David R. Urbach

University of Toronto — Canada

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes(47), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection(36), Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments(25), Clinical practice guidelines implementation(24), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life(23)

Publications358 total

A Dedicated Trauma Operating Room for Hand Surgery Reduces After-Hours Cases and Costs without Affecting Wait Times
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery·2025
Single-entry models as an ethical approach to decreasing surgical wait times
Canadian Medical Association Journal·2025Open Access
EPH59 Development and Validation of a Case Identification Algorithm for Hand Trauma Patients Using Health Administrative Data and the Epidemiology of Hand Trauma in a Universal Healthcare System
Value in Health·2025
Development and validation of a case identification algorithm for hand trauma patients using health administrative data and the epidemiology of hand trauma in a universal healthcare system
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Impact of Patient Demographics, Surgeon Volume, and Hospital Type on Distal Radius Fracture Surgery Outcomes: A Population-Based Study
Journal of Wrist Surgery·2025
Cost-Utility Analysis of Ligament Reconstruction Tendon Interposition Versus Suture Suspension Arthroplasty for Thumb Osteoarthritis
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open·2025Open Access
Impact of Time-to-Surgery on Adverse Outcomes for Distal Radius Fractures: A Population-Based Study
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma·2025
A Randomized-Controlled Trial Examining Telephone-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: 18 Month Follow-up Results
Obesity Surgery·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
High- versus low-intensity knowledge translation interventions for surgeons and rates of local tumour recurrence after rectal cancer surgery: an Ontario study
Canadian Journal of Surgery·2025Open Access
Anchoring the sign-out phase of the Surgical Safety Checklist to emergence from anesthesia: a proof-of-concept quality-improvement study
Canadian Journal of Surgery·2025Open Access
Effect of single-entry referral models and team-based care on wait times for hip and knee joint replacement in Ontario: a simulation study
Canadian Medical Association Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Robotic-Assisted Cholecystectomy—for Whom?
JAMA Network Open·2025Open Access
Perceptions of Otolaryngologists on Single-Entry Models for Managing Wait Times in Community-Based Health Care in Ontario: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery·2025Open Access
Flowers for Algernon: How Metacognition Affects Quality of Life in Schizophrenia. Structural Equation Modeling with the Face-Sz Cohort
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Referral patterns for common surgical procedures in Ontario: a cross-sectional population-level study
Canadian Journal of Surgery·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
2024 Canadian Surgery Forum01 The green thumb of endoscopy: switching from sterile water to tap water02 Comparing wait times for common elective general surgery procedures between immigrants and non-immigrants in British Columbia03 Dr. GPT will see you now: the ability of large language models to provide colorectal cancer screening recommendations04 Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional population-based study05 Multicentre pan-Canadian experience of per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of achalasia: a retrospective study06 Safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid use in general surgery patients: a sub-study of the POISE-3 randomized controlled trial07 Emergency department presentation following ERCP in Nova Scotia: high rebound rates related to progressive pancreaticobiliary pathologies demonstrates the need for alternative acute care strategies08 Maintaining rural and remote surgical skills: a needs assessment survey for a surgical virtual education platform09 Opioid prescribing following same-day general surgery procedures: a province-wide analysis10 Canadian survey of surgeons’ knowledge and attitudes toward opportunistic salpingectomy during nongynecologic surgery11 Postoperative outcomes following revision or conversion metabolic and bariatric surgery after primary sleeve gastrectomy: a retrospective cohort analysis12 Survival outcomes in the Canadian Merkel cell carcinoma population and descriptive comparison with the AJCC 8th edition staging system13 Postoperative pain is a preventable cause of early emergency department visits following appendectomy14 Testing the HoloHands model: a comprehensive holographic tutor for surgical hand ties15 Point-of-care hemoglobin accuracy in noncardiac surgery (PREMISE): a prospective diagnostic cohort study16 Enhancing access to semi-urgent cholecystectomy procedures: a retrospective observational study17 Cost savings associated with on-site surgical care in a remote Indigenous community in Northern Quebec18 Advancing health equity: unravelling disparities in preoperative health care utilization among immigrants undergoing elective surgery19 Surgical wait times in British Columbia: more of the same is not enough20 Clinical artificial intelligence: customizing a large language model to generate SAGES guideline recommendations for the surgical management of GERD01 The impact of preoperative nutritional intervention on postoperative morbidity among sarcopenic patients undergoing esophagectomy: a prospective cohort study02 ctDNA Lung DETECT: assessing ctDNA prospectively in resected early-stage non-small-cell lung cancers03 Same-day discharge after pulmonary wedge resection: a cost–utility analysis04 Understanding global perspectives in diaphragmatic reconstruction during hiatal hernia repair by geography, specialty training, and experience05 An evaluation of 986 consecutive endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration procedures for reflex biomarker testing for lung cancer: a single-centre retrospective review06 Endoscopic ultrasound-guided core needle biopsies (EUS-CNB): safe and effective approach for diagnosing lymphoma in patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy07 Three-dimensional lung modelling improves the completion rate of segmental resection01 Propofol for sedation during colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis02 Development of the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Impact and Consequences Assessment Tool (LARS ICAT)03 Postoperative recovery of colorectal patients enhanced with dexmedetomidine (PReCEDex): a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials04 Failure to rescue in colorectal surgery: a systematic review05 Robotic versus laparoscopic colorectal surgery for patients with obesity: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis06 Laparoscopically assisted colonoscopic polypectomy: a 7-year retrospective analysis07 Preoperative very-low-energy diets for patients with obesity undergoing intra-abdominal colorectal surgery: a single-centre retrospective cohort study (RetroPREPARE)08 Fragility of statistically significant outcomes in randomized controlled trials focused on surgical management of anal fissures: a systematic review09 The impact of preoperative stoma education on postoperative outcomes for patients with new stomas after colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis10 The impact of obesity on postoperative outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer: analysis of the national inpatient sample 2015–201911 The association between preoperative anemia and health care resource use and outcomes after colorectal surgery: a population-based cohort study12 Effect of Kono-S anastomosis on reducing postoperative recurrence rates in Crohn disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis13 Assessing radiologic pathologic concordance in direct to surgery rectal cancer patients14 A comparison of hi
Canadian Journal of Surgery·2024Open Access
Fedratinib as an alternative to splenectomy for refractory splenomegaly prior to transplant for myelofibrosis
Bone Marrow Transplantation·2024
Public funding for private for-profit centres and access to cataract surgery by patient socioeconomic status: an Ontario population-based study
Canadian Medical Association Journal·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
The landscape of Medicare policies for gender-affirming surgeries in Canada: an environmental scan
BMC Health Services Research·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study
PLoS ONE·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Nancy N. Baxter(10), Chaim M. Bell(8), Peter C. Austin(8), Refik Saskin(6), Rinku Sutradhar(5), Girish S. Kulkarni(4), Neil Fleshner(4), Antoine Eskander(4), Jonathan C. Irish(4), Robert K. Nam(3), Calvin Law(3), Laurence Klotz(3), D. Andrew Loblaw(3), Aleksandra Stanimirovic(3), Steven A. Narod(3), Arlene S. Bierman(3), David P. Goldstein(3), Anand Govindarajan(2), Yuna Lee(2), Ying Liu(2)