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LOCAL
January 2017 - Current: Clinical Strategic Advisory Council – Health Information Technology visioning group
November 2015 - Current: Chair FrancoDoc committee McMaster University
May 2015 - August 2015: Member Our Healthy Future – Community Surgical Care – Patient
Centred Working Group
February 2015 - Current: Member DS Quality Council
January 2015 - Current: Clinical Connect Advisory Group
October 2014- Current: Internal Medicine Boris Clinic Physician Advisory Group
February 2014- June 2014: Member selection committee, Associate Vice-President of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
July 2011 : March 2012: Member selection committee, Chief Diagnostic Imaging, St
Joseph Healthcare
May 2011- Present: Chair RAPP, Radiology Academic Practice Plan Committee
October 2010 - January 2011: Member selection committee, Chief/Chair Paediatrics, Hamilton Health Sciences
September 2009 - Present: Health Informatics Physician Advisory Group July 2009 - November 2010: Member selection committee, Chair Obstetrics/Gynecology,
Hamilton Health Sciences
November 2008 - Present: Member, CHSE Advisory Committee
March 2008 - Present: o Medical Advisory Committee Hamilton Health Sciences Center o Member of the Executive Committee of the Council of the Faculty
of Health Sciences, Michael de Groote School of Medicine, McMaster University
o Co-Chair DS-Executive Committee Diagnostic Imaging o Chair Research Committee Diagnostic Imaging o Chair Tenure & Promotion Committee, Diagnostic Imaging o Member Council of Chiefs, HHSC o Member Resident Education Committee DI
REGIONAL
March 2016 - Present: Member, Regional PACS Selection Committee
March 2015 - Present: Member, Foreign Exam Management Committee
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January 2011 - Present: Member, LHIN Chiefs of Radiology Committee
April 2009 - Present: Member, Planning Advisory Group, Neurology section, LHIN 3-4
October 2008 - Present: Chair, Clinical Advisory Committee, DI-r LHIN 3-4
September 2008 - Present: DI-r Steering Committee LHIN 3-4
NATIONAL
November 2016 - Current: Canada Health Infoway – Co-Chair and Clinical Leader Diagnostic Imaging workgroup
November 2015 – Present: Canada Safe Imaging – Chair and Co-Founder
o Canada Safe Imaging (formerly Canadian Coalition for Radiation & Medical Imaging Safety)
o Chair and co-founder of this new initiative created to develop and advocate approaches for improving radiation protection of patients in Canada, aligned on international priorities outlined in the Bonn Call-for-Action (2012).
o Re-elected Chair of the Executive Committee of Canada Safe Imaging at annual meeting in April 2016 (Montreal).
November 2013 - Present: REM 2 Project - Chair Steering Committee.
January 2013 - Present: DI Appropriateness - Expert panel on Appropriate Utilization of Diagnostic and Imaging Studies
April 2012 - April 2016: CAR Signposts - Chair, Signpost Working Group, Canadian Association of Radiologists, a new workgroup to assess risks and opportunities for Canadian Radiology, and advise the board of the CAR.
April 2010 - November 2012: REM Project - Chair, Radiation Exposure Monitoring Advisory Panel, National Research Council
August 2009 - August 2010: CAR Lifecycle - Equipment Lifecycle Committee, Canadian Association of Radiologists
2008 - Present: Canadian Heads of Academic Radiology Departments
o Elected President of CHAR for 2 years starting April 2012 o Member of CHAR: Committee of Heads of Academic Radiology
Departments o Reviewer for CHAR-GE grants since 2008
2003 - 2011: IHE Canada: Co-founder and Treasurer of IHE-Canada (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise)
o IHE is an international initiative whose goal is to foster interoperability between software used in medicine.
o A participant (on behalf of the Canadian Association of Radiologists) in the expert panel which launched IHE-Canada at the national video-conference on April 30, 2004.
o I am chairman of the steering committee, co-chair of the promotion committee, co-chair of the radiology committee.
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o I represent Canada in international committees, member of the International Planning Committee and Radiology Committee, invited to participate at international conferences.
o Co-organizer of the IHE workshop 2006 in Toronto. o A member of the planning committee for IHE XDS-I demonstration at
RSNA 2006. o Member of the planning committee for IHE Connectathon 2007 in
Canada.
2006 – Present: Technology for Doctors - Member of the advisory board
2004 – Present : CAR – Canadian Association of Radiologists
o Member of the PACS/Teleradiology committee, expert in image compression for CAR, participate in monthly teleconferences, work on guidelines for image compression and teleradiology.
2004 – 2008 Canada Health Infoway
An active member of the Digital Imaging and Teleradiology Workgroup, participating in elaboration Canadian standards for digital imaging and communication and ultimately implementation of pan-Canadian Electronic Health Records standards.
March 2005 Attendance to the CHI Digital Imaging and teleradiology standards
meeting in Toronto. Participation in multiple web-conferences and conference-calls: o DI5 Use Cases o research summary report o XDS-I White Paper o pCSG Change Management
2001 – Present Partnership for Health Information Standards’ DICOM expert group: Member of an expert group created by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); this group works with the DICOM Standards Committee and makes suggestions and recommendations to the DICOM developers.
2001 – 2004 Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France : International expert and advisor to the French Ministry of Economy and Trade as an expert in the field of medical imaging and teleradiology.
1999 – 2000 Strategis
Active member of the Medical Imaging Technology Roadmap, initiated by Strategis / Industry Canada whose goal was to release a technology roadmap, prepared collaboratively by vendors, researchers and end users, to provide public and private sector decision makers with a forecast of technology needs to guide investment, training and policy decisions. Member of WG3, wrote the recommendations on transmission and connectivity.
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INTERNATIONAL
2017-December-11 Nominated by the Government of Canada as an expert at the IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine - Vienna, Austria.
2016-09 - Present Elected co-Chair of the IHE International Radiology Planning Committee.
IHE Radiology was formed in 1998 to address issues of interoperability and information sharing that impact the quality of care in medical imaging. It has developed and documented standards-based solutions to these problems and organized testing and education to foster their adoption.
