Faculty Research

Publications

1. Dominique Dabreo:

Liu, T., Basseri, S., Mussari, B. DaBreo, D. et al. Generalized lymphatic anomalies and review of the current management landscape: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Reports 15, 398 (2021).

INCAPS COVID Investigators Group, DaBreo, D. International Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis of Heart Disease. Journal of The American College of Cardiology. 2021 Jan, 77 (2) 173–185

Heidinger B, DaBreo, D, Kirkbride, R, Santos M, Carroll B, Feldman, S, Mohebali, D, McCormick I, Matos, J, Manning, W, Litmanovich D. Coronary artery calcifications on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) are associated with short-term mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Chest April 9, 2020. Acceptance upon revisions

Mohebali D, Heidinger BH, Feldman SA, Matos JD, DaBreo D, McCormick I, Litmanovich D, Manning WJ, Carroll BJ. Right ventricular strain in patients with pulmonary embolism and syncope. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2019 Oct 30.
doi: 10.1007/s11239-019-01976-w

Bang T, Green D, Reece T, DaBreo D, Vargas D. Contemporary Imaging Findings in Aortic Arch Surgery. October 2019 Current Radiology Reports 7(12):32. DOI: 10.1007/s40134-019-0343-7

D.M. Tridente, B.H. Heidinger, D.C. DaBreo, A.A. Bankier, D.E. Litmanovich. CT measurements of expiratory central airway collapse in COPD patients with suspected tracheobronchomalacia: comparison between standard and MPR images.

BH Heidinger, D DaBreo, B Carroll, S Feldman, D Mohebali, I McCormick, J Matos, W Manning, D Litmanovich. Presence of coronary artery calcifications on CT is associated with PE-related mortality in patients with acute PE. March 2019.

B.J. Carroll, B.H. Heidinger, D.C. Dabreo, J.D. Matos, D. Mohebali, S.A. Feldman, I. McCormick, D. Litmanovich, W.J. Manning.Multimodality assessment of right ventricular strain in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. American Journal of Cardiology. 122 (1): 175-181, 2018.

2. Alex Menard:

Menard A, Mujoomdar A, Tapley L, Relke N, Zheng J, Shih AW, Callum J. The use of blood components prior to bedside procedures. Ann Blood 2022;7:8.

Costa D.N, Menard A, Moore C,Tamada T. The Global Reading Room: MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy After Proctocolectomy. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.22.27619 AJR 2022 Mar 16 [published online]

Williams E, Hanna N, Menard A, Mussari B, Nasirzadeh R, Dhillon GR, Reid K, Petsikasa D, Pereira J, Heffernan P, Chung W. Study protocol for DICE trial: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery decortication versus interventional radiology guided chest tube insertion for the management of empyema. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. Available online 15 April 2021

A. Menard Canadian Association of Interventional Radiologists Journal Winter 2020 Newsletter. “Catching up with Dr. Alexandre Menard." CAIR EXPRESS

E.S. Tang, G. Hall, D. Yu, A. Menard, W. Hopman, S. Naji. Predictors and Cumulative Frequency of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

J. Mah, C. Booth, A. Menard, J. Flemming. Association Between Institutional Factors and Long-Term Survival Following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt. Hepatology Communications. Early view online March 2019.

N.J.Touma, G.W. Hosier, M.A.Di Lena, R.J. Leslie, L. Ho, A. Menard, D.R.Siemens. Growth rates and outcomes of observed large renal masses. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Dec 3.

R. Regan, B. Mussari, A. Menard, R. Nasirzedah, J. Izard. MRI Fused Cone Beam CT Guided Biopsy of the Prostate as a Safe and Novel Method of Prostate Biopsy. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 28(S2): S141-S142, 2017.

