Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast

Feb 25 2025 199 ep. 46 mins 52

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The official podcast of the Canadian Journal of Surgery

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E174 - Bridging East and West on colorectal cancer, with Tsuyoshi Konishi

Feb 25 2025 57 mins

Tsuyoshi Konishi Dr. Tsuyoshi Konishi is an associate professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, USA. We again got a chance to hear several of his talks at the COLOSOS conference in Toronto in Oct 2024. Dr. Konishi is really helping to bridge the gap between “Eastern” and “Western” approaches to colorectal cance

E173 - The Leading Edge of Colon Cancer Treatments, with Jenny Seligmann

Feb 11 2025 37 mins

This week we were joined by Dr. Jenny Seligmann. Dr. Seligmann is a Professor of Gastrointestinal and Translational Oncology and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at the University of Leeds. Dr. Seligmann is one of the authors of the seminal FOxTROT trial, which investigated the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced colon cancers. Dr. Seligmann is the lead investigator

E172 - Joy of Surgery

Jan 28 2025 8 mins

This episode is an edited version of a talk I gave to our first years during their Surgical Foundations course. It’s mainly a reminder to myself: this too shall pass.Links:Steven Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: https://www.amazon.ca/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519“Memento Mori”: https://dailystoic.com/memento-mori/Hans Zimmer soundtracks: http

E171 - Selwyn Rogers on Violence Prevention & Creating a Trauma Centre in Chicago

Jan 14 2025 41 mins

Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers is building an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His team works with leaders in the

E170 - Dr. Thomas Forbes speaks at William Ersil Research Day

Dec 31 2024 42 mins

This episode is a recording of the Queen’s Department of Surgery William Ersil Research Day. This year our invited speaker was Dr. Thomas Forbes, chief of surgery at University Health Network in Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.In this “How I Built This” style episode in front of a live audience, we explored Dr. Forbes background, his training, t

E169 - The Canadian Medical Protective Association & Cold Steel on Medico-legal Risks for the Surgeon (part 1)

Dec 17 2024 43 mins

We are delighted to release our new collaborative mini-series on “Medico-legal Risks forthe Surgeon”. The Canadian Medical Protective Association and the Cold Steel podcasthave teamed up to release this mini-series exploring some common legal issues thatmight arise for surgeons.In this first episode, we explore some basic legal issues that surgeons might face. Weexplore the pee

E168 - Caprice Greenberg on Coaching

Dec 03 2024 35 mins

Thank you for joining us on Cold Steel!Dr. Caprice Greenberg is a surgical oncologist at UNC School of Medicine in North Carolina. She is a preeminent health services researcher and also the founder of the Academy for Surgical Coaching. We caught up with her to do a deep dive on surgical coaching and the work that she’s done on a state-wide level to create a coaching program. Dr.

E167 - Adom Bondzi Simpson on Diversity in Surgery

Nov 19 2024 42 mins

Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson is a general surgery resident and PhD student at the University of Toronto. He’s been nationally recognized for his advocacy work and research work on social justice and social determinants of health. He is a winner of the Canadian Medical Association for Young Leaders, the 2023 winner of the Mikhael Award for Medical Education from the Resident Doctors of

E166 - Lilli Cooper on Tremors and Performance Anxiety

Nov 05 2024 38 mins

Thank you so much for joining us on Cold Steel!The tremulous surgeon seems like such an oxymoron, an impossible paradox. The reality of course, is that many surgeons have a tremor. Our discussion on this episode with Lilli Cooper on tremors was a wonderful exploration of performance anxiety in surgery. Lilli Cooper is a plastic surgeon in the UK, and produced a segment for the BBC

Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Morad Hameed on Finding Fulfillment as Surgeons

Oct 22 2024 59 mins

We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows course. CANUCS is a national organization that stands for Canadian collaborative on urgent care surgery. Dr. Chad Ball and Kelly Vogt were instrumental in bringing together some really fantastic speakers to talk about the critical knowledge and skills that surround obtaining a staff jo