Surgeons' Day Research Symposium

19 June 2026 | 8:00AM to 4:00PM

44 Years of Showcasing Surgical Research and Innovation

Join us on June 19, 2026, for a full day of research, innovation, and inspiring ideas. Additional details will be shared as they become available.

Date: June 19, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre

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.

Dr. S. Morad Hameed
Professor
Standford University

Dr. Morad Hameed is a trauma surgeon, intensivist, and public health researcher. He completed medical school and surgical residency at the University of Alberta, graduate studies in public health at Harvard University, and fellowships in trauma surgery and surgical critical care at the University of Miami.

His clinical interests span innovations in trauma surgery and emergency general surgery (including chest wall trauma, abdominal wall reconstruction, and applications of extracorporeal life support in trauma), process and quality improvement, surgical rescue, value-based healthcare, and surgical systems. His main research interest is in public health aspects of trauma and emergency surgery, including social determinants of health and disparities in access to high-quality emergency surgical care.

Learn more about Dr. Norman McPhedran who inspired our annual McPhedran Lecture.

Dr. Rob Harrop
Clinical Professor
University of Calgary

Dr. Rob Harrop is a pediatric plastic surgeon at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Calgary. He attended medical school at Queen’s University, followed by a residency in plastic surgery at the University of Alberta. He then did a fellowship in aesthetic surgery with Dr. Lloyd Carlsen in Toronto, followed by a fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. During his residency, he completed an MSc in the molecular biology of scar formation at the University of Alberta. Following his fellowships, he completed a second MSc in clinical epidemiology at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Harrop’s clinical interests include microsurgery, peripheral nerve surgery, facial reanimation, and complex congenital hand surgery. His research interests relate to clinical epidemiology and improvement in the efficiency and quality of surgical health care delivery.

Learn more about Dr. Robert McMurtry who inspired our annual McMurtry Lecture.