3. Benjamin Kwan:

Ricky Hu, Arsalan Rizwan, Zoe Hu, Anthony Li, Andrew Chung, Benjamin Kwan. An Artificial Intelligence Training Workshop for Diagnostic Radiology Residents. Radiology: Artificial IntelligenceVol. 5, No. 2

Chung AD, Kwan BYM, Wagner N, Braund H, Hanmore T, Hall AK, McEwan L, Dalgarno N, Dagnone JD. An adaptation-focused evaluation of Canada's first competency-based medical education implementation in radiology. Eur J Radiol. 2021 Dec 14;147:110109. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.110109. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34968900.

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. 2021 Aug 24:8465371211040262. doi: 10.1177/08465371211040262. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34427117.

Cheung K, Rogoza C, Chung AD, Kwan BYM. Analyzing the Administrative Burden of Competency Based Medical Education. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2021 Aug 27:8465371211038963. doi: 10.1177/08465371211038963. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34449283.

Jawa NA, Holden RM, Silver SA, Scott SH, Day AG, Norman PA, Kwan BYM, Maslove DM, Muscedere J, Boyd J. Identifying neurocognitive outcomes and cerebral oxygenation in critically ill adults on acute kidney replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: the INCOGNITO-AKI study protocol. BMJ, 2021 Aug 17;11(8):e049250

Salehi F, Nadeem IM, Kwan BYM, Mirsattari SM, Lee DH, Burneo JG, Steven D, Hammond R, Peters TM, Khan AR. Ultra-High Field 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Electroencephalography Findings in Epilepsy. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2021 Jul 30:8465371211031802. doi: 10.1177/08465371211031802. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34328021.

Salehi, F., Nadeem, I., Kwan, B., Johnson, P., Pelz, D., Lee, D., & Sharma, M. (2021). Investigating the Association between Aortic Arch Variants and Intracranial Aneurysms. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, 1-14. doi:10.1017/cjn.2021.112

Kwan BYM, Islam O, Tampieri D, Ten Hove M. High Resolution 3T MR Scalp Vessel Wall Imaging in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Useful Tool. Can J Neurol Sci. 2021 May 5:1-4. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2021.103. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33949295.

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 Mar 3:846537121993058. doi: 10.1177/0846537121993058. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33656945.

SE Poirier, BM Kwan, MT Jurkiewicz, L Samargandy, M Iacobelli, DA Steven, V LS Cheung, G Moran, FS Prato, RT Thompson, JG Burneo, UC Anazodo, JD Thiessen. An evaluation of the diagnostic equivalence of 18 F-FDG-PET between hybrid PET/MRI and PET/CT in drug-resistant epilepsy: A pilot study. Epilepsy Research 2021 Feb 16;172

Kwan JYY, Famiyeh P, Su J, Xu W, Kwan BYM, Jones JM, Chang E, Yip KW, Liu FF. Development and Validation of a Risk Model for Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Nov 2;3(11)

S Basseri, JP Rossiter, MC Wallace, O Islam, D Tampieri, BYM Kwan. Lumbar Intradural Neurenteric Cyst: A Rare Pathology in an Unusual Location. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul 14;1-7. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.148. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 32660652 DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.148

J. Yang, D.Jomaa, O. Islam, B. Mussari, C. Laverty, BYM Kwan. Competency-Based Medical Education in Radiology: A Survey of Medical Student Perceptions..Can Assoc Radiol J. 2020 Feb 27:846537119893663. doi: 10.1177/0846537119893663. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32103685

BYM. Kwan, A. Mbanwi, N. Cofie, C. Rogoza, O. Islam, AD. Chung, N. Dalgarno, D. Dagnon, X. Wang, B. Mussari. Creating a Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum for Canadian Diagnostic Radiology Residency (Queen's Fundamental Innovations in Residency Education)-Part 1: Transition to Discipline and Foundation of Discipline Stages.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 2020 Mar 4:846537119894723. doi: 10.1177/0846537119894723. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32126802

S. Nixon, L. Lieberman, EG Atenafu, M. Doherty, C. Murray, A. Wolfe, D. Brandys, S. Rowland, BYM. Kwan, E. Yu, B. Lechner, D. Maze. Clinical outcomes and transfusion management following intracranial hemorrhage in patients with acute leukemia.Transfusion. 2020 Feb;60(2):269-274. doi: 10.1111/trf.15621. Epub 2019 Dec 6.PMID: 31808560

