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Department of Anesthesiology 2010 Summer/Fall Newsletter

Hi everyone,

This is my first attempt at the department newsletter and I hope it lives up to the high standards set by my predecessors. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this issue, whether it was pictures, words or inspiration. I am sincerely sorry if I have forgotten to include your submission; I will be sure to include it in the next issue! I’m not sure if newsletter editors can be impeached, but I guess only time will tell…

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Also, please start sending in your submissions for the next edition of the newsletter! I’ve made a few changes to the format, so please take some time, have a look around and enjoy! Julie Ghatalia

mailto:[email protected]

We also have a number of new residents:

PGY-1 Ottawa: Drs Brock

Wilson, Steven Tremblay, Annie Pang, Sarika Mann, Lilia Fung, Kurt Domuracki,

and Takpal Birdie. PGY-1 NOSM/Ottawa: Drs Ashleigh Farrell and Sarah

McIsaac PGY-2: Dr Chris Mercer

FP-A: Drs Richard Waldolf, Yvonne Kaethler, and

Kristine Hales.

Welcome to all of you. They have joined our

resident family to make a new grand total of 56

current trainees.

Many of my mentors, my teachers are on staff at every campus. Many of the students I interviewed on CaRMS, became my residents and many are my colleagues now each with their own area of expertise. I am extremely privileged

to see this evolution.

I hope more staff will visit next year

The camping trip in

August was a huge

success. I cannot

believe the gourmet

food ....no I am not

kidding.

Since the last newsletter, we won the

Golden Glottis cup again at the CAS. Hula

Hoop extraordinaire from team Ottawa.

From the desk of the Program Director…

Hello everyone,

Is this real? Am I the new Program Director?

Wow! Yes I am. I am so proud of the University of Ottawa Anesthesia Program. I remember being a nervous medical student from Dalhousie University going to

my CaRMS interview in Ottawa and being escorted by soon to be chief resident Dr Greg Bryson for my interview with Dr Gary Johnson and then finding Lynne McHardy for my next interview with the Chair Dr Earl Wynands. I remember on

my first day of residency, seeing Monique Beaulne with my father trying to arrange parking. From being a resident in this program, to education rep to chief

resident, to Resident coordinator and Regional Anesthesia director, I have seen so much. I have been a member of RPC with 4 different Program Directors at the helm. Words can’t express how honored and excited I am to be in this role.

I did not get a chance to speak of how immensely proud I was to be Civic Campus site Resident Coordinator. I had so much support from my department, the

program and my previous civic resident coordinators Drs Pete MacEwen and Dave Ewing. From changing the evaluation sheets to cards with CanMed roles, to

experimenting with split call to the now two resident call system, for fighting for call rooms, to 10 years of CaRMS interviews and year end and Xmas orals…and finally…those Tuesday Am rounds. Shaking the big 7:00AM stick only because I

was so passionate about them… and coming up with incentives such as my little movie tickets for feedback cards and new games such as anesthesia pictionary

and charades. I loved it all. Regional anesthesia was, is and still will be part of me. This field opened up such

opportunities for me and the program. Speaking at national and international venues and being asked to be a visiting professor and seeing former fellows take leadership roles in their own departments and nationally. This specialty is ever

changing and I am incredibly proud to be part of the creation of a world-renowned centre.

As many of you know, when I started as Program Director on July 1s t, my new office had a make-over. It symbolizes more than rearranging furniture, new wall-

paper and dragons popping up everywhere. What it is, is a new beginning. We have a great program, solid, a great heritage…it would be easy to rest on my laurels and do nothing…but…I have never taken the easy road. We will continue

to strive for new heights, and continue to be the model for the rest of the country.

And the future…..stay tuned. We have a new great team with Dr Anna Wyand as the new civic resident coordinator. Yes, I remember Anna when she was a

medical student from Dalhousie University rotating with us. Also congratulations to our new chief resident Dr Marie-Jo Plamondon who will no doubt shine like

her speed skates, Dr Alim Punja our senior resident rep and our CHEO rep Dr Marc Doré. I will be giving you regular updates over email and a synopsis in future newsletters. I will also try and spend more time at all campuses.

Thank you so much for all of the overwhelming support. I will promise to uphold the symbolic Olympic torch and carry on this journey of excellence.

Yours truly,

Desiree Persaud

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Each resident in the program is matched with a staff member for the duration of their 5 years. This event is held every fall as a chance for

staff and residents to reconnect and for new mentors to meet their new mentees!

