Office of Surgical Research | Surgeons' Day Research Symposium
21 June 2024 | 8:00AM to 4:00PM
Libin Theatre | Health Sciences Centre
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.
Join us for the 42nd Annual Surgeons' Day
This year, delve into research with Dr. Adam Kinnaird's McPhedran Lecture and Dr. Khara Sauro's McMurtry Lecture, faculty talks, rapid-fire talks, resident research showcase, and Sharpest Knife Competition.
- 21 June 2024
- 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Libin Theatre, Health Sciences Centre
2024 Guest Speakers and Judges
McPhedran Lecture
Dr. Adam Kinnaird, MD, PhD, FRCSC
University of Alberta, Division of Urology
Dr. 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.
Learn more about Dr. Norman McPhedran who inspired our annual McPhedran Lecture.
McMurtry Lecturer
Dr. Khara Sauro, PhD
University of Calgary, Departments 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.
Learn more about Dr. Robert McMurtry who inspired our annual McMurtry Lecture
Surgeons' Day Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify knowledge gaps in surgery through scholarly presentations.
2. Critically appraise surgical research presentations for content validity, methodology, and applicability
3. Participate in collaborative learning through discussions of scholarly work.
4. Determine the ability of presented research to support evidence-informed decision making in surgery.
Thank you to the companies that have provided educational grant in-kind support. Please visit the HRIC atrium on Surgeons' Day to visit their booths.