Summer 2009 - Department of Anesthesiology

UNIVERSITY OF
Department of Anesthesiology
OTTAWA
Summer Newsletter
V O L U M E
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Chairman’s Report
1
Program Director’s Report
2
Trivia & In the
News
3
Chief Resident’s
Corner
4
New Staff
5
Regional Update
7
Welcome
PGY1’s, Fellows
8
and New
FRCPCs
Gary Johnson
9
Resident Research Day &
Awards
CAS Report
10
AA Corner &
12
Staff Update
Announcements
13
Those were the
14
Days, Changes &
Mark your Calendar
40th Anniversary 15
A Word from the 16
Editor & Admin.
Corner
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Chairman’s Report
It has been a tremendous
privilege to have Viren Naik
join our Department but also
to take up the Simulation
Center Directorship, a joint
project of the University of
Ottawa Advanced Institute
on Medical Education (AIME)
and The Ottawa Hospital.
Through the U of O Department, the Simulation Center
is open to participation for all
members of the Department,
including CHEO and the
Heart Institute. It is a great
culmination of successes and
contributions by many who
have gone before, especially
to the visionary dedication of
our Professor Emeritus and
Order of Canada recipient,
Dr Earl Wynands. Thank you,
Earl! From a multi-disciplinary
endeavour started in the
Department of Anestheisa, the
Simulation Center has become a
key pillar of medical education
and research in Ottawa.
research, both to advance
what we do and to bring in
new ideas. As we have been
talking about bringing our
medical education and research within the Department
to an even higher level, this is
the time! With the support of
AIME, the Simulation Center,
and key education researchers such as Stan and Viren, it
is now but for us to reach out
and step up to the next level.
I have no doubt that medical
education and research in
Ottawa will reach significant
heights; I am confident that
the Department of Anesthesia
has the elements to be part of
that new reality.
Howard Nathan, Homer
Yang and Lynne McHardy at
CAS
Viren has been busy: getting the
Simulation Center construction,
design, and budgetary issues organized, as well as setting out its
vision and direction for the future. Not the least of which, of
course, is the new addition to
Viren’s family. Congratulations to
Viren and Jasmine! Changes
come in a torrent for some.
very well known and internationally respected medical education
researcher, Stan Hemstra, has
been recruited to the U of O. He
worked closely with Viren in the
past so this is akin to a reforming
of a great team! Stan is arriving in
September. I am in the process
of organizing a city-wide rounds
for him to present to our Department.
As part of the new direction in
medical education in Ottawa, a
Medical education, like excellent
clinical work, benefits from good
Finally, it is important for our
colleagues who have aspirations in this direction to feel
supported. Education research within our Department is
still in its early days. Although
education researchers are not
exactly “children”, I do feel that
there is some similarity to the
saying that “it takes a village to
raise a child”. Between Viren and
Stan, our colleagues will receive
the appropriate guidance; I therefore would urge all of us to support and encourage our colleagues.
Thank you,
Homer Yang
Chief and Chair
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Linda and
Lukasz
Bartosik
at the
Awards
Dinner
“The CAS was a
great
time...However,
like most
conferences, it was
some of the
extracurricular
activities that
proved to be the
most memorable”
Program Director’s Report
In my last report,
the main events of
the academic calendar were near at
hand…Well I am
happy to report
that all went well!
Perhaps most
importantly, we
once again
achieved 100%
success at the
RCPSC this year.
Congratulations to
all of you. So
where are they
now? Jen Chow
has gone on-staff
at the Montfort
Hospital and will
no doubt join the
group who enthusiastically join in for PGY5 exam
prep. Leilani Doyle is doing a Neuroanesthesia fellowship with us in between little jaunts to Afghanistan.
Shawn Hicks has gone off to Pittsburgh to start his
critical care fellowship which he will finish here. Ivan
Hsia is doing some locum work with us till he decides
on his final placement. Amy Rodgers has gone to
Calgary for a paediatric fellowship and will be returning next year. Lesley Silver has started a Paediatric
fellowship at CHEO. Kelly Shinkaruk has been cruising round Europe & will be starting a Chronic Pain
fellowship with us soon. Behrooz Yaghchi is being
courted by many communities in Ontario before he
decides which one he will choose.
Gary Johnson Day was yet again a great success, both
in quality of the presentations and in the social evening. Howard Nathan displayed his artistic side with a
memorable drawing to start the evening. I was very
honored indeed to be the recipient of the most coveted Dave Roberts Award, given by the PGY5s each
year. Great speech Kelly! Holly showed the devious
side of her nature by not only hiding the fact I’d won,
but actually putting someone else’s name on the program to throw me off the scent! As confirmation of
the quality of teaching staff here for which Ottawa is
renowned, there was a tie for Teacher of The Year
between George Dumitrascu and Ben Sohmer – well
done both of you. I look forward to the cutthroat
competition next year!
