Oral Presentations
Podium Presentations
International
1. Petrella TM, Mihalcioiu C, Nessim C, Spatz A, Watson I, Wright F. A Pilot Study of the neo-adjuvant use of vemurafenib plus cobimetinib in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma with palpable lymph node metastases
a. Submitted to ESMO 2022, Paris, France, Sept 9-13, 2022
b. Role: Local PI for Trial and Collaborating Author
2. Fiore M, Sarre C, Callegaro D, Straus D, Fairweather M, Raut CP, Nessim C, Gronchi A. Primary Pelvic Soft Tissue Sarcomas (PELVISARC): Outcomes in a series of 401 patients from the TARPSWG.
a. Submitted to CTOS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 15-19, 2022.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
3. Callegaro D, Baldi GG, Corn S, Dumitra S, Gladdy R, Kasper B, Nessim C, Pasquali S, Ruspi L, Samà L, Schrage Y, Smith M, Spolverato G, Trent J, van der Hage J, Rutkowski P, Farma JM. Promoting Global Education in the Field of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: The First Open-Access Educational Webinar Series byt the TransAtlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group.
a. Submitted to CTOS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 15-19, 2022.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
4. Mack T, Dingley B, Wong B, Purgina B, Nessim C. Prevalence and Prognostic Value of Targetable Receptors in Extra-Uterine Leiomyosarcoma
a. Submitted to CTOS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 15-19, 2022.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
5. Fairweather M, Sulciner M, Garcia Ortega DY, Ford SJ, Iwata S, Nizri E, Quagliuolo V, Krakorova D, Nessim C, Rutkowski P, Cardona K, Wagner M, Porpiglia AS, Johnston F, Gyorki DE, Vincenzi B, =, Attila K, Kramer S, Blazer D, Tseng WW, Albertsmeier M, González JA, Hompes D, Wang J, Swallow CJ, Gronchi A, Raut CP. Conversion od Retroperitoneal Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma to Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma: A TARPSWG Natural History Study.
a. Submitted to CTOS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 15-19, 2022.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
6. Delibasic V, Coburn N, Nessim C, Hamilton T, Gervais M-K, Brar S, Cheung W, Schiller D. Development of the Canadian National Gastric Cancer Database. Submitted to International Gastric Cancer Association Annual Meeting, Houston Texas, March 2022
7. Noh S, Nessim C, Keung EZ, Strauss D, Cananzi FCM, Chen J, Ford SJ, Rutkowski P, Pennacchioli E, Cardona K, Hompes D, Kollár A, Vassos N, Raut CP, Krakorova DA, Quildrian SD, Perhavec A, Nizri E, Farma JM, Vincenzi B, Lopez JAG, Iwata S, Kim T, Tolomeo F, Snow H, Tzanis D, Nikulin M, Gronchi A, and Sicklick JK. The Natural History of Ganglioneuroma: An International Study by the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, Nov 11-13, 2021
b. Role: Second Author and local PI and supervisor
8. Corn S, Rolland C, Nessim C, Freeman C, Dumitra S. Data Dissemination of the Role of Neoadjuvant Radiation in Sarcoma
a. Society Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, March 18-19, 2021
b. Role: Collaborating Author
9. A Quest for the Lost Tribe: Surgical Management of AJCC IB Melanoma with the Advent of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy
a. Society Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, March 18-19, 2021
b. Role: Collaborating Author
10. Brandts-Longtin O, Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Dobransky J, McDonald T, Boulva K, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. The association between socioeconomic status and survival outcomes for melanoma in Canada
a. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois (now virtual), Oct 4-8, 2020.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
11. Nessim C, Raut CP, Callegaro D, Barretta F, Miceli R, Rutkowski P, Blay J-Y, Lahat G. Strauss DC, Gonzalez R, Ahuja N, Grignani G, Quagliuolo V, Stoeckle E, de Paoli A, Pillarisetty V, Swallow CJ, Canter R, Mullen J, Gelderblom HJ, Pennacchioli E, van Coevorden F, Cardona K, Fiore M, Fariweather M, Gronchi, Bagaria SP. An Analysis on Change in Differentiation at the time of first recurrence of Retropritoneal Liposarcoma by the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
12. Nessim C. Ibrahim AM, Le May M, Bosse D, Marginean H, Song X, Ong M. Impact of Imaging Intensity and Survival Outcomes in High-Risk Resected Melanoma Treated by Systemic Therapy at Recurrence.
