Abstracts of presentations to the Annual Meetings of the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Canadian Association of General Surgeons Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons: Canadian Surgery Forum, Toronto, Ont., September 6-9, 2007
1 Dr. Zane Cohen Digestive Diseases Research Unit, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
2 Division of General Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
3 Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
4 Department of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
5 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
6 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
7 Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
8 London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
9 Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
10 Southern Arizona Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz., USA.
11 Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, Ont.
12 Surgery Department, CHUQ (St-François d'Assise and CHUL pavilions), Université Laval, Québec, Que.
13 Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIS), Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.
14 Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
15 Immuno-oncology Laboratory, Institut du cancer de Montréal, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, CHUM Research Center and Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
16 Multi-Organ Transplant Unit, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
17 St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
18 Departments of Surgery and Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Injury Control Center - Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
19 Division of General Surgery, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ont., Department of Surgery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld.
20 University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
21 Division of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
22 Department of General Surgery, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
23 Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
24 Departments of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
25 Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
26 Section of Bariatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
27 Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
28 Department of Surgical Oncology, BC Cancer Agency, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
29 Department of Head and Neck Surgery, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital, St. John's, Nfld.
30 Department of Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
31 Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers, Sarnia, Ont.
32 Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Que.
33 Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
34 Québec Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Que.
35 Minimally Invasive Surgery Group, Division of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
36 Department of Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
37 Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
38 Departments of Surgery, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alta., Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
39 Service de chirurgie générale, CHUL-CHUQ, Québec, Que.
40 Department of Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Department of Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
41 Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
42 Division of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, Alta.
43 Division of General Surgery and Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ont.
44 Division of General Surgery, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.
45 Discipline of Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.
46 Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Department of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
47 Departments of Surgery and Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
48 The Center for Minimal Access Surgery, North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, Ont.
49 The Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, Ont.
50 Department of Surgery, Richmond Hospital, Richmond, BC.
51 Surgery and Pathology Departments, Hôpital Laval, Université Laval, Québec, Que.
52 Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ont.
53 Departments of Surgery and Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
54 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, Que., Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
55 Departments of Surgery and Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
56 Department of Surgery and Oncology and Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
57 Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
58 Department of Surgery, Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
59 Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), Lawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ont.
60 Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), Lawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ont., Stratford General Hospital, Stratford, Ont.
61 Department of Surgery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld.
62 The Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, Humber River Regional Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
63 Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
64 Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
65 Department of Surgery, Memorial University, St. John's, Nfld.
66 Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
67 Department of General Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.
68 Centre for Medical Education and the Division of General Surgery, McGill University, Centre for Medical Education, Univeristé de Montréal, Montréal, Que.
69 Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
70 Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
71 Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
72 Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
73 Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
74 Service de chirurgie thoracique, Service anatomo-pathologie, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Service chirurgie digestive, CHU Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
75 Departments of Thoracic Surgery and Gastroenterology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Wash., USA.
76 Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.
77 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
78 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
79 Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Ont.
80 Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Oncology, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.