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The CAS (Canadian Anesthesia Society Annual
Meeting) was a great time. As Ottawa started the
wettest summer on record, Vancouver put on a
display of perfect weather, unheard of on the West
Coast! The talks were of high quality as ever, and I
myself attended a whole day workshop on Ultrasound for Chronic Pain which was thoughtprovoking and very interesting. However, like most
conferences, it was some of the extra-curricular
activities that proved to be the most memorable.
For those of you yet to attend CAS, there is an
Interprovincial challenge each year called the
Golden Glottis Challenge (aka The Ugliest Trophy
in the World). The host city gets to choose the
event. Previous years have ranged from Dragon
Boat Races to Singing competition to Tug-of-War.
This year was Nintendo Wii ski and snowboard
competition. Team Ontario were the clear winners,
aided in no small part by Nat & MJ as Des & Sevo…
And this despite missing a potential key member of
the ski team – Mr “Well I AM from Alberta”!
Last year’s dinner for 50 in Halifax was surpassed by
the 64 who attended an outstanding evening at Five
Sails Restaurant. It’s in a great location overlooking
the harbor, and we even got to watch a large cruise
ship set sail. Food was amazing and it was great to
see several alumni there from Vancouver, Calgary,
St Catherine’s, Kingston amongst others.
July has seen the arrival of the new PGY1s, very
excited to finally be starting after the stress of
CaRMS. The welcome dinner, which is held shortly
after they arrive to introduce them to the administrative staff, resident coordinators, University chair,
chief residents etc – all the people they need to
know- was a good time as always (see a theme here
perhaps?). The camping trip put on by the senior
residents to welcome them to the department is
where of course they learn the real stuff! That is
happening this weekend & we are hoping that the
rain holds off for once…
News update – just back from the camping trip. I
am happy to report a record turnout with every
year represented and some staff too. No, the staff
didn’t stay late & cramp the style of the partying –
don’t worry. We know when to leave!
I am off to Israel/Egypt for 3 weeks before the start
of the full academic calendar & the sprint to Accreditation January 11th & 12th…
Linda Wynne
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Summer Trivia
This Issues Trivia Question is:
The word “anesthesia” was first used in which century and
by whom?
Please send your answers to: jeladouceur@toh.on.ca
Last Issue’s Trivia: Ketamine and Nitrous Oxide are two well known anesthetics with NMDA properties. Name two other anesthetic gases that act on the
NMDA receptor.
Answer: Cyclopropane and xenon.
The first person to send in
the correct answer to our
Trivia Question will receive a
$20 Chapters Gift Card!!
(Franks NP. Molecular targets underlying general anaesthesia. Br J Pharmacol. 2006
Jan;147 Suppl 1:S72-81.)
Also, isoflurane ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18073551?
ordinalpos=10&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel_
DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum)
Congratulations to Manoj Lalu who won last issue’s trivia!
In the News Now
Co-operative Patient General Anesthesia!
Researchers have developed a new technique
of general anesthesia that allows neurological
monitoring of awake patients during surgery.
Bevilacqua S, Romagnoli S, Ciappi F, et al. Anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: The third
option. Patient cooperation during general
anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2009; 108: 1929–
1936.
Thanks to Sanjiv
Gupta for the
Trivia and In the
News Now sections
Hockey Tournament
Right: Department
Members returning from
a successful match
Left: Larry Byford running after the bus (driven
by Michael Curran) after
being left behind!
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Chief Resident’s Corner
Hope you all had an enjoyable (though wet)
summer!
Big Chief Chris
Pysyk
“It is with these
fond memories
of summer that
we embrace fall
and the
upcoming
academic and
social schedules
that our
Department
offers”
For my first announcement as incoming
Chief Resident, I would like to extend a
warm welcome to all PGY-1’s, transferredin and re-discovered PGY-2’s, FPA residents, and re-entry physicians joining our
great resident cast! We look forward to
having you as part of this tremendous Department. As one group begins their clinical
exposure and learning, the new PGY-5’s
start to polish their anesthesia knowledge
with the Royal College exams emerging in
the next several months…we wish all our
final-year residents a successful academic season!
Speaking of success, I would like thank Lukasz
Bartosik and Dan Power for their outstanding
job as “Big Chief” and “Little Chief” Residents,
respectively, last year. Lukasz and Dan made
passing of the torch to this year’s incoming Resident representatives seamless. Marie-Jo Plamondon is the “Baby Chief” (CHEO Resident
Representative), Rob Sikorski is the “Little
Chief” (General site Resident Representative),
and you guessed it, you’re stuck with me as “Big
Chief” (Civic site Rep)!