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Before last Author, Presenter
13. Frenda G, Baker L, Zhang Y, Nessim C. Use of a Skin Bridge Incision and Prophylactic Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Associated with Reduction in Surgical Site Infection Following Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection.
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
14. Keller B, Laight B, Varette O, Broom A, Wedge ME, McSweeney B, Cemeus C, Petryk J, Lo B, Burns B, Nessim C, Ong M, Chica RA, Atkins HL, Diallo JS, Ilkow CS, Bell JC. Bridging Pathology and Personalized Oncology: Model Development, Drug Discovery, and Clinical Correlation in BRAF-K601N Melanoma
a. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, Feb 29-March 5, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19).
b. Role: Collaborating Author
15. Nessim C, Raut CP, Callegaro D, Barretta F, Miceli R, Rutkowski P, Blay J-Y, Strauss DC, Gonzalez R, Ahuja N, Grignani G, Quagliuolo V, Stoeckle E, de Paoli A, Pillarisetty V, Swallow CJ, Bagaria SP, Canter R, Mullen J, Gelderblom HJ, Pennacchioli E, van Coevorden F, Cardona K, Fiore M, Fariweather M, Gronchi A, Lahat G. Postoperative Morbidity after Resection of Recurrent Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: A report from the Transatlantic Australasian RPS Working Group (TARPSWG).
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 13-16, 2019.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
16. van Houdt W, Fiore M, Barretta F, Rutkowski P, Blay JY, Lahat G, Strauss DC, Gonzalez R, Ahuja N, Grignani G, Quagliuolo V, Stoeckle E, De Paoli A, Pillarisetty VG, Nessim C, Swallow CJ, Bagaria SP, Canter R, Mullen J, Gelderblom HJ, Pennacchioli E, van Coevorden F, Cardona K, Callegaro D, Fairweather M, Miceli R, Raut CP, Gronchi A and RA Gladdy. Patterns of Recurrence and Survival Rates following Second Relapse of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: A study from TARPSWG.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 13-16, 2019.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
17. Flaman A, Nessim C, Gravel D, Teo I , Purgina B. Utility of Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Fifteen Year Review.
a. United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 17-23, 2018. (Modern Pathology. 2018;31(2):774.)
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
18. Raut CP, Callegaro D, Barretta F, Rutkowski P, Blay J-Y, Lahat G, Strauss DC, Gonzalez R, Ahuja N, Grignani G, Quagliuolo V, Stoeckle E, de Paoli A, Pillarisetty V, Nessim C, Swallow CJ, Bagaria S, Canter R, Mullen J, Gelderblom HJ, Pennacchioli E, van Coevorden F, Cardona K, Miceli R, Gronchi A. Predicting Survival in patients undergoing resection for locoregionally recurrent retroperitoneal sarcoma: A study and nomogram from the Trans-Atlantic Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2017.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
19. Zhang Y, Cordeiro E, Seely J, Hefler J, Gravel D, Smylie J, Aro J, Nessim C. Radioactive Seed Localization vs. Wire-Guided Localization for non-palpable breast cancer: A Cost and OR efficiency analysis.
a. American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 29, 2017 (Ann Surg Oncol (2017);24(2):S203-528).