Above left: Drs. Carla Lipan, Louise Sun and Rebecca

Moga

Above right: Drs. Patti Murphy, Linda Wynne and

Chris Pysyk

Annual Mentor Dinner

Dr. Anne Lui organized this year’s

mentor dinner at Urban Element


Dr. Gregory Bryson was the recipient of the Dr. R. A. Gordon

Patient Safety Research Award for his study on the functional recovery and caregiver burden following surgery in the elderly.

Dr. Alan Chaput received the David S. Sheridan Canadian

Research Award for his pilot study to evaluate the polysomnographic effects of pregabalin in post-operative patients.

Dr. Wayne Barry received the CAS

Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding humanitarian efforts

and promotion of Canadian Anesthesiology in developing nations around the world. “The Gold Medal is given to an

individual who has made a significant contribution to

Anesthesia in Canada through teaching, research, professional practice, or related administration and personal leadership.”

Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2010

This year’s CAS meeting was held in Montreal from June 25-29. Once again, we were well represented at the meeting. Congratulations to the award recipients from our department!

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Dr. George Dumitrascu (below

– right) at the Department of

Anesthesiology booth during

the CAS.


C H E E R S !

Marie Jo, Dan and Rebecca enjoying the

post-lecture festivities…

Top left: Drs. Gregory Bryson, Alan Chaput and Vern Naik

Top right: resident Dr. Marie Jo Plamondon

Bottom left: resident Dr. Rebecca Moga Bottom right: resident Drs. Dan Power, Rob Jee, Chris Pysyk and Greg Krolczyk

After a long day of lectures and workshops, some of our

residents still found time have a little fun…


Is it hula hoop

time yet???


MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Left: 3-time Olympic Hula-Hooping champion, Rebecca Moga

Above: Drs. Louise Sun and Karolinah Lukitto showing their support/taking blackmail photos

Below: Drs. Natalie Clavel and Rebecca Moga in

training mode

Rebecca, Marie Jo and Natalie with

their lucky hula hoop


It was a hard fought battle but we managed to recapture the Golden

Glottis!


Above: the damaged muscle clearly ruptured Right: me doing the block with US guidance (you can see

my little Canadian flag on my scrub top) Just thought you'd like to know that me and the other 2

anesthesiologists (a Dutch and and American) have been able to convince the surgeons here in Kandahar of the

benifits of regional anesthesia :)

At home and abroad with the

Canadian Forces…

“The Royal College recognized and celebrated the service

of all military men and women, including Fellows who have served in military conflicts, during the 2010 National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa, Ont. Lt. Colonel Joseph Lysander Po, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, laid a ceremonial wreath at the national cenotaph during

Canada's largest remembrance event. Dr. Po has delivered critical care treatment to soldiers and civilians throughout Canada and abroad. He has deployed four times to Afghanistan, serving as the Canadian Anesthesiologist, both at Camp Julien in Kabul and at the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit at Kandahar

Airfield. In addition, Dr. Po serves as the Canadian Force's national specialty advisor for Anesthesiology. The Royal College honours a long legacy of service in military conflicts, including World Wars I and II, Korea and Afghanistan. The organization is deeply proud of the many members who have served or are currently serving, sacrificing their time, energy and personal safety to serve their country. We are all indebted to these Fellows' service.”

These are photos of me in Afghanistan doing a supraclavicular block on a US Navy soldier who suffered a crush injury to his forearm 2 days prior and required a fasciotomy for his compartment syndrome. He returned to the OR 2

days later to repair the torn muscle and close the skin (which is the procedure I did the anaesthetic for). He watched the entire procedure and

had his friends take lots of photos (he's a medic). I mixed 10mL 2% lidocaine with 20mL 0.5% Bupivacaine with 1:400k epi. I injected about half above the nerve and half below. He had very rapid surgical anesthesia and the block

lasted over 8h (happy surgeon and happy patient!).

Dr. Leilani Doyle


What happened in the Ottawa Anesthesiology World over the past few months,

well, many things!

Lets start with Gary Johnson Day which again was a frank success. Excellent presentations and dinner! Congratulations to all the winners; Resident Presentation Awards: Dr. Lalu (1s t), Dr. Nair (2nd), Dr. Tran (3rd), Teacher of Year:

Dr. Chaput, Medical Students Teacher of the Year: Dr. Gagné. Congratulations to our Core Program Superstars : Dr. Meister (Regional), Dr. Jee

(Pharmacology), Dr. Punja (Neuro/Endocrine).