2016-09 - Present Canadian representative as Chair of CSI on the International Society of
Radiology Committee for Radiation Safety, International Conference, Buenos Aires
2015-November Canadian representative as Chair of CSI on the International Society of
Radiology Committee for Radiation Safety, RSNA, Chicago, USA 2014-July-25 Nominated by the Government of Canada as an expert at the IAEA
Technical Meeting on Enhancing Radiation Medicine Education in Fukushima, Japan.
2014 - Present Canadian Observer member on the European Society of Radiology
Radiation Protection Subcommittee of the Quality, Safety, Standards Committee.
2013-May-11 Invited Canadian Representative to Global Summit on Radiology Quality
and Safety, Washington, DC, USA 2012 - Present Member IHE Committee, Informatics Section, RSNA (Radiology Society of North America) 2012 - Present Member of the Editorial Board of Imaging Management Europe
(Management and leadership publication of the European Society of Radiology).
2003 – Present IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) Member of the International
Planning Committee and North American Radiology Committee 2010 – Present Member of the International Expert Workgroup on Diagnostically
Acceptable Irreversible Compression.
EXTERNAL REVIEWS
September 2013 Review of the provision of diagnostic imaging and laboratory services in Nunavut.
June 2013 Review Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate program – Systems
Design Engineering – University of Waterloo July 2011 Review of the provision of diagnostic imaging services in Guelph and
Fergus region, Ontario September 2009 Review opportunity to install a CT Scanner in Iqaluit, Nunavut
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Invited Speaker and Lectures
1. Around the World in 80 Minutes: Current Global Campaigns for Informed Use of Radiation in Medical Imaging: Canada Safe Imaging – Lecture – Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) – November 26, 2017 – Chicago, USA
2. What’s New in IHE: Recent Radiology Profiles to Enhance Practice: EBIW and IDEP – Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) – November 30, 2017 – Chicago, USA
3. Leadership en Management: l’Exemple Canadien – Lecture – Journees Francophones de Radiologie, October 13, 2017- Paris, France
4. Peer-Review in Radiology: the Canadian Perspective – Lecture – Winter School COMP, February 2, 2017 – Chateau Montebello, Quebec
5. Telemedicine: where are we? – Lecture – McMaster Nuclear Medicine Retreat – November 6, 2016 – Ancaster, Ontario
6. Canada Safe Imaging – Lecture – Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences, Falls Meeting – November 5, 2016 – Sunnybrook, Toronto
7. Canada Safe Imaging: update – Presentation - International Society of Radiology – September 22, 2016 – Buenos Aires, Argentina
8. Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) – Lecture – Hamilton Ultrasound Group June 28, 2016
9. The LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Lecture – Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences, Annual Meeting – May 6, 2016 – RBG, Burlington, Ontario
10. The Leadership Crisis in Canada: the LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Lecture McMaster Health Leadership Academy – May 6, 2016, Ron Joyce Centre, Burlington, Ontario
11. Canada Safe Imaging – Oral presentation – Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences, Stakeholder’s meeting – May 5, 2016 – RBG, Burlington, Ontario
12. The LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Lecture – February 10, 2016 – McMaster Radiology Residents’ Day – Hamilton, Ontario
13. Peer Review: l’approche Canadienne aux Systemes d’Evaluation par les Pairs en Radiologie Journees Francaises de Radiologie 2015 – October 17, 2015 – Paris, France.
14. The LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Lecture – Management in Radiology (ESR) – October 2015 – Barcelona, Spain
15. The LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Radiology Grand Rounds – University of Manitoba- June 25, 2015 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
TEACHING AND COURSE ORGANIZER
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16. The Ontario/Hamilton experience of Peer Review: a Radiologist Perspective – Manitoba Association of Radiologists – June 25, 2015 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
17. Peer Review in a Digital World – MIIT 2015 (Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology) June 19, 2015 – Hamilton, Ontario
18. Errors in Radiology: How to Learn from a Systematic Approach – European Society of Radiology, MIR session – March 6, 2015 – Vienna, Austria
19. Le Canada Pionnier en Teleradiologie: l’experience a McMaster University – Seminaire Decideurs Sante – Strasbourg, France – February 20, 2014
20. Medical Imaging Informatics; eHealth, McMaster University – November 19, 2013
21. How to Foster Research in Radiology – November 8, 2013 – Visualization and Image Processing (VIP) group, University of Waterloo
22. Quality and peer review – the Canadian perspective – Management in Radiology (MIR) October 11, 2013 – Barcelona, Spain
23. How to Foster Research in Radiology – Management in Radiology (MIR) – October 10, 2013 Barcelona, Spain
24. The LEADS Framework in a Caring Environment – Management in Radiology (MIR) – October 9, 2013 – Barcelona, Spain
25. Peer Review in Radiology: the McMaster Experience – SCARD AUR – Los Angeles, April 11, 2013
26. Initiatives to Promote Appropriateness of Imaging in Canada – Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in Healthcare Settings, World Health Organization (WHO), September 11, 2013 – Geneva, Switzerland
27. TheDiagnostic Imaging Repository Strategy in Canada – DICOM 2013 International Conference, Bengalore, India – March 16, 2013
28. The Future of Radiology – MRT Week – Hamilton, Ontario – November 8, 2012
29. Challenges for the Future in Medical Imaging – Management in Radiology (MIR-ESR) – Milan, Italy – October 2012
30. Personal Leadership: How to Deal with Team Members – Management in Radiology (MIR-ESR), young radiologists leadership session – Milan, Italy – October 2012
31. The Future Role of the General Radiologist – Canadian Association of Radiologists – Industry Partners Day – Ottawa – September 27, 2012
32. Radiology Residency in Canada: The CanMEDS Core Competencies – Lecture University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ – September 14, 2012
33. New Frontiers in Medical Imaging Informatics – MIIT 2012 – Toronto, Ontario – May 12, 2012
34. Challenges for the Future in Medical Imaging – Lecture – Apple Diagnostic Imaging Roundtable – Mohawk College, May 10, 2012
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35. Medical Imaging Panel participant – Medtech North – Montreal, Quebec - April 19, 2012
36. National eHealth Strategy – the Canadian Experience – Lecture - ECR 2012, Vienna, Austria March 2012
37. New Frontiers in Medical Imaging Informatics – December 8, 2011 – Lecture – Health Informatics, University of Waterloo.
