CSCRS Awards
The “Dr. Robin McLeod” Award is presented to the best Resident research podium presentation and the prize is in the amount of $500.00. The CSCRS Award is bestowed annually at the Canadian Surgery Forum to recognize the “Best Paper” in colorectal surgery.
Past Winners
2019 Best Poster
Dr. Marylise Boutros
Treatment Failure After Conservative Management of Acute Diverticulitis: A Nationwide Readmission Database Analysis
2019 Best Podium
Dr. Dr. Marylise Boutros
A North American Single-Blinded Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial for Outpatient Non-Antibiotic Management of Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis (MUD TRIAL): Feasibility and Lessons Learned
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2018 Best Poster
Dr. Sepehr Khorasani
Non operative management compared to radical resection of locally advanced rectal cancer following complete clinical response: A Markov decision analysis
2018 Best Podium
Dr. Aristithes Doumouras
The effect of simethicone on postoperative ileus in patients undergoing colorectal surgery (SPOT), a randomized controlled trial
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2017 Best Podium
Dr. Basheer Elsolh
Comparison of Conflict of Interests between Robotic and Non-Robotic Surgery Studies in Colorectal Surgery: A Case-Control Study
2017 Best Poster
Dr. Nathalie Wong-Chong
Right sided colectomies for diverticulitis have worse outcomes compared to left sided colectomies for diverticulitis: An ACS NSQIP Analysis of predictors and outcomes
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2015 Dr. Robin McLeod Award
Dr. Oluwatomilayo Daodu
Definitive Management of Fistula-in-ano Using Draining Setons
2015 Best Poster
Dr. Richard Garfinkle
Diverticular Abscess Managed by Long Term Definitive Non-operative Intent Is Safe
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2014 Best Paper
Dr. Richard Garfinkle
Tumor Budding Predicts Recurrence After Curative Resection for T2N0 Colorectal Cancer
2014 Best Poster Award
Dr. Christine Keng
Rate of positive circumferential radial margins in rectal cancer is dependent on pathologist
and surgeon performance, and on the definition of a positive CRM: data from Local Health Integration Network 4
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2010
Dr. Devon Richardson
Self Reported Patterns of Rectal Cancer among General Surgeons in Canada
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2009
Dr. Sean Forbes
LongTerm Outcomes in Young Adult Survivors of Colorectal Cancer
Dr. Cagla Eskicioglu
The Use of Tailored Knowledge Translation Strategy to Change Bowel Preparation Practices
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2008
Dr. Heather Redstone
The effects of glucagon-like peptide 2 & GLP-2 mimetibody on colonic anastomotic healing in a hypoxic rat model
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2006
Dr. George Zogopoulos
Characterization of Germline EPHB2 Variants in Familial Colorectal Cancer