Invited Speaker
International
1. Keynote Speaker (4 talks) – Management of Nodal Melanoma
Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Acute Retroperitoneal Cases
Avoiding pitfalls in Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, Oct 7-9, 2022
2. Keynote Speaker – The Limits of Resectability in Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Next Frontiers to Cure Cancer 2022, Brazil, June 22-25, 2022.
3. Speaker – The Canadian Landscape of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. 16th Canadian Melanoma Conference (Virtual), Feb 26th, 2022
4. Speaker – The Approach to Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
a. Bar Ilan University Faculty of Medicine, Israel – Grand Rounds, March 1, 2022
5. Speaker - AC Camargo Cancer Center Annual Cancer Meeting – Expert Panel on the Management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Training surgeons for soft tissue sarcoma care: is a specific training program necessary?
a. Sao Paulo, Brazil (Virtual), June 25-26th, 2021
6. Featured Guest - Cold Steel Surgical Podcast – Melanoma
a. Nov 5, 2020
7. Panelist - Sarcoma Tumour Board: Challenging and Controversial Cases
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Cancelled in Virtual meeting due to CVOID-19)
8. Panelist – Tans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG) Semi-Annual Meeting
a. Virtual Meeting, July 17, 2020.
9. Speaker - Research Projects of the Trans-Atlantic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2022
b. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 10, 2021
c. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 18, 2020.
d. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual, Aug 17-20, 2020.
e. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 13-16, 2019.
f. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 27-30, 2019.
g. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, Nov 15-17, 2018.
h. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
10. Chair – Poster Presentation Abstract Session
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium (TISS), Toronto, Ontario, May 14-15, 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19)
11. Chair - Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 27-30, 2019.
12. Chair – Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
13. Chair – Parallel Session in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2017
14. Speaker - The approach to melanoma In-transit disease.
a. Loco-Regional Melanoma Conference. Melbourne, Australia – Aug 26-27, 2016
15. Speaker - Breast Tumour Board – Managing complex cases of Breast cancer
a. World Congress of Surgery – Bangkok, Thailand, Aug 23-27, 2015
16. Speaker and Panelist - The Surgical Management of Melanoma
a. International Multi-disciplinary Oncology conference – Ottawa, Ontario, June 19, 2015
National
17. Speaker – How I do it Videos– Keystone, Z-plasty and Rotation Flaps for Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
18. Speaker and Chair – Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
19. Panel Member – The use of Immunotherapy in Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
20. Panel Member – Tumour Board Complex Cases of Gastric Cancer
a. Multidisciplinary Management of Gastric Cancer Annual Meeting, June 9, 2022
21. Keynote Speaker – Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. Skin Cancer Regional Meeting, Montreal, Qc, May 12, 2022
22. Keynote Speaker – Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. Skin Cancer Regional Meeting, Meeting, Quebec City, Qc, May 11, 2022
