Poster Presentations
International
1. Delisle M, Dingley B, Nessim C on behalf of the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative. Prognostic and Therapeutic Value of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative
a. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, June 3-7, 2022.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
2. Schmitz E, Apte S, Nessim C. Absence of Benefit of Routine Surveillance in Very Low and Low Risk Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
a. Society Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 9-12. 2022
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
3. Walker R, Look Hong NJ, Moncrieff M, van Akkoi ACJ, Jost E, Nessim C, vanHoudt WJ, Stahlie EHA, Seo C, Quan ML, McKinnon JG, Wright FC, Mavros MN. Predictors of sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with thin melanoma: An international Multi-institutional collaboration.
a. The Society of Melanoma Research, Virtual Meeting, Oct 28-31, 2021
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
4. 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. Society Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, March 18-19, 2021
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
5. Wong B, Tirotta F, Apte SS, Parente A, Mathieu J, Ford S, Desai A, Almond M, Nessim C. Histology and Tumour Biology are More Important in Predicting Overall Survival than Margins of Resection.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 19-21, 2020.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
6. Dumitra S, Bagaria SP, Swallow C, Raut C, Fairweather M, Cananzi F, Grignani G, Hompes D, Ford S, Nessim C, Skocylas J, Rutkowski P, Bonvalot S, Gabriel E, Pennacchioli E, Albertsmeier M, Canter R, Pollock R, Grignol V, Cardona K, Gambora A, Novak M, Stoeckle E, Almquist M, Ahuja N, Van Houdt W, Goel M, Patkar S, Gyorki D, Gangi A, Rastrelli M, Gelderblom H, Schrage Y, Valeri S, Conti L, Gronchi A, Fiore M. The Outcomes of Pelvic Sarcomas: an analysis by the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 19-21, 2020.
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
7. Swallow CJ, Strauss D, Bonvalot S, Rutkowski P, Desai A, Gladdy R, Gonzalez R, Gyorki DE, Fairweather M, van Houdt WJ, Stoeckle E, Park JB, Albertsmeier M, Nessim C, Cardona K, Fiore M, Hayes A, Tzanis D, Skoczylas J, Ford SJ, Ng D, Mullinax JE, Snow H, Haas RL, Callegaro D, Smith MJ, Bouhadiba T, Stachiotti S, Jones RL, DeLaney T, Roland CL, Raut CP, Gronchi A on behalf of the Trans-Atlantic Australasian RPS Working Group. Development of an Updated International Consensus on the Management of Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma (RPS) by TARPSWG
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Virtual, Nov 19-21, 2020.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
8. 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. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, Oct 4-8, 2020. (now Virtual)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
9. Nessim C, Purgina B, Ambacher, Dobransky J, Berger-Richardson D, Burtenshaw S, Ibrahim AM, Gladdy R, Auer R, Swallow CJ. Quality Measures to Improve the Diagnostic Yield and Accuracy of Image-guided Biopsy of a Suspicious Retroperitoneal (RP) Mass
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: First Author and Presenter
10. 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. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
11. 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. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
12. 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. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
13. Bagaria SP, Swallow C, Raut C, Fairweather M, Cananzi F, Grignani G, Hompes D, Ford S, Nessim C, Skocylas J, Rutkowski P, Bonvalot S, Gabriel E, Pennacchioli E, Albertsmeier M, Canter R, Pollock R, Grignol V, Cardona K, Gambora A, Novak M, Stoeckle E, Almquist M, Ahuja N, Van Houdt W, Goel M, Patkar S, Gyorki D, Gangi A, Rastrelli M, Gelderblom H, Schrage Y, Valeri S, Conti L, Fiore M, Gronchi A. Postoperative pancreatic fistula following distal pancreatectomy for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma: an analysis by the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
14. Mavros M, Moncrieff M, Nessim C, Look-Hong N, Wright F. Predictors of sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with thin melanoma: early results from a multi-institutional collaborative.
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Aug 17-20, 2020 (Virtual)
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
15. Tseng WW, Baretta F, Conti L, Grignani G, Tolomeo F, Albertsmeier M, Angele MK, Rutkowski P, Skoczylas J, DePaoli A, Navarria F, Hu JS, Raut CP, Fairweather M, Farma JM, Nessim C, Goel N, Subhawong T. Grignol VP, Gronchi A. Defining the role of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in high-risk retroperitoneal sarcoma: A multi-institutional TARPSWG study.
a. ASCO Annual Meeting, Virtual due to COVID-19, May 29-31, 2020.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
16. Medor MC, Ibrahim AM, Momtazi M, Nessim C. LYMPHA: Eliminating the Burden of Lymphedema in Cancer Patients Requiring Nodal Dissections. A Pilot Study
a. NCCN Annual Conference, Postponed due to COVID-19, March 20-21, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
17. Boulva K, Li H, Grose E, Lee A, Brandts-Longtin O, Dobransky J, Jonhson-Obaseki S, Nessim C. Predictors of false negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
a. 14th Canadian Melanoma Conference, Banff, Calgary, Feb 19-22, 2020
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
18. Tseng WW, Baretta F, Conti L, Grignani G, Tolomeo F, Albertsmeier M, Angele MK, Rutkowski P, Skoczylas J, DePaoli A, Navarria F, Hu JS, Raut CP, Fairweather M, Farma JM, Nessim C, Goel N, Subhawong T. Grignol VP, Gronchi A. Defining the role of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in high-risk retroperitoneal sarcoma: A multi-institutional TARPSWG study.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 13-16, 2019.
b. Role: Collaborating Author
19. 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. Relevance of the AJCC 8th edition for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in the Canadian Setting.