Drs. Natalie Clavel, Rebecca Moga and Marie Jo Plamondon at the end of another

successful CAS Golden Glottis championship

It is, with great pleasure,

that I want to congratulate Dr. Pysyk on his exemplary and tremendous work as previous Chief Resident,

Dr. Sikorski on his excellent work as former

Senior Resident, Dr. Stewart on his great

work as past Sudbury Chief Resident and

Dr. Lalu as our incredible Research Representative.

I want to extend the warmest welcome to

the new PGY-1s and FPAs!

Chief Resident’s Corner… Being part of the Ottawa Anaesthesiology Team remains to this date an enormous

honour. I remember dreaming about becoming a doctor, then starting medical school,

and then getting a residency position at the University of Ottawa - one of the best

programs in the country! To me, being a resident is like being an athlete. Every day

you train as hard as you can, you push your limits and you welcome the challenges.

The Residency Journey is an Olympic Journey in which your Gold Medal is your final

diploma.

As mentioned by many of my predecessors, Ottawa’s reputation amongst Canadian

Medical Schools is incomparable, and our program is acknowledged not only for the

high quality of our education but also for its intrinsic camaraderie amongst staff and

residents. Achieving such a high quality program is the forthright evidence of team

work and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate some of our

anaesthesia athletes on their most recent achievements.

First of all I would like to congratulate our SuperStar PGY-5s on passing their Big Exam;

Dr. Al-Qadhi, Dr. Bartosik, Dr. El Alfy, Dr. Green, Dr. Hale, Dr. Meister, Dr. Nair, Dr.

Power, and Dr. Tsai. They are now all FRCPCs. Best of luck with your upcoming

projects! Congratulations to our former/current Fellows as well: Dr. Dr. Johnston, Dr.

Talab, Dr. Arab, Dr. Bahaziq, Dr. Doyle, Dr. Al Neaj, Dr. Gomez, Dr. Edwards, Dr.

Garneau, Dr. Shinkaruk, Dr. Silver, Dr. Debashis, Dr. Roy, Dr. Tran, and Dr. Dashti.

Talking about SuperStars, there is one amongst us that year after year keeps helping us with our schedules, morning rounds, little and big exams, Core Program, who advocates on our behalf on various committees, who pushes us to give our best and who has now stepped up into the Head Coach Position of our Residency Training Program. On the behalf of all the residents I would like to congratulate Dr. Persaud on her previous achievements including (just to name a few!) being the Civic Campus Resident Coordinator and Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship Director for the past 10 years, on winning the prestigious CAS Clinical Teacher of the Year Award (2007), on winning the highly coveted award the Dave Roberts Award 3 times (2002, 2006, 2008), on being a national/international leader in Regional Anaesthesia and to welcome her as our new Program Director. Dr. Persaud, we are delighted to have you as our PD! I would also like to congratulate our new resident representatives on the RPC, Dr.

Punja as our Senior Resident – General Campus, Dr. Doré as our CHEO

Representative, Dr. Bérubé as our Sudbury Chief Resident and Dr. Lalu as our

Research Representative. I also want to underline Drs Toman and Bérubé’s excellent

work as our PAIRO Representative and Ottawa CAS Resident Representative and to

mention that Dr. Fung will take over from Dr. Bérubé for the next 2 years.


Then, there was the annual PGY-1s welcoming dinner, the always very entertaining annual PGY-1s welcoming camping trip. Special Thanks to Dr. Sikorski (the lead of this year event), Dr. Power and his wife Laura Lee

Fontaine for helping us so much, and to all the volunteers. Who won the Bocci Ball Tournament? More recently we had the Mentorship Dinner. Special Thanks to Dr. Lui for organizing it and to all the mentors and

mentees who attended.

Chief Resident’s Corner… (cont) Then came along the 2010 annual CAS meeting where Ottawa was once again

very well represented. Dr. Barry was awarded the prestigious, highest award of the CAS, Gold Medal Award for his tremendous contribution to Anaesthesiology, Dr. Bryson received the Dr. R A Gordon Patient Safety Research Award

($40,000) for his research Functional Recovery and Caregiver Burden Following Surgery in the Elderly, and Dr. Chaput the David S Sheridan Canadian Research

Award ($10,000) for his project A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Polysomnographic Effects of Pregabalin in Post-Operative Patients. And lastly, our Champion Dr. Moga and the Team Ottawa won the Glottis Cup after a tough round of Hula-

Hooping. (Of note, Dr. Power finished 2nd and Noor Al-Qadhi 3rd). Congratulations to all the winners!