MAR. Soliman, BYM. Kwan, BS. Jhawar. Minimally Invasive Unilateral Percutaneous Transfracture Fixation of a Hangman's Fracture Using Neuronavigation and Intraoperative Fluoroscopy. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb;122:90-95. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.140. Epub 2018 Nov 1.PMID: 30391610

D. Castro, J. Yang, ML Greer, BYM Kwan, E. Sauerbrei, W. Hopman, D. Soboleski. Competency Based Medical Education-Towards the Development of a Standardized Pediatric Radiology Testing Module. Acad Radiol. 2020 Feb 3:S1076-6332(19)30619-1. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2019.12.005. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32029374

S.E. Poirier, B.Y.M. Kwan, M.T. Jurkiewicz, et al. 18F-FDG PET-guided diffusion tractography reveals white matter abnormalities around the epileptic focus in medically refractory epilepsy: implications for epilepsy surgical evaluation. European J Hybrid Imaging 4, 10 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41824-020-00079-7

B.Kwan, B. Mussari, P. Moore, L. Meilleur, O. Islam, A. Menard, D. Soboleski, Dalgarno, & Cofie, N. Examining Diagnostic Radiology Residency Case Volumes from a Canadian Perspective: A Marker of Resident Knowledge. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal. 2020, February 10.

B. Kwan, N.M. Khan, J. de Almeida, D. Goldstein, V. Paleri, R. Forghani, E. Yu. “Transoral robotic surgery for head and neck malignancies: Imaging features in presurgical workup”, Head and Neck. August 2019.

Z. Hosseini, J. Matusinec, D.A. Rudko, J. Liu, B.Y.M. Kwan, F. Salehi, M. Sharma, M. Kremenchutzky, R.S. Menon and M. Drangova. Morphology-Specific Discrimination between MS White Matter Lesions and Benign White Matter Hyperintensities Using Ultra-High-Field MRI. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Aug;39(8):1473-1479. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5705. Epub 2018 Jun 21.

4. Andrew Chung:

Agarwal M, van der Pol CB, Patlas MN, Udare A, Chung AD, Rubino J. “Optimizing the radiologist work environment: Actionable tips to improve workplace satisfaction, efficiency, and minimize burnout.” La radiologia medica 2021 Jul (Online ahead of print).

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.” Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2021 Mar (Online ahead of print).

Ho AMH, Chung AD, Klar G, Mizubuti GB. “Tracheal distortion in achalasia.” Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 68(7): 1077-1079, 2021.

Kwan BYM, Mbanwi A, Cofie N, Rogoza C, Islam O, Chung AD, Dalgarno N, Dagnone D, Wang X, Mussari B. “Creating a Competency-based medical education curriculum for Canadian diagnostic radiology residency (Queen’s Fundamental Innovations in Residency Education) – Part 1: Transition to Discipline and Foundations of Discipline stages.” Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 72(3): 372-380, 2021.

A.D. Chung, S. Krishna, N. Schieda. Primary and secondary diseases of the perinephric space: an approach to imaging diagnosis with emphasis on MRI. Clinical Radiology. Volume 76, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 75.e13-75.e26.

A.D Chung. Extrahepatic Fat-Containing Lesions of the Abdomen and Pelvis: An Organ-Based Approach to Differential Diagnoses. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2020 Feb;71(1):19-29. doi: 10.1177/0846537119887871. Epub 2020 Jan 22. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32063003

A.D. Chung. Fat-Containing Lesions of the Liver: A Review of Differential Diagnoses. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2020 Feb;71(1):12-18. doi: 10.1177/0846537119885693. Epub 2020 Jan 22, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32063005

A.D. Chung, K.J. Mortele. Combined juvenile polyposis syndrome and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (JPS/HHT) with MRI and endoscopic correlation.

A. Chung. Radiologists are not the bogeymen of Ontario’s health care system. Toronto Star 2019.

Ho AMH, Mizubuti GB, Chung AD. Congenital absence of the inferior vena cava. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 66(4): 461-462, 2019.

