Lab news

The 50th annual Gallie Day for University of Toronto’s Department of Surgery took place at MaRS Centre on Friday May 3rd, 2024.

We had an impromptu lab gathering at this year’s Gallie Day with Jane, Hillary, Stephanie, Tobi and Sydney – presenting their respective research during the morning and afternoon ePoster sessions:

‘Cognitive Flow Redefined: Understanding the Surgeon Experience of Flow’. Sydney McQueen, Melanie Hammond, Aidan McParland, Ranil Sonnadara, Carol-anne Moulton

‘Scrubbing In, Emotions Out: Understanding Compartmentalization in Surgery’. Jane Jomy, Sydney McQueen, Melanie Hammond Mobilio, Melanie Anderson, Johanna Riesel, Carol-anne Moulton.

‘Exploring Surgeon Influence on Tone in the Operating Room: A Quantitative Study of Team Interaction’. Hillary Lia, Aleah Kirsh, Jane Jomy, Melanie Hammond Mobilio, Frank Rudzicz, Carol-anne Moulton.

‘Name Familiarity in Operating Room Teams: Human-Centered Design Analysis of Current Interventions and Innovations’. Tobi Lam, Melanie Hammond, Jacob Hirsh, Dean Lising, Tulin Cil, Edyta Marcon, Carol-anne Moulton.

Stephanie Jiang presented on ‘Transparency of Wellness Policies and Benefits in Canadian General Surgery Residency Programs’.

Spring is here and with it, new beginnings. We are welcoming Jane to the lab as a research student! She will be leading a literature review on Compartmentalization and also assisting with data analysis in the lab.

Jane Jomy is a medical student at the University of Toronto, where she serves as Class President on the Medical Society. She is passionate about health equity, quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS), and medical education. She is a clinical epidemiologist by training with a Master of Science in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University. During medical school, she participated in the Quality Improvement Experiential Student Training (QuEST) Program to address barriers to health equity in QIPS. Currently, she is working with MD Program faculty on a curriculum innovation program to improve assessment and evaluation.

Congrats to Johanna Riesel on receiving the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery’s Early Career Award this year for her research studying the experience of fear in the operating room.

We have another new member of the lab and Wilson Centre fellow, Johanna Riesel.

Johanna completed her plastic and reconstructive surgical training at Harvard University before completing a pediatric craniofacial fellowship at SickKids. Her clinical interests are in cleft and craniofacial surgery, facial reanimation, general paediatric reconstruction, surgical education, and global surgery. Her research interests include improving outcomes in endoscopic strip craniectomies, neurocognitive outcomes for craniosynostosis, optimizing surgeon performance in the operating room, and improving access to high-quality surgical care in limited-resource settings.

She is currently obtaining a Masters in Medical Health Professions Education to further her interest in optimizing surgeon performance in the operating room. Johanna serves as the Director of the Wellness Program for the University of Toronto Plastic Surgery Residents.