The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) and the Canadian Radiological Foundation (CRF) supports the annual abstract competitions for radiologists and radiologists-in-training in all five abstract categories.
Each year the top-ranking oral presentations for Departmental Clinical Audit Project, Radiologist-In-Training Research Project, Scientific Research Project, Value of Radiology Project and top-ranking Educational Exhibit digital presentations are awarded prizes and celebrated at the CAR Awards Ceremony.
| CAR 2019 Award Recipients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Exhibits | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 51 | Darya Kurowecki (McMaster University), Michael Patlas (McMaster University), Ehsan Haider (St. Joeph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University), Abdullah Alabousi (McMaster University) | IgG4-Related Disease: Current Status and Future Directions |
| 2nd Place | 14 | Joseph Yang (Queen's University), Nancy Chen (University of Ottawa), Ian Silver (Queen's University), Jonathan Butler (Queen's University), Donatella Tampieri (Queen's University), Omar Islam (Queen's University), Martin ten Hove (Queen's University) , Benjamin Kwan (Queen's University) | A Global Overview of Globe Pathologies |
| 3rd Place | 131 | Davis Holmes (University of British Columbia), Isabelle Dupuis (St. Paul's Hospital), Natasha Dehghan (University of British Columbia), Kun Huang (University of British Columbia), Darra Murphy (St. Paul's Hospital) | Out With The Old, In With The New: Clinicoserologic Classification of Inflammatory Myositis And Imaging Findings |
| Departmental Clinical Audit | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 117 | Hussam Kaka (McMaster University), Anna Sacchini (St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton), Linda Celeste (Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre), Abdullah Alabousi (McMaster University) | Implementation of an electronic city-wide protocoling system for after-hours radiology studies |
| 2nd Place | 148 | Dennis Parhar (University of British Columbia), Brendan Quiney (St. Paul's Hospital), Yogesh Thakur (Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), Michelle Smith (St. Paul's Hospital), Carly Launza (St. Paul's Hospital), Sheila Boyd (St. Paul's Hospital) | Protect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Radiation Protection in Interventional Radiology |
| 3rd Place | 171 | Davis Holmes (University of British Columbia), Raman Srivastrava (University of British Columbia), Tong Lam (Vancouver General Hospital), Jason Shewchuk (University of British Columbia) | Appropriateness of CT Head Imaging in 1st Episode Psychosis |
| Radiologist-in-Training Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 169 | Timothy Miao (London Health Sciences Centre), Beatrice Lau (Western University), Aaron Fenster (Robarts Research Institute), Lori Gardi (Robarts Research Institute), Jonathan Izawa (London Health Sciences Centre), Joseph Chin (London Health Sciences Centre), Ashley Mercado (St. Joseph's Health Care), Derek Cool (London Health Sciences Centre) | Does the prostate MRI definition of sextant regions adequately correspond with transrectal ultrasound to direct non-fusion TRUS biopsy of suspicious MRI masses? |
| 2nd Place | 115 | Craig Stewart (Queen's University), Vanessa Wiggermann (University of British Columbia), G.Y. Robin Hsiung (University of British Columbia), Luanne Metz (University of Calgary), David Li (University of British Columbia), Anthony Traboulsee (University of British Columbia), Alexander Rauscher (University of British Columbia) | Susceptibility-sensitive MRI to distinguish MS-related white matter FLAIR-lesions from hyperintensities due to CIS, dementia and concussion |
| 3rd Place | 159 | Samuel Neufeld (University of Manitoba), Iain Kirkpatrick (University of Manitoba) | Appropriateness of MRI at a tertiary care Canadian hospital according to CAR referral guidelines |
| Scientific Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 84 | Zaid Jabri (The Ottawa Hospital), Mandi Bzdell (The Ottawa Hospital), Rebecca Hibbert (The Ottawa Hospital), Kawan Rakhra (The Ottawa Hospital) | Does cadaveric simulation training improve resident knowledge and confidence in performing fluoroscopic guided joint injections? |
| 2nd Place | 143 | Robert Henderson (University of Sakatchewan), Xin Yi (University of Sakatchewan), Scott Adams (University of Sakatchewan), Paul Babyn (University of Sakatchewan) | Deep learning for automatic multi-catheter detection on pediatric radiographs |
| 3rd Place | 64 | Francesco Macri (Vancouver General Hospital), Elina Khasanova (Vancouver General Hospital), Nathaniel Mercaldo (MGH Institute for Technology Assessment), Anushri Parakh (Massachusetts General Hospital) , Avinash Kanbadakone (Massachusetts General Hospital), Travis Redeo (Massachusetts General Hospital), Dushyant Sahani (Massachusetts General Hospital) | Personalized Contrast Media Injection Protocols for Abdominal CT studies |
| Value of Radiology Research Project | |||
| Rank | Abstract | Names | Title |
| 1st Place | 79 | Kevin Kobes (University of British Columbia), Annemarie Bymoen (University of British Columbia), Yogesh Thakur (Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), Charlotte Yong-Hing (BC Cancer) | Introduction of Mobile Radiography Guidelines Reduced the Number of Inappropriate Chest Radiographs Performed in British Columbia |
| 2nd Place | 2 | Ania Kielar (University of Toronto), Khaled Elsayes (MD Anderson), Victoria Chernyak (Montefiore Hospital), An Tang (Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center), Richard Do (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre), Gary Dellacerra (Thomas Jefferson University), Sandeep Deshmukh (Thomas Jefferson University), Claude Sirlin (University of California San Diego) | How can we help you? Elevating the value of radiology for liver reporting by asking our surgical and clinical colleagues what they need from our reports |
| 3rd Place | 155 | Frances Walstra (University of British Columbia), Siobhan O'Neill (University of British Columbia), Arvind Vijayasarath (University of British Columbia), Savvas Nicolaou (Vancouver General Hospital), Noriko Salamon (University of British Columbia), Peter Munk (Vancouver General Hospital, Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal), Faisal Khosa (Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia) | Communication in Emergency Radiology |