ISSUE 99 | MAY | 2020

Imaging Medical

MESSAGE

FROM THE CHAIR

Hello,

As the global spread of the SARS-CoV 2 coronavirus continues, the Faculty of Health Sciences and its hospital partners want to ensure that pa-tients, learners and faculty are kept safe. This is our essential responsi-bility. Daily McMaster updates re-garding the virus can be found at https://covid19.mcmaster.ca/ Additional information can be found on your base hospital web-site: hamiltonhealthciences.ca/covid19 Stjoes.ca/coronavirus/ Niagararegion.ca/health/covid-19 Within our academic department, our education directors are working hard to ensure our educational programs continue as best as possi-ble.

I would like to re-introduce our current Radiology Academic Council membership:

Associate Chair, DEC and Chief DI, Hamilton Health Sciences— Dr. Karen Finlay

Chief, DI, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton—Dr. Colm Boylan

Chief, Nuclear Medicine— Dr. Chris Marriott

Site Lead, DI, JHCC & WLMH—Dr. Kavita Dhamanaskar

Site Lead, DI, HGH—Dr. Gordon Yip

Interim Pediatric Head of Service, DI, —Dr. John Donnellan

Program Director, Residency Program— Dr. David Landry

Program Director, Neuroradiology Residency Program —Dr. Luciana Ribeiro

Program Director, Fellowship Program—Dr. Ehsan Haider

Program Director, Undergrad Program—Dr. Danielle Walker

Thank you to our leadership for taking on these responsibilities.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our annual research day has been postponed. It is great to see some of our faculty participating in COVID-19 research; Dr. David Koff (see Research section) and Dr. Michael Patlas (see Feature - Recent Publications). We have started our Regional Profes-sor Rounds. Thank you Dr. Ramiro Larrazabal for agreeing to organize these rounds. Thank you Sam for supporting the rounds from a tech-nology perspective and thank you Dr. Sabri for an excellent and very rele-vant presentation. Our first rounds, held on April 9th, drew over 120 par-ticipants, reflecting the interest of our healthcare community in providing timely quality clinical care. Thank you, great work everyone, and stay safe, Julian Dobranowski

EDUCATION NEWS 2

ROUNDS 4

ACADEMIC CORNER n/a

SPOTLIGHT 5

AWARDS , HONOURS

& RECOGNITION 16

FEATURE 18

RESEARCH CORNER 20

THE LAST PAGE 21

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EDUCATIONAL NEWS

Department of Radiology

Visiting Professor Program

2020

Hold these dates for more Visiting Professor series:

2020

May 5th and 6th

CANCELLED

Mark Cresswell - MSK

June 2nd and 3rd

CANCELLED

Hooker Distinguished Award Lecture - Prof. Steve Halligan

**NOTE: Dr. Mark Cresswell and Prof. Steven Halligan, Visiting Professors for May and June

have been CANCELLED due to the current COVID-19 situation.

Please go to Visiting Professor Program web page for more information and to view all of Visiting Professor group photos with our Radiology Residents at: http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/radiology/vpp/

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EDUCATIONAL NEWS

Speaker, Diagnostic Imaging Regional Rounds, April 9th, 2020

Associate Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Radiology, McMaster University

The first Diagnostic Imaging Regional Professor Rounds that took place on April 9th, 2020, was a BIG success. Thank you to over 100 attendees, mostly from McMaster Radiology, including participants from Niagara Health Systems. There was also good representation from Respirology/Internal Medicine, with 14 attendants in total, including participants from Infectious Diseases, Hematology, Geriatrics, Gastrointestinal and Ophthalmology.

We give special thanks to the speaker, Dr. Ali Sabri, a radiologist from Niagara Health Systems (NHS). Dr. Sabri’s excellent presentation on the Covid-19 situation included the following objectives;

1. Covid-19: How did it start? Why a pandemic?

2. Initial Challenges: Real world experience.

3. The current situation in Canada and the world.

4. Covid-19 Literature: What have we learned?

5. The role of Radiologists: What do we need to know?

This was all possible due to the help of a great team of Radiology Residents (Sam, Elton and Zach), McMaster University Radiology Staff, Dr. Walker, Dr. Tan and Dr. Haider and also administrative staff, Marilynn Scott, Sue Gaudet, Lori Power and Tori Howes-Jones. Thanks for the guidance and support from Dr. Julian Dobranowski, who’s idea could be materialized in these rounds.

