A research project is a compulsory component of our program and this is strongly supported by the Department. All residents attend an Introduction to Research Workshop in their PGY1 year. This full-day workshop introduces residents to a basic level of research training as required by the RCPSC. The day features an introduction to study design, basic biostatistics, critical appraisal, the publication process, and effective presentation skills. After the first year, residents are provided with two rotations for research.

Publications

2025

Basseri S, Basseri H, Chung AD. Imaging Pearls and Pitfalls Following Common and Rare Bariatric Procedures. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2025 May 16:8465371251336977. doi: 10.1177/08465371251336977. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40380791.
Isen J, Phillips B, Chung AD, Dao A, Basseri S, Hopman W, Kwan BYM. Resident Case Volumes Following the Introduction of Competency-Based Medical Education in Diagnostic Radiology: A 10 Year Review. Acad Radiol. 2025 Aug 20:S1076-6332(25)00742-1. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2025.08.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40841255.
Wong L, Sivanesan U, Haider M, Chung AD. Intraluminal causes of mechanical small bowel obstruction: CT findings and diagnostic approach. Eur J Radiol. 2025 Jun;187:112115. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2025.112115. Epub 2025 Apr 14. PMID: 40250005.
Kulkarni AM, Kruse D, Harper K, Lam E, Osman H, Ansari DH, Sivanesan U, Bashir MR, Costa AF, McInnes M, van der Pol CB. Current State of Evidence for Use of MRI in LI-RADS. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2025 Sep;62(3):640-653. doi: 10.1002/jmri.29748. Epub 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 39981949; PMCID: PMC12335345.
Zhou Z, Honarvar F, Rizwan AP, Chung AD, Rogoza N, Kwan BYM. Sentiment analysis to optimise CBME narrative feedback review. Med Educ. 2025 Aug;59(8):873-874. doi: 10.1111/medu.15651. Epub 2025 Mar 3. PMID: 40032362; PMCID: PMC12242889.
van der Pol CB, Sabil M, Komar M, Ruo L, Silva J, Mbuagbaw L, Liau J, Nguyen R, Chung A, Hu Z, Nanji S, Luk L, Kluger MD, Chu L, Zaheer A, Ibad HA, He J, Huang C, Le L, Hewitt B, Wang ZJ, Zins M, Rana S, Angliviel B, Depetris JN, Galgano SJ, Bolan CW, Soloff E, Arif-Tiwari H, Kambadakone A, Do RKG, Hecht EM; Society of Abdominal Radiology Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Disease Focus Panel. Factors Associated With Aborted Whipple Procedures for Periampullary Carcinoma: A Multicenter Case-Control Study by the SAR Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Disease Focus Panel. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 May;224(5):e2432160. doi: 10.2214/AJR.24.32160. Epub 2025 Mar 5. PMID: 40042924.
Wang P, Hu Z, Haider M, Hopman W, Sharma E, Sharma S. The Association Between Hepatic Steatosis and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Cross-Sectional Study. Retina. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000004526. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40397903.
Ahluwalia M, Parmar A, Loree JM, O'Callaghan CJ, Tu D, Chan KKW; CCTG CO.26 Team. Cost-Utility Analysis of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab Versus Best Supportive Care in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Value Health. 2025 Jul;28(7):1001-1008. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.04.2159. Epub 2025 May 2. PMID: 40320238.
Ahluwalia M, Jokhio A, Chung AD, Brook OR. Female reproductive tract obstruction and its imaging mimics - A pictorial review. Eur J Radiol. 2025 Oct;191:112345. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2025.112345. Epub 2025 Aug 5. PMID: 40768958.
Du Plessis J, DesRoche C, Delaney S, Nethery RC, Hong R, Thavendiranathan P, Ross H, Castillo F, Hanneman K. Association between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Myocardial Fibrosis Assessed with Cardiac MRI. Radiology. 2025 Jul;316(1):e250331. doi: 10.1148/radiol.250331. PMID: 40590693; PMCID: PMC12314765.
DesRoche C, Castillo F, Sharma S, Zigmund B, Dobranowski J, Sergeant M, Varangu L, Hanneman K. Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable radiology: a framework for implementation. Radiology Advances. 2025. doi: 10.1093/radadv/umaf014.
DesRoche C, Soulez G, Boucher L, Fohlen A, Menard A. Steps Toward Environmental Sustainability in Interventional Radiology. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2025 Mar 25:8465371251326793. doi: 10.1177/08465371251326793. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40131782.

