Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

This is a rebroadcast of last year's conversation with Dr. Lucy Helyer on the Dalhousie general surgery residency program!

Links:

1. https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/surgery/divisions/general-surgery.html

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

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

We had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Ilun Yang, new program director of the general surgery residency program at McMaster University!

Links:

1. https://twitter.com/mcmastersurgery

2. https://surgery.mcmaster.ca/divisions/general-surgery

3. https://www.instagram.com/macgensurg/?hl=en

We had the pleasure of catching up with Dr. Alex Mathieson for the 2nd year in a row to talk about the MUN general surgery residency program!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/8Xn8KnamcQ0

Links:

1. https://www.mun.ca/medicine/surgery/

2. https://www.instagram.com/mungensx/?hl=enen

We had the pleasure of speaking to new program director Dr. Michael McCall about the U of A general surgery residency program!

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/iD40jZgXcvs

Links:

1. Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

2. Program Website: https://www.ualberta.ca/surgery/divis...

3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uofagensurg/

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

We had the pleasure of speaking with program director and pediatric surgeon Dr. Sarah Jones about the Queen's University General Surgery Program!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/RdoEpu_wGjM

Links:

1. Queen's General Surgery Department: https://surgery.queensu.ca/postgraduate/general-surgery

2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueensGenSurg

3. Queen's Colorectal Surgery: https://twitter.com/QueensCRS

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

It’s that time of year again, when we have the pleasure of interviewing and selecting our future colleagues. We are, of course, talking about the CaRMS interview process. Most of our listeners will know that CaRMS stands for Canadian Resident Matching Service. Interviews are well underway for final year medical students across the country. 

Like last year, we felt it would be helpful for prospective applicants to hear from various general surgery programs across the country about what their residency training programmes have to offer. We have a few new programs and a few repeats from our episode from last year. This year we’ve broken it up into separate individual episodes from each program, and you can also find the video version on YouTube channel.

 Of note, we do not have any affiliation with CaRMS. Please check the CaRMS website for the full list of general surgery residency training programs.

Last year, Dr. Ball and I talked a bit about our thoughts surrounding interviews and some general advice to applicants. Stay tuned for a re-broadcast of that conversation. If you have questions or comments, we’d love to hear from you, so email us at [email protected] or tweet at us @CanJSurg.

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

It’s that time of year again, when we have the pleasure of interviewing and selecting our future colleagues. We are, of course, talking about the CaRMS interview process. Most of our listeners will know that CaRMS stands for Canadian Resident Matching Service. Interviews are well underway for final year medical students across the country. 

Like last year, we felt it would be helpful for prospective applicants to hear from various general surgery programs across the country about what their residency training programmes have to offer. We have a few new programs and a few repeats from our episode from last year. This year we’ve broken it up into separate individual episodes from each program, and you can also find the video version on YouTube channel.

 Of note, we do not have any affiliation with CaRMS. Please check the CaRMS website for the full list of general surgery residency training programs.

Last year, Dr. Ball and I talked a bit about our thoughts surrounding interviews and some general advice to applicants. Stay tuned for a re-broadcast of that conversation. If you have questions or comments, we’d love to hear from you, so email us at [email protected] or tweet at us @CanJSurg.

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e142-masterclass-dennis-kim-trauma-icu-rounds-fascial-dehiscence

This week, we were joined by trauma surgeon and podcaster Dr. Dennis Kim. Dr. Kim, among many other things, hosts the very successful and highly educational  Trauma ICU Rounds podcast. We in Canada are lucky enough to have him back on Canadian soil, and so on this episode talked to him about his experience moving back to Canada and collaborating to develop a trauma system in Victoria, BC. We then delved into a masterclass on fascial dehiscences, ranging from closure techniques to prevent dehiscences in the first place to strategies for dealing with them when they happen. 