The feedback received was excellent and among it were comments such as: “excellent review on pertinent issues”, “timely and nicely organized talk”, “very interesting to learn of the Iranian experience with COVID-19”, “interesting as a technologist to see what COVID-19 looks like on the images”, and that this presentation needs “to be repeat-ed”. The help and feedback from the radiology community is very appreciated as the intention is to continue work-ing with the local and regional staff, as a contribution from the Radiology Department to healthcare education in our area of expertise.

Dr. Ramiro Larrazabal

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, McMaster University

Interventional Neuroradiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences

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ROUNDS CALENDAR

Radiology Rounds by Site 2020 - updated MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

JURAVINSKI

HOSPITAL AND

CANCER CENTRE

1200 Rad/Path Breast

Rounds (@ BAC)

1230 GI DST Rounds

1400 GIUP Rounds

1600 Gyne/Onc Rounds

0800 MSK Rounds

1200 Resident Rounds

0800 Resident Rounds

0800 Multidisciplinary

Breast Rounds DST

(3-88-JCC)

0700 Hepatobiliary Rounds

0800 CNS Tumor Board

1000 Neuro Onc Rounds

(Fellows)

1200 Resident Rounds

1310 Sarcoma Rounds (3rd

floor Conference Room JCC)

0800 Resident Rounds

(all rounds in DI Confer-

ence Rm)

1100 Head/Neck Rounds

JCC

1200 Interesting Case

Rounds

HAMILTON

GENERAL

HOSPITAL

1200 Radiology Teaching

Rounds

0700 Spine Rounds

0800 Regional Cardiology

Rounds (David Braley Centre,

General Campus, Auditorium)

0815 MSK Tumor Rounds (DI

Classroom)

1200 Radiology Teaching

Rounds

1200 Combined Stroke Rounds

(DI Classroom, Rm 2-158)

1600 Trauma Rounds (Theatre

Auditorium) M&M Rounds 1st

Tues.of month

0730 Vascular Rounds

(5N Teaching Room)

0800 Arrhythmia Rounds

(Theatre Auditorium )

1230 M&M Rounds (DI

Classroom) set once a

month

0800 Stroke Rounds (David

Braley Centre, General Cam-

pus, Auditorium)

0800 CNS Tumor Rounds (DI

Classroom) once a month

1230 Interesting Case Rounds

0800 Neuroscience

Rounds (David Braley

Centre, General

Campus, Auditorium)

1200 Radiology Teaching

Rounds

MCMASTER

UNIVERSITY

MEDICAL CENTRE

0800 Pediatric Hot Seat

Resident Rounds (3F)

0800 Tumor Board (Every

2nd week – 3F)

1200 Neuroradiology

Rounds (Room 3N50)

1200 Adult Hot Seat Resident

Rounds

1300 Neuro-oncology Rounds

(3F)

1300 Rheumatology (1 per

month—2S32)

0800 Adult GI Rounds

(Room 2S32)

0800 Nep/Ur/Rad (1 per

month—3H40/3H41)

0800 Child Maltreatment

(quarterly—3N10)

0800 Surg/Rad/Path (SRP)

Rounds (3rd Thursday of each

month—Room 2S32)

1200 Adult Hot Seat Resident

Rounds

1200 Peds Ultrasound (every

1st & 3rd Thursday—Room

2S32)

1300 Hemon-Oncology (every

2nd week—Room 2S32/Rad

Office)

1500 Clinical Teaching Unit

(CTU) (Every 4th Thurs. Room

2S32)

0800 Pediatric Hot Seat

Resident Rounds

1200 GI Ped Rounds

(Room 2S32)

ST. JOSEPH’S

HEALTHCARE

HAMILTON

(All rounds in DI

Conference Room

TO102 unless

otherwise specified)

1200 Ultrasound Rounds

1300-1400 Resident Hot

Seat Rounds

1630-1730 Head & Neck

MCC Rounds (4th

Wednesday of each

month)

0800-0900 Vascular Difficult

Access Rounds (1st Tuesday of

each month)