Ho AMH, Chung AD, Mizubuti GB. “May-Thurner (Left common iliac vein compression) syndrome.” (Submitted to Anesthesiology).

van der Pol CB, Chung A, Lim C, Gandhi N, Tu W, McInnes MDF, Schieda N. “Update on multiparametric MRI of urinary bladder cancer.” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 48(4): 882-896, 2018.

5. Reza Nasirzadeh:

D.R. Budhram, R. Nasirzadeh, L. Hookey. An Unusual Case of Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent–Related Splenic Capsule Hemorrhage. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 14 December 2020, Page 1-2

Z. Abraham, A. Nasirzadeh, B. Mussari, A. Menard, E. Tarulli. Ex vivo evaluation of the effect of multiple
electrode radiofrequency needle tip convergenceon size of ablation zone. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. March 2020 Volume 31, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S222

R. Nasirzadeh, S. F. Stella, O. Mironov, A. Jaberi, J. R. Kachura, M. E. Simons, J. R. Beecroft, G. Annamalai, K. T. Tan. Which G-Tube to Use in Pullers: Assessment of Pull Pressures on Skin Models to Determine Optimal Catheter Choice in Patients with Recurrent Pulled Gastrostomy Tubes. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2019) 42:116–120.

6. Omar Islam:

Islam O, Vignesh K.N. Alzhemier Disease ImagingMedscape Drugs & Diseases. Updated December 29, 2022. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/336281

Stephen L. Archer, Omar Islam, Ross Walker, J. Alberto Neder, Michel Melanson, Joe Abunassar, Christopher Smith. Exertional Dyspnea and Chronotropic Incompetence Due to Extrinsic Compression of the Right Carotid Body by a Giant Lipoma. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022, ISSN 0828-282X,

Islam O, Butt T. Imaging in Choroid Plexus Papilloma. Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Updated February 28, 2022.

Stephen F. Pastore, Tahir Muhammad, Ricardo Harripaul, Rebecca Lau, Muhammad Tariq Masood Khan, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Omar Islam, Changsoo Kang, Muhammad Ayub, Musharraf Jelani & John B. Vincent. Biallelic inheritance in a single Pakistani family with intellectual disability implicates new candidate gene RDH14. Sci Rep 11, 23113 (2021).

Sheikh,T I., N., Vasli, S. Pastore, K. Kharizi, R. Harripaul, Z. Fattahi, S. Pande, F. Naeem, A. Hussain, A. Mir, O. Islam, KM. Girisha, M. Irfan, M. Ayub, C. Schwarzer, H. Najmabadi, A. Shukla, VC. Sladky, VZ. Braun, I. Garcia-Carpio, A. Villunger, JB. Vincent. Biallelic mutations in the death domain of PIDD1impair caspase-2 activation and are associated with intellectual disability. Translational Psychiatry Volume 11, Article number: 1 (2021)

Sanderson B, Leach C, Zein M, Islam O, MacLean G, Strube YNJ, Guerin A. Bilateral severe microphthalmia in a neonate with trisomy 8 mosaicism: A new finding. American Journal of Medical Genetics. November 11, 2020

A Cancer Care Ontario Organizational Guideline for the Delivery of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis in Ontario, Canada. Practical Radiation Oncology November 2019. Also available on the Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) website: https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/guidelines-advice/types-of-cancer/60751

Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Medscape Drugs & Diseases, 2019. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2105033

Primary Brain Tumour Imaging with 3T MRI – Canadian Perspective. Plenary Talk. International Medical Imaging and Case Reports Conference, London UK, December 2019.

M. Xu, O. Islam, D. Wei, D. Johnson. Detection of plastic BBs on CT scanning of the orbit. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (2018) 53(4): e148-e149.

7. Don Soboleski:

Greer MLC, Cytter-Kuint, R, Pratt L, Soboleski D, Focht G, Castro D. Clinical-stage Approaches for Imaging Chronic Inflammation and Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Volume 26, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1509–1523.