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
20. Berger-Richardson D, Nessim C, Burtenshaw S, Gladdy R, Gronchi A, Fiore M, Swallow C. Early and Late Complications of Percutaneous Biopsy of Retroperitoneal Masses at Three Tertiary Sarcoma Centers
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 7-8, 2018.
b. Role: Second Author and local PI and supervisor
21. Berger-Richardson D, Nessim C, Burtenshaw S, Gladdy R, Gronchi A, Fiore M, Swallow C. Early and Late Complications of Percutaneous Biopsy of Retroperitoneal Masses at Three Tertiary Sarcoma Centers
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 15-18, 2017 (Ann Surg Oncol (2017) 24:S6–S202. DOI 10.1245/s10434-017-5785-7)
b. Role: Second Author and local PI and supervisor
22. Ibrahim A, Bryanton M, Nessim C, Ong M. The Impact of Symptoms at Metastatic Recurrence on Treatment Outcomes for Patients under Surveillance for Early-Stage Melanoma
a. 11th Canadian Melanoma Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, Feb 2-5, 2017
b. Role: Collaborating and Before Last Author and Supervisor
23. Nessim C, Law C, McConnell Y, Shachar S, McKinnon G, Wright F. How often do Level III nodes bear melanoma metastases and does it affect patient outcomes?
a. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 82nd Annual Scientific Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, May 6-10, 2013. (ANZ J. Surg. 2013; 83 (Suppl. 1) 98–104)
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
24. Nessim C, Law C, McConnell Y, Shachar S, McKinnon G, Wright F. How often do Level III nodes bear melanoma metastases and does it affect patient outcomes?
a. Canadian Melanoma Conference, Banff, Alberta, February 21-24, 2013.
b. Role: First Author
25. Nessim C, Law C, McConnell Y, Shachar S, McKinnon G, Wright F. How often do Level III nodes bear melanoma metastases and does it affect patient outcomes?
a. Society of Surgical Oncology 65th Annual Cancer Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March 21-25, 2012. (Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 19(Suppl 1): 1. doi:10.1245/s10434-012-2244-3).
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
26. Nessim C, Trop I, Robidoux A, Julian TB, Mamounas T, Boileau JF. Can MRI accurately identify which patients with operable breast cancer will have a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy? Citations: 17
a. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 82nd Annual Scientific Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, May 6-10, 2013. (ANZ J. Surg. 2013; 83 (Suppl. 1) 7–16)
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
National
27. Ivankovic V, Delisle M, Stacey D, Abou-Khalil J, Balaa F, Bertens KA, Dingley B, Martel G, McAlpine K, Nessim C, Tadros S, Carrier M, Auer RC. Beta testing of a risk-stratified patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for post-operative extended thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery for cancer (TPDA Study).
a. Canadian Surgical Forum 2022 – Toronto, Ontario, Sept 14-17, 2022
b. Role: Collaborating Author
28. Delisle M, Dingley B, Nessim C on behalf of the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative. Survival among patients with Stage III and Stage IV Merkel Cell Carcinoma of known vs. unknown primary origin: A Multi-Insitutional Study of the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative.
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual, April 29, 2022.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
29. Dingley B, Li H, Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Nessim C. Palliative bowel surgery in metastatic cancer patients: development of a prediction model for successful surgical palliation
a. Canadian Society Surgical Oncology Annual Spring Meeting – converted to Virtual online, 2021.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
30. Apte SS, Radonjic A, Wong B, Dingley B, Boulva K, Purgina B, Chatterjee A, Ramsay T, Nessim C. Radiopathologic Size Discrepancy of Gastric GISTs: Implications for Surveillance.
a. Canadian Society Surgical Oncology Annual Spring Meeting – converted to Virtual online, 2021.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
31. Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, Dobransky J, Boulva K, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. Predictors of false negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
a. Canadian Society Surgical Oncology Annual Spring Meeting – converted to Virtual online., 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
32. Wong B, Tirotta F, Parente A, Apte S, Mathieu J, Ford S, Desai A, Almond LM, Nessim C. Is Peri-Operative Blood Transfusion a Predictor of Outcome after Resection of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. Canadian Society Surgical Oncology Annual Spring Meeting – converted to Virtual online, 2020.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
33. Grose E, Li H, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, McDonald T, Nessim C, Johnson-Obaseki S. Adherence to quality indicators in the surgical management of head and neck melanoma
a. 74th Canadian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting, Nov 7-10, 2020
b. Role: Co-Senior Author and Supervisor
34. Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, Dobransky J, McDonald T, Boulva K, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. The association between socioeconomic status and survival outcomes for melanoma in Canada
a. Canadian Dermatology Association Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, June 24-27, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
35. Dingley B, Johnson-Obaseki S, Paull G, Ibrahim AM, Rodriguez-Qizilbash S, Berger-Richardson D, Sabri E, Younan R, Hétu J, Wright F, Nessim C. The Treatment and Outcome of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in the last 15 years: a Multi-Institutional Study.