38. Medical Imaging Informatics : Impact of Computers on Radiology - November 1, 2011 – Lecture – eHealth Master Program, McMaster University, Hamilton
39. Mistake in Management - October 2011 – MIR – Nice, France
40. Globalization of Radiology - Young Chinese Radiologists Forum - July 2011 Nanjing, Shanghai
41. Rewards and Challenges in Adoption of Diagnostically Acceptable Irreversible Compression Conference on Mathematics of Medical Imaging MITACS, Fields Institute, University of Toronto – June 23, 2011
42. Radiation Dose Registry and Exposure Monitoring - Feb 12, 2011 – Lecture - Women’s Council St Catharine
43. Teleradiology : the Globalization of Radiology – Jan 31, 2011 - Lecture Global Health Seminar Series – McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences with Dpt of Surgery and International Surgery Desk
44. Radiology informatics and patient safety – Nov 25, 2010 – Lecture Health Informatics Program – University of Waterloo
45. Lossy compression issues – MIR 2010 – Palma de Mallorca – Oct 15, 2010
46. Radiation Dose Registry and Exposure Monitoring – Lecture – Oncology Grand Rounds – Juravinski Cancer Centre – September 30, 2010
47. PACS mini-symposium – CAR 73d Annual Scientific Meeting – Montreal, April 23, 2010 – Member of panel.
48. Image Compression : Acceptable ? Inacceptable ? Any decision yet ? – Refresher Course ECR 2010 – Vienna, Austria – March 5, 2010
49. Expérience d’un Groupe de Radiologues Canadiens - Séminaire FNMR : Amélioration de la prise en charge radiologique publique et libérale sur le territoire – Paris, France – February 13, 2010
50. Abdominal CT: do we have to look at all the images? – Refresher Course – Practical Radiology at Whistler – Whistler, BC – Feb 1, 2010
51. Evaluating Imaging Technologies: Current State, Challenges, and Lessons Learned – Appropriateness Criteria - Oral Presentation – Theta 2nd Annual Symposium, Niagara-on-the-Lake - May 24, 2009 (Invited Speaker)
52. Managing the Medical Imaging Tsunami : Stemming the Data Flood – Medbuy, RSNA – Chicago, IL, USA – November 30, 2008
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53. Compression des Images Médicales avec Perte: le Point sur le Projet Canadien – Journées Françaises de Radiologie – Paris, France – October 26, 2008
54. Managing the Medical Imaging Tsunami: Stemming the Data Flood – UKRC – Birmingham, UK – June 3, 2008
55. The Adoption of Image Lossy Compression for Diagnostic Purposes – UKRC – Birmingham, UK – June 3, 2008
56. The Canadian Electronic Health Records Strategy for Better Care Delivery – SIIM 2008 – Seattle, WA, USA – May 17, 2008
57. Chair Hot Topic Session 7: Implementing an Image Enabled EHR: Challenges and Opportunities – The Canadian Experience – SIIM 2008 – Seattle, WA, USA – May 17, 2008
58. Managing the Medical Imaging Tsunami: Stemming the Data Flood – Waterloo WIHIR Seminar – Waterloo, ON – April 30, 2008
59. The Canadian Electronic Health Records Strategy for Better Care Delivery – DICOM International Conference & Seminar – Chengdu, China – April 10, 2008
60. Image Compression: Is Canada Leading the World? – The Electronic Healthcare Enterprise 2007 – Toronto, ON – October 18, 2007
61. Gestion des Larges Volumes d’Images: la Strategie en 2007 – Symposium 3D CT – Nancy, France – September 17, 2007
62. Blunt Trauma of the Mediastinum – CAR meeting – St.John’s, Newfoundland – June 30, 2007
63. Challenges in Clinical Imaging and the Need for Research Collaboration – Koff D – University of Waterloo, Intramural Digital Imaging Symposium – June 22, 2006
Course Organizer
MIIT 2019: Fourteenth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and
Teleradiology, May 10, 2019, Hamilton Ontario
MIIT 2018: Thirteenth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, May 4, 2018, Hamilton Ontario
MIIT 2017: Twelfth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, April 28, 2017, Hamilton Ontario
Winter School COMP: Chateau Montebello, February 2 to 5, 2017
MIIT 2016: Eleventh Annual Practice Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, Hamilton. Course organizer and director, June 17, 2016
MIR (Management in Radiology) – ECR 2016 – Session Chair – March 6, 2016 - Vienna, Austria
HealthAchieve 2015: Toronto, Ontario – Diagnostic Imaging Session - Course organizer Toronto, Ontario - November 2, 2015
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MIIT 2015: Tenth Annual Practice Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, Hamilton. Course organizer and director, May 19, 2015
MIIT 2013: Ninth Annual Practice Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, Toronto. Course organizer and director, May 24, 2013
Decoding Diagnostics: Appropriateness Criteria in Radiology Course organizer and director. Hamilton - November 21, 2012
MIIT 2012: Eighth Annual Practice Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology, Toronto. Course organizer and director, May 11-12, 2012
Decoding Diagnostics: Appropriateness Criteria in Radiology - Course organizer and director. Hamilton - November 9, 2011
MIIT 2011: Seventh Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology : connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. May 13-14, 2011
MIIT 2010: Sixth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology : connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. April 21, 2010. Jointly with the Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Meeting, Montreal.
MIIT 2009: Fifth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology : connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. May 7-8, 2009. Post and Pillar, Niagara-on-the-Lake
MIIT 2008: Fourth Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology : connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. March 7-8, 2008. Renaissance Hotel, Toronto
Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario June 15-16, 2007, Continuing Medical Education Director
MIIT 2007: Third Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology: Connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. April 27-28, 2007. Renaissance Hotel, Toronto
IHE Canada – Workshop 2006 - Changing for Health – Using Standards to Connect – Toronto, Sept 18-19, 2006 – Co-organizer
Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario – April 5-8, 2006, Continuing Medical Education Director
MIIT 2006: Second Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology : connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. April 7-8, 2006. Women’s College Hospital.
Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp – University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario July 17-22, 2005. Continuing Medical Education Director
MIIT 2005: First Annual Practical Course in Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology: Connectivity in the 21st century. Course organizer and director. April 10, 2005.
