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David Bigam

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David Bigam

Professor

Surgery Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2014.

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Research

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Latest papers

After-Hours Use of the Electronic Health Record Among Medical and Surgical Specialists After Implementation of a System-Wide Integrated Clinical Information System in Alberta, Canada: Longitudinal Descriptive Study.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026
Type II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.
JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025
E-Cadherin Is Important in the In Vitro Postnatal Development and Function of Pig Islets
Biomedicines · 2025

All 53 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the use of a new clinical information system among specialists in Alberta
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Dietary EPA and DHA Enhance Tumor Response and Protect against Muscle Loss and Myosteatosis During Chemotherapy Treatment
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$745,875
Intestinal failure and the role of trophic peptide factors: actions and mechanisms studied in neonatal piglets.
CIHR · 2014 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 3 grants and awards

53 publications.

After-Hours Use of the Electronic Health Record Among Medical and Surgical Specialists After Implementation of a System-Wide Integrated Clinical Information System in Alberta, Canada: Longitudinal Descriptive Study.

Pauly RP, Stafinski T, Koosha H, Avdagovska M, Hadizadeh M, Bigam D, Graham T, Kuziemsky C, Kassam N, Menon D

Journal of medical Internet research20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/76872 PMID: 41984855

Type II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.

Motamedrad M, Ebadi M, Sanchez-Fernandez N, Parente A, Dunichand-Hoedl AR, Rider E, Kneteman NM, Shapiro AMJ, Bigam D, Dajani K, Anderson B, Baracos VE, Mazurak V, Montano-Loza AJ

JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2025.101455 PMID: 40810104

E-Cadherin Is Important in the In Vitro Postnatal Development and Function of Pig Islets

Kieran Purich, Josue Rodriguez Silva, Wenlong Huang, James Wickware, Thomas W. Williams, Adnan Black, Jeongbeen Kim, David Fernández-Chapa, Sudha Bhavanam, David L. Bigam, Dan Schiller, Gina R. Rayat

Biomedicines20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13030627 PMID: 40149603

Sequential islet transplants for type 1 diabetes are not associated with sustained or cumulative increases in hepatic portal venous pressure.

Carr ALJ, Shah R, Marfil-Garza BA, Lam A, Dajani K, Anderson B, Owen RTJ, O'Gorman D, Kin T, Bigam D, Shapiro AMJ, Senior PA

PloS one2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329074 PMID: 40729316

Impact of soft pancreas on pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes and the development of the preoperative soft pancreas risk score.

Czarnecka Z, Verhoeff K, Bigam D, Dajani K, Shapiro J, Anderson B

Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2025

DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.24-172 PMID: 39617392

Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Younger Versus Older Adult Recipients: The Edmonton Experience.

Mathuram Thiyagarajan U, Marfil-Garza B, Dajani K, Anderson B, Bigam D, Montano-Loza A, James Shapiro AM

Journal of transplantation2025

DOI: 10.1155/joot/8889823 PMID: 41293312

Outcomes after cholecystectomy in patients aged ≥80 years: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis evaluating safety and risk factors for elderly patients.

Lee EKS, Verhoeff K, Jogiat U, Mocanu V, Dajani K, Bigam D, Shapiro AMJ, Anderson B

Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102068 PMID: 40262712

Islet transplantation outcomes in type 1 diabetes and transplantation of HLA-DQ8/DR4: results of a single-centre retrospective cohort in Canada.

Forbes S, Halpin A, Lam A, Grynoch D, Parker R, Hidalgo L, Bigam D, Anderson B, Dajani K, Kin T, O'Gorman D, Senior PA, Campbell P, Shapiro AMJ

EClinicalMedicine202414 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102333 PMID: 38169703

Exploring the Impact of In Basket Metrics on the Adoption of a New Electronic Health Record System Among Specialists in a Tertiary Hospital in Alberta: Descriptive Study.

Avdagovska M, Kuziemsky C, Koosha H, Hadizadeh M, Pauly RP, Graham T, Stafinski T, Bigam D, Kassam N, Menon D

Journal of medical Internet research20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/53122 PMID: 38684079

The assessment of myopenia and muscle biopsy in pediatric patients with liver disease awaiting liver transplantation—A cross-sectional analysis

Amber Hager, Mazurak, Khaled Z. Dajani, Abha R. Dunichand‐Hoedl, A. M. James Shapiro, David L. Bigam, Blaire L. Anderson, N. M. Kneteman, Aldo J. Montaño‐Loza, Michelle Noga, Cynthia Gavreau, Cindy Dziwenkocox, Jason Y. K. Yap, Susan M. Gilmour, Diana R. Mager

Liver Transplantation20242 citations

DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000520 PMID: 39586016

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David Bigam

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

After-Hours Use of the Electronic Health Record Among Medical and Surgical Specialists After Implementation of a System-Wide Integrated Clinical Information System in Alberta, Canada: Longitudinal Descriptive Study.

Type II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.

E-Cadherin Is Important in the In Vitro Postnatal Development and Function of Pig Islets

Sequential islet transplants for type 1 diabetes are not associated with sustained or cumulative increases in hepatic portal venous pressure.

Impact of soft pancreas on pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes and the development of the preoperative soft pancreas risk score.

Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Younger Versus Older Adult Recipients: The Edmonton Experience.

Outcomes after cholecystectomy in patients aged &#x2265;80 years: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis evaluating safety and risk factors for elderly patients.

Islet transplantation outcomes in type 1 diabetes and transplantation of HLA-DQ8/DR4: results of a single-centre retrospective cohort in Canada.

Exploring the Impact of In Basket Metrics on the Adoption of a New Electronic Health Record System Among Specialists in a Tertiary Hospital in Alberta: Descriptive Study.

The assessment of myopenia and muscle biopsy in pediatric patients with liver disease awaiting liver transplantation—A cross-sectional analysis

Exploring the use of a new clinical information system among specialists in Alberta

Dietary EPA and DHA Enhance Tumor Response and Protect against Muscle Loss and Myosteatosis During Chemotherapy Treatment

Intestinal failure and the role of trophic peptide factors: actions and mechanisms studied in neonatal piglets.

Frequent collaborators

Vickie Baracos

Po-Yin Cheung

Peter Senior

Sean Bagshaw

Vera Mazurak

Oliver Bathe

Todd McMullen

Charles Putman

Dean Eurich

Rachel Khadaroo

Anna Lam

Bryan Dicken

Aldo Montano-Loza

Narmin Kassam

Vincent Bain

James Shapiro

Devidas Menon

Michael Jacka

Michelle Noga

Sophia Pin

Daniel Birch

Michelle Graham

Gavin Low

Daniel Schiller

Arto Ohinmaa

Lana Bistritz

Gurpal Sandha

Shahzeer Karmali

Dale Lien

Diana Mager

Neesh Pannu

Paul Ronksley

Ngan Lam

Gregory Korbutt

Outcomes after cholecystectomy in patients aged ≥80 years: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysis evaluating safety and risk factors for elderly patients.