E183 - Brian Cameron on Ripples from Rupununi
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Cameron is a retired pediatric surgeon who has spent much of his life dedicated to global ...
E182 - Michael Leveridge on Creating Mental Models in Your Practice
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Michael Leveridge is a urologist at Queen’s University. He specializes in urologic oncology an...
E181 - Campbell Roxburgh at Queen's University
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Campbell Roxburgh is a consultant colorectal surgeon and Professor of Colorectal Surgical Oncology a...
E180 - Andrea Merrill on Writing, Creativity, and Pursuing your Passions as a Surgeon
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Merrill is a surgical oncologist in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the creator of Scrubbed...
E179 - Mohamed Belal on Being Britain's First Paralyzed Surgeon and Designing the ORs of the Future
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mohammed Bellal is a consultant urologist based out of Birmingham, UK. He specializes in complex...
E178 - CMPA x Cold Steel Part 2 - Anatomy of a Lawsuit
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of our mini-series with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), R...
E177 - Stephen Foster on Global Surgery in Angola
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to describe exactly what Dr. Stephen Foster is. Dr. Foster is a general surgeon, urologi...
E176 - Journal Club with David Maslove on Cash Incentives for Peer Review
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clip of Senate hearing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.That was a clip from a Senate hearing with Robert...
E175 - Global Surgery and the Power of Purpose with Mark Shrime
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The only thing that can save us from our irascibly self-centered existence is to make sure that our ...
E174 - Bridging East and West on colorectal cancer, with Tsuyoshi Konishi
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tsuyoshi Konishi Dr. Tsuyoshi Konishi is an associate professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the U...
E173 - The Leading Edge of Colon Cancer Treatments, with Jenny Seligmann
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were joined by Dr. Jenny Seligmann. Dr. Seligmann is a Professor of Gastrointestinal an...
E172 - Joy of Surgery
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an edited version of a talk I gave to our first years during their Surgical Foundati...
E171 - Selwyn Rogers on Violence Prevention & Creating a Trauma Centre in Chicago
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As foun...
E170 - Dr. Thomas Forbes speaks at William Ersil Research Day
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a recording of the Queen’s Department of Surgery William Ersil Research Day. This ...
E169 - The Canadian Medical Protective Association & Cold Steel on Medico-legal Risks for the Surgeon (part 1)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to release our new collaborative mini-series on “Medico-legal Risks forthe Surgeo...
E168 - Caprice Greenberg on Coaching
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us on Cold Steel!Dr. Caprice Greenberg is a surgical oncologist at UNC School ...
E167 - Adom Bondzi Simpson on Diversity in Surgery
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson is a general surgery resident and PhD student at the University of Toronto. ...
E166 - Lilli Cooper on Tremors and Performance Anxiety
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you so much for joining us on Cold Steel!The tremulous surgeon seems like such an oxymoron, an...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Morad Hameed on Finding Fulfillment as Surgeons
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Morgan Schellenberg on Choosing Your First Surgical Job
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Ashlie Nadler on being Available, Affable, and Able
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Kelly Vogt on Starting Your Career in Research as a Surgeon
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Rob Leeper on How to Think About Your Surgical Career
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
Bonus Episode from CANUCS Surgical Fellows Course: Ameer Farooq on Culture in Surgery
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re really excited to bring you talks that we recorded as part of the CANUCS Surgical Fellows co...
E165 - Erin King-Mullins on Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Developing Your Own Practice
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a trainee, I rarely thought about the details of setting up your own office, and yet I always fel...
E164 - Best of CSF 2023 with Elena Parvez
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elena Parvez is a surgical oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery. Her ...
E163 - Rediscovering a Surgeon's Purpose and Intentionality with Dr. Sharon Stein
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you so much for joining us on the podcast!In many philosophical and religious traditions, ther...
E162 - Jennifer McCall and Romy Nitsch on Imposter Syndrome
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we spoke with Drs. Jen McCall and Romy Nitsch about imposterism. Dr. McCall is a mi...