1200-1300 Interesting Case

Rounds

1300-1400 Resident Hot Seat

Rounds

0800-0900 Neuroradiolo-

gy Rounds (3rd Wednes-

day of each month)

1200-1300 MSK Radiology

Rheumatology Rounds

1630-1730 Thyroid

Malignancy Endocrine

MCC Rounds (1st Wed. of

each month)

0715-0800 Colorectal Rounds

0800-0900 Breast Pathology

Rounds

1200-1300 Resident Hot Seat

Rounds

0730-0830 Radiology

Respiratory Rounds

(various dates)

1200-1315 Lung MCC

Rounds

1315-1415 Resident Hot

Seat Rounds

More information can be found on the McMaster ETA website: https://fhseta.mcmaster.ca/

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SPOTLIGHT

ANNOUNCEMENTS Leslie Gauthier - Vice President of Clinical

Support Services & Surgery

On Tuesday, April 14th, it was officially announced through a memo from Dr. Wes

Stephen, Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Operating Officer,

Leslie Gauthier is now the Permanent Vice President of Clinical Support Services &

Surgery.

“I am pleased to announce the permanent appointment of Leslie Gauthier as the Vice President of Clinical Support

Services & Surgery at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), effective April 1st, 2020.

Leslie’s appointment follows an extensive, nationwide recruitment process. Leslie’s leadership experience, her pas-

sion for patient care, her deep understanding of the clinical world, and her track record of successfully steering

transformational change initiatives at HHS were key to her being the successful candidate to lead the Clinical Sup-

port Services & Surgery portfolio.

Leslie has had a long and distinguished career at HHS in both clinical and leadership roles. Since November, Leslie

has served as Interim Vice President of Clinical Support Services & Surgery. Most recently, Leslie has been a key

partner in the establishment of the Management Equipment Services (MES) agreement, which involves the wide-

spread renewal and maintenance of HHS’ diagnostic imaging equipment.

A graduate of McMaster University, Leslie holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Master of Science in

Teaching. Part of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University School of Nursing, she has been a clinical

lecturer and is, at present, an Assistant Clinical Professor. Leslie is a Board Member of Mark Preece Family House,

and has been involved in mentoring activities through the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.”

Congratulations to Leslie Gauthier on her permanent appointment as Vice President of Clinical Support

Services and Surgery!

Jean Matone - Temporary DI Manager Assignment

Please welcome back Jean Matone. Sarah Jane Adams, Director of DI & MDU, recently announced that Jean

Matone, DI Manager has returned as of Tuesday, April 14th. With COVID-19 planning and policy changes well

underway Diagnostic Services will not be changing the management structure at this time and as such, Jean will

be on a temporary assignment for the remainder of the Covid-19 pandemic.

For this time, Jeanine Risk will continue to manage JH DI on an interim basis. Jean Matone will be working tem-

porarily in a dual role as DI WLMH Manager as well as WLMH Manager. In the WLMH Manager role, Jean will

be assisting Cindy MacDonald in Covid-19 planning for the site and CT implementation planning.

Please join me in welcoming Jean Matone on her return to HHS Diagnostic Services.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Susan Kinnear - Manager, Diagnostic Services MUMC/UCC

On behalf of Sarah Jane Adams, Director of DI and MDU, it is with mixed emotions that

Sue Kinnear has chosen to move into the next chapter of her career, and has given her

notice of resignation.

Sue joined HHS in 2002 as a Sonographer, and later moved to a Senior Technologist

position until she assumed the Manager, MUMC role in 2015. In addition to her

Management position, Sue also sits on the Board of Directors, Sonography Canada.

During her time in Diagnostic Services, Sue has lead a multi-disciplinary team, serving

patients across our sites. Sue will be missed for her extensive expertise in ultrasound,

her comradery and her sunny disposition.

Sue’s last day with us will be Friday, May 1, 2020. The permanent replacement

process is underway, and the position is currently posted on the HHS website. In the

interim, Eric Ricker, who is well known to the MUMC DI team will assume managerial

duties, under the oversight of Cheryl Malcolmson.

Please join Sarah Jane and all of us in congratulating Sue and wishing her all the best in

her future endeavours! She will be missed.

