ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 - University of Toronto Department of ...

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010
Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
Lisa Allen, Division Head
Introduction: The Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (PAG) has six members,
Division head Lisa M. Allen, and staff members Ali Nevin, Nicolette Caccia, Sari Kives, Melanie
Ornstein and Rachel Spitzer. The Division maintains a diverse practice in common conditions and
rare challenges in PAG, with over 2500 ambulatory visits per year, including the adolescent
pregnancy program. The Division continues to attract referrals to its surgical complex anomalies
program from out of province and out of country.
Highlights: Dr. Ali Nevin joined our Division on June 1, 2010, having completed fellowships in
Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology at Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and
Gynaecologic Endoscopic Surgery/MIGS, at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto.
The Division continued to fulfill its mandate in enhancing the gynaecologic care of children and
adolescents through education and research in the 2009/2010 academic year. Our fellowship
continues to attract diverse applicants from abroad. In addition to a commitment to education of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology residents in PAG, the Division attracts residents and students from
other programs in Canada.
The members maintain a strong mandate of continuing medical education, with 25 invited
presentations in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, including meetings of the Society of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, North American Society of Pediatric and
Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG), the World Congress on Hypospadius and Disorders of
Sexual Development, and VI Chilean Congress of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. The
section published 6 new peer-reviewed articles on paediatric and adolescent gynaecology
research, and collaborates on a peer-reviewed grant from the Comprehensive Cancer Center
Adolescent Transition Care Program Competition for, A pilot prospective study of measurement
of ovarian function in adolescent females receiving cancer therapy (Gupta A (PI), Coinvestigators
Lee-Chong A, Allen L, Kives S, Traubici J).
Our members has a strong provincial, national and international presence; Dr. Kives continues as
Co-Chair of CANPAGO, the paediatric gynaecology subspecialty committee of the SOGC, with
Dr. Allen and Joley Johnstone RN as members. Dr. Allen was the Program Chair of the
NASPAG ACM in Las Vegas, April 2010 and continues as a member of the subspecialty
committee of APOG. Both Dr. Kives and Allen were elected to the Board of NASPAG in April
2010. Dr. Nicolette Caccia, assisted by Zarine Tilak, is continuing the effort to supplement our
didactic core teaching with interactive web-based modules based on the Articulate program, with
a grant from the Instructional Technology Courseware Development Fund. Based on the modules
developed, the members of the Division, led by Dr. Nicolette Caccia, are working with
CANPAGO to develop a cross-country curriculum of modules for use in all University Obstetrics
and Gynaecology programs, funded by the Sheila Cohen Endowment for Women’s Health, North
York General Hospital Foundation.
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