Links:

1. https://www.traumaicurounds.ca/

2. STITCH trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26188742/

3. Wittmann Patch: https://medizzy.com/feed/46410

4. ABRA Closure Device: https://www.cjmedical.com/products/specialties/dynamic-tissue-systems/abra-abdominal-wall-closure

Bio (from https://medicalstaff.islandhealth.ca/news-events/dr-dennis-kim):

Originally from Toronto, Dr. Kim completed medical school at McMaster University followed by General Surgery residency and a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Ottawa. He subsequently underwent a 2-year fellowship in Trauma & Surgical Critical Care at UC San Diego. Dr. Kim is quadruple board certified in Canada and the US. Dennis has been an attending surgeon in the Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in South Los Angeles since 2012, where he served as the Medical Director of the Trauma SICU and Chair of the Hospital Critical Care Committee. An avid educator and recipient of several teaching awards, Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and the former Co-Chair of the College of Applied Anatomy at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. 

Dr. Kim is actively involved in and holds numerous leadership roles in several key national trauma organizations including EAST, AAST, and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed publications, 25 book chapters, and several Practice Management Guidelines focused on the optimal care of critically injured and ill patients. Dr. Kim hosts the very popular Trauma ICU Rounds Podcast and is active across several social media platforms. 

Dr. Kim joins us with his wife, Alexis, their four children, and dog. Traveling, cooking, and spending time in the outdoors are but a few of the activities that help bring balance and joy to the de Rosenroll-Kim family.

Dr. Kim brings with him a wealth of experience regarding trauma program development, performance improvement, and patient safety initiatives.

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuries

In this “journal club” edition of the podcast, we are joined by the thoughtful trauma guru Dr. Hameed to talk about his paper in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). This paper, authored by Drs. Ball, Lee, Kaminsky and Hameed gets at the “heart” of both the decision-making and technical aspects of treating penetrating cardiac injuries. 

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/_g6Nu66Q3AM

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@coldsteelsurgery

Links:

1. Technical considerations in the management of penetrating cardiac injury: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/65/5/E580
2. Sternotomy or drainage for a hemopericardium after penetrating trauma: a randomized controlled trial. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23604058/
3. A caveat to the Performance of Pericardial Ultrasound in Patients with penetrating Cardiac Wounds. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19901678/

Morad Hameed Bio:

Dr. Morad Hameed is a trauma surgeon and intensivist at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
He completed medical school and surgical residency at the University of Alberta, graduate studies in public health at Harvard University, and fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Miami. He spent 3 years on the surgical faculty at the University of Calgary, before moving to Vancouver.
He is the Head of the UBC and VGH Division of General Surgery and is a Service Chief for Acute Care Surgery at VGH. He also chairs the Research Committee of the Trauma Association of Canada, and is the immediate past chair of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons Committee on Acute Care Surgery.
His research focuses on systems of trauma care and acute care surgery. Dr. Hameed’s research teams have received grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and other funding agencies for their work on disparities in injury risk and access to trauma systems in Canada.
The development of promising partnerships with trauma investigators at the University of Cape Town has recently extended this work to South Africa.

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuries

In this “journal club” edition of the podcast, we are joined by the thoughtful trauma guru Dr. Hameed to talk about his paper in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). This paper, authored by Drs. Ball, Lee, Kaminsky and Hameed gets at the “heart” of both the decision-making and technical aspects of treating penetrating cardiac injuries. 

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/_g6Nu66Q3AM

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@coldsteelsurgery

Links:

1. Technical considerations in the management of penetrating cardiac injury: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/65/5/E580
2. Sternotomy or drainage for a hemopericardium after penetrating trauma: a randomized controlled trial. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23604058/
3. A caveat to the Performance of Pericardial Ultrasound in Patients with penetrating Cardiac Wounds. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19901678/

Morad Hameed Bio:

Dr. Morad Hameed is a trauma surgeon and intensivist at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
He completed medical school and surgical residency at the University of Alberta, graduate studies in public health at Harvard University, and fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Miami. He spent 3 years on the surgical faculty at the University of Calgary, before moving to Vancouver.
He is the Head of the UBC and VGH Division of General Surgery and is a Service Chief for Acute Care Surgery at VGH. He also chairs the Research Committee of the Trauma Association of Canada, and is the immediate past chair of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons Committee on Acute Care Surgery.
His research focuses on systems of trauma care and acute care surgery. Dr. Hameed’s research teams have received grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and other funding agencies for their work on disparities in injury risk and access to trauma systems in Canada.
The development of promising partnerships with trauma investigators at the University of Cape Town has recently extended this work to South Africa.