Teleradiology: ……………Dr D. Koff
Cercle de formation continue de l’Oise : cycle d’enseignement sur l’échographie obstetricale, 1995 – 1996
Travaux pratiques – Rein transplanté : doppler de l’artère rénale - 8eme cours d’Echotomographie de l’Hôpital Broussais - 1980
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Koff D., Plainfossé M.Ch. : Le rein transplanté – Enseignement – 8ème cours d’Echotomographie de l’Hôpital Broussais –“L’échographie rénale et retropéritoneale”, Paris, France – 1er Octobre 1980
Koff D. : Traumatismes et suppurations rénales – Enseignement – 8ème cours d’Echotomographie de l’Hôpital Broussais –“L’échographie rénale et retropéritoneale”, Paris, France – 30 Septembre 1980
Peer Reviewed
1. Sutton A, Samavi R., Doyle T., Koff D. - Digitized Trust in Human-in-the-Loop Health Research – 2018 16th Annual Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) – IEEE Xplore: 01-11-2018 – ISBN: 978-1-5386-7493-2
2. Weina Ma, Kamran Sartipi, Hassan Sharghigoorabi, David Koff, Peter Bak, "OpenID connect as a security service in cloud-based medical imaging systems," J. Med. Imag. 3(2), 026501 (2016), doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.3.2.026501.
3. Cavalcanti P, Shirani S, Scharcanski J, Fong C, Meng J, Castelli J, Koff D – Lung nodule segmentation in chest computed tomography using a novel background estimation method – Quant Imaging Med Surg 2016;6(1):16-24
4. Farheen Manji, Jiheng Wang, Geoff Norman, Zhou Wang, David Koff – Comparison of dual energy subtraction chest radiography and traditional chest X-rays in the detection of pulmonary nodule – Quant Imaging Med Surg 2016;6(1):4-8
5. Weina Ma, Kamran Sartipi, Hassan Sharghi, David Koff, Peter Bak, OpenID connect as a security service in Cloud-based diagnostic imaging systems, Proc. SPIE 9418, Medical Imaging 2015: PACS and Imaging Informatics: Next Generation and Innovations, 94180J (March 17, 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2082519
6. Arun Agrawal, David Koff, Peter Bak, Duane Bender, Jane Castelli, Design challenges and gaps in standards in developing an interoperable zero footprint DI thin client for use in image-enabled electronic health record solutions, Proc. SPIE 9418, Medical Imaging 2015: PACS and Imaging Informatics: Next Generation and Innovations, 94180M (March 17, 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2082805
7. Lazar Milovanovic, Arun Agrawal, Peter Bak, Duane Bender, David Koff, Investigation into the need for ingesting foreign imaging exams into local systems and evaluation of the design challenges of Foreign Exam Management (FEM), Proc. SPIE 9418, Medical Imaging 2015: PACS and Imaging Informatics: Next Generation and Innovations, 94180N (March 17, 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2082879
8. Lazar Milovanovic, Arun Agrawal, Peter Bak, Duane Bender, David Koff, Investigation into the need for ingesting foreign imaging exams into local systems and evaluation of the design challenges of Foreign Exam Management (FEM), Proc. SPIE 9418, Medical Imaging 2015: PACS and Imaging Informatics: Next Generation and Innovations, 94180N (March 17, 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2082879
PUBLICATIONS
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9. Ilona A. Kowalik-Urbaniak, Jane Castelli, Nasim Hemmati, David Koff, Nadine Smolarski-Koff, Edward R. Vrscay, Jiheng Wang and Zhou Wang – Modelling of subjective radiological assessments with objective quality measures of brain and body CT images - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer. 2015
10. Caitlin E. Mills, Christopher Tome, David Koff, David W. Andrews, Douglas R. Boreham – The relative biological effectiveness of low dose mammography quality X-rays in the human breast MCF-10A cell line – Radiation Research 183, 42-51 (2015)
11. Ilona Kowalik-Urbaniak, Dominique Brunet, Jiheng Wang, David Koff, Nadine Smolarski-Koff, Edward R. Vrscay, Bill Wallace, Zhou Wang – The quest for “diagnostically lossless” medical image compression: A comparative study of objective quality metrics for compressed medical images – Proc. SPIE, Vol 9037, Feb. 2014
12. Rodger I, Dilar D, Dwyer J, Bienenstock J, Coret A, Coret-Simon J, Foster G, Franchetto A, Franic D, Goldsmith C, Koff D, Konyer N, Levine M, McDonnell E, Noseworthy M, Paulseth J, Ribeiro L, Sayles MJ, Thabane L. - Evidence against the Involvement of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis. A Case-Control Study – PLOS ONE Aug 14, 2013
13. Koff D, Bak P, Matos A, Norman G. - Evaluation of Irreversible Compression Ratios for Medical Images Thin Slice CT and Update of Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Guidelines. - Journal of digital imaging : the official journal of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology. 11/2012
14. Di Sebastiano KM, Yang L, Zbuk K, Wong RK, Chow T, Koff D, Moran GR, Mourtzakis M – Accelerated muscle and adipose tissue loss may predict survival in pancreatic cancer patients: the relationship with diabetes and anaemia. The British Journal of Nutrition. 07/2012
15. Kowalik-Urbaniak I, Vrscay RE, Wang Z, Cavaro-Menard C, Koff D, Wallace B, Obara B. – The impact of skull bone intensity on the quality of compressed CT neuro images – Proceeds SPIE 8319, Medical Imaging 2012: Advanced PACS-based imaging informatics and therapeutic applications, 83190L (February 23, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.912467
16. Roshanov PS, You JJ, Dhaliwal J, Koff D, Mackay JA, Weise-Kelly L, Navarro T, Wilczynski
NL, Haynes RB, CCDSS Systematic Review Team - Can computerized clinical decision
support systems improve practitioners' diagnostic test ordering behavior? A decision-maker-
researcher partnership systematic review. – Implement Sci, 2011 Aug 3; 6:88
17. Koff D. contributing expert - “Usability of irreversible compression in radiological imaging. A position paper by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)” - February 14, 2011 - Insights Imaging (Springer) on-line.