Patti Forrest a.k.a. “Speedy” - JH Senior CT Technologist

On behalf of Jean Matone, Temporary Manager, DI WLMH & WLMH, it was announced that Patti Forrest, Senior CT Tech, and otherwise known as “Speedy”, will be retiring this July after 32 years of dedicated service. Patti started her career with HHS in DI on March 29, 1988 as a permanent afternoon technologist working closely with the emergency department. She has a long-standing career in CT and general radiography. Patti devel-oped the nickname “fast Patti" as she is such a fast worker and the department is hard pressed to find anyone that can keep up to her especially in general x-ray. Her colleagues know that if they really need to switch a shift she can be easily persuaded with a bottle of red wine. Her work ethic is strong consistently providing high quality imaging for the radiology team in general x-ray and CT.

Patti stepped into the senior position adeptly filling the senior role in August temporari-ly and then permanently in January 2020. She provided a calm, steady, collaborative and supportive leadership to her team during this brief reign. Patti is friend to many, a good listener and always willing to help. Please join Jean and all of us in wishing Patti success and happiness in the next phase of her life.

Patti’s last day will be July 17, 2020. Congratulations and Happy Retirement!

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SPOTLIGHT

Canadian Blood Services is looking for people to donate their blood. Please give blood if you are able!

For Your Information... For current COVID-19 UPDATES please check the HHS HUB DAILY!

If you feel well, please donate blood: www.blood.ca

Universal Masking Update - What’s New? HHS is mandating that staff and physicians wear a surgical mask as soon as they enter any HHS site to help address concerns related to physical distancing and help stop the spread of COVID-19. It’s important to note that the need to keep at least two metres from any other person still applies even when wearing a mask.

Starting Friday (April 24th) at all sites:

Staff and physicians will get one surgical mask at screening at current designated staff entrances to our sites.

Everyone will don their mask when they enter their site.

Anyone working in an area where a Level 2 mask, or other mask, is clinically indicated will then change their mask on the unit based on a Point of Care Risk assessment.

Anyone working in an area where another level of mask is clinically indicated should store their Level 1 mask for reuse when their shift ends and wear that mask until they leave the site. how in this video

Extended Use of Masks REMINDER Everyone will not be universal masking and should practice extended use, and in appropriate areas, reuse of the mask through their daily workflow, as instructed.

Once they don any mask, everyone should continue to wear the mask for the duration of their shift, regardless of where they go (unless they are required to don additional protection based on a Point of Care Risk Assessment)

Staff should reuse their mask following breaks by using a plastic container. See how in this video

NOTE: if they don’t already, staff should bring a plastic container to store their mask during the day when they don’t need to wear it (because they’re alone in an office or protected by a plexiglass barrier.

COVID 19 AGMPs.pdf

PPE HHS update building on success April 24.pdf

Dr. Finlay’s update from Friday, April 24th includes the hyperlinks below; recirculation of the AGMP guideline as

follow up to some Q & A’s regarding eligible procedures and as well the most recent HHS PPE message.

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HHS Resources:

The Resilience Support Toolkit is meant to help us all strengthen our resilience by working resilience-building practices into our daily routines and workflow, using the framework of PAUSE, RESET, NOURISH or PRN. These practices are based on solid neuroscience and the idea of “neuroplasticity”, that our brains are constantly changing based on how we think and what we choose to focus on. These tools help to calm our nervous system and enhance our focus and well-being.

Of course our EAP provider remains an option and has provided some practical support tools for staff. See the COVID-19 Toolkit.

Additionally, there are many web based and community resources (listed below are just a few).

PLEASE NOTE: The products and services being offered by these organizations and these individuals are not sponsored or endorsed by, nor affiliated with, Hamilton Health Sciences. You are encouraged to conduct your own due diligence before you retain these providers for such products and services and you do so at your own risk. Local Healthcare Support Resources:

CMHA Hamilton is offering 4, 1 hour sessions of virtual mental health support M-F for healthcare and social service staff. This support can be accessed by calling (905) 521-0090.

