We sat down with arguably the world expert on low anterior resection syndrome. Dr. Marylise Boutros (https://twitter.com/BoutrosMarylise) is an academic colorectal surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Florida.. Dr. Boutros talks about her pioneering research to understand and treat the challenging functional issues that patients must content with. We also t…

Your host Kirk Barber is thrilled to welcome Dr Melinda Gooderham back to the podcast for a fascinating conversation about her article on Psoriasis in the November-December issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: “Baseline Characteristics of Canadian Patients in the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry - PSOLAR" Her…

Kirk is happy to welcome Dr Feras Al Ghazawi to the podcast for a fascinating discussion on Photodnyamic Therapy, based on the article he co-authored in the January-February edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. It's titled: “A Review of the Dermatologic Clinical Applications of Topical Photodynamic Therapy." He’s an Assistant P…

"We have such good treatments today for kids who are suffering from pediatric psoriasis and other inflammatory conditions. And honestly I think the drugs we have now, the biologics in particular, are safer than some of the drugs we used in the past, and definitely more effective." This week on the podcast, Kirk is thrilled to welcome the University…

This is a re-broadcast to honour the memory of the "Boss" Dr. Feliciano. Original shownotes: It’s not an understatement to say that Dr. David Feliciano is a true giant in trauma surgery. Dr. David V. Feliciano received his medical degree in 1970 from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He completed his general surgery training at Mayo Clinic,…

We are re-broadcasting this episode in honour of the memory of the late Dr. David Feliciano. Original shownotes: In this episode, we were lucky enough again to be joined by Dr. David Feliciano. Dr. Feliciano is a world-renowned trauma surgeon and a passionate surgical historian. Today he joins us to talk about surgeons who won the Nobel Prize and t…

It is with sadness but also profound gratitude that we commemorate the passing of David V Feliciano on January 4, 2024. We invited our friend Neil Parry on the podcast to talk about our memories and the legacy of this amazing surgeon, researcher, and mentor. Links: 1. David V. Feliciano: Contributions to acute care surgery. https://www.canjsurg.ca/…

"In the past ten years only seven dermatology trained individuals pursued fellowship training in pediatric dermatology and only five of those people are still in Canada." Dr Elena Pope joins Kirk Barber for a conversation about her article in the November-December issue of the JCMS: “Pediatric Dermatology in Canada: A Broad Review of Population Nee…

We still got more in the vault from CSF 2023! In this episode, Dr. Spoyalo talked about her work on perioperative warming at Vancouver General Hospital. Listen to the work she's done to understand what goes on for warming (most patients have 11 blankets!) and the modeling she's done to figure out the most effective techniques for warming. Another e…

In this special episode, we had the opportunity to do our first live Cold Steel episode! We were lucky enough to be able to have Dr. Justin Dimick join us at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario as part of our William Ersil research day. During this interview we really delved into Dr. Dimick’s life story and his vision for how we can continue to…

Dr. Haytham Kaafarani is a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital. We caught up with him after he recently gave a phenomenal talk at the Canadian Surgical Forum in Vancouver earlier this year. Dr. Kaafarani talked about his work in Lebanon after the explosion in 2020, his research on intra operative adverse events, and ultimately on his w…

Do you really have to do that appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis at 2 am??? Now you have level 1 evidence to tell you! Continuing on with our best of Canadian Surgical Forum 2023 series, we interviewed Dr. Zuhaib Mir (current HPB and transplant fellow at Dalhousie University). He spoke on behalf of his coinvestigators on their amazin…

This year we've had the pleasure of introducing a new segment where we highlight some of our favourite sessions from our national general surgery conference, the Canadian Surgical Forum (CSF). In this episode, hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgeon Dr. Katrina Duncan (@dockcduncan) and HPB fellow Dr. Richard Gilbert (@RichWDGilbert) update us on th…

How do surgeons incorporate new techniques, tools and approaches while in practice? Dr. Hugh MacDonald is a colorectal surgeon at Queen's University. He has been in practice for nearly 30 years and has been at the forefront of adopting new techniques into his practice, including laparoscopy and most recently robotic surgery. We talk to Hugh about h…

Dr. Amin Madani is the director of the Surgical AI Research Academy (SARA) at the University Health Network (UHN). He is an endocrine and acute care surgeon at UHN and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Madani talked to us and showed us some of the work he is doing on AI in surgery and in particular on computer vision.…

"I think it's important to ask the patient, 'Are you comfortable with the injection and are you having any discomfort from it?'" Dr Ron Vender is back on the podcast, joining Kirk to discuss his July/August article in the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Injection Site Reactions in Randomiz…