2024

Wong L, Sacoransky E, Hopman W, Islam O, Chung AD, Kwan BYM. Radiologist preferences for faculty development initiatives to improve resident feedback in the era of competency-based medical education. Med Educ Online. 2024 Dec 31;29(1):2357412. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2024.2357412. Epub 2024 May 29. PMID: 38810150; PMCID: PMC11138222.
Tam MW, Davis VH, Ahluwalia M, Lee RS, Ross LE. Impact of COVID-19 on access to and delivery of sexual and reproductive healthcare services in countries with universal healthcare systems: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 23;19(2):e0294744. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294744. PMID: 38394146; PMCID: PMC10889625.
Campbell S, Ahluwalia M, Desai J, Khosravani H, Mitchell SB, Kassardjian CD. Virtual neurology survey: Factors influencing virtual care use among Ontario neurologists. SAGE Open Med. 2024 Nov 8;12:20503121241293165. doi: 10.1177/20503121241293165. PMID: 39526095; PMCID: PMC11549698.
Taboun O, DesRoche C, Hanneman K. Imperative for a health-centred focus on climate change in radiology. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2024 Dec 11. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13813. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39661910.
DesRoche C, Innes E, Silver I, Tampieri D, Kwan BYM, Jimenez JO, Islam O. Utility of Novel Ultra-Low-Field Portable MRI in a Remote Setting in Canada. Can J Neurol Sci. 2024 Nov 19:1-7. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2024.346. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39558484.
DesRoche C, Digby J, Mussari B, Menard A. Catheter-directed glue embolization for the treatment of bronchopleural fistula with associated retained microwave ablation needle tip. Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology. 2024. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1789281.
DesRoche C, Callum J, Scholey A, Hajjaj OI, Flemming J, Mussari B, Tarulli E, Reza Nasirzadeh A, Menard A. Platelet and INR Thresholds and Bleeding Risk in Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: A Before-After Implementation of the 2019 Society of Interventional Radiology Guidelines Observational Quality Improvement Study. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2024 Nov;75(4):931-938. doi: 10.1177/08465371241252059. Epub 2024 May 16. PMID: 38755999.
DesRoche C, Nazzicone K, DuMerton D, Ghasemlou N, Mann S, Clinkard D, Menard A. Genicular Embolization versus Neurolysis Intervention (GENI) Study: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Genicular Artery Embolization with Genicular Neurolysis for Knee Osteoarthritis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Aug;35(8):1224-1226. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.027. Epub 2024 May 7. PMID: 38723862.
Dao A, Chung AD, Gray G. Metastatic Extramammary Paget's Disease with near-complete response to trastuzumab and paclitaxel therapy. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 Jul;310(1):595-597. doi: 10.1007/s00404-024-07418-0. Epub 2024 Mar 18. PMID: 38494513.

2023

Wong L, Chung AD, Rogoza C, Kwan BYM. Peering Into the Future: A First Look at the CBME Transition to Practice Stage in Diagnostic Radiology. Acad Radiol. 2023 Oct;30(10):2406-2417. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.06.013. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37453881.
Sivanesan U, Wu K, McInnes MDF, Dhindsa K, Salehi F, van der Pol CB. Checklist for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging Reporting Adherence in Peer-Reviewed and Preprint Manuscripts With the Highest Altmetric Attention Scores: A Meta-Research Study. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2023 May;74(2):334-342. doi: 10.1177/08465371221134056. Epub 2022 Oct 27. PMID: 36301600.
Hu R, Rizwan A, Hu Z, Li T, Chung AD, Kwan BYM. An Artificial Intelligence Training Workshop for Diagnostic Radiology Residents. Radiol Artif Intell. 2023 Feb 8;5(2):e220170. doi: 10.1148/ryai.220170. PMID: 37035436; PMCID: PMC10077074.
Wilson R, Hu Z, O'Brien C, Meer E, Agarwal A, Murray T. A Review of Materials and Medications with Religious or Dietary Significance in the Interventional Radiology Suite. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Oct;34(10):1717-1721. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.06.035. Epub 2023 Jul 3. PMID: 37406772.
Ahluwalia M, Abdalla M, Sanayei J, Seyyed-Kalantari L, Hussain M, Ali A, Fine B. The Subgroup Imperative: Chest Radiograph Classifier Generalization Gaps in Patient, Setting, and Pathology Subgroups. Radiol Artif Intell. 2023 Jul 12;5(5):e220270. doi: 10.1148/ryai.220270. PMID: 37795140; PMCID: PMC10546359.