Like Olympic athletes our journey

continues, and I wish you all the best.

Kind regards, MJ Plamondon, Chief Resident

On September 22-26th was the 3rd annual ICRE Conference (The

International Conference on Residency Education, organized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of

Canada), this year event was in Ottawa, and next year is to be hosted in Quebec city, make sure to mark your

calendars! I highly recommend this very stimulating and refreshing

conference to any Staff or Residents interested in residency education, leadership, well-being and health

advocacy. I was without any doubts impressed by the high quality of the presentations and the expertise of the

speakers.


My fiancé (Alain Moussi) and I

got married on August 28th.

Dr. Janie Des Rosiers

We had a fantastic fairy

tale wedding day here

in Denmark!

Dr. Joseph Po

Well I am finally a happily

married man with my most

lovely wife Maibritt Kryger Po.

Love is in the

air…


Louise and I had a beautiful baby boy on October 25. Everyone is healthy and doing well. His name is

Samuel Aldoria Gagne.

Dr. Kevin Gagne

Hassan and I are thrilled to announce the birth of Darius Richard Shenassa,

born on April 27th, 7 lbs 3 oz.

All is well and his sister is enthralled with poking him in the face and smothering him (sometimes quite literally) with kisses. He is a calm and peaceful baby and we are enjoying getting to know this new little person.

Dr. Simone Crooks

Congratulations to Dr. Sherissa Microys on the new addition to her family…Heidi!

We are thrilled to introduce Sarah Lily Thompson to our friends. She was born Aug 17 at 10:31 weighing 6 lbs, every

pound beautiful. Sisters Emily (7) and Katie (5) are thrilled. Mom and Dad are still in disbelief (Advanced Parental Ages) as

we delve into the world of diapers again. Drs. Calvin Thompson and Ioana Costache

Welcome to the Family…

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During the summer, we moved into a brand new, 20 000 square foot facility located in the Loeb building at the Civic campus. Our grand opening

on October 14 was attended by TOH president Dr. Jack Kitts and University of Ottawa president Allan Rock, as well as many members of the medical

community. The CBC and the Ottawa Citizen were just a few of the media outlets present during the grand opening ceremony.

I have the privilege of working with Dr. Stan

Hamstra (research director) and Dr. Vern Naik (medical director) on research and education-related initiatives. In my (non-existent) spare time at the centre, I share an office with Dr. Devin Sydor (Anesthesia simulation fellow)…where I’m told to make coffee and not eye contact (it makes him angry).

“Advancing patient

safety and medical education through deliberate practice

and innovative research.”

Mission Statement -

uOSSC

Much like snowflakes,

no two days are the

same at the uOSSC!

A day in the life of a research assistant at the uOSSC…

In addition to being the Undergraduate Coordinator for the department

and a member of the Winterlude Committee, I also work at the

University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre.

When I’m not in one of our four high-fidelity simulation rooms, I’m in the

skills lab assisting Kim Tardioli (surgical skills coordinator) and Kathy

LaBelle (simulation technician). Right now you might be wondering, “but

Julie, what exactly do you do at the uOSSC?”…great question!

While the residents (Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, etc) are in the

simulator, I’m the wizard of OZ behind the one-way mirror controlling

SimMan. Setting up for the numerous scenarios has been a great

educational experience for me - I’ve learned just how much time and

effort goes into planning every simulation session! When we aren’t in

the middle of a scenario or prepping for the next one, I have been lucky

enough to get to know the members of the various sim groups.

Sometimes, I might find myself sewing livers and gallbladders or pig

intestines for a surgical skills lab. On special occasions, you might see me

gowned from head-to-toe as I’m escorting a cadaver around the centre.

Kevin Thomas (uOSSC manager) oversees all of the day-to-day

operations and special events at the uOSSC, with the assistance from

Leanne McHardy and myself.

Commentary by Julie Ghatalia


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Left: PGY 1s Sarika Mann and Ashleigh

Farrell

Right: PGY 1 Lillia Fung, residents Manoj Lalu

and Joel Berube

Dear PGY 1s,

Welcome to the University of Ottawa - Department of

Anesthesiology!