I am proud to report that two Ottawa Residency Program traditions continued this summer. The resident welcome dinner at the
Courtyard Restaurant in early July was well
attended and provided a great atmosphere to
introduce the new residents to those staff and
residents intimately involved with the residency
program. And back by popular demand this
year, the Weekend Camping/Picnic trip to Fitzroy Provincial Park August 7-9 went off without
a hitch. Thank you to all residents who came
out! Special thanks to all staff who attended, in
particular, a shout-out to Dr. Naik, his wife
Jasmine, and their eight-day-old infant who made
the trip!
It is with these fond memories of summer that
we embrace fall and the upcoming academic and
social schedules that our Department offers.
The mentorship program will undergo a change
this year; instead of the annual weekday dinner,
a team building event at an aerial park is set for
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Saturday, September 19. Special thanks to Dr. Lui for
her work overseeing the important mentorship program. The academic core program begins in September with Pharmacology, soon to be followed with
our first Journal Club and Visiting Professor on September 9 and October 7, respectively.
This is an important year for the University of Ottawa residency programs (including our own). The
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (RCPSC)
Accreditation process occurs in January 2010. Every
six years, each residency program in Canada is reviewed by an external panel of peers from the
RCPSC to ensure that educational standards are
sufficient to facilitate a quality post-graduate medical
education experience. Preparations and updates
regarding the residents’ and staff input are ongoing.
More information will be coming as the date approaches.
A recent change to the duties of the on-call resident
has occurred. In an effort to reduce the “Being-InTwo-Places-At-the-Same-Time-Feeling” that anesthesia call often requires, the Consult resident at the
Civic (“B” resident) and the on-call resident at the
General have been scheduled out of the OR during
the day to attend to the growing number of non-OR
duties. This has been a trial over the summer and
will be reviewed in the fall. I look forward to your
comments.
A pleasant fall to you all!
Sincerely,
Chris Pysyk, Chief Resident
A scene from the very successful resident camping trip in Fitzroy Provincial
Park
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Welcome New Staff
training at the University of Toronto, including a Master and
Fellowship in Education.
Vern was recruited by the hospital and university to lead the
development of the Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre (OSSC)
– a 20 000 sq. ft. facility which will occupy the 2nd floor of the
Loeb building. As Medical Director, he will continue his educational research program focusing on validating simulation as a
modality for education and enhancing patient safety.
His extracurricular roles include being Chair of the Section for
Education at the CAS, and Co-Chair of the Royal College’s Simulation Task Force. He is also Chair of the Written Test Committee for the Royal College Anesthesia exam – his USB key is
out of “The Da Vinci Code”, it disintegrates if you try to crack it
open.
Vern and Laurel practicing for OMA waterboy
Viren (Vern) Naik
Vern joined the group at the Civic Campus in July 2009 from
St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Until this move to Ottawa,
he led a sheltered life – having completed all his education and
He is married to Jasmine – who’ll kill him if he takes on any more
extracurricular roles. They have two children: Laurel (1 yr) and
“Cletus the Fetus” (35 wks gest at submission)**. His lofty goals
in Ottawa include making the OMA Hockey Team as mascot/
waterboy, and never missing a Friday at the Rochester.
**Editor’s Note: “Cletus the Fetus” has seen been born. See the
Announcement sections for more details.
Naveen Eipe
Dr Naveen Eipe did his medical school and residency in Christian Medical College Vellore (India) and worked on Staff in a
rural Mission Hospital in central India before coming to Canada for Fellowship Training.
Naveen Eipe:
staff as of
September 1,
2009
He has published quite a few case reports and letters and has
been an invited reviewer for both the British Journal of Anaesthesia and the European Journal of Anaesthesiology. His areas
of interest are in acute pain, airway management, clinical photography and teaching. Naveen is married with two children
and likes to spend time outdoors, read and listen to music.
Leo Jeyaraj
Leo
Jeyaraj:
Staff as of
September
1, 2009
Leo graduated from South India and P.G training (MD) in Anesthesiology from North India. He arrived in the UK in 1998 with further P.G training and FRCA from London, UK.
You may remember Leo as he did a one year fellowship with us
here at the TOH in Obstetric Anesthesia from September 2004 to
September 2005. He then went on to work as a Consultant for 3
years in James Cook University Hospital in North East of England
(2006-2009). Leo is happily married to Sheba and blessed with a
son, Daniel, who is six years old. Leo has a special interest in obstetrical and Regional Anesthesia.
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Welcome New Staff (con’t)
We are delighted
to welcome all of
our new staff to
the Department
Jordan Hudson
Chris Hudson
Jordan Hudson joined the
Department at the Civic
Campus August 2009. She
completed her residency
with our Department in
2008, and recently completed a Critical Care Fellowship at Duke University.
Chris Hudson joined the
division of Cardiac Anesthesia July 2009. Dr. Hudson
completed his residency
training with our Department in 2008 and has just
returned from a Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellowship in
North Carolina.