23. Keynote Speaker – Large Databases the Challenges and the Rewards
a. McMaster General Surgery Research Day, Hamilton, Ontario, May 10, 2022
24. Speaker – MIST Trial
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 1, 2022
25. Collaborator – SkIN Canada - Priority Setting Workshop for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada
a. Virtual, March 2022
26. Moderator – Virtual Care in 2022 due to COVID-19
a. CAGS Webinar, Virtual, Feb 24, 2022
27. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Management of Melanoma
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), Virtual, Feb 14-18, 2022
28. Speaker – Update on the Management of Melanoma
a. McGill Surgical Oncology Fellowship Academic Half-Day, Oct 21, 2021
29. Speaker –The Weird and the Wonderful : What to do when faced with a rare cancer diagnosis?
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS), Virtual, Sept 21-24, 2021
30. Speaker – Melanoma Imaging Surveillance Trial (MIST) – Melanoma Disease Site Group
a. Virtual, April 25, 2021
31. Chair and Speaker – What you need to know about Melanoma
a. Webinar, May 18, 2021
32. Chair – A Surgeon’s perspective on the evolving landscape of Advanced SCC
a. Webinar, Feb 25, 2021
33. Co-Chair – Margins after oncoloplastic breast surgery
a. CAGS-CSSO-EBRS Webinar, Feb 18, 2021
34. Co-Chair – The management of Gastro-esophageal hernia
a. CAGS-CATS Webinar, Jan 28, 2021
35. Chair – CT in the ED
a. CAGS Webinar, Nov 4, 2020
36. Panelist – Insights into Leadership in Surgical Oncology
a. University of Toronto Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program Seminar Series, Dec 7, 2020
37. Featured Guest – STEMcase – uOttawa affiliated Podcast – accessible resource for students
a. Career and Mentorship Session,
38. Panelist – Session on Health System Disparities in Surgery – Effect of SES on Melanoma Care
a. Canadian Association of General Surgeons Virtual Meet Week, Oct 30, 2020.
39. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Management of Melanoma
a. Toronto, Ontario, Feb 25-28, 2021
40. Speaker – Update in the Management of Melanoma (cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. Family Medicine Cancer Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Dec 11, 2020
41. Speaker – Melanoma management for patients (cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. Melanoma Network of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Nov 12, 2020
42. Speaker – General Surgery Review Course – Keystone Flaps and LYMPHA for Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum – Vancouver, British Columbia, Sept 24-26, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
43. Panelist and Working Group– Management of Cutaneous SCC (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
a. CARE Symposium
44. Speaker – Update in the management of Gastric Cancer
a. Memorial University Grand Rounds, St-John’s, Newfoundland, May 11, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
45. Speaker – A neo-adjuvant clinical trial in Locally advanced melanoma – Melanoma Disease Site Group
a. Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) – Toronto, Ontario, April 29, 2018
46. Speaker – Update in the management of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Memorial University Residents Academic Half-Day, St-John’s Newfoundland, May 12, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19)
47. Chair – Dealing with the Stress of COVID-19: How to Care For Yourself so You Can Continue to Care for Others
a. Canadian Association of General Surgeons Webinar, April 15, 2020
48. Ontario Skin Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment : Current Landscapes & Project Spotlights
a. Cancer Care Ontario Webinar, Feb 5, 2020.
49. Speaker – Advances in Adjuvant Melanoma Therapy : Working Together to Improve Outcomes
a. PeerVoice Educational Webinar: www.peervoice.com/GUJ?MemberID=999, March, 2019
50. Speaker - The Surgical Management of GIST
a. GIST Day of Learning Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 28, 2019.
51. Chair – Women in surgery symposium
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Sept 5-7, 2019.
52. Professor - Drinks with the Professor – How to get into a Surgical Residency
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Sept 5-7, 2019.
53. Chair – Abstract Session
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, May 3, 2019.
54. Speaker – Update in the Management of Melanoma
a. 69th University of Ottawa Clinical and Scientific Dermatology Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, April 12-13, 2019
55. Speaker – Update in Merkel Cell Carcinoma
a. 69th University of Ottawa Clinical and Scientific Dermatology Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, April 12-13, 2019
56. Speaker –ICG guided Sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymphedema surgery for melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
57. Speaker - New directions in melanoma (Systemic Therapy, In-Transit disease, Lymph Node management post MSLT-2)
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
58. Chair and Panelist – Women in Surgery Symposium
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018
59. Chair - Session on the Management of Locally Advanced and Metastatic GIST
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 27, 2018.
60. Speaker - Update on Melanoma – General Surgery Exam Review Course for Canadian PGY5s
a. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, March 2, 2020.
b. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, March 3, 2019.
c. Canadian General Surgery Review Program – Toronto, Ontario, Feb 22, 2018.