Kolar, Pilkington, Winthrop, MacDonald, Justinich, Soboleski, Sly, Hurlbut.. Free Intestinal Perforation in Children with Crohn’s Disease. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports 32(2018) 5-10.

8. Rumbolt:

J.G. Thorne, E.H. Russell, D. Rumbolt, M.A. Jamieson. Cause or Coincidence? Spontaneous Hematometra in Young Women Receiving Depomedroxyprogesterone Acetate: A Small Case Series. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2018 Aug;31(4):416-419. 2018 Feb 14.

9. Castro:

Greer MLC, Cytter-Kuint, R, Pratt L, Soboleski D, Focht G, Castro D. Clinical-stage Approaches for Imaging Chronic Inflammation and Fibrosis in Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Volume 26, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1509–1523.

Factors affecting perception of the normal pediatric appendix on sonography. Ultrasound J. 2019 Dec; 11: 33. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6925608/

10. Fenton:

J. Larocerie, J. Davidson, P. Fenton. The use of Ultrasound Imaging to assess the effectiveness of nonoperative treatment of Dupuytren's Contracture. Submitted to "Hand"

11. Jabs:

Gauvin G, Yeo CT, Ungi T, Merchant S, Lasso A, Jabs D, Vaughan T, Rudan JF, Walker R, Fichtinger G, Engel CJ. Real-time electromagnetic navigation for breast-conserving surgery using NaviKnife technology: A matched case-control study. Breast Journal. 2020 Mar;26(3):399-405

12. Scott:

S. Sibley , N. Roth, C. Scott, L. Rang, H. White, M. L. A. Sivilotti, and E. Bruder. Point-of-care ultrasound for the detection of hydronephrosis in emergency department patients with suspected renal colic. The Ultrasound Journal. Sibley et al. Ultrasound J (2020) 12:31

13. Sauerbrei:

Brooks KCL, Varette K, Harvey MA, Robert M, Brison RJ, Day A, Baker K, Della Zazzera V, Sauerbrei E, McLean L. A model identifying characteristics predictive of successful pelvic floor muscle training outcomes among women with stress urinary incontinence. Urogynecol J. 2021 Mar;32(3):719-728. doi: 10.1007/s00192-020-04583-z. Epub 2020 Nov 25. PMID: 33237355; PMCID: PMC7902568.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33237355/

14. Mussari:

Erin Williams, Nader Hanna, Ben Mussari and Wiley Chung.Thoracic duct embolization via chest tube for a patient with postoperative traumatic chylothorax. Can J Surg 2021 December 1; 64(6). doi: 10.1503/cjs.022119

Liu, T., Basseri, S., Mussari, B. et al. Generalized lymphatic anomalies and review of the current management landscape: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Reports 15, 398 (2021).

18. Pourafkari:

Loan‑Andrei Iliuta, Aung Zaw Win, Matthew B. Lanktree, Seung Heyck Lee, Marina Pourafari , Fatemeh Nasri , ElsaGuiard, Amirreza Haghighi, Ning He, Alistair Ingram, Crystal Quist, David Hillier, Korosh Khalili & York Pei. Atypical Polycystic Kidney Disease as defned by Imaging.

Archana Rai, Kim A. Connelly, Subodh Verma C, David Mazer, Hwee Teoh, Ming‑Yen Ng, Idan Roifman, Adrian Quan, Marina Pourafkari, Laura Jimenez‑Juan, Venkat Ramanan, Yin Ge, Djeven P. Deva, Andrew T. Yan. Empaglifozin does not afect left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease: insight from the EMPA‑HEART CardioLink‑6 randomized clinical trial. Accepted: 24 October 2021 © Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l., part of Springer Nature 2022

Presentations

2023

Poster Presentations

Arterioureteral Fistulas: Urine Trouble. Case Report Presentation, Residents and Fellows Day

Cyrus Thomas, Ben Mussari, Alex Menard

Canadian Association of Interventional Radiology (CAIR) Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec City, QC May 25– May 27, 2023