Sean Dickie
Dr. Sean Dickie is a new addition to the department of anesthesia, joining the division of cardiac anesthesia
after completing a one year clinical cardiac fellowship at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Dickie
is a familiar face within the department, having completed both his anaesthesiology residency and his doctorate in medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Dickie’s clinical interests include perioperative TEE, perioperative transfusion and point of care testing directed blood product utilization. Sean, his wife Adele, and
daughters Julia and Isabelle are happy to be staying in Ottawa, a place they have called home for the last 10
years. He looks forward to continuing the long history of excellent resident education which attracted him
to the program as a medical student years ago.
Jo Po
Dr. Jo Po is on staff at both the General and Civic Campus with ICU as of January 2009. Welcome!
Welcome CHEO New Staff
Deborah Mervitz
Dr. Deborah Mervitz graduated from the University of Alberta in 2003. She also did her residency at the
University of Alberta from 2003-2008. Following this, she completed a one year fellowship with our department here at CHEO. She joined the medical staff at CHEO on July 1, 2009.
Research Staff
Robert Schwartz
Please welcome Ms. Ewa Lifsches
(pronounced Eva Lif-chess) to our department in
her new role as a clinical research assistant
(CRA). She brings a wealth of experience as a
clinical trial monitor from her previous local
employment with two clinical research trial implementation companies. Projects she has
worked on include therapeutics for oncology,
cardiovascular, neurologic and psychiatric disorders. She obtained her BSc with honors from the
University of Waterloo in 2002 and completed
the Allphase Centre of Excellence CRA training
program in April 2007. Welcome Ewa!
Robert was raised in Toronto. He did a HBSc Toxicology, and MSc Pharmacology both at U of T. He attended Med School at U of T, and did his anesthesia
residency in London, ON at UWO. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto. Robert’s areas of specific
interest are regional anesthesia and thoracic anesthesia
for pediatrics. He is an avid biker (mainly mountain
biking), he enjoys running and skiing and will be learning to snow board this winter. Robert is also considering trying out for a Triathalon...but apparently he sinks
like a stone in the water! Dr. Schwartz joined the
CHEO staff in July 2009.
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Regional Update
Dr. Al
Harbi,
former
Regional
Fellow,
in Riyadh,
Saudi
News from Dr. M. Al Harbi in Riyadh, Saudi:
We are doing an excellent job of improving the service
of regional anesthesia in a (Des-Tech)* approach.
We have interesting cases every day, In fact, we did a conjoint twin separation a couple of weeks ago which was a
very long but very interesting procedure.
I presented recently at our international conference in regards to TPVB in mastectomy. I also coordinated a US
guided regional anesthesia for UL/LL workshop. We have
about 32 candidates.
Almost all anesthesia residents in Riyadh know the name
Desiree Persaud very well and there are at least 3-4 senior
residents and assistant consultant interested in regional anesthesia .
I would like to pass my regards on to all the Department of
Anesthesia staff, residents, and nurses. My time in Ottawa
was memorable.
Kindest regard, Mohammed
A bit of Regional hijinx! Above: Mohammed Al Harbi,
Anne Lui and Rita Singh.
Right: Desiree Persaud makes a new friend.
Far Right: Alan Lane is also introduced to a new friend.
On the Home Front:
Regional Practice is certainly thriving in Saudi, but after taking a
look at our new technology here at home, it looks like we may
have run into some budget cuts!
Pictured below right is the new state of the art “High Fidelity Peripheral Nerve Trainer”. This mystery Training model was found in
Desiree’s office. Will the inventor please step forward!!
We’re told that you will never
need to practice on a patient
again! The small print on the
sign says that the High Fidelity
Peripheral Nerve Trainer is so
real that you won’t be able to
tell the difference!
*editors note: Des-Tech referees to a Desiree Persaud
Technique, and, yes, she does
have a technique named after
her.
Desiree Persaud
modeling the brand new
High Fidelity Peripheral
Nerve Trainer
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Welcome PGY-1’s
The Department would like to give a big
welcome to our new PGY1’s:
Sandra Bromley, Daniel Dubois, Teresa
Furtak, Maria Hudecova, Doris Leung,
Daniel McIssac, Reva Ramlogan, Raylene
Sauve, Mathew Silvaggio, and Janet Young.
We are also pleased to welcome Ruth Anne
Green (PGY5), Stephen Masselink (PGY4),
and Hillary Meggison (PGY3).
The Resident Welcome Dinner took place
July 13, 2009 at the Courtyard Restaurant in
the Market.
New PGY-1s from left
to right: Teresa Furtak, Sandra Bromley
and her partner Jeff
Presta, and Janet
Young
“Perhaps most
importantly, we
once again
achieved 100%
success at the
RCPSC this year.
Congratulations to
all of you”.
-Linda Wynne
Welcome TOH Fellows
This is also the time of year in which we welcome
our new fellows. We are once again very lucky to
welcome a great group:
Wadeeah Bahaziq is doing a Thoracic Fellowship at the General Campus. She began August
2009.