We hope you enjoy your five

years with us

Above: Dr. Paul Bragg (Associate

Dean – PGME) and PGY 1 Annie Pang

Right: resident Chris Pysyk with PGY 1s Brock Wilson and Steven

Tremblay

Left: chief resident MJ Plamondon

and Monique Beaulne

PGY 1s spent the evening of July 5th meeting and mingling with the VIPs

in the Department of Anesthesiology and the University of Ottawa – Faculty of Medicine

PGY 1 Welcome Dinner


Tales from the Chronic Pain Clinic…

Plenty of excruciating excitement at the Pain Management Unit this fall! Firstly, we’d like to welcome Dr. George Evans (a.k.a. red beard) and

Yvette Goddard (nee Grabowski). George completed his pain fellowship in Michigan and Yvette has spent the last year doing her pain fellowship in

Halifax. Congratulations are also in order to Yvette as she has recently tied the knot with Rob Goddard (a pharmacist at the Civic Campus and part time exotic dancer). Remember Yvette, marriage is just nature's way of

keeping us from fighting with strangers.

Congratulations are also in order to George for his new baby boy Nicholas who was born earlier this summer. George brags that Nicholas slept

through the night starting at 8 weeks and I think this Nicholas character is fictitious. We also welcome our new Pain Fellow, Dr. Chris Green from the UK who will be staying with us for the next year.

Our Wednesday morning Difficult Case rounds are a huge success. They

are often overcrowded with Pain docs, Palliative care physicians and psychiatrists. The topics are always interesting but I think the huge turn out is secondary to the nicotine laced cookies momma Smyth bakes.

Cathy Smyth, our industrious leader, is diligently working on the Hub and Spoke Model that allows family physicians in the community access to the

great minds of our senior staff via preceptorships. Geraint Lewis is eager to show the family doctors all that he’s got (see picture). Our chronic pain

retreat September 13th 2010 was held at Manoir Smyth. We worked intensely for several hours on Pain Management unit organization. We were then treated to a “Mindfulness Meditation Session” lead by the

meditation guru, Dr. Howard Nathan, who made us mindful of how any meeting longer than 20 minutes really does suck (oooooooohm).

Stay tuned for the next news letter with our special feature “Le Pooh, out on parole”

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep –

not screaming, like the passengers in his car. Dr. Tania Di Renna

N A P T I

M E !

Dr. Lewis getting ready to teach

break dancing and share his chronic pain knowledge with family doctors

in the community…


LOST AND FOUND

Even at an early

age, Jessica knew she wanted to be

a doctor.

Jessica at her

white coat

ceremony, with

proud

grandparents in

tow!

Taking over as administrative assistant is Elaine Stinson. Welcome to the department Elaine! As you

can tell by the picture provided by Dr. Ewing, Elaine is already fitting in quite well.

Joel Richard is now the assistant scheduler at the Civic Campus. Angelina is Dr. Miller’s administrative assistant at the

General Campus

Congratulations and Welcome!

Jessica Ladouceur was accepted into medical school at McMaster

University. Congratulations Jessica! We miss you and wish you all the best

in the future!

Upcoming Meetings: CAS: June 24-28, 2011, Toronto, ON Halifax 10: Oct. 21-23, 2010, Halifax, NS IARS: May. 21-24, 2011, Vancouver, BC SCA: April 30-May 4, 2011, Savannah, GA ASRA: May 5-8, 2011, Las Vegas, NV

ASPA: Nov 17-20. 2011, New Orleans, LA Visiting Professor: April 6, 2011 - Dr. Angela Enright

Department of Anesthesiology Royal Jubilee Hospital

Victoria, BC May 13, 2011 - Gary Johnson Research Day

Dr. David McKnight Department of Anesthesiology University of Toronto

Toronto, ON


The annual Gary Johnson Research Day is an opportunity for residents to debut their research projects. In addition to the presentations, there were also a number

of posters at this year’s event.

Gary Johnson Research Day

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Senior Resident Rob Sikorski and Chief Resident Chris Pysyk get an early start on celebrating their upcoming

PGY 5 status.

The Gary Johnson Research Day carried into

the night with the awards dinner – celebrating excellence in the field of

Anesthesia.

Our Fellows and PGY 5s received their diplomas (there is a light at the end of the

tunnel!).

Staff members were honoured for their contributions to the residency program and

the department.

