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Collaborators

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Dr. Jake Barralet

Professor of Surgery, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

Vice Chair Surgery (Research), Department of Surgery,

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Director of Research, Division of Orthopaedics,

Department of Surgery, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

Associate Director Injury Repair and Recovery Program at RIMUHC

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Director of Innovation for the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning and Faculty of Medicine

Research Interests:

  • Bio- and nano-materials.
  • Nanomedicine, Bioceramics, Tissue Regeneration, Controlled Release, Bioinorganics

Dr. Barralet is a professor of biomaterials and Director of Research in Orthopaedic Surgery at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, and the Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre. With more than 15 years of academic and industrial experience in biomaterials and nanotechnology, his research interests include tissue regeneration, 3D printed bioceramics, nanomedecine and controlled release of bioactives. He is an active board member of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences and of the Canada Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society, which he established four years ago. He is interested in productive partnerships focused on bringing new innovations to the public. In 2016 he received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to provide nearly 90 students with cross-disciplinary training to prepare them for high-skill jobs in the surgical devices industry

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Dr. Thomas Hemmerling

Scientist, RI-MUHC, Montreal General Hospital

Centre for Translational Biology

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia,

Faculty of Medicine, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

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Research Interests:

Robotics; automated systems; simulators; innovation in technology

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  • Development of new simulator environments and tools for competence evaluation for plastic surgery
  • Innovation in plastic surgery procedures using non-invasive technologies

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Publication list (selection; collaborative work with plastic surgery, McGill)

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1: Azzi AJ, Lafrenière AS, Viezel-Mathieu A, Hemmerling TM, Gilardino M.

Objective Quantification of Liposuction Results. J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2018

Jul-Sep;11(3):105-109. doi: 10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_102_18. Review. PubMed PMID:

30533983; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6243817.

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2: Viezel-Mathieu A, Kazan R, Cyr S, Gilardino MS, Hemmerling TM. The Development

of a Benchtop Breast Reconstruction Surgical Simulator. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med

Biol Soc. 2018 Jul;2018:949-952. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512397. PubMed PMID:

30440547.

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3: Azzi AJ, Lafrenière AS, Gilardino M, Hemmerling T. Ultrasonography Technique

in Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Measurement: A Systematic Review. J

Ultrasound Med. 2019 Apr;38(4):877-888. doi: 10.1002/jum.14789. Epub 2018 Sep 12.

PubMed PMID: 30208232.

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4: Azzi AJ, Hilzenrat R, Viezel-Mathieu A, Hemmerling T, Gilardino M. A Review of

Objective Measurement of Flap Volume in Reconstructive Surgery. Plast Reconstr

Surg Glob Open. 2018 May 15;6(5):e1752. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000001752.

eCollection 2018 May. PubMed PMID: 29922550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5999430.

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5: Kazan R, Viezel-Mathieu A, Cyr S, Hemmerling TM, Lin SJ, Gilardino MS.

Identification of New Tools to Predict Surgical Performance of Novices using a

Plastic Surgery Simulator. J Surg Educ. 2018 Nov;75(6):1650-1657. doi:

10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Apr 9. PubMed PMID: 29650484.

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6: Kazan R, Viezel-Mathieu A, Cyr S, Hemmerling TM, Gilardino MS. The Montreal

Augmentation Mammaplasty Operation (MAMO) Simulator: An Alternative Method to

Train and Assess Competence in Breast Augmentation Procedures. Aesthet Surg J.

2018 Jul 13;38(8):835-849. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx267. PubMed PMID: 29506205.

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7: Kazan R, Viezel-Mathieu A, Cyr S, Hemmerling TM, Gilardino MS. The Montreal

Augmentation Mammoplasty Operation (MAMO) Simulator: An Alternative Method to

Train and Assess Competence in Breast Augmentation Procedures. Aesthet Surg J.

2018 Jan 3. doi: 10.1093/asjour/sjx267. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:

29304194.

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8: Kazan R, Cyr S, Hemmerling TM, Lin SJ, Gilardino MS. The Evolution of Surgical

Simulation: The Current State and Future Avenues for Plastic Surgery Education.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Feb;139(2):533e-543e. doi:

10.1097/PRS.0000000000002956. PubMed PMID: 28121895.

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9: Kazan R, Courteau B, Cyr S, Hemmerling TM, Gilardino M. A Novel Mammoplasty

Part-Task Trainer for Simulation of Breast Augmentation: Description and

Evaluation. Simul Healthc. 2016 Feb;11(1):60-4. doi:

10.1097/SIH.0000000000000124. PubMed PMID: 26836467.

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*Link to PubMed*

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