A5063634715- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
University of Ottawa
2022-2024
University of Manitoba
2015-2024
Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology
2024
CancerCare Manitoba
2024
Ottawa Hospital
2022-2024
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
2023
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
2023
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
2021
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2019-2020
Anna Needs Neuroblastoma Answers
2019
Patient-generated health data captured from smartphone sensors have the potential to better quantify physical outcomes of surgery. The ability these discriminate between postoperative trends in activity remains unknown.To assess whether accelerometer can be used describe recovery among patients undergoing cancer operations.This prospective observational cohort study was conducted July 2017 April 2019 a single academic tertiary care hospital United States. Preoperatively, adults (age ≥18...
The Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is a patient safety tool shown to reduce mortality and improve teamwork adherence with perioperative practices. results of the original pilot work were published 10 years ago. This study aimed determine contemporary prevalence predictors SSC use globally.Pooled data from GlobalSurg Outcomes studies analysed describe in 2014-2016. primary exposure was Human Development Index (HDI) reporting country, outcome reported use. A generalized estimating equation,...
Major abdominopelvic surgery is an important risk factor for postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE). VTE the leading cause of 30-day mortality in patients with cancer undergoing major surgery. Randomized controlled trials have shown that extended duration thromboprophylaxis using a low molecular weight heparin or direct oral anticoagulant significantly decreases overall (symptomatic events and asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis). Hence, several clinical practice guidelines suggest use all...
Health care costs and wait times for colorectal cancer treatment are increasing in Canada, but the association between 2 remains unclear.This study aimed to determine health utilization.This is a population-based retrospective cohort study.This was conducted Manitoba, Canada.Patients diagnosed with 2004 2014 were sorted ranked into quintiles based on time from index contact cancer-related symptom first treatment.The primary outcome risk-adjusted costs, secondary outcomes include utilization...
The choice of mastectomy compared with breast-conservation therapy (bct) in early-stage breast cancer (esbca) is a complicated decision-making process. Interprovincially, Canada's rates vary from 25% to 68%, Saskatchewan reporting the nation's second-highest rate at 63%. aim our research was better understand why women esbca choose rather than bct Saskatchewan.We created survey based on previously developed framework that organizes influencing factors into 3 constructs: clinicopathologic,...
Clinical errors due to human mistakes are estimated result in 400,000 preventable deaths per year. Strategies improve patient safety often rely on healthcare workers’ ability speak up with concerns. This becomes difficult during critical decision-making as a of conflicting opinions and power differentials, themes underrepresented many interprofessional initiatives. These elements prominent our initiative, namely Crucial Conversations. We sought evaluate this initiative an learning (IPL)...
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify examples naturalistic coaching behavior among practicing surgeons operating together by analyzing their intraoperative discussion. Background: Opportunities improve surgical performance are limited for surgeons; is one strategy address need. To develop peer programs that integrate with culture, a better understanding needed how routinely discuss operative performance. Methods: As part “co-surgery” quality improvement program, 20 faculty were...
This study aims to understand patient factors associated with refusal of surgery for nonmetastatic colorectal cancer and the cancer-specific mortality.Patients diagnosed between 2004 2015 from Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results Program were included.A total 152,731 (99.4%) patients underwent surgery, 983 (0.6%) refused surgery. Independent predictors included male sex, older age, minority race, single relationship status, being uninsured, more recent date diagnosis, having an earlier...
Use of extended pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after major abdominopelvic cancer surgery should depend on best-available scientific evidence and patients' informed preferences. We developed a risk-stratified patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making sought evaluate its effect quality regarding use thromboprophylaxis.
Background: The benefits of mentorship on residents are well established. current state in General Surgery (GS) residency programs Canada is unknown. objectives this study were to obtain GS residents’ and program directors’ (PD) perspectives resident mentorship.Study Design: An electronic survey was developed distributed all 601 Canada. All 17 PDs invited for telephone interviews.Results: A total 179 the responded. Ninety-seven percent (n=173) felt important. Only 67% (n=116) identified a...