News
A selection of the visitors to iRSM™, general media events spotlighting iRSM, and other iRSM activities are listed below:
March 2010
Dr. Bill Hodgetts and Ben King represented iRSM in a video being produced by Alberta Employment and Immigration about “World Class Health Facilities in Alberta”. This video will be used to promote the unique opportunities in the health care profession in Alberta.
February 2010
Head & Neck Triage Clinics
iRSM initiated the Head & Neck Triage Clinics in January of 2010. These will significantly help to triage patients who are true Osseo candidates and those who could access care elsewhere (wear regular dentures, etc). It is helping expedite patient access to this first step in the IO treatment pathway and use the surgeon’s time more efficiently when they attend the Head and Neck Collaborative Consult clinic. These clinics are conducted monthly, with the surgeon attending every third month to meet with those requiring further surgery or surgical consultation.
Jaw Reconstruction Implant Program
Historically, in the Jaw Reconstruction Implant Program, patient treatment is staged over several years and patients are without teeth from resection to completion of restoration (>3 years). iRSM is initiating a new surgical reconstruction technique for patients in the Jaw Reconstruction Implant Program (designed by Dr. Dennis Rohner, Switzerland). This technique focuses on preoperative planning and fabrication of a drilling template for implant insertion and fibular osteotomies (improves design of the reconstruction and allows for more accurate implant placement); placement of implants and creation of a stable peri‐implant soft tissue attachment in a first surgical procedure on the fibula; fabrication of the dental prosthesis prior to the reconstruction; reconstruction of the maxilla with the prefabricated free vascularized fibular flap and attached prosthetics; immediate postoperative functional loading.
This new procedure is expected to yield major benefit to iRSM patients: more predictable outcomes due to detailed pre‐operative digital planning, elimination of one surgical procedure (Phase II surgery), significant reduction in treatment time (from years to months) and immediate aesthetic results as patients emerge with an oral prosthesis in place following a major resection.
Completion of the first surgical procedure of this two stage technique occurred in April 2010.
January 2010
Dr. Bill Hodgetts featured in the Edmonton Journal. “Loud headphones could mean permanent hearing damage: Researcher” by Taylor Bendig, Canwest News Service; January 22, 2010.
Story picked up by: Breakfast Television (Global TV Edmonton); Globe and Mail, CTV News Net; Vancouver Province; Ottawa Citizen; The First Reporter.com; Science Centric.com. Other Websites that the article appeared on: Canada.com, About‐news and issues, Daily News and Analysis, Times of India, OneIndia, TopNews, NewstrackIndia, Daily India, Gaea Times, Little About, Sindh Today, Thaindian, WestSide Story, Bounty, NewsMedical.net, Red Orbit and PhysOrg.
iRSM featured in Cool Companies Magazine – First Edition Canada 2010
December, 2009
Dr. Diana Shaw, Director of Business Development
Presented at the Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products (ACAMP) seminar series: Health and Medical.
November, 2009
iRSM was featured in the article "Research & Development Support for Alberta’s Medical Devices & Technologies" by Claudia Sammer, in the first edition of "Cool Companies: Alberta’s Medical Devices & Technologies".
October, 2009
iRSM presented "3D Modeling for Medical Applications. Fundamentals in Medical Modeling: From Imaging to Solid Models Workshop" for University of Alberta Department of Surgery Residents.
September, 2009
iRSM partnered with the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine to offer a new field of study in Surgical Design and Simulation as part of the Masters of Rehabilitation Science Program.
June, 2009
iRSM presented, "3D Modeling for Medical Applications. Fundamentals in Medical Modeling: From Imaging to Solid Models Workshop".
May, 2009
Ms. Richelle Beesley
iRSM was featured on Global Television's Health Matters. The program profiled Ms. Richelle Beesley and one of our patients.
Dr. Gordon Wilkes, Director of Surgery
Appeared on Global Breakfast Television in a feature on the ASTech Awards.
April, 2009
Ms. Richelle Beesley
College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta (CRDHA) InTouch Newsletter featured an article by iRSM Dental Hygienist Ms. Richelle Beesley ("Dental Hygiene at iRSM" April edition: 2-5).
iRSM was featured in an Edmonton Journal web article, April 3, 2009
Western Economic Diversification profiled iRSM in Access West. Read pdf article.
Ms. Myka Osinchuk, Executive Director and Mr. Ben King, Industrial Designer were keynote speakers for the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge.
February, 2009
Mr. Ben King
Ben appeared on Global "Breakfast Television".
Mr. Ben King
Presented at the University Senate Plenary meeting.
Ms. Myka Osinchuk
Presented at the WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology) SET for Success Program.
Dr. Annette Trimbee, Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, and Ms. Lori Querengesser, Technology Representative, toured iRSM.
