2024 Winners

Award for Best Abstract in Ambulatory Anesthesia

Dr Hui Yu Zhang

University of Manitoba

Predicting quality of early postoperative recovery following interscalene block for outpatient arthroscopic shoulder surgery: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Award for Best Abstract in Chronic Pain

Dr Harsha Shanthanna

McMaster University

Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Ambulatory Surgeries, a Prospective Cohort Study

Award for Best Paper in Neuroanesthesia

Kevin Jun Won Lee

University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine

Effect of hypotension on adverse outcome(s) in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: systematic review and meta-analysis

Award for Best Abstract in Obstetric Anesthesia (Anesthesiologist)

Dr Juliana Barrera

BC Women's Hospital

Anesthesia Practice During Elective Cesarean Delivery Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study

Award for Best Abstract in Obstetric Anesthesia (Medical Student)

Noaah Reaume

Royal University Hospital

The incidence of spinal anesthesia failures during elective Caesarean sections: A comparison of two different suppliers

Award for Best Abstract in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Dr Isabelle Birchall

University of Ottawa

Facilitators and barriers to performing ultrasound guided regional anesthesia by non-regional expert anesthesiologists: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework

Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Critical Care Medicine Award

Carrie Gu

University of Manitoba

Trends in tracheostomy utilization among critically-ill adult patients receiving anticipated prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation: A retrospective cohort study in a Canadian provincial regional catchment area from 2013 to 2019

Ian White Patient Safety Award

Dr Karina Spoyalo

University of British Columbia

Developing an environmentally sustainable quality improvement initiative: An optimized patient warming strategy

Award for Best Abstract in Education and Simulation in Anesthesia

Dr Zach Androschuk

Western University 

Evaluation of a Formal Resilience Curriculum for Novice Physicians-in-Training on Self-Reported Resilience: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

CVT Raymond Martineau Prize

Dr Margarita Otalora Esteban

University of Toronto

Autologous Cell Salvage: An In-vivo Comparison of Autotransfusion Devices in Cardiac Surgery

Award for Best Abstract in Pediatric Anesthesia

Dr Zaid Alhasani

University of Western Ontario

Enhancing Caregiver Recall in Pediatric Anesthesia Consent: A Randomized Trial Comparing Standard Verbal Methods to Visual Aid-Assisted Consent

Award for Best Abstract in Perioperative

Yonathan Agung

University of Ottawa

Frailty and decisional regret after elective non-cardiac surgery: A multicenter prospective cohort study

RICHARD KNILL COMPETITION

Yonathan Agung

Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Frailty and decisional regret after elective noncardiac surgery: a multicentre prospective cohort study​

RICHARD KNILL COMPETITION - Honourable Mention

Dr Harsha Shanthanna

Department of Anesthesia, St Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University

Chronic postsurgical pain after ambulatory surgeries, a prospective cohort study

RESIDENTS' ORAL COMPETITION - ONSITE

Dr Fang Zhou (Mike) Ge

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto

Perioperative benzodiazepine administration and patient-reported recovery outcomes