Kirk is very happy to have Dr Raed Alhusayen back on the podcast to discuss the fascinating article about melanoma surveillance he co-authored in the September-October issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: "Surveillance After a Previous Cutaneous Melanoma Diagnosis: A Scoping Review of Melanoma Follow-Up Guidelines." There are a l…

Kirk is thrilled to welcome Dr Vincent Richer back to the podcast to talk about a vitally important issue, in an episode Kirk describes as "a real treat." The two of them discuss the fascinating article Dr Richer co-authored in the September/October issue of the JCMS titled: “Preventing Eye Injuries From Light and Laser-Based Dermatologic Procedure…

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e148-ron-barbosa-twitter-threads-surgical-education On this episode we were joined by the Twitter (X???) legend Dr. Ron Barbosa. Dr. Barbosa is a trauma surgeon at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon. He's gained popularity for his fantastic threads on Twitter discussing topics in surgery everyone a…

Kirk is thrilled to have Dr Steven Feldman back on the podcast for a fascinating and wide ranging conversation on Papular Dermatitis, or as it's more broadly known, Itchy Red Bump disease. The conversation is based on the letter Dr Feldman published in the July/August 2023 issue of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: Characterizin…

We're thrilled to have Dr Marlene Dytoc back on the podcast. In this episode she and Kirk discuss the fascinating article she co-authored in the March/April edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "Pharmacological Interventions for Primary Psychodermatologic Disorders: An Evidence Mapping and Appraisal of Randomized Control…

"Recent research proved that ChatGPT shows more empathy when they reply to patient messages than real physicians." Today we’ll be talking about a truly fascinating topic, something that is really front and center in medicine, academia and almost every walk of life, Artificial Intelligence. What is AI? What are its benefits and dangers? How will it …

"Itch should be treated aggressively and that ultimately decreases the sleep disturbances and is going to leave not only better outcomes for Atopic Dermatitis, but overall." Kirk Barber is thrilled to welcome Dr Charles Lynde to the podcast, to talk about his recent article “Sleep Disturbances in Children with Atopic Dermatitis: A Scoping Review," …

The first ever JCMS live podcast took place at the Canadian Dermatology Association annual conference in June. In front of a live audience, host Kirk Barber sat down with the CDA podcast producer David McGuffin for a look into the world of podcasting. They discuss David's journey from CBC international reporter and war correspondent, to his work as…

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e147-journal-club-nathan-ginther-stapled-rectal-prolapse-repair In this episode, we were joined by colorectal surgeon Dr. Nathan Ginther. Dr. Ginther is based out of the University of Saskatchewan, and is the principle author of the CJS article published in January of 2023, entitled, "A comparison…

"We can have AI to read all the reports. I feel getting all that information will enable us to do what we're really good at as physicians, taking care of people and really getting the best decision." McGill's Dr Philippe Lefrancois joins the JCMS Pod for a conversation about AI that Kirk describes as "intriguing and clearly the future." Their discu…

We caught up with Dr. Justin Rivard, new program director at University of Manitoba general surgery residency program! Links: 1. https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/department-surgery/general-surgery-residency 2. https://www.instagram.com/uofmgeneralsurgery/?hl=enBy Canadian Journal of Surgery

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e146-jonathan-white-surgery101-surgical-education-and-sabbaticals We were joined on this episode by Dr. Jonathan White. Dr. White is a colorectal surgeon at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, and is the co-creator of @Surgery101, the wildly successful surgical podcast aimed at medical …

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e145-masterclass-rob-bechara-optical-evaluation-colonic-polyps On this episode we were joined by the master of optical evaluation of polyps, Dr. Rob Bechara. Dr. Bechara is an advanced therapeutic endoscopist at Queen’s University, and he gave us a masterclass on how to look at polyps and assess w…

All of us at some point in our career experience physical pain while operating. We were lucky to be joined by Dr. Geeta Lal (@geetalalmd on twitter) on the show today to talk about the concept of surgical ergonomics. Make sure you check out the YouTube version of this episode, for a special segment where Dr. Lal looks at some actual footage of us o…

In this episode of JCMS Author Interviews, Kirk is joined by Dr David Croitoru for a discussion about his article in the Jan/Feb 2023 edition of JCMS: “Informing a Canadian Skin Science Trainee Program Based on the State of Trainee Programs Offered by International Academic Societies.” It's a fascinating look into the possible paths that can be tak…