E161 - Elizabeth Squirrell on Crohns Disease, Part 2
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Squirrell joined us to talk about Crohns disease. Dr. Squirrell is a ...
E160 - Elizabeth Squirrell on Crohns Disease, Part 1
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Squirrell joined us to talk about Crohns disease. Dr. Squirrell is a ...
E159 - Creating a Supportive Culture of Leadership with Sharmila Dissanaike
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike is a trauma and acute care surgeon and is the chair of surgery at Texas Tech...
E158 - Bellal Joseph on REBOA, brain injuries, frailty in surgery and authenticity
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bellal Joseph is a trauma surgeon and the chief of the division of trauma, surgical critical car...
E157 - Reducing Diagnostic Error with Janice Kwan
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Janice Kwan is an internist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Her research interests focus on he...
E156 - Working Less, and Living More with Adi Kumar
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us come out of training and have no idea on how to balance a busy clinical practice, acade...
E155 - Shiva Jayaraman on Peer-to-Peer Coaching for Bile Duct Injuries
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shiva Jayaraman is a minimally invasive and hepatobiliary surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He’s...
E154 - Bev Blaney on Psychological Challenges for Surgeons
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we had the opportunity to speak with Beverly Blaney. Bev is a psychotherapist who h...
E153 Marylise Boutros on Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS)
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with arguably the world expert on low anterior resection syndrome. Dr. Marylise Boutros ...
RE-BROADCAST E27 David Feliciano on Trauma and Culture Building
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a re-broadcast to honour the memory of the "Boss" Dr. Feliciano.Original shownotes:It’s no...
RE-BROADCAST E46 Nobel Prize Winners in Surgery with David Feliciano
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are re-broadcasting this episode in honour of the memory of the late Dr. David Feliciano.Original...
Tribute to the "Boss" David Feliciano
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is with sadness but also profound gratitude that we commemorate the passing of David V Feliciano ...
Best of CSF 2023 - Karina Spoyalo on Perioperative Warming Techniques
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We still got more in the vault from CSF 2023! In this episode, Dr. Spoyalo talked about her work on ...
E152 Justin Dimick "How I Built This" interview at Queen's University William Ersil Research Day
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we had the opportunity to do our first live Cold Steel episode! We were luc...
E151 Haytham Kaafarani on Intra-operative Adverse Events and Surgeons as a Second Victim
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Haytham Kaafarani is a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital. We caught up with him a...
Best Of Canadian Surgical Forum 2023: Zuhaib Mir on Delayed vs. Early Appendectomy (DELAY)
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you really have to do that appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis at 2 am??? Now you h...
Best Of CSF HPB Edition with Katrina Duncan and Richard Gilbert
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year we've had the pleasure of introducing a new segment where we highlight some of our favouri...
E150 Hugh MacDonald on Surgeons as Lifelong Learners and Adopting New Techniques
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do surgeons incorporate new techniques, tools and approaches while in practice? Dr. Hugh MacDona...
E149 Amin Madani on AI, Machine Learning, Surgical Data Science, & GoNoGo in Cholecystectomy
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amin Madani is the director of the Surgical AI Research Academy (SARA) at the University Health ...
E148 Ron Barbosa on Twitter Threads & Surgical Education
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e148-ron-barbosa-twitter-threads-surgical-educat...
E147 Journal Club with Nathan Ginther on Stapled Rectal Prolapse Repair
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e147-journal-club-nathan-ginther-stapled-rectal-...
University of Manitoba General Surgery Residency Program Highlight with Justin Rivard (CaRMS 2023)
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Dr. Justin Rivard, new program director at University of Manitoba general surgery ...
E146 Jonathan White On Surgery101, Surgical Education And Sabbaticals
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e146-jonathan-white-surgery101-surgical-educatio...