Federal/Provincial Healthcare Support Resources:

The Canadian Psychological Association has comprised a list of psychologists who have volunteered their time to provide FREE remote psychological services to health care providers throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Click on the link and choose a psychologist in your preferred language. They have all agreed to respond to your request within 24 hours and to provide services free of charge throughout the crisis. https://cpa.ca/corona-virus/psychservices/#Ontario

Similarly a group of psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers etc. across our province have come together offering free psychotherapy, up to 4 sessions. Support can be requested at: https://covid19therapists.com/request-support/

Self-Directed Resources:

Working Mind – Online Boosters –

https://theworkingmind.ca/working-mind-boosters

Working Mind – Staying Resilient During the COVID Pandemic – 12 minute video

https://theworkingmind.ca/covid19-twm

Working Mind – Self Care and Resilience Guide

The Working Mind COVID-19 Self-care & Resilience Guide [DOWNLOAD]

Canadian Mental Health Association – lots of practical tips

https://cmha.ca/news/covid-19-and-mental-health

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:

https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid-19/information-for-professionals

https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-health-and-covid-19

Brightmind is a very good Mindfulness Meditation app that is offering a free 1 year subscription right now ($100 value)

www.brightmind.com/selfcare

Soft Belly Breathing Audio - breathing meditation for relief of stress & trauma (7:41)

https://cmbm.org/self-care/soft-belly-breathing/

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Recently mentioned in the...

5 Ways to Handle Change

One thing is certain these days...and that is change. You might be working shifts at a different hospital site with colleagues you do not know. You might have children who are now home from school and relying on you to help them with school work. You might be finding it difficult to keep up with changing work procedures. Change affects us all differently at different times. While change can cause some level of stress or anxiety, this stress and anxiety does not have to take over your thoughts. You can handle change!

Know What You’re Dealing With

The first step in dealing with unexpected change is to identify what is really going on. Too often, we feel stressed or generally anxious, without zeroing on the real problem.

Take Control If You Can and Accept What You Can’t Control

Identify something that you can take control of during this time of change. Having a feeling of control in an un-known situation may help change your perspective and lessen your fear, stress, or anxiety. On the other hand, when change is out of your control, don’t waste your energy fighting against it. Find a way to accept it, even if it’s not what you want, and adapt to the new reality.

Take Care of Yourself

In our new current reality, we are dealing with many changes at work and home, and managine this change can be difficult and draining. Be compassionate with yourself and practice self-care, even if all you can manage are small acts of self-care.

Get Support

You’re probably not the only one affected by this change, so why go through it alone? Reach out to others in a similar position and get their support, reach out to friends and loved ones, and if needed seek out professional support. The Employee Assistance Program (https://hub.hhsc.ca/yourhhs/hsw/eap) is available to you as well as the recently activated Resiliency Team (https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/covid19/staff-physician/resilience-ethics/resilience-support-toolkit/)

Find the Positive

We might view change through the lens of fear, but often there is a positive aspect even to difficult situations. Perhaps, you have more time at home with family. Perhaps you are working frontline helping people. Look for something good in each day or write down three things that you are grateful for each day.

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SPOTLIGHT

Stephanie Galez, Admin Assistant to Dr. John Donnellan and MUMC Pediatric Radiologists.

Stephanie has hired her own home office help although she admits they need work!

Shipping/Receiving - MicroManaging - Practicing PPE

Andja Macesic, Admin Assistant to Dr. Kavita Dhamanaskar and Juravinski Radiologists. Andja is on

double duty at home, literally, with her twin sons, Milan and Marko!

Sue Gaudet, Admin Coordinator, Department of Radiology, McMaster University; Assistant to Dr. Julian Dobranowski, Chair of Radiology. Sue’s look is quite popular these days;

check out her matching twin!

A VERY special thank you to all of the DI Admin staff that took part in sending in their “home office”

photos! Your willingness to help spread a few smiles and a little humour is very much appreciated!

Dorothy Petty, Admin Assistant

to Sarah Jane Adams, Director

of DS & MDU, has her own new admin assistant and IT help at home, meet

Hershey!

Nicole Constance, Admin Assistant to Nicole Freer and Jean Matone, is “borrowing” her daughter’s desk for the time being and also

has some furry admin help!

Self-isolating needs some work!

Tori Howes-Jones, Admin Assistant to Chief of DI, Dr. Karen Finlay. Not only working as admin but also as

substitute teacher for her photo-bombing son, Jack!

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SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Kelly Ainsworth’s daughter, Madeleine (age 7), and her AMAZING chalk art messages during quarantine!

