2025 ANESTHESIA RESEARCH DAY
A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALHOUSIE PAIN NETWORK

08:30 - 08:45

REGISTRATION &
COFFEE

[Convention Hall Pre-Function]
[Room C4]

08:45 - 09:00

OPENING REMARKS

[Room C4]

Dr. Hilary MacCormick

Event Facilitation

Dr. Janice Chisholm

Department Opening Remarks

Dr. Christian Lehmann

Welcome Address

Dr. André Bernard

Land Acknowledgement

Dr. Javeria Hashmi

Keynote Introduction

09:00 - 10:00

ANESTHESIA KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

[Room C4]

Dr. Karim Ladha

Opioids, Cannabis and Psychedelics: Important Therapeutics or Just Getting High?
(15 minutes for Q&A)

10:00 - 10:20

MORNING BREAK

[Room C4]

10:20 - 10:45

PRESENTATIONS: START WITH THE FOUNDATION!

[6min presentation + 4min Q&A, Room C4]

Grad - PhD

1. Bashir Bietar

CB2R agonism is Neuroprotective and Protects Against Immune Dysregulation Post-Stroke

Undergrad - BSc

2. Pouria Abdolmohammadi

Exploring Propofol's Role in Modulating Microglial Immune Response

10:45 - 11:45

PRESENTATIONS: THE FUN IS IN THE LEARNING!

[6min presentation + 4min Q&A, Room C4]

Resident

3. Jinessa Lane

Viability of an Anesthesiologist and Anesthesia Assistant Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Program

Resident

4. Clémence Côté

Expanding and Organizing the VAST Scenario Bank to Enhance Global Anesthesia Education

Undergrad - BSc

5. Zoe Takacs

A Pragmatic Observational Study of Anesthetic Gas Flows and Waste Generation: A Comparison of the Memsorb™ Reusable CO2 Filter with Standard Disposable CO2 Absorbers

Fellow

6. Loran Morrison

Knowledge and Attitudes of Anesthesiologists surrounding Perioperative Care for Lactating Patients: A Survey

Undergrad - BSc

7. Tom Lorenz

Measurement of Extubation Forces Generated by Inflated Versus Deflated Tracheal Tube Cuffs in a Porcine Model

11:45 - 12:45

LUNCH BREAK

[Room C5]

12:00 - 12:45

TRAINEE NETWORKING SESSION WITH KEYNOTES

[Pick-up Lunch Room C5; Meeting Room 106]

All Trainees

Please join keynote speakers for a networking session. Space is limited. RSVP required.

12:45 - 13:30

COLLABORATIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS

[Room C1/C2]

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Applied artificial intelligence in healthcare
(15 minutes for Q&A)

13:30 - 14:00

3-D PRESENTATIONS: A SPOTLIGHT ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ANESTHESIA, OPHTHALMOLOGY AND SURGERY

[7min presentation + 3min Q&A, Room C1/C2]

Surgery

Vibha Gaonkar

Predicting programming thresholds in subthalamic nucleus deep brain simulation using intraoperative motor evoke potentials: General vs local anesthesia

Anesthesia

Parnian Hosseini

Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery at the QEII - Initial Phase and Baseline Data

Ophthalmology

Ellen Zhou

Proteomic analyses for different stages of primary open angle glaucoma – A pilot study of 8000 markers with stringent criteria

14:00 - 14:15

Buffer for Room Change

14:15 - 15:15

PRESENTATIONS: LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK!

[6min presentation + 4min Q&A, Room C4]

Resident

8. Kevin Choi

A Three-year Retrospective Review of Intrathecal Chloroprocaine Use After Its Re-introduction To A Tertiary Referral Center In Canada

Resident

9. Stella Kang

Pneumothorax Rates Following Cardiac Surgery With and Without Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Resident

10. Tommy Zhang

Assessment of the Effectiveness of An Anesthesia Clinic Care Directive for NT-proBNP Testing Before Elective Non-cardiac Surgery

Undergrad - MD

11. Kennedy Brittain

Mode of Anesthesia and Post-partum Discharge: A Secondary Analysis of a Historical Population-based Cohort

Resident

12. Michelle Trenholm

Impact Of Desflurane Removal From Anesthetic Workstations On Volatile Purchasing Trends At A Single Center

15:15 - 15:30

AFTERNOON BREAK

15:30 - 16:40

PRESENTATIONS: WHAT ABOUT PAIN?

[6min presentation + 4min Q&A, Room C4]

Resident

13. Jensen Doucet

A Review of Botulinum Toxin-A Prescribing Practices for the Management of Chronic Migraine in the QEII Pain Management Unit

Grad - PhD

14. Jennika Veinot

PTSD Impairs Working Memory Systems and Disrupts Pain Regulation Pathways in Chronic Pain

Grad - MSc

15. Alireza Aleali

High Chronic Pain Severity Is Linked With Abnormalities In Expectation-driven Pain Modulation And In Periaqueductal Gray Connectivity

Undergrad - BSc

16. Rafiah Mir

Sex & Gender Differences in Chronic Pain Experiences: Moving Beyond Binary Sex Classifications

Grad - MSc

17. Cameron Calder

Large-scale Brain Networks Increase In Integration With High Prediction Error During Pain Processing

Undergrad - BSc

18. Isabelle LeBlanc

Does Hypervigilance And Associated Neural Circuitry Alter The Effects Of Expectations On Pain?

Undergrad - BSc

19. Abbygael Columbus

New ICD11 category of nociplastic chronic pain is related to PTSD symptoms

16:40 - 16:45

EVALUATION SURVEYS

https://nsanesthesia.ca/s/research-day-evaluation

16:40 - 17:00

WINE & CHEESE SOCIAL

[Room C5]

17:00 - 17:30

AWARD PRESENTATIONS & CLOSING REMARKS

[Room C5]