Office of Surgical Research | 42nd Annual Surgeons' Day
June 21, 2024
Libin Theatre
THE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW!
Join us for the 42nd Annual Surgeons' Day on June 21, 2024 at the Libin Theater. Delve into research with Dr. Adam Kinnaird's McPhedran Lecture, Dr. Khara Sauro's McMurtry Lecture, faculty talks, rapid-fire talks, resident research showcase and sharpest knife competition.
Surgeons' Day
The Surgeon's Day Research Symposium is an annual event established in 1983. Originally founded to highlight the research activities of residents, it has since evolved and showcases both resident and faculty research.
The day is divided into multiple sessions, with each session focusing on of the OSR's pillars of research: Clinical Research, Health Systems, Basic Science, and Education. The event includes:
- Department of Surgery Faculty Presentation
- McMurtry Lecture
- Dr. Peter Cruse Memorial Award
- Resident Research Showcase
- McPhedran Lecture
- Sharpest Knife (Live Grant) Competition
2024 Agenda
Join us for the 2024 Surgeons’ Day on June 21, 2024 at the Libin Theatre.
Agenda subject to change. Scroll down to learn more about our invited speakers for this year’s event
Time | What's Happening | Location |
| 08:00 am | Breakfast/Sign in (Non-Accredited) | HRIC Atrium |
| 08:45 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Kevin Hildebrand, Zone Clinical Department Head | Libin Theatre |
| 08:50 am | Opening Remarks and OSR Introduction Dr. Michael Monument, Vice-Chair OSR | Libin Theatre |
| 09:00 am | Faculty Talks | Libin Theatre |
| 10:30 am | Break (Non-Accredited) | HRIC Atrium |
| 10:50 am | MCMURTRY LECTURE Dr. Khara Sauro, PhD University of Calgary, Section of Community Health Sciences and Oncology | Libin Theatre |
| 11:30 am | Residents Rapid Fire Talks | Libin Theatre |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (Non-Accredited) | HRIC Atrium |
| 01:00 pm | DR. PETER CRUSE MEMORIAL AWARD Introduced by: Dr. Kevin Hildebrand, Zone Clinical Department Head | Libin Theatre |
| 01:00 pm | Resident Research Showcase
| Libin Theatre |
| 02:10 pm | MCPHEDRAN LECTURE Dr. Adam Kinnaird, MD PhD FRCSC, University of Alberta, Section of Urology Surgery | Libin Theatre |
| 02:50 pm | Break (Non-Accredited) | HRIC Atrium |
| 03:05 pm | SHARPEST KNIFE (Live Grant) COMPETITION
| Libin Theatre |
| 03:55 pm | Closing Remarks Dr. Michael Monument, Vice-Chair, Office of Surgical Research | Libin Theatre |
2024 MCPHEDRAN LECTURER
Dr. Adam Kinnaird, MD, PhD, FRCSC, University of Alberta, Division of Urology
Adam Kinnaird is a Surgeon Scientist and the Frank and Carla Sojonky Chair in Prostate Cancer Research in the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta. He completed a fellowship in Imaging, Targeted Biopsy and Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer at UCLA. He completed his MD and Urology residency at the U of A, during which he was enrolled in the Clinician Investigator Program. He completed his PhD as a Vanier Scholar and was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal in research. He has published in high impact journals such as Nature Reviews Cancer, Cell, and European Urology and has been awarded funding from local, regional, and national grant competitions since starting as an Assistant Professor in November 2020. His lab studies translational prostate cancer research with a focus on new drugs, technologies, and devices. He is the principal investigator on multiple investigators initiated prostate cancer trials and participates in industry sponsored trials examining the use of state-of-the-art imaging techniques for prostate cancer diagnostics including PSMA PET, multiparametric MRI, and high-resolution micro-ultrasound.
2024 MCMURTRY LECTURER
Dr. Khara Sauro, PhD, University of Calgary, Sections of Community Health Sciences and Oncology
Dr. Sauro is an Assistant Professor and Ohlson Professor of Head & Neck Health, in the Departments of Surgery, Community Health Sciences and Oncology. As a Head & Neck Cancer Health Services Researcher, Dr. Sauro’s research focuses on improving the quality and safety of care for patients with cancer or patients undergoing surgery, but specifically patients with Head and Neck Cancer, to optimize the health of these patients. Dr. Sauro has a particular interest in leveraging routinely collected administrative data to evaluate the quality of healthcare and the application of knowledge translation and quality improvement methodologies for improving healthcare delivery. She uses diverse methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) to ask and appropriately answer clinically relevant research questions.
Thank you to all the 42nd Annual Surgeons’ Day sponsors. Please visit the sponsor booths on Surgeons’ Day. They will be located in the HRIC atrium
Past Surgeons' Day
June 9, 2023 View agenda