A population-level evaluation of emergency general surgery models of care and clinical outcomes
Nantais J, Saskin R, Calzavara A, Gomez D, Baxter NN. JAMA Surg. 2026; Jan 21 [Epub ahead of print].
Publications
Social determinants of health and 30-day mortality after inpatient elective surgery
Sankar A, Ding J, Black B, Wilton AS, Hwang SW, Wijeysundera DN, Baxter NN, Gomez D. JAMA Netw Open. 2026; 9;(1): e2553228.
Contemporary emergency management and 1-year outcomes of colonic diverticulitis: a population-based cohort study
Telesnicki T, Stukel TA, Wilton AS, van Overstraeten AB, de Mestral C, Gomez D. Gastrointest Surg. 2025; Dec 23 [Epub ahead of print].
Evaluating the association between a backlog of scheduled colectomies for diverticulitis and concurrent rates of emergency diverticulitis procedures: a natural experiment using population-based data
Telesnicki T, Stukel TA, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Wilton A, de Mestral C, Gomez D. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025; 29(12):102257. Epub 2025 Oct 14.
Cancer health disparities affecting glioblastoma survival in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
Omar AT, Diestro JDB, Aghanya V, Dare AJ, Spears J, Gomez D. Neurology. 2025; 105(1):e213742. Epub 2025 Jun 9.
Resiliency of the Ontario health care system to care for casualties due to conflict with a near-peer adversary: a population-based modeling study
Gomez D, Wilton AS, Brown A, Black B, Haas B, Mason S, Journeay WS, Beckett A, Stukel TA. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Apr 24 [Epub ahead of print].
Long-term outcomes following non-operative management of acute appendicitis: a population-based analysis
Telesnicki T, Nantais J, De Mestral C, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Gomez D. Ann Surg. 2024; Oct 16 [Epub ahead of print].
Disparities in surgery rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: retrospective study
Sankar A, Stukel TA, Baxter NN, Wijeysundera DN, Hwang SW, Wilton AS, Chan TCY, Sarhangian V, Simpson AN, de Mestral C, Pincus D, Campbell RJ, Urbach DR, Irish J, Gomez D. BJS Open. 2024; 8(4):zrae088.
Public funding for private for-profit centres and access to cataract surgery by patient socioeconomic status: an Ontario population-based study
Campbell RJ, El-Defrawy SR, Bell CM, Urbach DR, Paterson JM, Stukel TA, Gill SS, Irish J, Baxter NN, Gomez D. CMAJ. 2024; 196:E965-72.
Short- and long-term outcomes of acute diverticulitis in patients with transplanted kidneys
Nantais J, Baxter NN, Saskin R, Calzavara A, Gomez D. Colorectal Dis. 2024; Mar 8 [Epub ahead of print].