Sébastien Garneau is our regional fellow. He
started July 1, 2009 and is based at the Civic Campus.
Wesley John Edwards is doing an Obstetrical
Fellowship at both the General and Civic Campus. He started his fellowship on July 1, 2009.
Abeer Arab will be returning to TOH to do a
simulation fellowship starting September 1, 2009.
Hesham Talab will continue his Vascular fellowship at the Civic Campus until June 2010.
Leilani Doyle is staying with TOH to do a neuro
fellowship at the Civic Campus. She began July 1,
2009.
Claudia Gomez will continue her Perioperative Fellowship until April 2010 at the Civic
Campus.
Kelly Shinkaruk has also decided to continue her
education with TOH and began a Chronic Pain
fellowship on August 1, 2009 at the General Campus.
Mohammed Al Neaj is doing a second fellowship with TOH, Civic Campus. He started an
Acute Pain fellowship on July 1, 2009.
Congrats New FRCPCs
Congratulations to all of our new FRCPCs: Jennifer
Chow, Leilani Doyle, Shawn Hicks, Ivan Hsia, Amy
Rodgers, Kelly Shinkaruk, Lesley Silver and
Behrooz Yaghchi. Our residents worked very hard
and we are very proud of them!
The end of year party was held Saturday June 6th
at the Crooks-Shenassa household and was once
again a big success. Over 80 staff and residents
attended to celebrate the success of our PGY5s.
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Shawn
Hicks,
proud
new
FRCPC
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Gary Johnson Resident Research Day
Opening Remarks were insightful and entertaining, and
we were fortunate to have Dr. Vincent W.S Chan to
“As
give a lecture on Ultrasound Application in Anesthesia,
confirmation of
as our Visiting Professor.
Our PGY5s dressed in their finest
Another successful Gary Johnson Resident Research Day
took place on May 8th this year. Nine residents and fellows presented the results of randomized clinical trials,
prospective observational studies or retrospective chart
audits in which they have participated during the course of
their postgraduate training. As always, Dr. Nathan’s
Gregory Krolczyk won first prize for his presentation
of “Effect of intravenous lidocaine infusion on discharge
rate, functional recovery, opioid use, following abdominal hysterectomy”. Authors Gregory Krolcyzk, Ilia
Charapov, Denis Reid, Jordan Caveno, Gregory Bryson.
the quality of
Second Prize was awarded to Naveen Eipe for his
presentation of “Do the ASA guidelines for OSA correlate with polysomnography in children?” Authors
Kimmo Murto, Sherri Katz, Naveen Eipe, Gregory
Bryson.
renowned, there
Dan Power took home third prize for his presentation
of “Transfusion practices at the Ottawa Hospital for
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms”. Authors Dan
Power, David Neilipovitz, Gregory Bryson.
teaching staff
here for which
Ottawa is
was a tie for
Teacher of The
Year”
-Linda Wynne
Annual Dinner/Awards Ceremony
2009’s Graduating Residents: First Row (left to
right): Lesley Silver,
Jennifer Chow, Leilani
Doyle, Linda Wynne,
Amy Rodgers, Desiree
Persaud. Top Row (left
to right): Kelly Shinkaruk, Joanne Madden,
Behrooz Yaghchi,
Shawn Hicks
The Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony took place following the Gary Johnson day presentations. They were
held at the Sheraton Hotel.
Undergraduate Teacher of the Year was jointly awarded to
Drs. Simone Crooks and Pete MacEwen. Postgraduate
Teacher of the Year was awarded, also jointly, to Drs.
George Dumitrascu and Ben Sohmer. This year the very
coveted Dave Roberts Award was awarded to a very surprised Dr. Linda Wynne.
More Awards
Dr. Michelle Chiu has just been awarded a $259,829 grant
from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation for her study
Efficacy of Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Reducing
Chronic Pain and Disability after Breast Cancer Surgery
with Lymph Node Dissection.
Michelle was one of 18 grant recipients among 63 applicants. Many of the successful applicants were career scientist types (13 of 18 hold PhDs) so her project is among
some very elite company. Congratulations to Michelle and
her research team. Great work!
-Greg Bryson
Linda Wynne,
recipient of the
Dave Roberts
Award, with Kelly
Shinkaruk
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CAS Report: Glottis Cup Challenge
Every year at the CAS, cities from across Canada compete for the prestigious Glottis Cup. The challenges are chosen by the city hosting the
CAS, and this year Wii Skiing was the event. Here we have an insider
report on the action contributed by Dr. Marie-Jo Plamondon, PGY3.
Once upon a time there was the Golden Glottis Cup: CAS – Vancouver 2009.
How Ottawa won the Cup…
It all started with a wii ski/snowboard challenge. Training sessions, mental preparation, the team was definitely
ready for the big day! But… wait a minute, where were the outfits? Oops, we did not have any… How could we
show up without outfits, every team needs an outfit. - That’s when Nat and MJ came into play!