Potential Application of Ultra Low-Field Portable MRI in the ICU to Improve MR Access in Canadian Hospitals - Multi-Centre Analysis. Dr. Omar Islam, Dr. Amy Lin (University of Toronto), Dr. Aditya Bharatha (University of Toronto).
Educational Exhibit Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Meeting. Montreal April 27-30, 2023

Portable Brain MRI in a Remote Northern Canadian Setting: The Preliminary Experience of Moose Factory Implementation. Chloe DesRoche, Innes E, Silver S, Tampieri T, Ortiz J, Kwan B, Boyd G, Islam O. Value of Radiology Presentation Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Meeting. Montreal April 27-30, 2023

Outcomes of diagnostic breast imaging in young women (less than 50 years old)

2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium®Navdeep Dehar, Joseph N. Samuel, Doris Jabs, Wilma Hopman, Mihaela Mates. , Poster Presentation. December 6-10, 2022, San Antonio, Texas

A Novel Technique to Investigate Thyroid Nodules: Dual Cytology/Histology Preparation from Core Needle Biopsy Is More Useful Than Fine Needle Aspiration Alone.Kuan-Ting Chen, Koster T, Orr CE, Hurlburt D, Wang A, Mussari B, Menard A, Nasirzadeh R, Tarulli E, Manduch M. Accepted for poster presentation during the United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology’s 112^th Annual Meeting, March 11-16, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2022

ICRE 202222

Innovations in residency teaching and assessment

Quantifying differences between preliminary diagnostic radiology resident reports and finalized staff reports with semi-supervised machine learning: a preliminary exploration

Fiona Raymond, Arsalan Rizwan, Hasan Zafari, Nicholas Cofie, Benjamin Kwan

Fidelity of CBD Implementation

An adaptation-focused evaluation of Canada's first competency-based medical education implementation in radiology

Benjamin Kwan, Andrew Chung, Natalie Wagner, Heather Braund, Tessa Hanmore, Andrew Hall, Laura McEwen, Nancy Dalgarno, Damon Dagnone

Presenter: Benjamin Kwan

Well-Being in Radiology: Optimizing The Learning Environment. Pérez Lara A, Romero Sánchez TG, Ortiz Jimenez J. –Presented at the 36th Seram Congress in Spain. SERAM 2022 Radiology Congress – Malaga, Spain, Accesit: Oral Presentation

Utility of Point of Care MRI for Cerebral Imaging in a remote Northern Canadian Health Authority.Boyd G, DesRoche C, Innes E, Boyd G, Islam O, Kwan B, Ortiz J, Silver I, Tampieri D. Session 4 – Global Health is Local Health. First Annual Centre for Health Innovation Spring Symposium. Kingston, Ontario June 6-7, 2022

Imaging Features Predictive of Endovascular Thrombectomy Results Using Machine Learning. Salameh JP, Wylynko B, Simpson A, Ortiz J, Islam O, Tampieri D. Oral Presentation at American Society of Neuroradiology 60^TH Annual Meeting. New York City, May 2022 - Powerpoint.

Rizwan, A, Raymond F, Zafari H, Cofie N, Kwan BYM. Semi-Supervised Natural Language–based Machine Learning approach to quantifying differences between residents’ preliminary and staff reviewed final reports. Canadian Associations of Radiologists ASM 2022.

2021

Pérez Lara A, Romero Sánchez TG, Ortiz Jimenez J. Seram 2021 Radiology Congress – Spain
Cum Laude Electronic Exhibit: “Formación después de la residencia: Y si hago un Fellowship?” (Postgraduate training after residency – The value in doing a Fellowship) – This poster was presented at the virtual 35th Seram Congress in Spain. It is a guide for international radiologists applying to fellowship in Canada, United States, UK, and Australia.

Zoe Hu, Tamas Ungi, CJ Engel, Doris Jabs, Gabor Fichtinger. Deep Learning-Based Automatic Tumour Segmentation in Breast-Conserving Surgery Navigation Systems.(PDF) (PowerPoint) Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Association of Radiologists, April 27 to May 2, 2021, online. [Best Radiologist-in-Training Research Project Oral Presentation Award].

