Melina Vassiliou
Academic title(s):
- Associate Director of the 平特五不中 Medical Simulation Centre;听
- Assistant Program Director of MIS Fellowship Program;听
- Surgical Education Adair Family Chair听
Location:
Montreal General Hospital
Office:
L9-313
Division:
General Surgery
Hospital title:
Associate Professor of Surgery
Language(s) spoken:
English
French
Biography:
Dr. Vassiliou is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Program Director of MIS Fellowship Program. She just completed a seven-year term as the Program Director for the Surgical Foundations Program at 平特五不中. She completed her Masters of Education at 平特五不中. Dr. Vassiliou has won several educational awards, including the 2018 Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit. She serves as the chair of the SAGES FLS committee.
Selected publications:
- Bilgic E*, Kaneva P, Okrainec A, Ritter EM, Schwaitzberg SD, Vassiliou MC.听Trends in the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery庐 (FLS) certification exam over the past 9 years.听Surg Endosc.听2018 Apr;32(4):2101-2105. Epub 2017 Oct 24.
- Bilgic E*, Takao M, Kaneva P, Endo S, Takao T, Watanabe Y, McKendy KM, Feldman LS,听Vassiliou MC.听Development of a Model for the Acquisition and Assessment of Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Skills Using an Automated Device.听Surg Innov.听2018 Jun;25(3):286-290.
- Bilgic E*, Endo S, Lebedeva E, Takao M, McKendy KM, Watanabe Y, Feldman LS,听Vassiliou MC.听A scoping review of assessment tools for laparoscopic suturing.听Surg Endosc. 2018 May 3. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
- Enani G, Watanabe Y, McKendy KM, Bilgic E, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听What are the Training Gaps for Acquiring Laparoscopic Suturing Skills?听J Surg Educ.听2017 Jul - Aug;74(4):656-662. Epub 2017 Apr 3.
- Okrainec A,听Vassiliou M, Jimenez MC, Henao O, Kaneva P, Matt Ritter E.听Remote FLS testing in the real world: ready for "prime time".听Surg Endosc.听2016 Jul;30(7):2697-702. [Epub 2015 Nov 18]
- Bilgic E*, Turkdogan S, Watanabe Y, Madani A, Landry T, Lavigne D, Feldman LS,听Vassiliou MC.听Effectiveness of Telementoring in Surgery Compared With On-site Mentoring: A Systematic Review.听Surg Innov. 2017 May 1 [Epub ahead of print]
- Alhashemi M*, Almahroos M, Fiore JF Jr, Kaneva P, Gutierrez JM, Neville A,听Vassiliou MC, Fried GM, Feldman LS.听Impact of miniport laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus standard port laparoscopic cholecystectomy on recovery of physical activity: a randomized trial.听Surg Endosc.听2017 May;31(5):2299-2309. Epub 2016 Sep 21.
- McKendy KM*, Watanabe Y, Bilgic E, Enani G, Munshi A, Lee L, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听Establishing meaningful benchmarks: the development of a formative feedback tool for advanced laparoscopic suturing.听Surg Endosc.听2017 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print]
- Madani A*, Watanabe Y, Bilgic E, Pucher PH,听Vassiliou MC, Aggarwal R, Fried GM, Mitmaker EJ, Feldman LS.听Measuring intra-operative decision-making during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: validity evidence for a novel interactive Web-based assessment tool.听Surg Endosc.听2017 Mar;31(3):1203-1212.Epub 2016 Jul 13.
- Watanabe Y*, Madani A, Ito YM, Bilgic E, McKendy KM, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听Psychometric properties of the Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) using item response theory.听Am J Surg.听2017 Feb;213(2):273-276.Epub 2016 Oct 8.
- McKendy KM*, Watanabe Y, Lee L, Bilgic E, Enani G, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听Perioperative feedback in surgical training: A systematic review.听Am J Surg.听2016 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]
- Bilgic E*, Watanabe Y, Nepomnayshy D, Gardner A, Fitzgibbons S, Ghaderi I, Alseidi A, Stefanidis D, Paige J, Seymour N, McKendy KM, Birkett R, Whitledge J, Kane E, Anton NE,听Vassiliou MC; Simulation Committee of the Association for Surgical Education.听Multicenter proficiency benchmarks for advanced laparoscopic suturing tasks.听Am J Surg. 2016 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Watanabe Y*, Madani A, Ito YM, Bilgic E, McKendy KM, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听Psychometric properties of the Global Operative Assessment of Laparoscopic Skills (GOALS) using item response theory.听Am J Surg.听2016 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Watanabe Y*, Madani A, Bilgic E, McKendy KM, Enani G, Ghaderi I, Fried GM, Feldman LS, Vassiliou MC.听Don't fix it if it isn't broken: a survey of preparedness for practice among graduates of Fellowship Council-accredited fellowships.听Research Committee of the Fellowship Council.听Surg Endosc. 2016 Oct 14.
- Watanabe Y*, McKendy KM, Bilgic E, Enani G, Madani A, Munshi A, Feldman LS, Fried GM,听Vassiliou MC.听New models for advanced laparoscopic suturing: taking it to the next level.听Surg Endosc.听2016 Feb;30(2):581-7.
- Alhashemi M, Almahroos M, Fiore JF Jr, Kaneva P, Gutierrez JM, Neville A,听Vassiliou MC, Fried GM, Feldman LS.听Impact of miniport laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus standard port laparoscopic cholecystectomy on recovery of physical activity: a randomized trial.听Surg Endosc.听2016 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print]
- Madani A*,听Vassiliou MC, Watanabe Y, Al-Halabi B, Al-Rowais MS, Deckelbaum DL, Fried GM, Feldman LS.听What Are the Principles That Guide Behaviors in the Operating Room?: Creating a Framework to Define and Measure Performance.听Ann Surg. 2016 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Madani A, Niculiseanu P, Marini W, Kaneva PA, Mappin-Kasirer B,听Vassiliou MC,听Khwaja K, Fata P, Fried GM, Feldman LS.听Biologic mesh for repair of ventral hernias in contaminated fields: long-term clinical and patient-reported outcomes.听Surg Endosc. 2016 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]
- McKendy KM*, Posel N, Fleiszer DM,听Vassiliou MC.听A Learner-Created Virtual Patient Curriculum for Surgical Residents: Successes and Failures.听J Surg Educ.听2016 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]