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, April 27, 2018. (Can J Surg Vol. 61 (3 Suppl 1), June 2018)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
36. Gawad N, Ibrahim A, Duffy M, Raiche I, Nessim C. Going beyond the numerical scoresheet: identifying narcissistic traits in residency applicants
a. International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct 18-20, 2018
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
37. Zhang Y, Cordeiro E, Seely J, Hefler J, Gravel D, Smylie J, Aro J, Nessim C. Radioactive Seed Localization vs. Wire-Guided Localization for non-palpable breast cancer: A Cost and OR efficiency analysis.
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Sept 14-16, 2017 (CJS Vol. 60 (4 Suppl 1) August/août 2017. DOI: 10.1503/cjs.010417).
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
38. Zhang Y, Cordeiro E, Seely J, Hefler J, Gravel D, Smylie J, Aro J, Nessim C. Radioactive Seed Localization vs. Wire-Guided Localization for non-palpable breast cancer: A Cost and OR efficiency analysis.
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 28, 2017 (CJS Vol. 60 (3 Suppl 1) June/juin 2017. DOI: 10.1503/cjs.005717).
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
39. Zhang Y, Cordeiro E, Seely J, Hefler J, Gravel D, Smylie J, Aro J, Nessim C. Radioactive Seed Localization vs. Wire-Guided Localization for non-palpable breast cancer: A Cost and OR efficiency analysis.
a. Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 23, 2017.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
40. Crawford, Nessim C, Weaver J, van Walraven C. Association of wait time to surgical management with overall survival in Ontarians with melanoma.
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Sept 17-19, 2015. (Can J Surg, Vol. 58, (4 Supple 2), August 2015—Abstracts, p. S229
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
41. Head L, Nessim C, Boyd KU. Innovative model to optimize resource utilization and improve access to care for high-risk/BRCA+ breast cancer patients.
a. Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Victoria, British Columbia, June 2-6, 2015. (Can J Plast Surg Vol 23 No 2 Summer 2015, p. 137
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
42. Nessim C, Law C, McConnell Y, Shachar S, McKinnon G, Wright F. How often do Level III nodes bear melanoma metastases and does it affect patient outcomes?
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 27, 2012.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
43. Nessim C, Blackstein M, Gladdy R. Desmoid Case Presentation with guest speaker Dr. Shreyaskumar Patel from MD Anderson.
a. Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 29, 2011.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
44. Nessim C, Fourati, S., Robidoux, A., Mader, S. The Development of a PCR genetic predictive tool for the response to hormone therapy in breast cancer.
a. Montreal Biomarker Forum, Montreal, Québec, February 25, 2010.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
45. Nessim C, Sidéris L, Turcotte S, Vafiadis P, Lapostole AC, Simard S, Koch P, Fortier LP, Dubé P. The effect of fluid overload in the presence of an epidural on the strength of colonic anastomoses.
a. 38th annual meeting of the Quebec Surgical Association. La Malbaie, Québec, June 1st, 2007.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
Local
1. Delisle M, Dingley B, Nessim C on behalf of the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative. Survival among patients with Stage III and Stage IV Merkel Cell Carcinoma of known vs. unknown primary origin: A Multi-Insitutional Study of the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative.
a. Collins Day Department of Surgery Research Day,, Virtual, May 13, 2022.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
2. Martel AB, Stevenson J, Abou-Khalil J, Nessim C. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 21, 2021
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
3. Li H, Dingley B, Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Nessim C. Palliative Bowel surgery, are we helping patients?
a. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, November 6, 2020.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
4. Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, Dobransky J, Boulva K, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. Predictors of false negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
a. 2020 uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Virtual Research Day, Sept 25, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
5. Apte SS, Radonjic A, Wong B, Dingley B, Boulva K, Purgina B, Chatterjee A, Ramsay T, Nessim C. Radiopathologic Size Discrepancy of Gastric GISTs: Implications for Surveillance.
