Congratulations to Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc for receiving the Rosenkrantz award for the best basic science paper at the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics #AAP2023 ! Zani Lab The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Foundation SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program U of T Department of Surgery APSA Surgeons CAPS Surgeons EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION

Cannot be any prouder of the superb oral presentations by Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc, Fabian Doktor, Rebeca Figueira from Zani Lab at the Section on Surgery of #AAP2023 meeting, Washington,DC. Advancing #EV research to rescue babies with #CDH The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International CDH UK

Proud to share that Matisse Blundell Zani Lab won the Prem Puri Prize 🏆 for research in #CDH + #EVs at the 36th Int. Symposium on Pediatric Surgical Research in Milan! Great presentations also by Fabian Doktor and Elke Zani-Ruttenstock! CDH International CDH UK The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program

Proud of Kaya Stasiewicz, our returning summer research student from UCDublin_NAmerica, for winning the Clare O’Connor Summer Student Scholarship in Respiratory Research! Pushing #CDH research forward! Augusto Zani SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International CDH UK CHERUBS CDH Support Dept of CDH International

EUPSA approved event: save the date! Webinar on Hirschsprung Disease
September 6th,
9.00-10.30am EST

Free participation!
To join: bit.ly/3srivUT
Passcode: 307654 Augusto Zani #SoMe4PedSurg
#some4pedsurg

First OR list together with our brand new fellow Sam Han, MD! Welcome to the The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) family! Next list, I’ll wear my Toronto Blue Jays hat! There is nothing more inspiring than training the next generation of pediatric surgeons! APSA Surgeons CAPS Surgeons Kasper Wang

Great vibes at our summer party with clinical & research fellows! We celebrated a year of success with culinary gems from all over the 🌎! Thank you all for the amazing work you do! The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program Zani Lab Lina Antounians Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc Sam Han, MD Fabian Doktor Lorenzo Añez-Bustillos

Receiving the letter from the President of CIHR on a successful grant application is always such an incredible honour and validation of the hard work my team @Zani_lab puts into #CDH and #EV research! SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) U of T Department of Surgery CDH UK CDH International

Don't miss our new Spotlight Interview with Eugene Ng discussing CPS Clinical Statements! torontocentreforneonatalhealth.com/tcnh-talks/

Pioneering work on how to treat #CDH with cutting-edge regenerative approach using #EV therapy presented by Fabian Doktor and Lina Antounians at the David E. Wesson Recognition Day University of Toronto University of TorontoSurgery The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH UK CDH International APSA Surgeons EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION

Full house @ Dr. Brian Kavanagh Symposium - His Translation of Research Day SickKids Foundation The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) University of Toronto #translationalmedicine at its finest! Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc representing the Zani Lab with the latest work on #CDH CDH International CDH UK University of TorontoSurgery SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program Augusto Zani

Proud to present our work about CDH 🫁 and the effects of AFSC-EVs at the 24th EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION conference in Izmir! Many thanks to my colleagues Zani Lab and my mentors Augusto Zani and Martin Lacher for their ongoing support! The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) SickKids Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program CDH International U of T Department of Surgery

Esophageal Atresia / TEF management: great educational session and rich discussion EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION meeting in Izmir, Turkey by the Evidence and Guidelines Committee! Still little evidence and too much expert opinion on most aspects of EA/TEF treatment!! Fabian Doktor Elke Zani-Ruttenstock

Congratulations Prof. Paolo de Coppi for being the new President of EUPSA from tonight on. We wish you good luck in this endeavor! EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS’ ASSOCIATION Paolo De Coppi #SoMe4PedSurg Great Ormond Street Hospital

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Happy to share that our NEC Core Outcome Set protocol paper is now available at: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Together with Elisabeth Kooi (she/her) JanHulscher NEC_UK Neena Modi Martin Lacher Augusto Zani Martin Offringa and others we are working hard to finish this important project!

Mr. Rogers made a courageous decision to defy the racial segregation norms of 1969 by extending an invitation to Officer Clemmons to join him in cooling their feet in a shared pool. At that time, pools in America were strictly segregated, and Black individuals faced the threat of…

Department of Molecular Genetics, U of T Thank you! It is a collaborative project with Drs James Ellis and Augusto Zani at SickKids and and Dr. Hannes Rost at the Donnelly Centre. The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)