Grand Rounds

• Cardiac Surgery - Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Microsoft Teams

• Neurosurgery -  Friday, January 27, 2023 - 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Microsoft Teams

FoM Awards of Excellence

• Congratulations to Dr. Rodney Breau - FoM Clinical Researcher of the Year 2022

DoS Office of Education is on Twitter

• Twitter handle is @OfficeEdSurgery, and from there you will find links to their YouTube Channel. 

• Visit to see their EPA tips.

Research Half Day: Research Excellence Awards and Wolves' Den - December 8, 2022

This year the theme is mentorship and will include talks from Research Personnel and Faculty. It will also include the Wolves' Den Live Grant Competition and the Research Excellence Awards. 

• Wolves’ Den Competition (live grant competition for $20k): Fulldetails ails are available on the uOttawa DoS website Wolves’ Den page.

• The previous winners of the Research Excellence Awards can be found on the DoS Research Days page under the Research Half Day tab.

DoS Grant Competitions 2023

• For Research Program Awards ($120k), Big Data Grants ($25k incl matching), Surgical Seed Grants ($25k), Junior Faculty Grants ($25k), and Resident Research Grants ($5k), please find all of the details and submission portal at the DoS Grants page.

• Deadline: February 6, 2023 

Departmental event

• Grand Rounds: November 23, 2022 - Cardiac Surgery

• Research Half Day: December 8, 2022

• Grand Rounds: January 27, 2023 - Neurosurgery

• Grand Rounds: February 3, 2023 - VRAS

• DoS Research Grant Proposals Deadline: February 6, 2023

• Grand Rounds: February 24, 2023 - Vascular Surgery

• Grand Rounds: March 24, 2023 - Plastics Surgery

• Collins Day Abstracts Deadline: April 1, 2023 at 23:59

• Grand Rounds: April 7, 2023 - Perioperative Interprofessional Rounds

• Grand Rounds: April 28, 2023 - General Surgery

• Collins Day: May 19, 2023 

• Grand Rounds: May 26, 2023 - Thoracic Surgery

• Grand Rounds: June 30, 2023 - Orthopaedic Surgery

• Collins Day: May 17, 2024

The Department of Surgery has eight academic divisions (including both adult and pediatric divisions of surgery), each with residency training and fellowship positions.

The Department of Surgery has made great strides in the development of minimally invasive techniques in all divisions, and are at the forefront of this movement in Canada.

In the current strategic plan, there are tremendous efforts toward quality and patient safety. The Ottawa Hospital is the first Health Sciences Centre in Canada to join the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) in its multispecialty, high-volume option.

We are also proud of our new training facility. The University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre (uOSSC) is a partnership of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa. It is the largest centre in Canada (22,000 sq. feet) and one of the largest in North America. The uOSSC will enhance patient safety by improving the education opportunities for surgeons and forming best clinical practice through innovative research. The Centre has a superb complement of PhD educators and researchers along with many Faculty members with a Master’s in Education background to oversee the rapid development of its activities.

In 2019, the academic department adopted new vision and mission statements, as follows:

Mission

We deliver outstanding and compassionate surgical care by:

• Striving for continuous quality of care improvements

• Empowering surgeon researchers, educators & administrators

• Providing exceptional educational programs

• Pursuing ongoing professional development & technical mastery

• Inspiring wellness & balance

Values

• Respect

• Commitments to Quality & Teamwork

• Compassion