And even though the dinner signaled the end of the academic year, we chose to say “see you soon” rather than “good-bye” to

those who would soon be leaving the department.

Congratulations to all of this year’s graduates and awards recipients!

Dr. Linda Wynne nears the finish line as Program Director…

Drs. Sylvain Gagne and Lucie Filteau each received the Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Drs. Chris Pysyk, Dan Power and Lukasz Bartosik are recognized for their terms as CHEO scheduler, Senior Resident and Chief Resident

(respectively) for the 2008-2009 academic year. Dr. Geraint Lewis uses a lull in the

night’s festivities as a chance to seize the microphone…

Gary Johnson Research Day

FREEDOM!

Drs. Don Miller and Dave Ewing are the new

site chiefs for the General and Civic campuses, respectively. Dr. Nikhil Rastogi accepted the post of Undergraduate Director.


Dr. Alan Chaput with residents Andy Roberts and Rob Jee at the Steamtown

marathon. Rumour has it that this group was formed at the annual awards dinner after-party.

Posters, Presentations and Publications: Eipe N, Doherty DR. A review of pediatric capnography. J Clin Monit Comput. 2010 Aug;24(4):261-8. Moga R, Nicholson D, Hudson J, Hudson C. A little known valve. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Apr 26 Thompson C, Moga R, Crosby E. Failed videolaryngoscope intubation in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and spinal cord injury. Can J Anesth. 2010 57:679–682 Vance Beck – “Does Vasopressor Delay Affect Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock?” and “Predictors of Readmission to a Cardiac Surgical ICU” (posters at CAS); “Two year follow-up of Cardiac Surgical Patients who required readmission to the critical care unit” (poster at ISQUA); “Does Vasopressor Delay affect Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock? (with new data)” (poster at SCCM). Debashis Roy – articles: “Need for shorthening of Epidural Catheter- Not applicable for all types of Catheter- Published in Journal of Anaesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology, Vol 26(3), 2010, page 428” and “TEE clarify the cause of Cardiovascular Collapse in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery - Under consideration for publication by Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.” presentations: “Role of ketamine and lignocaine infusion in post operative pain management for major liver resection -A pilot project (case series).” (CAS) and " Anesthesia for Liver Transplant” (Indian Society of Anesthesia)

NOTEWORTHY…

The Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) Investigations Unit began at Civic Campus in 1977. Dr. Vivyan Morton was the founding Director from our Department of

Anesthesiology. There have been several Directors including Dr. Wayne Lambert, Dr. Charles Cattran, Dr. Gregory Allen and Dr. Gordon Reid. Our present Director is Dr.

Kevin Nolan. Our unit is part of the North American MH Group and is associated with the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States.

A Scientific MH meeting was held in Pittsburg,PA on April 23 and 24th, 2010 at the Mercy Hospital. Dr. Kevin Nolan, Dr.Victor Neira and myself attended the meeting entitled Malignant Hyperthermia-New Insights and Connections with other

Myopathies. We presented a poster describing an Ottawa Family known to us for 4 decades that has double causative mutations for MH.

As we advance in our understanding of MH and genetics there are still many questions of what MH is and involves. We are including genetics testing for some of

our MH families and the diagnostic muscle biopsy, the Caffeine Halothane Contracture Test is still performed here at TOH Civic Campus. Mary Lou Crossan

The timings:

Andy – 2:51

Alan – 3:30

Rob – 3:38

Congratulations!

Alumnus Dr. Miriam Berchuk was featured in an issue of Avenue Magazine (Calgary) in the “Top 40 under 40” series. The article (and

video) can be found here: http://www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under-40/item/miriam-berchuk. Congratulations Dr. Berchuk! 2010 Summer/Fall PAGE 18

http://www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under-40/item/miriam-berchuk

http://www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under-40/item/miriam-berchuk

Dr.

Desiree Persaud

dares a brave

resident to steal

her drink

The annual residents’ camping trip was held in August at Fitzroy Provincial Park.

Dr. Dan Power taking down the forest one tree at a time

Residents and staff got to know each other outside of the OR…in the safety of the wilderness!

NOTE: no residents were harmed in the making of this camping trip

Newly minted FRCPCs

Shona Nair and Ashley Meister show residents

Carla Lipan and MJ Plamondon the proper

way to roast

marshmallows

The camping trip was a great opportunity for the new PGY1s to get

a chance to meet their fellow residents

Happy Campers!

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