David Urbach

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Phone
416-323-7309

Other Affiliations

Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Perioperative Services, Women’s College Hospital

Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute

Staff Surgeon, University Health Network

Senior Innovation Fellow, Women's College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care

Recent ICES Grants

The Surgical EQUITY initiative: establishing equitable access to surgery following the pandemic

Principal investigators: Chan T, Gomez Jaramillo D, Sankar A
Co-investigators: Baxter NN, de Mestral C, Hwang SW, Irish JC, Sarhangian V, Simpson AN, Stukel TA, Urbach DR, Wijeysundera DN

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2021-2022; $220,596

Using real-world data to simulate the effects of efficient referral strategies on wait times for elective surgery in Canada

Principal investigator: Urbach D
Co-investigators: Aleman DM, Baxter NN, Bell CM, Bodur M, Gagliardi AR, Irish JC, Sutradhar R, White JS

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2023; $673,200

Risk of Parkinson's disease after appendectomy

Principal investigators: Lang A, Marras C
Co-investigator: Urbach D

Physicians' Service Incorporated Foundation, Operating Grant
2015-2016; $31,500

Recent Awards & Recognition

2014-2015 CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award

2014-2015: Awarded to David Urbach and Nancy Baxter for their article “Introduction of Surgical Safety Checklists in Ontario, Canada" for its relevance to health services and policy research, as well as for the extent to which they contribute to the advancement of this field of research in Canada and have an impact on policy.

5/6/2015

Recent ICES Publications

1/10/2023

Timeliness and modality of treatment for new cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Fu R, Sutradhar R, Li Q, Hanna TP, Chan KKW, Irish JC, Coburn N, Hallet J, Dare A, Singh S, Parmar A, Earle CC, Lapointe-Shaw L, Krzyzanowska MK, Finelli A, Louie AV, Look Hong NJ, Witterick IJ, Mahar A, Urbach DR, McIsaac DI, Enepekides D, Tinmouth J, Eskander A. JAMA Netw Open. 2023; 6(1):e2250394. Epub 2023 Jan 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50394

12/20/2022

Characterizing the impact of procedure funding on the Covid-19 generated procedure gap in Ontario: a population-based analysis

Gomez D, de Mestral C, Stukel TA, Irish J, Simpson AN, Wilton AS, Rotstein OD, Campbell RJ, Eskander A, Urbach DR, Baxter NN. Ann Surg. 2022; Dec 20 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005781

12/16/2022

Complications following elective major noncardiac surgery among patients with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection

Quinn KL, Huang A, Bell CM, Detsky AS, Lapointe-Shaw L, Rosella LC, Urbach DR, Razak F, Verma AA. JAMA Netw Open. 2022; 5(12):e2247341. Epub 2022 Dec 16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47341