E145 Masterclass With Rob Bechara On Optical Evaluation Of Colonic Polyps
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e145-masterclass-rob-bechara-optical-evaluation-...
E144 Geeta Lal on Ergonomics in Surgery
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All of us at some point in our career experience physical pain while operating. We were lucky to be ...
UBC General Surgery Residency Highlight with Tracy Scott (Rebroadcast for CaRMS 2023)
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] is a rebroadcast of our conversa...
Calgary General Surgery Residency Highlight with Ryan Rochon (Rebroadcast for CaRMS 2023)
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] is a rebroadcast of our conversa...
Western General Surgery Residency Highlight with Michael Ott (Rebroadcast for CaRMS 2023)
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] is a rebroadcast from last year'...
McGill General Surgery Residency Highlight with Sender Liberman (Rebroadcast 2023)
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] is a rebroadcast of our conversa...
Dalhousie General Surgery Residency Highlight with Lucy Helyer (Rebroadcast CaRMS 2023)
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a rebroadcast of last year's conversation with Dr. Lucy Helyer on the Dalhousie general surg...
McMaster University General Surgery Residency Highlights CaRMS 2023 with Ilun Yang
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] had the pleasure of speaking to Dr...
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) Gen Surg Highlights CaRMS 2023 with Alex Mathieson
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We had the pleasure of catching up with Dr. Alex Mathieson for the 2nd year in a row to talk about t...
University of Alberta General Surgery CaRMS 2023 Residency Program Highlight with Mike McCall
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We had the pleasure of speaking to new program director Dr. Michael McCall about the U of A general ...
Queen's General Surgery Residency Highlights CaRMS 2023 with Sarah Jones
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected] had the pleasure of speaking with ...
Carms General Advice 2023
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected]’s that time of year again, when ...
E143 Masterclass with Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda on Transanal Excision of Rectal Lesions
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To obtain the transcript, please contact [email protected]’s that time of year again, when ...
E142 Masterclass with Dennis Kim (Trauma ICU Rounds) on Fascial Dehiscence
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e142-masterclass-dennis-kim-trauma-icu-rounds-fa...
E141 Journal Club with Morad Hameed on Cardiac Injuries
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuriesI...
E140 Mark Soliman on SurgeON, Developing a New Social Media App, and Entrepreneurship for Surgeons
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuriesI...
E139 Neil Smart on Parastomal Hernias
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e141-journal-club-morad-hameed-cardiac-injuriesI...
E138 Heather Patterson on her new book Shadows and Light, documenting COVID-19 and burnout
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e138-heather-patterson-her-new-book-shadows-and-...
E137 Elijah Dixon on Mindfulness, Meditation and Being Past President of CAGS and AHPBA
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e137-elijah-dixon-mindfulness-meditation-and-bei...
E136 Corrie White on Medical Office Assistants, Setting up an Office, EMRs and Billing!
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e136-corrie-white-medical-office-assistants-sett...
E135 How to Publish Papers with Wendy Carroll
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e135-how-publish-papers-wendy-carrollThis week w...
E134 Masterclass with Charles Vollmer on Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas (Part 2)
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e134-masterclass-charles-vollmer-cystic-neoplasm...
E133 Masterclass with Charles Vollmer on Types and Workup of Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e133-masterclass-charles-vollmer-types-and-worku...
E132 Donna Kimmaliardjuk on Breaking Down Barriers and Caring for Indigenous Patients
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e132-donna-kimmaliardjuk-breaking-down-barriers-...
E131 Jeff Way on Spirituality in Surgery, Managing a Busy Practice and Advocacy
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e131-jeff-way-spirituality-surgery-managing-busy...
E130 Homer Tien on Ornge, Emergency Transport, COVID19 Vaccine Distribution & Leadership
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e130-homer-tien-ornge-emergency-transport-covid1...
E129 Paul McBeth on Engineering and Surgery
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e129-paul-mcbeth-engineering-and-surgeryThis wee...
