July 2022 News

Dr. Roland Pilgram obtained a PhD from the Technical University in Graz (Austria) in Information and Computer Engineering in 2001. During his PhD and ongoing, he was a researcher in the Special Research Center for Optimization and Control at the Institute of Physiology, Medical University Graz (Austria). From 2001 – 2012, he was a postdoctoral research assistant and lecturer at the University for Health Informatics and Technology Tyrol (UMIT; Austria). His research projects mainly involved geometric modeling of 2D, 3D and 4D anatomical objects for segmentation, registration, and analysis. From 2012 – 2013 he was the managing director of the study program in business engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt (Austria). Dr. Pilgram moved to Montreal in 2013 and started a PhD in Neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University. He defended his thesis “Development of methods and applications to the study of the structure, function, and functional connectivity of cortical layers” in 2020. Before coming to Ottawa, he was a Neuroscience & Neurotech Project Manager at the Research Institute McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC).

Dr. Pilgram has experience in pursuing and managing multifaceted research projects. His passion is the development or application of methodological & computational processing streams involving cutting-edge recording/imaging techniques, data processing toolboxes and software pipelines to explore human functioning, and more recently to investigate brain functioning using novel multimodal data alignment techniques, signal analysis and functional connectivity. His general problem-solving strategy is focusing on simple, goal-oriented solutions leading to reproducible, automatic, and robust results rather than complex workarounds. Dr. Pilgram practices and values scientific knowledge exchange, which includes open communication, teaching, and knowledge transfer within and outside the scientific community. His overall interest is translational research and innovation to improve and secure our current and future health.

Dr. Santanu Chakraborty article Motor Band Sign in Motor Neuron Disease: A Marker for Upper Motor Neuron Involvemen

Congratulation's Dr. Santanu Chakraborty for your article Motor Band Sign in Motor Neuron Disease: A Marker for Upper Motor Neuron Involvement, has been published in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences/Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques as FirstView! You can view the article here.

New Accepted Manuscript by Drs. Nasibi, Nick Schieda, MD, & team at uOttawa
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Development of a Multiparametric Renal CT Algorithm for Diagnosis of Clear- Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Among Small (≤4 cm) Solid Renal Masses by Drs. Nasibi, Nick Schieda, MD, & team at uOttawa. You may read the article here.

Welcoming Radiation Oncologist Dr. Gordon Locke
Sunday, July 17, 2022

"Dr Gordon Locke, fellow in the division of Radiation oncology since July 2021 and locum tenens since January 2022 will now officially join us as a staff radiation oncologist! In this role he will be responsible for treating GI cancers.

Dr. Locke brings many skills and interests that will definitely be great assets for our team! Dr. Locke completed his undergraduate training at Western University in Medical Biophysics and his MD at McMaster University. He then went on to complete his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto followed by a clinical fellowship in Stereotactic GU and CNS Radiation Oncology here at the University of Ottawa. He is presently completing a Masters degree in Health Professions Education at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. His academic and clinical interests include medical education with a focus on assessment tools used in residency programs and economic evaluations of cancer treatments. He has been a board member and heavily involved with both the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO) and Resident Doctors of Canada (RDOC) throughout his residency. Outside of medicine, he is a collector of bicycles that he sometimes rides and an avid hiker." - Marc Gaudet

Dr. Robert MacRae promoted to Associate Professor
Monday, July 18, 2022

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Robert MacRae on his recent promotion to Associate Professor!

Welcoming back Radiation Oncologist Dr. Ionut Busca
Monday, July 18, 2022

"Although Dr. Busca is well known to many of us, The Division of Radiation Oncology would like to welcome Dr. Busca in his new role as a staff Radiation Oncologist in the Radiation Medicine Program starting July 4th! It has been a long road to get here! From Medical Studies at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania followed by training in the UK and finally residency training here in Ottawa where we got to know and appreciate Dr. Busca's work ethic and calm reassuring demeanor which I am sure his patients will also appreciate.

He returns to Ottawa after a year of Fellowship training subspecializing in Head and Neck Cancer at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University and will be a key member of our Head and Neck and dermatology clinical practice Groups." - Marc Gaudet