In this special Editor's Choice episode of the JCMS Podcast, Kirk is joined by Dr Cathryn Sibbald to discuss Alopecia Areata. Cathryn is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Medical School and a staff dermatologist at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, with a special interest in inflammatory and autoimmune skin conditions. And our interes…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Tracy Scott, co-program director of the UBC general surgery residency program! Links: 1. https://twitter.com/ubcgensurg?lang=en 2. https://surgery.med.ubc.ca/divisions/general-surgery/ 3. https://gsresidency.surgery.med.ubc.ca/…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Ryan Rochon, program director for the Calgary general surgery residency program! Links: 1. https://twitter.com/calgarygensurg 2. https://www.instagram.com/calgarygensurg/?hl=en 3. https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/departments/surgery/section…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. This is a rebroadcast from last year's conversation with former program director Dr. Mike Ott! Please check out new program director Dr. Julie Ann Van Koughnett's twitter handle: https://twitter.com/javankoughnett Links: 1. https://twitter.com/western_gensurg 2. https://www.schulich.uw…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. This is a rebroadcast of our conversation with Dr. Sender Liberman about the McGill general surgery residency program! Links: 1. https://www.mcgill.ca/generalsurgery/current-residents 2. https://twitter.com/McGillGenSurgBy Canadian Journal of Surgery

This is a rebroadcast of last year's conversation with Dr. Lucy Helyer on the Dalhousie general surgery residency program! Links: 1. https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/surgery/divisions/general-surgery.html 2. https://www.instagram.com/dalhousiegensurg/?hl=enBy Canadian Journal of Surgery

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. We had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Ilun Yang, new program director of the general surgery residency program at McMaster University! Links: 1. https://twitter.com/mcmastersurgery 2. https://surgery.mcmaster.ca/divisions/general-surgery 3. https://www.instagram.com/macgensurg/?hl=en…

We had the pleasure of catching up with Dr. Alex Mathieson for the 2nd year in a row to talk about the MUN general surgery residency program! YouTube: https://youtu.be/8Xn8KnamcQ0 Links: 1. https://www.mun.ca/medicine/surgery/ 2. https://www.instagram.com/mungensx/?hl=enenBy Canadian Journal of Surgery

We had the pleasure of speaking to new program director Dr. Michael McCall about the U of A general surgery residency program! YouTube version: https://youtu.be/iD40jZgXcvs Links: 1. Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/... 2. Program Website: https://www.ualberta.ca/surgery/divis... 3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uofagensurg/…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. We had the pleasure of speaking with program director and pediatric surgeon Dr. Sarah Jones about the Queen's University General Surgery Program! YouTube: https://youtu.be/RdoEpu_wGjM Links: 1. Queen's General Surgery Department: https://surgery.queensu.ca/postgraduate/general-surgery …

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. It’s that time of year again, when we have the pleasure of interviewing and selecting our future colleagues. We are, of course, talking about the CaRMS interview process. Most of our listeners will know that CaRMS stands for Canadian Resident Matching Service. Interviews are well under…

To obtain the transcript, please contact podcast.cjs@gmail.com. It’s that time of year again, when we have the pleasure of interviewing and selecting our future colleagues. We are, of course, talking about the CaRMS interview process. Most of our listeners will know that CaRMS stands for Canadian Resident Matching Service. Interviews are well under…

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e142-masterclass-dennis-kim-trauma-icu-rounds-fascial-dehiscence This week, we were joined by trauma surgeon and podcaster Dr. Dennis Kim. Dr. Kim, among many other things, hosts the very successful and highly educational Trauma ICU Rounds podcast. We in Canada are lucky enough to have him back on…

On this episode of JCMS Author Interviews, we take you to Verona, Italy for a conversation with Dr Paolo Gisondi about a very important topic: The Metabolic Aspects of Psoriasis. The conversation is based around Dr Gisondi's article in the May/June 2022 edition of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery titled: "Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Dise…

"Empathy goes a long way in making the patient increase their adherence to our treatment options, our management plans." Dr Marlene Dytoc joins Kirk to discuss her letters on why empathy is an important tool in dermatology practices. They appear in the Sept/Oct 2022 and Jan/Feb 2023 issues of the Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. She and K…

"This might be the future of dermatology, that we're not just medical experts but also have to be marketing experts, that will allow us to fight against misinformation." Dr Mark Kirchhof is back on JCMS to talk with Kirk about the fourth of his JCMS articles on Cannabis and Dermatology. The latest is found in the November-December issue of the jour…

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuries In this “journal club” edition of the podcast, we are joined by the thoughtful trauma guru Dr. Hameed to talk about his paper in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). This paper, authored by Drs. Ball, Lee, Kaminsky and Hameed gets at the “heart” of…

Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuries In this “journal club” edition of the podcast, we are joined by the thoughtful trauma guru Dr. Hameed to talk about his paper in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). This paper, authored by Drs. Ball, Lee, Kaminsky and Hameed gets at the “heart” of…

"Think about draping with everybody, especially younger females. Think a little bit about how you are moving that drape around, whether you need more than one drape, whether you have the patient move the drape. Just thinking about the patient adjusting their own clothing, it kind of makes sense from a dignity point of view." Patient dignity is at t…