MJ: Nat! We must do something! Can’t go there without an outfit! Nat: I agree, let’s go shopping, I am sure we’ll find something.
Nat and MJ running like crazy, downtown Vancouver! One hour left before the challenge…First stop: sport shop!
Nat: Hey MJ look at those white socks! They are so long!
We are the
skiers!
MJ: Wow, Nat, that’s perfect, exactly like the ones worn by Dr. Persaud when she is on call! (The white socks,
key element of the costumes, were a tribute to Dr. Persaud J).
MJ: OK, we need some pants and shirts now, oh look, everything is on sale
over there!
Nat and MJ were trying to find the perfect match… A few minutes later,
they had everything ready, including the goggles! Can’t ski without goggles!
20 minutes to go! Nat and MJ returning to the hotel, running like crazy,
downtown Vancouver, once again! 5 minutes before the challenge, Nat and
MJ were finally ready but still at the hotel! Oh Oh…
MJ: Oh man Nat! Just received a text from Dr. Wynne: Where are you?
Nat and MJ were running, yet again, downtown Vancouver, but this time,
wearing those suits, and of course their flip flops, ideal to run, bring it on!
(No need to say that Nat and MJ made people laugh and wonder on their
way). Finally, and barely late, Nat and MJ arrived to the convention center.
The challenge was on the 3rd floor, let’s run once again! On arrival to the 3rd floor, Nat and MJ noticed that people
were not exactly dressed like they were…meaning that some people were wearing suits and ties…hummmm
MJ: (red like a tomato and panning like an undertrained athlete) hummmm, do you think it’s here, I think we are in the
wrong spot…
Nat: (not as red but a bit short of breath too) yeah, I think you’re are right…where are we supposed to go?
Nat and MJ were disappointed, concerned and about to leave when suddenly Dr. Wynne noticed their presence,
ouffff…
Dr. Wynne: (smiling) hey hey, do not go away, it’s here!
Nat and MJ were totally confused but started to believe that this was indeed quite hilarious.
Shortly thereafter, the GE rep noticed their outfits and… Baptized them Sevoflurane and Desflurane! Awesome! Nat and MJ thought this was so brilliant that they immediately adopted it. They therefore became Sevo and
Des for the rest of the evening! Of course pretending that this was their idea… ha ha… J
It was then time to let the show begin! Ottawa was in trouble and needed more people! Where were all the residents? Did they disappeared, or worse, were they kidnapped? Thankfully a generous group of Staff agreed to be
part of the team!
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Ottawa Rocks!
Glottis Cup Challenge (con’t)
Special mentions must consequently be attributed to the uncanny team members
who by their incredible contribution made all of this possible. Golden mention to
Dr. “Feel the Energy” Filteau (a natural talent!), Dr. “Power of the White
Socks” Persaud (White socks keep me warm, she says!), Dr. “Man, take off
your Jacket” Mann (comfort first, owner of the perfect balance!) and finally, Dr.
“Wii Master” Wynne (Who could score even with her eyes closed, simply
unbelievable!).
Lastly but not the least, Sevoflurane “the ballet dancer” and Desflurane
“the speed skater” completed the team. Elegance, beauty, rapidity, style and
power were all in unison. OK OK, the author of this text may be exaggerating a bit J. At any case, it was great! We even had the Olympic
Champion Alexa Loo was on our side… Aim high, work hard and give back was the moto of the evening.
Ottawa took the lead right from the start, and no one else could catch them up! Ottawa was on fire!
I can feel the Force!
White socks
rock!
If in doubt, just go
straight!
After intense work, it was time to celebrate! The award
(aka as the Splendid Golden Glottis Cup) was awarded
to the well-deserving Ottawa team, by Dr. Pierre
Fiset, CAS President. The beautiful trophy can be seen
on display in the Anesthesia Lounge at the Civic Campus.
Hoping to have you on the
Ottawa team next year!
CAS Montreal 2010 –
Here we come!
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Anesthesia Assistant Corner
AAs Kristin
Blimkie, Andrea Cashman
and Mylene
Gagnon
As I was preparing to write
for the newsletter, I was
reflecting on how far the
role of Anesthesia Assistant
has come within a few short
years at TOH. Ours was
developed as a corporate
role, which means that each
of us is cross-trained to
work at a variety of campuses. This ensures that
we can efficiently work at the Civic, General, Riverside
MOR, or Riverside ECC. What that means is that most
staff don’t get to see us as a group, and in speaking with
staff, many don’t realize that we now have a staff of 18
AAs working at TOH. Currently, we have 11 full time
employees, and 2 part time employees as well as 5 casual
employees, some of whom also continue to work in
other departments.
In joining the department, each of us was made aware of
the opportunity and necessity of formal training as AAs.
So far this year, Paula, Gabe, and Andrea have graduated
from the program at The Michener Institute in Toronto.