2022

Wang P, Hu Z, Hou M, Norman PA, Chin EK, Almeida DR. Relationship Between Macular Thickness and Visual Acuity in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema With Anti-VEGF Therapy: Systematic Review. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2022 Nov 18;7(1):57-64. doi: 10.1177/24741264221138722. PMID: 37008395; PMCID: PMC9954155.
Rubino JG, Nasirzadeh AR, van der Pol CB, Dhindsa K, Chung AD. Quantitative and qualitative liver CT: imaging feature association with histopathologically confirmed hepatic cirrhosis. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2022 Jul;47(7):2314-2324. doi: 10.1007/s00261-022-03550-0. Epub 2022 May 18. PMID: 35583820.

2021

Liu T, Basseri S, Mussari B, DaBreo D, SenGupta S, Villalobos D, Awad S. Generalized lymphatic anomalies and review of the current management landscape: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Aug 10;15(1):398. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02953-9. PMID: 34372919; PMCID: PMC8353871.
Liu T, Basseri S, Mussari B, DaBreo D, SenGupta S, Villalobos D, Awad S. Generalized lymphatic anomalies and review of the current management landscape: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Rep. 2021 Aug 10;15(1):398. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-02953-9. PMID: 34372919; PMCID: PMC8353871.
Mishra S, Chung A, Rogoza C, Islam O, Mussari B, Wang X, Dagnone D, Cofie N, Dalgarno N, Kwan BYM. Creating a Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum for Canadian Diagnostic Radiology Residency (Queen's Fundamental Innovations in Residency Education)-Part 2: Core of Discipline Stage. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2021 Nov;72(4):678-685. doi: 10.1177/0846537121993058. Epub 2021 Mar 3. PMID: 33656945.
Rizwan AP, Cofie N, Mussari B, Chung AD, Kwan BYM. What Is the Minimum? A Survey in Procedural Competency in Diagnostic Radiology in the Era of Competency Based Medical Education. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2022 May;73(2):422-425. doi: 10.1177/08465371211040262. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34427117.

Posters, Presentations, and Abstracts

2025

Mishra S, Soboleski D. “Utilizing bilateral symmetry of lung aeration pattern on chest radiographs to improve interobserver agreement on differentiating viral from non-viral processes in children with suspected pneumonia.” Society of Pediatric Radiology (Hawaii, 2025).
Bartellas K, Dhillon GR. “Imaging in Thoracic Trauma: A Rapid Review.” European Society of Thoracic Imaging Annual Scientific Meeting, (Norway, 2024)
Hu Z, Sivanesan U, Natalwalla S, Peoples J, Simpson A, Chung A. “Leveraging Locally-Trained Large Language Models for Automated Synoptic Reporting in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Imaging.” Oral presentation at the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 (Montreal, Apr. 2025).
Dehkordi SR, Sekhon A, Broughton JS, Fenton P, Nasir MU. Radiological Indications and the Role of Cryoablation in the Management of Fibromatosis. Poster presented at American College of Radiology Annual Meeting (2025).
Castillo F, DesRoche C, Delaney S, Nethery R, Thavendiranathan D, Ross H, Hanneman K. “Association between long-term air pollution exposure and cardiac CT coronary artery calcium scores.” Abstract presented at Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Annual Scientific Meeting (2025).
Taboun O, DesRoche C, Hanneman K. “Imperative for a health centered focus on climate change in radiology.” Educational exhibit poster presentation at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting (Montreal, 2025).
Castillo F, DesRoche C, Ross H, Delaney S, Thavendiranathan D, Hanneman K. “Long-term exposure to particulate and gaseous air pollution and coronary atherosclerotic disease assessed by cardiac CT.” Oral presentation and abstract at European Congress of Radiology (ESR) (Vienna, 2025).