18. Norman G, Bak P, Matos A, Koff D – Letter to the Editor Re: Pan Canadian Evaluation of Irreversible Compression Ratios (“Lossy” Compression) for Development of National Guidelines - Journal of Digital Imaging: Volume 23, Issue 5 (2010), Page 517
19. Haynes RB, Wilczynski NL, Koff D and Collaborators - Effects of computerized clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: methods of a decision-maker-researcher partnership systematic review. Implement Sci 2010, Feb 5;5:12
20. Scharcanski J, Silva L, Koff D, Wong A – Interactive Modeling and Evaluation of Tumor Growth, Journal of Digital Imaging, 2009 Sep 19 [Epub ahead of print]
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21. Koff D, Bak P, Brownrigg P, Kiss A, Lepanto L, Michalak T, Shulman H, Volkening A. Pan-Canadian Evaluation of Irreversible Compression Ratios (“Lossy” Compression) for Development of National Guidelines. Journal of Digital Imaging 2008 Oct 18 [Epub ahead of print]
22. Koff DA, Bak PR, Shulman H, Lepanto L, Volkening A, Brownrigg P, Kiss A, Michalak T; Implementing a large-scale multicentric study for evaluation of lossy JPEG and JPEG2000 medical image compression: challenges and rewards – Proc. of SPIE Vol 6515 65151S (2007)
23. Glanc P, Umranikar S, Koff D, Tomlinson G, Chitayat D. Fetal sex assignment by sonographic evaluation of the pelvic organs in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy – J Ultrasound Med 2007; 26:563-569
24. Koff DA, Shulman H. An overview of digital compression of medical images: can we use lossy image compression in radiology? Can Assoc Radiol J, 2006 Oct; 57(4): 211-217
25. Koff DA. Introducing Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Canada, Can Assoc Radiol J, 2005 Oct;56(4):225-31
26. Glanc P, Umranikar S, Koff D, Tomlinson G, Chitayat D. OC14.05: Feasibility of fetal gender assignment by ultrasound evaluation of the pelvic organs in the second and third trimesters. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 09/2005 26(4) 332-332
27. Koff D., Plainfosse M.Ch., Belliard J.P. : Hématome spontané de l’œsophage, Annales de Radiologie, 1981, 24, 7, 594-597.
28. Koff D., Plainfosse M.Ch., Merran S.: Examen par effet Doppler de l’artère rénale du rein transplante – JEMU, 1982, 3 n3, 111-118
29. Plainfosse M.Ch., Vital J.-L., Merrans S., Koff D. : L’aspect ultrasonore des compresses oubliees dans l’abdomen, a propos de deux cas. JEMU, 1981, 2 n2, 106-109
Clinical Care Guidelines 1. CAR Standards for Teleradiology -
http://www.car.ca/uploads/standards%20guidelines/standard_teleradiology_en.pdf 2. CAR Standards for Irreversible Compression in Digital Diagnostic Imaging within Radiology –
June 2011 - This standard validates the use of irreversible compression under certain defined circumstances and for specified examination types. http://www.car.ca/uploads/standards%20guidelines/Standard_Lossy_Compression_EN.pdf
Book Chapter 1. “Challenges and professional developments for a new Chair Chief” in Radiology Educational
Practices: Challenges and Trends – David Koff MD, Rethy Chhem MD, Teresa Van Deven PhD.
2. “Develop Coalitions: Module 2 – Applying Teamwork Concepts to Develop Coalitions” –
Graham Dickson, Deepak Dath, Daniel Blumenthal, Jill Adolphe, Johny Van Aerde, Sian Tsuei, JenniePickard, David Koff, Lawrence Loh.
3. Medical Imaging Infornmatics - Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering – Elsevier 2018 -
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1. Computer-aided Detection: the Future of Lung Cancer Screening – Michelle Ferderbar, Thomas Doyle, Reza Samavi, David Koff – CAR ASM 2018, Montreal, QC – April 2018
2. Introduction to Import and Display of External Priors (IDEP) – Teri Sippel-Schmidt, David Koff - IHE Webinar – January, 24, 2018
3. Canada Safe Imaging: Implementing a Radiation Safety Campaign in Canada, David Koff, International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine: Achieving Change in Practice, December 10 to 15, 2017, IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
4. Assessing the need for and implementation of a foreign exam management solution for diagnostic imaging exams across multiple healthcare institutions - Lazar Milovanovic, Jane Castelli, Arun Agrawal, Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab, Peter Bak, David Koff , Management in Radiology – October 2015 - Barcelona, Spain
5. Assessing the need for and implementation of a foreign exam management solution for diagnostic imaging exams across multiple healthcare institutions - Lazar Milovanovic, Jane Castelli, Arun Agrawal, Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab, Peter Bak, David Koff , Presented at the MIIT Conference 2015, Hamilton, Canada
6. Assessing the need for and implementation of a foreign exam management solution for diagnostic imaging exams across multiple healthcare institutions. - Lazar Milovanovic, Arun Agrawal, Jane Castelli, Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab, Peter Bak, David Koff , Presented at the SIIM Conference 2015, Washington DC, USA
7. Modelling of subjective radiological assessments with objective image quality measures of brain and body CT images – Ilona A. Kowalik-Urbaniak, Jane Castelli, Nasim Hemmati, David Koff, Nadine Smolarski-Koff, Edward R. Vrscay, Jiheng Wang and Zhou Wang – ICIAR 2015
8. Design challenges and gaps in standards in developing an interoperable zero footprint DI thin client for use in image-enabled electronic health record solutions – Paper 9418-20 – Arun Agrawal; David Koff, McMaster Univ. (Canada); Peter Bak, AXON Medical Technologies; Duane Bender, Mohawk College (Canada) – SPIE 2015, Orlando, USA, February 2015
9. Investigation into the need for ingesting foreign imaging exams into local systems and evaluation of the design challenges of Foreign Exam Management (FEM) - Paper 9418-21 - Lazar Milovanovic, McMaster Univ.; Arun Agarawal, Mohawk College (Canada); David Koff, Hamilton Health Sciences (Canada), McMaster Univ. (Canada); Peter Bak, AXON Medical Technologies Corp. (Canada), McMaster Univ. (Canada); Duane Bender, Mohawk College (Canada) - SPIE 2015, Orlasndo, USA, February 2015
10. Comparison of dual energy subtraction chest radiography and traditional chest x-rays in the detection of pulmonary nodules - Farheen Manji, Jiheng Wang, Geoff Norman, Zhou Wang, David Koff - Presented at Canadian Association of Radiology Annual Conference, 2014, Montreal, Canada.
