Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e147-journal-club-nathan-ginther-stapled-rectal-prolapse-repair

In this episode, we were joined by colorectal surgeon Dr. Nathan Ginther. Dr. Ginther is based out of the University of Saskatchewan, and is the principle author of the CJS article published in January of 2023, entitled, "A comparison of perineal stapled prolapse resection and the Altemeier procedure at 2 Canadian academic hospitals". 

https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/66/1/E8

We discuss this paper in detail and rectal prolapse more generally. 

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We caught up with Dr. Justin Rivard, new program director at University of Manitoba general surgery residency program!

Links:

1. https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-surgery/general-surgery-residency

2. https://www.instagram.com/uofmgeneralsurgery/?hl=en

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e146-jonathan-white-surgery101-surgical-education-and-sabbaticals

We were joined on this episode by Dr. Jonathan White. Dr. White is a colorectal surgeon at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, and is the co-creator of  @Surgery101, the wildly successful surgical podcast aimed at medical students. Dr. White talked about his early career, the impetus behind Surgery101, as well as his recent sabbatical in Ireland.

Links:

1. Surgery101: https://surgery101.org/

2. Surgery 101: evaluating the use of podcasting in a general surgery clerkship. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22022905/

3. Paul Duffy on Sabbaticals: https://soundcloud.com/cjs-podcast/e67-paul-duffy-on-sabbaticals

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e145-masterclass-rob-bechara-optical-evaluation-colonic-polyps

On this episode we were joined by the master of optical evaluation of polyps, Dr. Rob Bechara. Dr. Bechara is an advanced therapeutic endoscopist at Queen’s University, and he gave us a masterclass on how to look at polyps and assess what kind of polyp it is. This is an essential primer on important macroscopic and microscopic polyp characteristics and really a must-listen for anyone who does endoscopy, surgeon or gastroenterologist.

Also don’t miss his really unique experience training in Japan and what we might learn about our own training models in the process. 

You can watch the full video at our YouTube channel @coldsteelsurgery. 

Link to YouTube video: https://youtu.be/XmAI-OyCCd0

Rob Bechara on Twitter: www.twitter.com/robertbechara

Rob's YouTube channel:  www.youtube.com/@RBEndoscopy  

Links:

1. Dr. Haruhiro Inoue - https://endoscopyonair.com/members/haruhiro-inoue/

2. Clinical Importance of Magnification in the Assessment of Colorectal Lesions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489521/

All of us at some point in our career experience physical pain while operating. We were lucky to be joined by Dr. Geeta Lal (@geetalalmd on twitter) on the show today to talk about the concept of surgical ergonomics. Make sure you check out the YouTube version of this episode, for a special segment where Dr. Lal looks at some actual footage of us operating and makes some recommendations on what we might do differently. This is such an important conversation on how we can take care of ourselves so we can better care for our patients. 

Links:

1) https://surgicalergonomics.com/

2) The Society of Surgical Ergonomics has a variety of information and education materials (including articles): https://www.societyofsurgicalergonomics.org/

3) https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/education/programs/surgical-ergonomics/recommendations/

4) Susan Hallbeck OR stretch videos: https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/human-factors-engineering/or-stretch/or-stretch-videos

Bio:

Dr. Geeta Lal is a board-certified General Surgeon (both USA and Canada) with advanced Fellowship training in Endocrine Surgical Oncology. She is also a tenured Associate Professor of Surgery with a cross-appointment in Pediatrics at a major academic medical center. Dr. Lal has spent the last 17 years practicing Endocrine surgery and has extensive experience in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, including re-operative surgery and pediatric thyroid cancer. She is also involved in teaching surgical residents and medical students, both in the operating room and clinics.

Dr. Lal has served in many different roles throughout her career, including being the Co-Leader of her cancer center’s Endocrine Multidisciplinary Oncology Group and heading an NIH-funded basic science laboratory focused on the role of the Extracellular Matrix 1 (ECM1) gene for many years. She has since transitioned from the lab into an administrative role as the Associate Chief Quality Officer for the Adult Inpatient Services at her hospital. Dr. Lal continues to perform both clinical and quality and safety research and has presented and published her work extensively.

To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected].

This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Tracy Scott, co-program director of the UBC general surgery residency program!

Links:

1. https://twitter.com/ubcgensurg?lang=en

2. https://surgery.med.ubc.ca/divisions/general-surgery/

3. https://gsresidency.surgery.med.ubc.ca/

To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected].

This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Ryan Rochon, program director for the Calgary general surgery residency program!

Links:

1. https://twitter.com/calgarygensurg

2. https://www.instagram.com/calgarygensurg/?hl=en

3. https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/surgery/sections/general-surgery

To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected].

This is a rebroadcast from last year's conversation with former program director Dr. Mike Ott!

Please check out new program director Dr. Julie Ann Van Koughnett's twitter handle: https://twitter.com/javankoughnett

Links:

1. https://twitter.com/western_gensurg

2. https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/generalsurgery/

To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected].

This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Sender Liberman about the McGill general surgery residency program!

Links:

1. https://www.mcgill.ca/generalsurgery/current-residents

2. https://twitter.com/McGillGenSurg