2024

Mishra S, Soboleski D. “Association between radiographic patterns of pneumonia with antibiotic selection and treatment in children presenting to the Emergency Room (ER).” European Society of Paediatric Radiology Annual Meeting (Spain, 2024).
Bartellas K, Kwan B. “Laryngeal Trauma: A Review of Rare, Life-threatening Injuries.” Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting (Montreal, 2024).
Kurtz C, Tampieri D. “Complications and magnetic resonance imaging considerations of gunshot wounds.” American Society of Emergency Radiology (Washington, 2024).
Wong L, Sacoransky E, Hopman W, Islam O, Chung AD, Kwan BYM. “Radiologist preferences for faculty development initiatives to improve resident feedback in the era of competency-based medical education.” Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Meeting (Montreal, 2024).
Wong L, Castro D, Mishra S, Broughton JS, Leifso K, Acker A, Hopman W, Soboleski D. “Discrepant Chest Radiograph Interpretations in Pediatric Pneumonia: An Analysis of Contributing Factors.” Poster presentation at European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) Annual Meeting (Seville, Spain, 2024).
Sivanesan U, Wong L, Haider M, Chung AD. “The Enemy Within: Intraluminal Causes of Mechanical Small Bowel Obstruction.” Poster presentation at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting (Boston, 2024).
Sivanesan U, Soboleski D. “Potential Role of Machine Learning in Assessment of Bilateral Symmetry of Lung Parenchyma in Distinguishing Viral from Non-Viral Processes on Pediatric Chest Radiographs.” European Society of Pediatric Radiology (ESPR) (Spain, 2024).
Rizwan A, Kwan B. “Using Sentiment Analysis for Evaluating Narrative Feedback on Radiology Resident Performance in a CBME Curriculum.”, AUR 72nd Annual Meeting-The Learning Healthcare System (Boston, 2024).
Broughton JS, Castro D, Wong L, Hopman W, Leifso K, Soboleski D. Changing Radiographic and Demographic Patterns in Pediatric RSV Positive Pneumonia Pre and Post COVID-19 Isolation Precautions. Poster presented at European Society of Pediatric Radiology 58th Annual Meeting (Seville, Spain, 2024).
Ahluwalia M, Abbasi Bavil E, Seyyed-Kalantari L, Fine B, Abdalla M. “Body Mass Index Prediction from Chest Radiographs and Associated Performance Gaps in Abnormality Detection.” Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting (Montreal, 2024).
Avci Y, Ahluwalia M, Datta D, Sanayei J, Fine B, Abdalla M. “External Validation of Open-Source Natural Language Processing Tools on Chest Radiograph Report Labelling.” Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting (Montreal, 2024).
du Plessis J, Ross H, DesRoche C, Delaney S, Nethery R, Thavendiranathan D, Hanneman K. “Climate resilience and environmental sustainability in radiology: Association between long-term ambient air pollution and myocardial fibrosis assessed by cardiac MRI.” Oral presentation and abstract at Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting (Chicago, 2024).

2023

Kurtz C, Soboleski D. “Imaging findings in attempted suicide and self-injurious behaviour Imaging findings in attempted suicide and self-injurious behaviour.” American Society of Emergency Radiology (California, 2023).
Wong L, Chung AD, Rogoza C, Kwan BYM. “Competency-Based Medical Education in Diagnostic Radiology – Transition to Practice Stage: A Canadian Perspective.” Oral presentation at Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) conference (Glasgow, Scotland, 2023).
Wong L, Chung AD, Rogoza C, Kwan BYM. “Peering Into the Future: A First Look at the CBME Transition to Practice Stage in Diagnostic Radiology.” Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Meeting (Montreal, 2023).
Rizwan A, Tampieri D. “Predictors of successful endovascular thrombectomy for M2 occlusion in acute ischemic stroke.” Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (Banff, 2023).

2021

Jokhio A, Chung AD, Brook OR. “Don’t get stuck! Female reproductive tract obstruction: causes and mimics.” Educational exhibit at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting 2021 (Virtual, April 2021).
Li T, Castro D, Hopman W, Soboleski D. “Establishing the normal echodensity ratio between renal cortex and pyramid in the neonate/infant population and the effect of utilized receiver gain.” Oral presentation at the International Pediatric Radiology (IPR) Congress (Rome, Italy, October 2021)
Basseri S, Castro DA, Soboleski D. “A case of Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor with intra-abdominal recurrence in a patient with a DICER1 gene mutation.” Poster presentation at the International Pediatric Radiology (IPR) Congress (Rome, Italy, October 2021).
Kosowan J, Mak L, Bang T, Vargas D, Dabreo D. “Ct evaluation of the postoperative thoracic aorta: Review for radiologists.” Electronic poster at Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (Virtual, April 2021).

2020

Tran A, Noseworthy C, Stone CJL, Howard T, Dhillon GR, Parker CM, Digby G. “Improving timeliness of specialist referral and diagnosis for patients with suspected lung cancer through standardization.” Abstract at CHEST Annual Meeting (2020).
Basseri S, Basseri H, Chung AD. “Trimming the fat: Imaging pearls and pitfalls following common and rare bariatric procedures.” Educational exhibit at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2020 (Virtual, November 2020).