E128 Helen Pham on Australian surgical training programs and advice for starting residency
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e128-helen-pham-australian-surgical-training-pro...
E127 Rob Leeper on Competitive Motivation in Trauma Simulation and Starting out in Practice
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast transcript: https://www.canjsurg.ca/content/e127-rob-leeper-competitive-motivation-trauma-si...
E126 Lauren Kirwan on OR Nursing
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Kirwan is the nurse clinician for general surgery at the Foothills Medical Centre. She is cur...
E125 Minister John Haggie on Physician Leadership and Being Minister of Health during COVID19
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We had the unique opportunity on this episode to speak with the Honourable Minister John Haggie. Dr....
E124 Paul Engels on Trauma Training in Canada
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we spoke with Dr. Paul Engels, a trauma surgeon from McMaster University in...
E123 Janice Pasieka on Shinrin-yoku, yoga, and other strategies to fight stress from COVID19
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were joined by Dr. Pasieka once again to talk about strategies to find stress and burno...
E122 Bill Wall on Liver Transplantation in Canada
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bill Wall is one of the pioneers of liver transplantation, especially in Canada. We spoke to him...
E121 Peter Brennan on Human Factors, Hierarchy in the OR, and Gray's Surgical Anatomy
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Peter Brennan (https://twitter.com/BrennanSurgeon?...
SAGES Stories Episode 2
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to all our Cold Steel listeners! We are excited to be collaborating with the Society of Amer...
E120 Officer of the Order of Canada Jonathan Meakins on Art and Surgery
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jonathan Meakins is former Chair of the Department of Surgery at McGill and is an Officer of the...
E119 Patricia Sylla on taTME, surgical innovation, and SAGES presidency
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Pat Sylla (https://twitter.com/patsyllamd?s=20&t=_w5QG96wjQE-0ttVJJaUmw) is a minimally inva...
E118 Eric Pauli On Surgical Endoscopy And Endoscopic Management Of Leaks & Fistulas
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eric Pauli is a surgical endoscopist at Penn State. He has a very varied and novel practice, inc...
E117 Mock Orals by Elizabeth Clement at Alberta Association of General Surgeons (AAGS) Meeting
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elizabeth Clement (https://twitter.com/LizClementMD?s=20&t=l43U6ZXhsJgw39faiXIpQQ), colorect...
E116 Bill Kent on Minimally Invasive Techniques in Cardiac Surgery
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were joined by Dr. Bill Kent, a cardiac surgeon at the University of Calgary, to talk a...
E115 Wesley Francis, Don Major, and Greg Padmore on the Carribean Surgical Program
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chatted with Drs. Wesley Francis, Don Major, and Greg Padmore. These fantastic s...
E114 Tarek Razek on Global Surgery
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We were delighted this week to have Dr. Tarek Razek (https://twitter.com/Trazek) on the podcast with...
E113 Su-Yin MacDonell on Noise in the Operating Room
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Su-Yin MacDonell (https://twitter.com/MacdonellSu?s=20&t=x_rOcGb83XcxYyWjb0ow2g) is an anest...
E112 Masterclass with Colin Schieman on Paraesophageal Hernias
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were joined again by Dr. Colin Schieman for a masterclass on paraesophageal hernias! Dr...
E111 Sam Minor on Trauma Simulation and Practicing in Halifax
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we had a great conversation with Dr. Sam Minor. Dr. Minor is a general surgeon in Ha...
E110 Chris Hicks and Andrew Petrosoniak on Human-Centred Design in the Emergency Department
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all experienced the frustration of working in clinical environments that just don’t seem t...
E109 CaRMS General Surgery Residency Program Highlights!
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to bring you our CaRMS 2022 general surgery residency highlights! We invited all th...
E108 Black Surgeons in Canada with Don Nakayama, Cathy Slaney, Shannon Prince & Vivian McAlister
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year to all our listeners! We hope you all have a fulfilling and healthy 2022!We are very ...