61. Speaker - Strides for Melanoma – Awareness for Melanoma Walk
a. Melanoma Network of Canada– Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 24th, 2017
62. Chair – Canadian Surgical Forum – General Surgery Post-graduate Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
63. Speaker - The Use of Videofluorescense imaging (SPY ELYTE) for lymphatic mapping, anastomoses and flap reconstruction
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
64. Speaker - Update in Melanoma - General Surgery Post-graduate Review Course
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
65. Speaker - The role of lymph node surgery in skin cancer – Merkel Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017
66. Speaker - National Launch of Be The Choice Website – Decision Aid for Breast Cancer patients
a. Be The Choice – Ottawa, Ontario, June 8, 2017
67. Speaker - Melanoma: A new perspective
a. Quebec Surgical Association Annual Meeting – Gatineau, Quebec, May 25-28, 2017
68. Speaker - Complex Melanoma Cases – Tumour Board Session
a. Toronto General Surgery Update – April 7-9, 2016
69. Chair - Surgical challenges in General Surgery
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Quebec City, Quebec, Sept 17-19, 2015
70. Speaker and Panelist - Mastering Multimodality Cancer Care – Melanoma
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) – Quebec City, Quebec, Sept 17-19, 2015
Local
1. Speaker – CCO Melanoma Pathway
a. Hosted by Merck, Oct 14, 2021
2. Speaker – Frontline Futures – The life of a Doctor – medical panel– fundraiser for Frontline workers during COVID-19
a. Frontline First - July 4, 2020 (Virtual)
3. Speaker – The use of Ultrasound Surveillance in the Management of Patient with a positive sentinel node for melanoma
a. Radiology Grand Rounds – March 5, 2020.
4. Speaker and Panelist – Project Pulse Spark – Career session for University of Ottawa Students interested in Health Care
a. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Feb 9, 2020
5. Speaker – The Surgical Management of Melanoma in the Era of Adjuvant Therapy
a. The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Feb 6, 2020
6. Speaker – Melanoma Communities of Practice
a. Cancer Care Ontario Guidelines for Adjuvant Therapy in Melanoma – Dec 11, 2019.
7. Speaker – Transition from Residency to Practice
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Program – Nov 20, 2019
8. Speaker – Surgical Approach melanoma taking into consideration Neo-adjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy
a. The Champlain LHIN – Nov 2019.
9. Speaker - Melanoma Communities of Practice
a. The Management of Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma – Sept 24, 2019.
10. Speaker - General Surgery Grand Rounds – CAGS Update Surgical Oncology
a. University of Ottawa, Division of General Surgery – Sept 18, 2019.
11. Chair - Abstract Session
a. University of Ottawa, Department of Surgery Research Collins Day – May 10, 2019.
12. Speaker - The Management of Gastric Cancer
a. The Ottawa Hospital – General campus, OR nursing in-service, March 13, 2019.
13. Speaker - Transition to Practice – A guide from Residency to Practice
a. The Ottawa Hospital – Nov 20th, 2019.
b. The Ottawa Hospital – March 6th, 2019.
14. Speaker and Panelist – Project Pulse Spark – Career session for University of Ottawa Students interested in Health Care
a. Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Jan 12, 2019.
15. Wolf - Wolves’ Den – Research Proposals Grant Competition
a. Department of Surgery Research Day – Ottawa, Ontario, Nov 29, 2018.
16. Chair - Abstract Session
a. University of Ottawa, General Surgery Research Day – Ottawa, Ontario, April 25, 2018.
17. Chair - Abstract Session
a. University of Ottawa, Department of Surgery Research Collins Day – May 11, 2018.
18. Speaker - Melanoma Communities of Practice
a. Wait Times in Melanoma and a Review of the literature – Jan 31, 2018.
19. Speaker - Gastric Cancer Communities of Practice
a. Diagnostic and Surgical Quality Indicators in Gastric Cancer – April 5th, 2018.