Beginning in May 2008, Kristin, Carrie, and I began the
program, which includes Basic and Advanced didactic
learning and a 12-week clinical component inclusive of
adult and pediatric/infant care. Kris and I are now in the
process of completing our clinical section at the General and Civic campuses, with some off site time at the
Heart Institute and CHEO. Carrie is also set to begin
her clinical phase in September 2009, and if our timing
and scheduling works out like we planned, we’ll have 6
formally trained AAs in house by the end of this year.
On behalf of the others, I would like to say a big thank
you to the staff at all campuses that have been so supportive with their time, knowledge, and encouragement as we work through our education.
On a more personal note, we’re happy to be able to
share that Paul and his wife Nicki have welcomed their
first baby, Sybilla, into their family in April. As some of
you may have noticed, Paul was extremely excited and
grateful to become a father, and he just beams when
he talks about their precious little girl. Erin also had a
busy spring, both in rejoining our group and joining in
marriage with Chris in June. Their wedding was elegant and heartfelt, and was truly a celebration of family
and friends. I am happy to say that Brian and I also will
be tying the knot in October, and even at this late
stage, I’d happily accept the names of good wedding
planners!
We look forward to growing and advancing as members of the department, and we’ll keep you posted on
how things are going!
Ivanette
Staff Updates
Hi everyone,
I thought it would be nice to
give some news from the far
away planet called France. A
year has already almost gone
by,… and I will be back this
November. The family and I
are enjoying our stay here
very much. We had the
chance to discover most regions of France and northern
Italy.
Stephane and his son
in Venice
Life is so similar, but so dissimilar at the same time. In France, you find
private and public hospitals, having some public
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ones with partial private activities. The Hôtel Dieu Hospital is part of the Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris
(APHP) which is a group of 46 public institutions (Paris
also has many private surgical clinics and hospitals). The
Hôtel Dieu is the biggest thoracic surgery service in
France. Its reputation is so that it attracts quite a fair number of foreign patients.
I highly recommend to everyone such an unsettling experience. A year away like this definitely put things into
perspective… Hopefully, the Frenchmen here haven’t
changed me to the point where I don’t belong anymore in
Ottawa. Well, that will be for all of you to say when I’m
back. Anyway, we’ll all be able to share and talk at length
when I’m back. Looking forward to seeing you all shortly!
Stephane Moffett
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Announcements
Above: Ali Namazie and Anne are pleased to announce
the birth of their second daughter Layla, born on June
1, 2009. Ali laments that his spacious four door sedan
suddenly seems a whole lot smaller.
Above: Rob Sikorski welcomed his daughter, Sarah
on April 14th. Rob extends a big thanks to Dr. Goheen and Dr. Berube for an excellent anesthetic.
Right: Holly Evans and Jim
Bottomley’s son Ryan
Scott gives his biggest
smile!
Left: Kim Walton welcomed her new baby.
Madeleine Catherine Eibner (Walton) was
born on Saturday September 4th weighing
in at 8lb 11 oz. With an efficiency that
would make any anesthesiologist proud,
labour officially began at 10pm, hospital
arrival at 11:30 pm and baby born at 01:00
with a discharge from the hospital 10 hours
later! Thanks to Dr Murphy for the slick
epidural!
Right: Vern Naik and his wife Jasmine welcomed Ketan Oliver Naik on July 31, 2009.
He was born 5lbs 15oz at the Trillium
Health Center.
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A look at
pain
management
in the 1800s
Those Were the Days…..
Anesthesia, like most medical specialties is a quickly advancing field. As new technologies are introduced it
is easy to forget where anesthesia, and medicine in general, came from. Let’s travel back to the 1800’s and
the early 1900’s!
Exhibit A: Bottle of Bayer’s Heroin: Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children with strong cough.
Exhibit B: Cocaine Drops for Toothaches: Very popular for children in 1885. Not only did they relieved the pain, they made the children happy all for 15 cents!
Exhibit C: Coca Wine: Metcalf Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Not only would it cure despondency, but it was marketed as a medicinal treatment as well.
TOH Administrative Changes
Welcome Joel Richard
Joel Richard is a summer student based at the Civic Campus. He is in
his final year of Marketing at Algonquin College, and is working on CME
projects such as Winterlude and the 40th Anniversary Celebrations.
“To catch the re ade r's attention, pl ace an i ntere sting se nte nce or quote from the story here.”
Farewell to Nancy Green:
Nancy Green retired in July after over two decades working for the
Department. Nancy’s retirement dinner (left) took place Monday, June
22 when a huge group of staff and support staff came out to wish her
farewell and good luck.
Mark your Calendars Anesthesia
The 2009-2010 Academic Year is about to begin., and as usual the Academic Calendar is full of events. Coming
soon:
⇒ October 7, 2009: Dr Ian Gilron from Queens University give the annual David Power Memorial Lecture as
our first Visiting Professor of the Year.
