with Fermentable Fibers and 5-Aminosalicylate to Prevent Peri-anastomotic and Metastatic Recurrence of Colorectal Cancer. Dr. Roy Hajjar

  • CSCRS-48 (basic Science Award): A Mucosa-Adherent Bacterium Impairs Colorectal Anastomotic Healing by Upregulating Interleukin-17: The Role of Low-Grade Inflammation as a Driver of Anastomotic Leak. Dr. Roy Hajjar

  • CHPBA-22: Armed Oncolytic Virus VSV-LIGHT/TNFSF14 Promotes Survival and Results in Complete Pathological and Radiological Response in an Immunocompetent Model of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Dr. Sarah Mansouri

  • CSSO-17 Adjuvant radiation therapy amongst immigrant and Canadian-born/long-term resident women with breast cancer. Dr. Ashley Eom.

  • CHS-04 Robotic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Grynfeltt Lumbar Hernia Repair with Mesh. Dr. Rachel Liu

  • ACS- 08 Delayed vs. Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy (DELAY) for Adult Patients with Acute Appendicitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dr. Zuhaib M. Mir

 

Poster Winners per Sub-Specialty

•    CAGS-47: The Association between Gender and Confidence in UBC General Surgery Residents. Dr. Elizabeth Clement 
CAGS-48: Quality Improvement in Timeliness of EPA Completion in General Surgery Residency. Dr. Kara Nadeau
CAGS-46: Holographic Surgical Skills Training: Can We Use Holograms to Teach Hand Tying and Is It Comparable to In-person Learning? Dr. Ge Shi
•   CSCRS-44: Rectal Cancer in the Very Young (Age <40) - More Treatment Worse Survival, A Population-Based Study. Dr. Vanessa Wiseman

  • CSCRS-51: Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Antifibrinolytic Use in Colorectal Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dr. Lily Park

•    CON/CABPS-14: Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Liners Are Superior to Optimal Medical Management in Ameliorating Metabolic Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dr. Steffane McLennan
•    CHPBA-15: Modulation by PCSK9 of the Immune Recognition of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis. Dr. Yara Haddad
•    CSSO-03  Exploring neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of postoperative breast cancer overall survival. Dr. 
Alisha Jaffer
   CATS-01 (Duranceau Prize): Changes in Sarcopenia Status Predict Survival among Patients with Resectable Esophageal Cancer. Dr. Uzair Jogiat

Canadian Journal of Surgery

All accepted CSF abstracts are published annually in the Canadian Journal of Surgery; the CSF 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 submissions are available now.

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View the 2024 Canadian Surgery Forum abstracts in the Canadian Journal of Surgery.

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View the 2021 Canadian Surgery Forum abstracts in the Canadian Journal of Surgery.​

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