20. Speaker - The role of Biopsy for Retroperitoneal Sarcoma – Radiology Rounds
a. Ottawa, Ontario – March 28, 2018
21. Speaker/Professor - Carleton University Medical Sciences Career Day
a. Ottawa, Ontario – Oct 11, 2017
b. Ottawa, Ontario – Sept 28, 2016
22. Speaker - Beginning a research career - faculty appointment and establishing a research program – CIP Program
a. Ottawa, Ontario – Sept 18, 2017
23. Speaker - New Recommendations for Prophylactic Antibiotics in General Surgery
a. Peri-Operative Executive Committee, The Ottawa Hospital, Jan 26, 2017
24. Speaker - Melanoma: The Past, the Present and the Future
a. Family Medicine Cancer Conference Update – Ottawa, Ontario, Dec 9, 2016
25. Speaker - Dr. Mom – Women in Surgery
a. Federation of Medical Women, Ottawa, Ontario, November 3, 2016
26. Speaker - Surgical Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. The Ottawa Hospital Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Nursing Teaching Day – Nov 16, 2015
27. Speaker - Radioactive SEED localization for non-palpable breast tumours – a new approach
a. Civic OR Nurses In-Service – Ottawa, Ontario, March 4, 2105
b. General OR Nurses In-Service – Ottawa, Ontario, March 11, 2015
c. The Ottawa Hospital Executive Board – Ottawa, Ontario, April 8, 2015
d. WHBC Clinic Nurses In-Service – Ottawa, Ontario, April 13, 2015
e. General Surgery Grand Rounds – Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 16, 2016
f. Nuclear Medicine City Wide Rounds – Ottawa, Ontario, October 28, 2015
g. Civic PAU/SDCU Nurses In-Service – Ottawa, Ontario, Nov 2, 2015
h. General PAU/SDCU Nurses In-Service – Ottawa, Ontario, Nov 13, 2015
28. Speaker - Surveillance in Melanoma
a. Melanoma Multidisciplinary Case Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, July 16, 2015
29. Speaker/Debater - Debate – Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for operable Her-2 positive breast cancer
a. The Ottawa Hospital Breast Cancer Annual Retreat and Update – Ottawa, Ontario, November 20, 2014
30. Speaker - The Surgical Management of Melanoma
a. The Ottawa Hospital – General campus, OR nursing in-service, Jan 28, 2015
b. The Ottawa Hospital – Riverside campus, PACU nursing in-service, April 8, 2015
31. Speaker - Dr. Mom – Women in Surgery
a. Federation of Medical Women, Ottawa, Ontario, March 3, 2015
32. Speaker - Women in Surgery
a. Federation of Medical Women, Ottawa, Ontario, November 12, 2014
33. Speaker - Surgical Management of the Axilla for breast cancer in 2014 – presenter and panelist
a. Annual Ottawa Breast Imaging Update – Ottawa, Ontario, October 15-18, 2014
34. Speaker and Panelist - The Impact of Early diagnosis on surgical management of breast cancer
a. Annual Ottawa Breast Imaging Update – Ottawa, Ontario, October 15-18, 2014
35. Speaker - General Surgery as a Career
a. SEAD Program – Ottawa, ON, June 20, 2019, June 19, 2014; June 16, 2015; June 14, 2016
36. Speaker - Surgical Management of Breast cancer
a. Family Medicine Cancer Conference Update – Ottawa, Ontario, May 16, 2014
37. Speaker - Surgical Management of Melanoma – presentation and workshop
a. Family Medicine Cancer Conference Update – Ottawa, Ontario, May 16, 2014
38. Chair - Abstracts
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 23, 2014
39. Speaker - Ostomies: Anatomy, Physiology and Indications
a. The Ottawa Hospital – Surgical Ward nurses annual update – Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2014
40. Speaker - Locally advanced Melanoma: the Past, the Present and Future Perspectives
a. Dermatology City Wide Rounds – Ottawa, Ontario, Jan 23, 2014
b. General Surgery Grand Rounds – Ottawa, Ontario, Dec 11, 2013
41. Speaker - Peritoneal Carcinomatosis – Investigation and management electively and in an emergency
a. General Surgery Grand Rounds, Ottawa, Ontario, June 11, 2014
42. Speaker - Mastectomy and Reconstruction for Breast cancer and High-risk patients
a. Plastic Surgery City Wide Rounds – Ottawa, Ontario, Jan 15, 2014
43. Speaker - Breast Reconstruction Awareness day – The Surgical Oncologist’s perspective
a. The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Oct 16, 2013
b. The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Oct 15, 2014
c. The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Oct 21, 2015