2020

A. Menard. Physician Wellness in VIR – what do we know? Canadian Association of Interventional Radiology VLS 2021
Wellness Symposium. February 17, 2021

SE. Poirier, BY. Kwan, MT. Jurkiewicz, L. Samargandy, DA. Steven, A. Suller-Marti, VLS. Cheung, AR. Khan, J Romsa, FS. Prato, JG. Burneo, JD. Thiessen, UC. Anazodo. Positron emission tomography combined with diffusion tensor imaging reveals macrostructural breakdown around epileptic foci in non-lesional medically refractory epilepsy. Accepted for an online poster presentation at the North American Virtual Epilepsy Meeting 2020.

MP Quinn, J. Rullo, B. Kwan, MW Ten Hove. Alternating Involvement of Bilateral Oculomotor Nerves in Recurrent Ophthalmoplegic Cranial Neuropathy. 1 Department of Ophthalmology, 2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Queen’s University & Kingston Health Sciences Centre Kingston, Canada

N. Dalgarno, B. Kwan, A. Chung, N. Wagner, T. Hanmore, H. Braund, D. Dagnone. An Evaluation of the Implementation of CBME in Radiology at Queen’s University. Short Communication - Virtual, AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) 2020

R. Kirkbride, A. Monteiro, D. Dabreo, G. Aviram, D.Litmanovich. Atrial Measurements: Can they predict adverse events in patients with acute PE? e-Poster, Society of Thoracic Radiology, March 2020

R.Kirkbride, A. Monteiro, D. Dabreo, B. Heidinger, D.Tridente, C. Wiest, G. Aviram, B. Carroll, D. Litmanovich. CT Atrial Measurements: Can they predict adverse events in patients with acute PE? Oral Presentation, European Congress of Radiology, 2020

Z. Abraham, A. Nasirzadeh, B. Mussari, A. Menard, E. Tarulli. Ex vivo evaluation of the effect of multiple
electrode radiofrequency needle tip convergenceon size of ablation zone. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

B.Kwan, B. Mussari, P. Moore, L. Meilleur, O. Islam, A. Menard, D. Soboleski, Dalgarno, & Cofie, N. Examining Diagnostic Radiology Residency Case Volumes from a Canadian Perspective: A Marker of Resident Knowledge. Facilitated Poster, 2020 Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME)

2019

D. Castro, A. Mbanwi, S. Nurmsoo, D. Soboleski. Sonographic Visualization of the Y Configuration Sign in the Diagnosis of a Duodenal Duplication Cyst. European Society of Pediatric Radiology Annual Meeting ESPR 2019
https://epostersonline.com/espr2019/node/522

J. Yang, D. Castro, J. Liu, M. Kolar, J. Amaral, D. Soboleski. Imaging Features and Enhancement Technique to Diagnose and Classify Intrathoracic Lympho-Venous Malformations. e-Poster Presentation, European Society of Pediatric Radiology, Helsinki, Finland, May 16-18, 2019 https://epostersonline.com/espr2019/node/520?view=true

D. Soboleski. Novel methods to improve radiologist agreement in chest interpretation (Medical Imaging Experts Meeting), Baltimore. October 2019:

P. Fenton. Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System. Online Education Module. August 2019

B. Kwan. Educational Exhibit titled: "Navigating the Brachial Plexus: MR Imaging of Common Entities", The American Society of Spine Radiology 2019 Annual Symposium. July 2019

J. Butler, I. Silver. Educational Exhibit "Navigating the Brachial Plexus: MR Imaging of Common Entities", The American Society of Spine Radiology 2019 Annual Symposium. July 2019:

O. Islam. Primary Brain Tumour Imaging with 3T MRI – Canadian Perspective. International Medical Imaging and Case Reports Conference, London UK, Dec 2019. Plenary Lecture.