“Hi

I just wanted to let you know that the hospital is doing a fantastic job during this pandemic. This morning (Tues April 7) I went to Juravinski Hospital to have a MRI. I was quite nervous about coming to the hospital this morning but the staff that I encountered made the whole process so pleasant and stress free. From the person screening at the front door to the person at the information desk giving me directions. Thank you. The person at the diagnostic reception desk checking me in. Thank you. To the 2 staff members that did my MRI. Thank you, thank you. The procedures you have in place for physical distancing is amazing and so comforting. Again great job and thank you for all you are doing.”

R Hazard

Jeanine Risk received this compliment for the Juravinski Hospital Diagnostic Imaging and MRI Staff

from a recent patient on Tuesday, April 7, 2020;

Great job to all of those involved in this patient’s care!

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AWARDS, HONOURS & RECOGNITION

ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RESIDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) presents a number of Awards each year in-

cluding the Resident Achievement Award (RAA). The OMA RAA recognizes outstand-

ing contributions to the advancement of medical education by a postgraduate train-

ee. There are up to six awards presented, one from each Ontario medical school.

Judging criteria includes leadership, teaching, advocacy, resident as professional, sus-

tainability and degree of impact.

Congratulations to our 5th year radiology resident, Natasha Larocque, on winning

one of these esteemed awards! Fantastic work! Congrats Natasha!

DR. ROBERT CHU AWARD - SUPPORTS GRADUATING STUDENTS

In 2017, a generous donor provided funding to support an award in memory of the late Dr. Robert Chu. The

award supports graduating students from the School of Medicine who are pursuing a residency program in

radiology. The recipient of the Dr. Robert Chu Award this year is Brian Wang, McMaster Medicine Class of

2020 . Congratulations Brian!!

Natasha Larocque

5th year Resident

Dept. of Radiology

McMaster University

RESEARCH GRANT—JURAVINSKI RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Noseworthy on securing a $180,000 research grant

from the Juravinski Research Institute. Dr. Noseworthy and his team will be assessing

and predicting recovery from mild traumatic brain injury using specialized MRI brain

methods and looking at genetic and clinical factors.

Dr. Michael Noseworthy

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AWARDS, HONOURS & RECOGNITION

Jeanine, Lianne and Shanna would like to wish everyone on our team a big

Happy Administrative Day!.

We look forward to being able to celebrate together in the near future!

We feel so lucky to have such a strong team and it really shows during this time and we are very thankful for all of you.

In recognition of all of Diagnostic Imaging’s AWESOME admins!

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AWARDS, HONOURS & RECOGNITION

On behalf of Dr. Michael Stacey and Rob MacIssac….

“Dear Colleagues,

May 1st is Ontario Doctors’ Day—a day dedicated to recognizing our physicians for being exceptional leaders in our

community. You provide exemplary care for our patients and their families you serve as integral partners with al-

lied health professionals and Hamilton Health Sciences, you are important role models educating future medical

professionals, as well as exceptional scholars and researchers dedicated to advancements in health research.

We have been facing an incredible challenge over the past few weeks in preparing for the potential surge in pa-

tients with COVID-19. Your leadership has been appreciated and recognized within HHS and our community. This

has been a time of constant change and we are grateful for your dedication to our patients, our community & your

colleagues to help us through this pandemic.

As a small token of our gratitude for all that you do, please stop by our cafeterias for a complimentary coffee, tea,

or water between Monday April 27th through Sunday May 3rd.”

With appreciation,

Dr. Michael Stacey Rob MacIssac

*Complimentary Coffee, Tea, Water*

In honour of Ontario Doctors’ Day please enjoy a complimentary coffee/tea/water at HHSVA Cafés when you show your ID!

**Valid from Monday April 27th – Sunday May 3rd 2020**

Friday, May 1st

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FEATURE

1. Ghumman, Z., Monteiro, S., Mellnick, V., Coates, A., Engels, P., & Patlas, M. (2020). Accuracy of Pre-operative MDCT in Patients With Penetrating Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, 71(2), 231–237. https://doi.org/10.1177/0846537119888375

2. Pawson, A., Ghumman, Z., Kuo, P. H., Jadvar, H., Bartel, T., Shayegan, B., & Zukotynski, K. (2020). A review of prostate cancer imaging, positron emission tomography, and radiopharmaceutical-based thera-py. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 14(4), 130-8. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.6506

Zonia Ghumman

5th year Resident

Department of Radiology

McMaster University

The first citation below was a study that Zonia Ghumman was involved in with Dr. Michael Patlas (among others). The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall diagnostic accuracy of preoperative multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in penetrating abdominal and pelvic injuries (PAPI). It found that the detection of clinically significant injuries to solid organs in trauma patients with PAPI on 64-MDCT is adequate. However, detection of injury to the remaining organ groups on MDCT, especially bowel, mesentery, and diaphragm, remains a challenge.