11. Hamilton Radiology Quality Assurance Project - Dodds V, Koff D, Wormald D – ECR 2014, Vienna, Austria, March 2014
PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS
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12. The quest for “diagnostically lossless” medical image compression: A comparative study of objective quality metrics for compressed medical images. – Kowalik-Urbaniak I, Brunet D, Wang J, Koff D, Smolarski-Koff N, Vrscay E, Wallace B, Wang X. - SPIE Medical Imaging – San Diego, USA – January 2014
13. Enabling System-wide Radiology Quality Assurance and Improvement – Koff N, Butler G, Douville S, Forghani R, Koff D, Maynard I, Pierre P. - Electronic poster - ECR – Vienna, March 2012 – Awarded Cum Laude
14. The Impact of Skull Bone Intensity on the Quality of Compressed CT Neuro Images – SPIE 2012, San Diego, USA - Ilona Kowalik-Urbaniak, Edward R. Vrscay, Zhou Wang, Christine Cavaro-Menard, David Koff, Bill Wallace and Boguslaw Obara
15. Objective quality assessment of JPEG- and JPEG2000-compressed CT neuro images - European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology 2011
16. How to deal with large image volumes in radiology – Imaging in the 21st Century at McMaster March 26, 2010
17. Surfing the Tsunami: Oral presentation. Medbuy, RSNA – Chicago, November 28, 2008. (Invited Speaker
18. Interactive Tumor Growth Evaluation Using Adaptive Image Segmentation – Silva L, Gaviao W, Koff D, Scharcanski J – Poster – SIIM 2008 – Seattle, WA, USA – May 15-18, 2008
19. Compressing Medical Images with Lossy JPEG and Lossy JPEG 2000: a Multicentric Multimodality Comparison Study – Koff D, Bak P, Brownrigg P, Khademi A, Kiss A, Lepanto L, Michalak T, Shulman H, Volkening A – RSNA – Chicago, IL, USA – November 3, 2007
20. Peut-on Utiliser la Compression Irreversible en Imagerie Medicale? Les Conclusions d’une Etude Multicentrique Canadienne – Koff D, Bak P, Brownrigg P, Kiss A, Lepento L, Michalak T, Shulman H, Volkening A - Journees Francaises de Radiologies JFR – Paris, France. October 24, 2007
21. Lossy Compresion as a Standard of Practice: A Pan-Canadian Study to Evaluate Compression Ratios for use in National Guidelines – David A. Koff MD, Peter Bak PhD, Paul Brownrigg MBA, Luigi Lepanto MD, Tracy Michalak MSc, Harry Shulman MD, Andrew Volkening MSc , and Alex Kiss PhD – Poster - Canadian Association Radiologists (CAR) conference – St.John’s, Newfoundland – June 29-30, 2007.
22. Lossy Compression as a Standard of Practice: A Pan-Canadian Study to Evaluate Compression Ratios for use in National Guidelines – D.Koff, P.Bak, A.Kiss,L.Lepanto, A.Volkening – SIIM, June 7-10, 2007, Providence, Rhode Island. Awarded 1st Prize.
23. IHE – The Clinician’s Perspective - Global Summit III – ISO/TC 215 Health Informatics. D.Koff, invited speaker - March 25, 2007 – Montreal, QC
24. The consequences of adopting new technologies: understanding the benefits and risks. D.Koff, invited speaker – Insight – March 5, 2007 – Toronto
25. Update on CAR evaluation of lossy compression. – D.Koff – Oral presentation, DICOM Work Group IV, San Diego, Feb 21, 2007.
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26. Implementing a large-scale multicentric study for evaluation of lossy JPEG and JPEG 2000 medical image compression: challenges and rewards. – D.Koff, P.Bak, P.Brownrigg, A.Kiss, L.Lepanto, T.Michalak, H.Shulman, A.Volkening – Poster presentation – SPIE, San Diego, February 20-21, 2007.
27. The IHE Initiative Worldwide – an Update. N.Wirsz, K.Bourquardt, P.Kuenecke, D.Koff, M.Hosoba, H-J Kim, Y.Qiu, X.Chen. Radiology Society of North America, Chicago, November 28, 2006.
28. Impact of the Digital Era, Medical Image Management – The Radiologist’s Perspective. D.Koff – OHA Health Achieve 2006 – Toronto - Nov 6, 2006
29. Image Compression: Is Lossy Acceptable? – D.Koff - The Electronic Healthcare Enterprise: An Educational series – Toronto, October 28, 2006
30. Evaluation of Irreversible Compression Ratios (“Lossy Compression”) & Development of CAR Guidelines – D.Koff et al. – Proffered Paper – Joint Meeting CAR/SCFR – Montreal, Oct.24, 2006
31. IHE Canada – Workshop 2006 - Changing for Health – Using Standards to Connect – Panel discussion: IHE and the Pan-Canadian Interoperable EHR – S.Bond, D.Giokas, D.Heaney, D.Koff, C.Parisot, M.Pawlicz. Toronto, Sept 18-19, 2006
32. Heureux qui comme Ulysse: Sirene et Cyclope. D.Koff, P.Glanc, O.Moscovici. XXeme congres annuel du College Français d’Echographie Foatale, Blois, France; May 7, 2006.
33. International panel on fetal echography around the French-speaking world. Guest speaker - XXeme congres annuel du College Français d’Echographie Foatale, Blois, France. May 7, 2006
34. The IHE Initiative Worldwide – an Update. N.Wirsz, E.Cordonnier, M.Hosoba, H-J Kim, D.Koff, X.Chen. Radiology Society of North America, Chicago, November 28, 2005.
35. A New Extensible Framework for Research In Content-based Medical Image Retrieval. D.Koff, S.Doherty. Radiology Society of North America, Chicago, November 28, 2005.
36. Teleradiologie au Canada en 2005 : statut et perspectives. Journees Francaises de Radiologie, Paris, October 2005 – Electronic poster – D.Koff
37. Compression JPEG et JPEG 2000 appliquee a differentes sequences IRM : evaluation a l’aide d’un logiciel dedie. Journees Francaises de Radiologie, Paris, October 2005 - Electronic poster – D.Koff, H.Shulman, L.Kravchenko, R.Bitar, G.Leung, N.Smolarski-Koff, I.Kravchenko, A.Moody.
