Session I
Chair: Dr. JF Legare
9:00- 10:30 AM
Decellularized Porcine Auricular Cartilage as a Tissue Engineering Scaffold for Auricular Reconstruction
Todd Arsenault, Grad Student
The Association between Peri-operative Factors and Healthcare Costs in Older Adults Undergoing Nonelective Abdominal Surgery
Jon Bailey, Surgical Resident, CIP
Targeted Delivery of Pleurocidin-Family Peptide NRC-03 to Breast Carcinoma Cells
Laurence Madera, Post Doc
Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: an Evaluation of its Utility in a Community Setting
Le, Andre, Medical Student
Angiotensin Receptor Blockade is Associated with Decreased Cutaneous Scar Formation in a Rat Model: A
Preclinical Study
Amanda Murphy, Surgical Resident, CIP
Delayed Calcineurin Inhibitor Immunosuppression Permits the Development of Allo-Reactive Memory CD8+ T
Cells Post-Challenge
Michael Hart Matyas, Grad Student
Incorporation of Strontium into Amorphous Calcium Polyphosphate Matrices Improves the Local Tuneability
of Vancomycin Delivery
Patricia Comeau, Grad Student
The Recruitment of M2 Monocytes via CX3CR1 may be Protective in AngII Mediated Myocardial Fibrosis
Devin Betsch, Undergraduate Science Student
Loss of Independence in Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Colon Cancer Resection: Laparoscopic or Open
Surgery?
Richard Liu, Surgical Resident, CIP
Session II
Chair: Dr. Mark Glazebrook
11-12:30
How Can Current Era Become An Independent Predictor Of Infection After Cardiac Surgery?
Valentin Mocanu, Medical Student
An Analysis of the Clinicopathological Features and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Status of Thin Melanomas in
Nova Scotia
Sarah Appleton, Surgical Resident
Comparison of Conventional Templating with Computer Navigated TKR: A Pilot Study
Ammar Al-Khudairy, Clinical Fellow
The Impact of Donor Benign Intimal Thickening on Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Jennifer Devitt, Post Doc
A Cost Analysis of Introducing VATS Lobectomy to a Canadian Tertiary Care Hospital
Daniel French, Surgical Resident
NCK proteins regulate CNS excitability
Antonios Diab, Grad Student
Quality in Pancreatic Cancer: The Nova Scotia Experience
Scott Hurton, Surgical Resident, CIP
Effect of Oral m-TOR Inhibitor Treatment on Intra-Abdominal Adhesions
Sanem Cimen, Post Doc
Predictors of post-operative delirium in cardiac surgery patients a machine learning approach
Hani Mufti, Surgical Resident
Session III
Chair: Dr. Rob Brownstone
2:30 – 4:00 PM
N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Improves Autologous Fat Graft Survival: A Preclinical Study
Joshua Gillis, Surgical Resident
Mitochondrial DAMPs: Novel Markers for Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Qianni Hu, Technician
Liposomal Therapies: What Your Heart and 'I ❤ Mom' Tattoo Might Have in Common
Alec Falkenham, Graduate Student
The ABC Trial – Does All-Blood Cardioplegia Prevent Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery? A Single Center
Pilot Study
Catherine Deshaies, Surgical Resident
An Anatomically Sound Surgical Simulation Model for Myringotomy and Tympanostomy Tube Insertion
Rebecca Haworth, Undergraduate Science Student
The Dietary Phytochemical Myricetin Kills Breast Cancer Cells via Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Allison Knickle, Graduate Student
The Effect of Peak Cardiac Troponin T on Short-Term In-Hospital Mortality after Cardiac Surgery
Ahmed Mokhtar, Surgical Resident
Alternatively Activated M2 Macrophages Improve Autologous Fat Graft Survival via induction of Angiogenesis
in a Mouse Model
Kyle Phipps, Medical Student
Macrophage/Fibroblast Interactions may Promote Fibroblast Activation in Myocardial Fibrosis.
Catherine Williams, Undergraduate Science Student