Education

American Head and Neck Society Fellowship, Head & Neck Oncology/Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University

FRCSC, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology/Health Services Research, Harvard School of Public Health

MD, University of Toronto

BSc, Integrative Biology, University of Toronto

Other Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto

Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Surgical Oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre

Endocrine Surgery Lead, Michael Garron Hospital and Toronto East Health Network

Recent ICES Grants

STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery

Principal investigators: Gillis CA, Hallet J, Kidd GD, McIsaac DI, Mcneely ML, Taljaard M, Tandon P, Wijeysundera DN
Co-investigators: Auer RAC, Boland LS, Breau RH, Bryson GL, Chesney T, Eskander A, Fergusson DA, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Gill M, Hladkowicz E, Khadaroo R, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Martel G, McCartney CJ, Moloo H, Roberts DJ, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Serrano PF, Thavorn K, Van Walraven C, Vogt KN, Zwarenstein MF

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2023; $260,100

PREPARE Trial: a parallel arm multicenter randomized trial of frailty-focused PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs

Principal investigators: Fegusson DA, Khadaroo R, McIsaac DI, Muscedere J, Taljaard M
Co-investigators: Boet S, Boland LS, Breau RH, Bryson GL, Caycedo A, Eskander A, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Huang AR, Johnson A, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Ma G, Mccartney CJ, Mcelhaney JE, Moloo H, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power BE, Saha T, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Thavorn K, Van Walraven C, Wijeysundera D

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2023; $1,136,025

Recent Awards & Recognition

John J. Conley, MD, Resident Research Award

2014: Presented to Dr. Antoine Eskander by the Triological Society.

4/1/2014

William W. Montgomery Resident Research Award

2012: Presented to Dr. Antoine Eskander by the Triological Society for the study "Waiting for thyroid surgery: a prospective cohort study of psychological morbidity and determinants of health associated with long wait times for thyroid surgery".

1/27/2012

Chapnik, Freeman, Friedberg Clinician Scientist Award

2011-12: Awarded to Dr. Antoine Eskander by the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto. The prize is awarded to a resident/fellow (who is a postgraduate MD trainee) or junior faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery enrolled in an MSc, MEd, MHSc or PhD program at the University of Toronto to pursue advanced research training.

3/17/2011

Recent ICES Publications

2/22/2023

Association between familiarity of the surgeon-anesthesiologist dyad and postoperative patient outcomes for complex gastrointestinal cancer surgery

Hallet J, Sutradhar R, Jerath A, d'Empaire PP, Carrier F, Turgeon A, McIsaac DI, Idestrup C, Lorello G, Flexman A, Kidane B, Kaliwal Y, Chan WC, Barabash V, Coburn N, Eskander A. JAMA Surg. 2023; Feb 22 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8228

2/7/2023

Gaps in depression symptom management for patients with head and neck cancer

Noel CW, Sutradhar R, Chan WC, Fu R, Philteos J, Forner D, Irish JC, Vigod S, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Coburn NG, Hallet J, Eskander A. Laryngoscope. 2023; Feb 7 {Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.30595

1/24/2023

Variation in anesthesiology provider-volume for complex gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a population-based study

Hallet J, Sutradhar R, Eskander A, Carrier FM, McIsaac D, Turgeon AF, d'Empaire PP, Idestrup C, Flexman A, Lorello G, Darling G, Kidane B, Kaliwal Y, Barabash V, Coburn N, Jerath A. Ann Surg. 2023; Jan 24 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000005811

Antoine (Tony) Eskander