38. Fetal Gender Assignment by Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pelvic Organs in Second and Third Trimester. P.Glanc, S.Umranikar, D.Koff. – 15th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vancouver, September 25, 2005.
39. Digital compression in medical imaging: the CAR position. Canadian Association of Radiologists meeting, Lake Louise, September 2005 – D.Koff
40. Implementation of a Web-Enabled Neonatal Unit Teleradiology Network – American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), New Orleans – Electronic poster – April 2005 – P.Glanc, D.Koff, M.Dunn, G.Elliott, A.Volkening, S.,Marafioti
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41. Evaluation of JPEG and JPEG 2000 with comparison software – Radiology Society of North America, Chicago - Electronic poster – December 2004 – D.Koff MD, N.Smolarski Koff MD, L.Kravchenko B.Sc., I.Kravchenko M.Sc., B.Yeung MD.
42. Implementation of a Web-enabled Teleradiology Solution within an Integrated Stroke Network in Ontario – Radiology Society of North America, Chicago – Electronic poster and oral communication – December 2004 – D.Koff MD, J.Sahlas MD, S.Black MD, A.Fox MD, S.Beck MD, A.Moody MD
43. Considérations techniques pour la mise en place d’un réseau de téléradiologie néonatale en Ontario – Journees Francaises de Radiologie, Paris – Electronic poster – October 2004 – D.Koff MD, P.Glanc MD
44. “Le Monde Merveilleux de la Compression raconte aux Medecins” – Journees Francaises de Radiologie, Paris – Electronic poster and oral communication – October 2004 – D.Koff MD, N.Smolarski Koff MD, M.Shawky PhD
45. “Web-enabled Medical Images Exchange Solution for a Pediatric Oncology Network” POGO Annual meeting, Toronto – Nov 2002 – Poster presentation; D.Koff MD, N Smolarski-Koff MD, M Greenberg MD, C Greenberg PhD
46. Telemedicine: Connecting in paediatrics, workshop. Alain Cloutier MD, Anna Ells MD, David Koff MD, Sarah Muttitt PhD, MD, Wendy Roberts MD, Mary Seshia MD; Canadian Paediatric Society, 79th Annual Meeting, June 12-16, 2002, Toronto
47. Koff D. La Politique d’achat des hôpitaux en Ontario et au Canada ; Les moyens électroniques d’accéder au marché des hôpitaux. Présentation Mission Economique Francaise – 4 Mars 2001
48. Koff D., Smolarski-Koff N: Easy Pax medical images exchange over the Internet; introduction, initiatives, future direction s – Presentation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto – February 11, 2002
49. “Web-enabled Medical Images Exchange Solution for a Pediatric Oncology Network” POGO Annual meeting – Nov 2001 – Poster presentation; D.Koff MD, N Smolarski-Koff MD, M Greenberg MD, C Greenberg PhD
50. Koff D. “Le Marche de l’Imagerie Médicale et de la télésanté au Canada – Bilan Octobre 2001” – Présentation Ambassade de France à Ottawa, 17 Octobre 2001
51. “Solution dans un Hôpital Pédiatrique de Transfert d’images médicales sur Internet utilisant une Technologie de messagerie intégrée’ - Journées Françaises de Radiologie 2001:. Dr D Koff, Dr N Smolarski-Koff, Dr P Babyn, Dr M Greenberg– Oct 2001 –Poster et Presentation Electronique - Communication amphitheatre Informag
52. “Easy-Pax Internet System for image storage and validation: how could it modify our vision of Radiation-Oncology”- Dr D.Koff, Dr R.Choo, Dr JP.Pignol – Sunnybrook Radiation Oncology Rounds – June 12, 2001
53. Koff D., Babyn P., Smolarski-Koff N., Greenberg M.: “Internet Based Image Transfer using Integrated e-mail Technology in a Pediatric Hospital” SPR (Society of Pediatric Radiology), annual meeting Paris, France, May 2001
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54. Subhash R, Shingo Y, Jernigan E, Koff D, Clausi D “Quantizing Image Features for Boundary Detection of Abnormalities” RSNA 2000 (Radiology Society of North America), Annual meeting, Chicago, USA, November 2000 (in partnership with Pr Ed Jernigan, University of Waterloo).
55. Koff D. ‘Structured Report’: presentation Inforad, RSNA 2000, Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
56. Smolarski-Koff Nadine, Koff D. ‘Structured Report’: electronic presentation, RSNA 1999, Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
57. Koff D. ‘PACS with wavelet compression’: electronic presentation, RSNA 1999, Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
58. Smolarski-Koff Nadine, Koff D. ‘Compte-rendus structures’: presentation electronique, JFR 1999, Annual Meeting, Paris, France
59. Koff D., Smolarski-Koff Nadine, Shawky Marcus ‘Logiciel d’archivage et de communication d’images avec compression ondelettes’: presentation electronique, JFR 1999, Paris
60. Koff D., Plainfosse M.Ch., Bedrossian J., Deboust A., Merran S.,: Plan de l’examen par effet Doppler dans les suites de la transplantation renale. 7eme reunion nationale de la SFAUMB – 19 Decembre 1981 – Paris, France
61. Plainfosse M.Ch., Koff D., Merran S. (Paris) : Apport de l’examen par effet Doppler dans la surveillance des reins transplantes. Résultats préliminaires. 6eme réunion nationale de la SFAUMB – 27 Septembre 1980 – Rouen, France
62. Koff D., Budet Ch., Plainfosse M.Ch., Merran S., Bloch F.: Une curieuse fausse tumeur œsophagienne – Présentation a la Société Française de Radiologie Médicale – 28 Janvier 1980
Invited Judge on PhD Thesis 2018 Omar Boursalie, eHealth, McMaster University - Do I Trust You? Quantifying Trust
in Deep Learning Algorithms 2014 Iliona Kovalic, Department of Applied Mathematics, - Objective Image Quality
Assessment and its Use in Performing Diagnostically Lossless Compression of Medical Images - University of Waterloo.