The second citation, was a study that Zonia was involved in with Dr. Katherine Zu-kotynski and others. The aim of this study was a comprehensive review of imaging modalities used in prostate cancer, with a focus on the utility of nuclear medicine imaging.

Thank you Zonia for your recent publications and for your submission to this month’s Newsletter.

COVID-19

Dr. Michael Patlas has had two recent editorials in regards to COVID-19, from the Canadian Association

of Radiologists Journal:

1. Patlas MN. COVID-19: What can we learn from stories from the trenches? Can Assoc Radiol J.

2020;71: 125-126.

2. Lei Y, Zhang HW, Yu J, Patlas MN. COVID-19 infection: early lessons. Can Assoc Radiol J 2020

(accepted, in press)

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RESEARCH CORNER

MIIRC@M brings together radiologists and engineers in order to bridge the gap between clinical studies and computer

sciences and to solve specific issues in Medical Imaging; a cross-over program between the Faculty of Health Sciences and

Engineering, the centre has been funded by both Faculties and its goal is to provide a nurturing environment to the

researchers interested from McMaster or other institutions, match the adequate skills and resources, and facilitate access to

grants and industry partnerships.

COVID-NET Project

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), St. Joseph’s Healthcare (SJHH) and Niagara Health (NH) are teaming up with re-searchers at the University of Waterloo to contribute to the fight against COVID-19. Led by Dr. Alex Wong, the team is developing COVID-Net , an open source deep neural network for improved detection of COVID-19 from standard chest X-rays.

By creating COVID-Net, and making it available to the world in an open source, open access manner, the hope is that it will be used and built upon by clinicians, researchers, and citizen data scientists alike to accelerate the global use and development of effective radiography-based COVID-19 screening solutions and accelerate treat-ment of those who need it the most.

While initial results are quite promising, COVID-Net is still in its early stages and so the team needs many more chest x-rays for confirmed COVID-19 cases across as many geographic regions as possible (for both volume and diversity of data). In addition to access to images, the researchers are also engaging clinical experts who are cru-cial in helping to build the final AI system that can be deployed and used for detection and risk stratification.

The main objectives of the proposed study are as follows:

1. Investigate different deep neural network architectures for COVID-19 detection. The architecture needs to strike a balance between accuracy and speed, as well as be able to capture the nuances that differentiates COVID-19 infections from other forms of infections, to improve specificity and help clinicians make more ac-curate diagnostic judgements.

2. Investigate different deep neural network architectures for COVID-19 risk stratification. More specifically, de-sign neural networks that can predict risk level and survival likelihood to aid clinicians with triaging and priori-tization, and managers with bed planning and length of hospitalization.

For more information regarding this project, please feel free to reach out to the site leads, Dr. David Koff (HHS), Dr. Eshan Haider (SJHH), and Dr. Ali Sabri (NH).

Submitted by: Jane Castelli

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JURAVINSKI HOSPITAL & CANCER CENTRE Ext 42314

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE Ext 75573

ST. PETER’S HOSPITAL Ext 12204

WEST LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Ext 11211

I hope you are all continuing to stay physically healthy and mentally well in quarantine! Remember to take the time to breathe and enjoy the small things around us during this unprecedented time.

Tori

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COVID-19

Please help to keep everyone safe by

continuing to practice good hand hygiene

and physical distancing.

Please continue to read the COVID-19 daily

updates provided by HHS Hub to stay

up-to-date.

IF you begin to become symptomatic please contact Employee Health Services (EHS) and let

your Chief, site lead, supervisor or manager know immediately.

CHEERS! These Italians haven’t let their situation get them

down as they social distance from their balconies with

neighbours. We are all in this together!