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 27-30, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
20. Ong M, Le May M, Song XN, Marginean H, Ibrahim A, Nessim C. The Impact of Surveillance-detected Metastatic Recurrence on Treatment Outcomes of high-risk Melanoma
a. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, June 1-5, 2018. (JCO. 2018;36(15): e21612. Doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.e21612
b. Role: Collaborating and Before Last Author and Supervisor
21. Flaman A, Nessim C, Teo I, Gravel D, Purgina B. Utility of Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Fifteen Year Review.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, Nov 15-17, 2018.
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
22. Flaman A, Nessim C, Teo I, Gravel D, Purgina B. Utility of Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Fifteen Year Review.
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 7-8, 2018.
b. Role: Second Author and Supervisor
23. El-Sayed S, Bhattacharya G, Tsang M, Buchanan P, Nessim C. Patterns of Presentations, Outcome of Treatment and Pattern of Failure of Patients with Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs): 10 Years’ experience in a Tertiary Care Center.
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 7-8, 2018.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
24. Sulaiman A, Arnaout A, Gadde S, McGaryy S, Nessim C, Wang L. Therapeutic potential of nanoparticle encapsulated wnt and yap inhibitors using patient derived xenograft models for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer.
a. 25th Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 June – 3 July 2018 (DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-EACR25.455)
b. Role: Collaborating Author
25. Pang G, Paull G, Dobransky J, Look Hong N, Kagedan D. Nessim C and Wright F. Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Regional Metastasis to Axilla or Groin Lymph Nodes: An Analysis of Outcomes.
a. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
26. 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. Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 21-24, 2018.
b. Role: Senior Author and Presenter
27. Monteiro de Barros J, Rintoul-Hood O, Chetan M, Massey R, Nessim C, Swallow C, Myles S, VanHoudt W, Cardona K, Gronchi A and Ford S. A Multi-Centre Retrospective Study of 408 Retroperitoneal, Abdominal and Pelvic Schwannomas: An interim report on future recommendations for management and surveillance.
a. Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2017.
b. Role: Collaborating Author and local PI and supervisor
28. Nessim C, Carty K, El-Sayed S. IMRT delivery of preoperative, high dose radiotherapy to a large volume, with Simultaneous Integrated Boost (SIB) in retroperitoneal sarcomas: The Ottawa experience
a. Toronto International Sarcoma Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 10, 2016
b. Role: First author, Presenter
29. 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. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, June 1-5, 2012. (J Clin Oncol 30, 2012 (suppl; abstr 616)
b. Role: First author, Presenter
30. Nessim C, Winocour J, Holloway DP, Saskin R, Holloway CM. Wait times for breast cancer surgery: effect of magnetic resonance imaging and preoperative investigations on the diagnostic pathway
a. American Society of Breast Surgeons 14th Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, May 1-6, 2012. (Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 19(Suppl 2): 181. doi:10.1245/s10434-012-2344-0)
b. Role: First author, Presenter
National
31. 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. A personalized approach to BRAFK601N melanoma: model development, drug discovery, and clinical correlation
a. Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network, Ottawa, Ontario, Oct 7, 2019
b. Role: Collaborating Author
32. Li H, Dingley B, Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Nessim C. Palliative Bowel surgery, are we helping patients?
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Sept 5-7, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
33. Gupta S, Nessim C. Assessing the Role of a Right Hemicolectomy in the management of appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours at a Tertiary Care Centre
a. Canadian Digestive Diseases Week, Banff, Alberta, March 1-3, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
34. 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 Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
35. Pang G, Paull G, Dobransky J, Look Hong N, Kagedan D. Nessim C and Wright F. Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Regional Metastasis to Axilla or Groin Lymph Nodes: An Analysis of Outcomes.
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, St-John’s, Newfoundland, Sept 13-15, 2018.
b. Role: Co-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. 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
37. Yu A, Tran A, Nessim C, Ong M. Neoadjuvant therapy for stage III-IV melanoma: a systematic review of the literature and evaluation of future prospects
a. Canadian Surgical Forum (CAGS) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Sept 10, 2016 (Can J Surg, Vol. 59, (4 Supple 1) - August 2016 – Abstracts, p. S141)
b. Role: Collaborating Author and Supervisor
38. Nessim C, Girouard MH. Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: a case report.
a. 38th annual meeting of the Quebec Surgical Association. La Malbaie, Quebec, June 1st, 2007.
b. Role: First author, Presenter
Local
39. Li H, Dingley B Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Baker L, Nessim C. Palliative bowel surgery in metastatic cancer patients: development of a prediction model for successful surgical palliation.
a. University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept 25, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
40. 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, Department of Surgery Collins Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, May 10, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
41. Li H, Dingley B, Dobransky J, Brandts-Longtin O, Nessim C. Palliative Bowel surgery, are we helping patients?
a. University of Ottawa, Department of Surgery Collins Research Day, Ottawa, Ontario, May 10, 2019.
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
42. 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, Department of Surgery Collins Day, Ottawa, Ontario, May 12, 2017
b. Role: Senior Author and Supervisor
43. Nessim C, Winocour J, Holloway DP, Saskin R, Holloway CM. Wait times for breast cancer surgery: effect of magnetic resonance imaging and preoperative investigations on the diagnostic pathway
a. University of Toronto Annual Assembly of General Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, May 24, 2012.
b. Role: First author, Presenter