2012 Jean-Francois Pambrun – Improving Diagnostic Quality of Medical Images
compressed using JPEG 2000 – Ecole de Technologie Superieure ETS
STUDENT AND POSTDOC SUPERVISION
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Departmental Teaching
Departmental residents’ rounds
Student and postdoc supervision
2018 Direct supervision of Rameiya Paramalingam, MSc student Global Health, McMaster University - A
2018 Direct supervision of Carlee Poleschuk, MSc student Global Health, McMaster University - Prioritizing Patient Radiation Safety Globally: A Narrative Review Evaluating Global Patient Radiation Safety Initiatives using a SWOT Approach
2018 Direct supervision of Marijke Jurriaans, MSc student Global Health, McMaster
University - An IHE Survey: The past, the present, and the future
2018 MSc student: Danny Wong Master’s Thesis
2017 MSc student: Al-Rei Mona
2017 MSc student: Andrew Sutton
2016 PhD student: Omar Boursalie
2016 PhD student: Jonathan Dorogin
2015 Direct supervision of Elan Hahn, undergraduate medical student, McMaster University, Radiation Exposure Monitoring 2
2014 Direct supervision of Lazar Milovanovic , undergraduate medical student, McMaster University, Intelligent Content Delivery
2014 Direct supervision of Jane Meng, undergraduate medical student, McMaster University, Content Based Medical Image Retrieval
2013 Direct supervision of Pablo Cavalcanti, post doctoral fellow, University del Sul, Porto Allegre, Brazil – Content-Based Medical Image Retrieval
2013 Direct supervision of a research project by Fahreen Manji, medical student at McMaster University – Detection of pulmonary nodules with dual energy subtraction chest radiography – REB 13-082-C
2013 Direct supervision of Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab, Masters Student, eHealth, McMaster University – Needs assessment for Foreign Exams Ingestion into local PACS.
2012 PhD student: Jean-Francois Pambrun – Improving Diagnostic Quality of Medical Images compressed using JPEG 2000 – Ecole de Technologie Superieure ETS
2010 PhD student: Iliona Kovalic, Department of Applied Mathematics, - Objective Image Quality Assessment and its Use in Performing Diagnostically Lossless Compression of Medical Images - University of Waterloo.
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Supervision of residents: the following criteria have been evaluated:
1) cognitive skills and knowledge 2) problem solving, 3) attitudinal skills 4) communication skills and working relationships 5) ability to work in a team 6) motivation and punctuality 7) sense of responsibility
2008 – Current Radiology residents at McMaster
2007 Supervision of Dr Ida Chan, R2 Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2007,. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Anshu Rajput, R2 Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2007,. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Secondary supervisor of Dr Gladwin Hui, R2 Sunnybrook, University of Toronto, 2007, Supervision in Chest radiology.
2006 Supervision of Dr Steve Gazzola, R2, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2006,. Supervision in Chest and GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Daniel Baxter, R2, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2006,. Supervision in Chest and GI-GU radiology.
2005 Supervision of Dr Robert Kurtz, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2005,. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Dean Durant, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2005,. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Anisa Mnyusiwalla, R2, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, 2005,. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
2004 Supervision of Dr Meg Chiavaras, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, March 2004. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Len Greenblatt, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, June 2004. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Alexandre Maynard, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, September 2004. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Supervision of Dr Jeremy White, R1, Sunnybrook and Women’s College, University of Toronto, October 2004. Supervision in GI-GU radiology.
Suprevision of Dr Annie Desautels, R5, Montreal Heart Institute, Universite de Montreal, July 2003, supervision in Chest Radiology.
2003 Supervision of Dr Christian Arseneau, R4, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montreal, August 2003. Supervision in chest radiology.
Supervision of Dr Stephan Servant, R5, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montreal, July 2003. Supervision in chest radiology.
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2002 Supervision of Dr Jessica Murphy-Lavallée, R5, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montreal, December 2002, December 2002. Supervision in vascular and general ultra-sound.
2001 Supervision of Benjamin Alton, 97191463, 4th year student in Software Engineering, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; 4th year workshop project: “The Detection of Interval Change in Chest X-Rays of Children through Image Enhancement and Subtraction”. Teaching contribution and evaluation: Provided the workshop theme and medical images material necessary to achieve the study; defined jointly the goal and ways to reach it. Assessed the pertinence of the work performed during the project. Reviewed the workshop report at various stages of completion.
2001 Supervision of Sabrina Cannistraro, 97029230, 4th year student in Software Engineering, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; 4th year workshop project: “The Detection of Interval Change in Chest X-Rays of Children through Image Enhancement and Substraction”. Teaching contribution and evaluation: same as above, for Benjamin Alton.
2000 Supervision of Steven Tsz-on Yu, Co-op student in Software Engineering at
University of Waterloo. Primary evaluation by Marcus Shawky. Ability to work in a team, attitudinal skills, cognitive skills, problem solving, motivation, punctuality and sense of responsibility.
06-07/99 Supervision of Dr John Agellon, R1, Radiology Dept, Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai, University Health Network, Toronto. 3 weeks from June 24 to July 11, 1999. Supervision in chest radiology.
1999 Medical Supervision of Subhash Ramanathan, 4th year student in Software Engineering, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; 4th year workshop project: “Quantizing Image Features for Medical Structured Reporting”. Teaching contribution and evaluation: Provided the workshop theme and medical images material necessary to achieve the study; defined jointly the goal and ways to reach it. Assessed the pertinence of the work performed during the project. Presented the result of the workshop as a poster at RSNA.
1999 Primary medical supervisor of Shingo Yuki, 4th year student in Software Engineering, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; 4th year workshop project: “Quantizing Image Features for Medical Structured Reporting”. Teaching contribution and evaluation: same as for Subhash Ramanathan, above.
1999 Secondary supervisor of Sebastien Favard, Master student in Software Engineering, (dernière année du cycle ingénieur en Génie informatique et DEA en Contrôle des Systèmes), UTC, Compiegne, France. 4th year workshop project on “Preliminary study and development of a medical images archiving and compression application”. Same evaluation then for Sylvain Dutrannoy above.
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1998 Primary supervisor with Marcus Shawky of Sylvain Dutrannoy, Master student in Software Engineering, (génie informatique orienté en automatismes intégrés et systèmes temps réel 5ième année) UTC, Compiegne, France. 5th year workshop project on “Preliminary study and development of a medical images archiving and compression application”.