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
6. Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, Dobransky J, Boulva K, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. Predictors of false negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
7. Lee A, Grose E, Li H, Brandts-Longtin O, Wang H, Boulva K, Johnson-Obaseki, Nessim C. Impact of positive biopsy margins on Residual Melanoma upon Wide Local Excision and Survival
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
8. Seo C, Beltrano J, Boulva K, Tadros S, Maziak D, Nessim C and Apte S. Completeness of Gastric Cancer Pathology Reports – The case for Synoptic Reporting
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Co-Senior Author and Supervisor
9. Wong B, Tirotta F, Parente A, Apte S, Mathieu J, Ford S, Desai A, Almond LM, Nessim C. Is Peri-Operative Blood Transfusion a Predictor of Outcome after Resection of Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
10. Sigler G, Stuleanu T, Boulva K, Nessim C. Mutational Distribution of Malignant Melanoma in the Canadian Population: A study from the Canadian Melanoma Research Network
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
11. Frenda G, Baker L, Nessim C. A cost-utility analysis of incisional negative pressure therapy to reduce lymphedema and surgical site infections following groin lymphadenectomy
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 24, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
12. Li H, Dingley B, Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Nessim C. Palliative Bowel surgery, are we helping patients?
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 24, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
13. Flaman AN, Nessim C, Gravel DH, Teo I, Purgina B. The Utility of Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Fifteen Year Review
a. University of Ottawa, Department of Pathology Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, Feb14, 2018.
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
14. Dingley B, Johnson-Obaseki S, Paull G, Ibrahim AM, Rodriguez-Qizilbash S, Berger-Richardson D, Sabri E, Younan R, Hétu J, Wright F, Nessim C. The Treatment and Outcome of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in the last 15 years: a Multi-Institutional Study.
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 25, 2018.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
15. Gawad N, Ibrahim A, Duffy M, Raiche I, Nessim C. Going beyond the numerical scoresheet: identifying narcissistic traits in residency applicants
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 26, 2017
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
16. Zhang Y, Cordeiro E, Seely J, Hefler J, Gravel D, Smylie J, Aro J, Nessim C. Radioactive Seed Localization vs. Wire-Guided Localization for non-palpable breast cancer: A Cost and OR efficiency analysis.
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 26, 2017
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
17. Crawford, Nessim C, Weaver J, van Walraven C. Association of wait time to surgical management with overall survival in Ontarians with melanoma.
a. University of Ottawa General Surgery Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, April 22, 2015
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
18. Nessim C, Law C, McConnell Y, Shachar S, McKinnon G, Wright F. How often do Level III nodes bear melanoma metastases and does it affect patient outcomes?
a. University of Toronto Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, May 24, 2012.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
19. Nessim C, Trop I, Robidoux A, Julian TB, Mamounas T, Boileau JF. Can MRI accurately identify which patients with operable breast cancer will have a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy?
a. University of Toronto Surgical Oncology Research Day. Toronto, Ontario, Feb 24, 2012
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
20. Nessim C, Fourati, S., Robidoux, A., Mader, S. The Development of a PCR genetic predictive tool for the response to hormone therapy in breast cancer.
a. University of Toronto Surgical Oncology Research Day. Toronto, Ontario, Feb 23, 2011.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter
21. Nessim C, Garneau P. Giant Splenic Pseudocyst: Laparoscopy (Video Session).
a. Scientific Symposium of the Université de Montréal Department of Surgery, Montreal, Québec, April 16-17, 2007
b. Role: First author, Presenter
22. Nessim C, Sidéris L, Turcotte S, Vafiadis P, Lapostole AC, Simard S, Koch P, Fortier LP, Dubé P. The effect of fluid overload in the presence of an epidural on the strength of colonic anastomoses.
a. Scientific Symposium of the Université de Montréal Department of Surgery, Montreal, Québec, April 27-28, 2006.
b. Role: First Author, Presenter