O. Islam. Hypopharynx & Larynx. Canadian Neuroradiology Course, Toronto. Lecture

D. Dabreo, R. Pal. Coronary CT – Who and How? Presentation at the Annual Cardiovascular Symposium 2019, November 8, 2019

D. Dabreo. Making the Black Box of the Heart More Transparent! NASCI Annual Meeting Sept. 2019

Rachael Kirkbride MBChB, Antonio Monteiro MD, Cara Wiest MD, Dominique Dabreo MD, Daniela Tridente MD, Benedikt Heidinger MD, Michelle Dubrovsky, Galit Aviram MD, Brett Carroll MD, and Diana Litmanovich MD. ATRIAL MEASUREMENTS:Can they predict adverse events in patients with acute PE? NASCI Sept 2019.

D. Tampieri. Thrombectomy for Large Vessels Occlusion : How Does Imaging Influence Triage?

L. Mak, S. Basseri, C. Wallace, J. Rossiter, O. Islam, I. Silver, B. Kwan, D. Tampieri. Rare Case of a Bronchial Endodermal Cyst of the Cauda Equina CAR 2019.

JosephYang, Nancy Chen, Ian Silver, Jonathan Butler, Donatella Tampieri, Omar Islam, Martin ten Hove, and Benjamin Kwan. Globe Abnormalities Presentation.

B. H. Heidinger, D. C. DaBreo, B. J. Carroll, S. A. Feldman, D. Mohebali, I. McCormick, J. D. Matos, W. J. Manning, D. Litmanovich. Presence of coronary artery calcifications on CT is associated with PE-related mortality in patients with acute PE. 2019 European Congress of Rdiology Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

D. DaBreo. Chest Radiographs of Cardiovascular Disease - Case Based Review. Invited Lecture Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA.

B. Kwan. Clinical Outcomes and Platelet Transfusion Practice Following Intracranial Hemorrhage in Acute Leukemia at the American Society of Hematology 60th Annual Meeting.

J. Yang, N. Chen, I. Silver, J. Butler, D. Tampieri, O. Islam, M. ten Hove, B.Y. M. Kwan. Globe Imaging: A Global Overview of Globe Pathologies - Received 2nd place (out of 92 submissions) for our educational exhibit at the Canadian Association of Radiologists ASM 2019.

A. Menard. MRI Fused Cone Beam CT Guided Biopsy of the Prostate as a Safe and Novel Method of Prostate Biopsy. SIR 44th Annual Scientific Meeting in Austin, TX. March 2019.

Rare Case of a Bronchial Endodermal Cyst of the Cauda Equina: Literature Review and Strategic Imaging Approach at the Canadian Association of Radiologists ASM 2019.

D.Tampieri, I. Silver, J. Butler, O. Islam, B. Kwan, A. Mbanwi (Medical student). Navigating the Brachial Plexus: MR Imaging of Common Entities. Educational Exhibit presented at The American Society of Spine Radiology Annual Symposium February 2019.

2018

L. K. Newman, R. Sarkar, A. Menard, R. Nasirzadeh, B. Mussari. Creation of anatomically coherent vascular angiographic phantoms using CT angiograms, 3D computer modeling and 3D printing. Department of Radiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Poster presentation at the Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Meeting. August 2018

B. Kwan. Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) - Role of the Head and Neck Radiologist” at the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology Annual Meeting. October 2018.

D. DaBreo. Charleston, Post Cardiac Surgery Complications. South Carolina. North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging.September 25, 2018 Invited International Lecture.

D. Dabreo. Approach to Cardiac Plain Films. Cardiology Academic Half Day.

D. Dabreo. Cardiology Radiology Multi-Modality Imaging Journal Club.

D. Dabreo. Updates in Imaging of the Pleura. Respirology Academic Half Day

D.A. Soboleski. Methods Towards Improving Consistency In Interpretation Of Chest Radiographs. Medical Experts Meeting, Baltimore USA. October 2018.

EVT Presentation at Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology. May 2018.

Patents

M. Mehdi, A. Purang, M. Parvin, E. Sauerbrei, R. Siemens, P. Isotalo. Method for Improved Ultrasonic Detection