⇒ October 21, 2009: Dr. Michael Pinsky, University of Pittsburg will give the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Cardiac Anesthesiology Endowed Lectureship.
⇒ October 26, 2009: Journal Club at the General Campus.
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40th Anniversary Celebrations
Resident
Program Circa
1989:
Not only has
pain
management
and anesthetic
practices come
a long way, but
the Department
has certainly
grown as well
2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the University of
Ottawa Residency training program in Anesthesia. There
has been a succession of Chairs, Program Directors,
residents, administrative personnel & anesthesia assistants who have been part of the program’s history and
evolution. Over the past 40 years, the University of Ottawa Residency has grown from a fledgling program with
a handful of residents in 1969 to one of the nation’s top
residency training programs with approximately 50 trainees, over 100 University of Ottawa assistant, associate,
and full professors as well as dozens of ancillary personnel. Our collectivity and commitment to excellence has
carried on the vision chartered 40 years ago. Each and
every one of you has left a mark on the Ottawa Program
through hard work and dedication and outstanding
achievements in the fields of clinical care, education and
research in Anesthesiology.
Alumni: Fill us in…..
Fill us in on your post-residency years -- where are you
now, what you are doing in anesthesia and life in general.
Send us your special memories -- anecdotes from your
time here and photographs of colleagues, social events
and moments you’ll never forget. Your contributions are
part of our communal history. Selected submissions will be
included in a commemorative slideshow production planned
for the evening of the event.
Join Us for the 40th Anniversary Celebrations:
Join us Saturday February 6, 2010 at the Westin Hotel,
Ottawa for our Annual Winterlude Anesthesia Symposium
and stay for our Anniversary Celebrations! The reception
will begin February 6th at 18:30 and dinner will be served at
19:30.
For more information please visit our website: http://
www.anesthesia.org/fourty/
Don’t miss out on the chance to reconnect with friends and
colleagues from our first 40 years!
Please send all inquiries and submissions to
lmchardy@ottawahospital.on.ca
A Word from the Editor
A Word from the Editor
SUBMIT, SUBMIT, SUBMIT!!!
Please send any submissions to:
University of Ottawa
Department of Anesthesiology
The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus
1053 Carling Avenue, Box 249C
Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9
Phone: 613-761-4169 ext. 1
Fax: 613-761-5209
Email: jeladouceur@toh.on.ca
The Department of Anesthesiology
Newsletter will continue to be published 3
times per year: Fall, Winter/Spring and
Summer. Send your photos, events, news,
information, etc anytime!
It is strange to be compiling information for the Summer newsletter while
Ottawa breaks rainfall records for July.
It certainly hasn’t felt like summer so
far! I, probably more so than most
people, have been really looking forward to the summer. Having just completed my Undergrad in Humanities, I
am more than happy to just be working
full-time. I want to thank everyone
who has taken the time to submit and
to point me in the direction of a good
story. I am delighted to see the sort of
enthusiasm that is being displayed towards this project! It is very much
appreciated, and indeed, this newsletter
We’re on the Web
www.anesthesiology.org
would not be possible without it. Happy
readings!
-Jessica Ladouceur
Administrative Corner Summer Contributors
The Anesthesia Administrative Support Staff held their very first
Retreat on March 20th at the National Art Gallery. Fifteen participants from CHEO, HI, and TOH attended. Guest speakers
included Mary Lou Crossan, Coordinator of the Malignant Hyperthermia Unit, and Lisa Lance, Angela Lambert and Chris Clement
from Medical Affairs.
The theme of the Retreat was:
“Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress,
Working together is success”
-Henry Ford
The objective of holding this retreat was: To foster communication and cooperation among the Department Support Staff; To
clarify roles and functions of the various administrative positions
and to develop an understanding of how the Department, as a
whole, functions; To actively involve the support staff in a team
building process and help to foster the feeling that the members
are all part of a team striving to achieve the vision of the Department; and to serve as Step One in the creation of a Procedural
Manual for each position
Positive feedback was received by all in attendance. Thank you to
all members of the Department for allowing this retreat to occur.
Lynne McHardy
Right: Anesthesia Administrative Support
Thank you once again to all those who have very generously contributed to this effort. This editions contributors include: Homer
Yang, Linda Wynne, Sanjiv Gupta, Chris Pysyk, Vern Naik, Naveen
Eipe, Leo Jeyaraj, Sean Dickie, Robert Schwartz, Phillip Mossdorf,
Desiree Persaud, Greg Bryson, Ivanette Stubbert, Ben Sohmer,
Stéphane Moffett, Jocelyne McKenna and Lynne McHardy. Thank
you to Mohammed Al Harbi, our regional alumni and Marie Jo
Plamondon, as well as to all those who sent photos and news of
new additions to their families. Finally, a tremendous thank you
to Lucie Filteau, who remains instrumental in the success of these
newsletters and to Holly Ladouceur.