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Derek Chew

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Derek Chew

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Administrative Data Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections Epidemiology Health Systems Healthcare Resource Utilization And Costs Infection Prevention And Control Surveillance Post-Surgical Outcomes Quality Indicators

Latest papers

Tilt testing or implantable cardiac monitoring in the diagnosis of unexplained syncope.
Internal and emergency medicine · 2026
Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.
BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026
Patient and Healthcare Provider Priorities for Risk Prediction of Hospital Readmission: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study.
Journal of general internal medicine · 2026

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$409,276
Strategies to Increase Menopause Hormone Therapy Prescribing
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Development and Validation of AI-Based Methods for Temporal Pattern Learning in Repeated Electronic Health Record Data
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$761,176

All 6 grants and awards

15 publications.

Tilt testing or implantable cardiac monitoring in the diagnosis of unexplained syncope.

Rabajoli A, Chew D, Szaszkiewicz J, Raj S, Cua M, Morillo C, Sheldon R

Internal and emergency medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11739-025-04128-6 PMID: 41028594

Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.

Goldberg R, Li H, Goldstein CE, Yau K, Ruzycki SM, Donald M, Elliott MJ, Hemmelgarn BR, James MT, Ravani P, Pannu N, Chew D, Acharya D, Harrison TG

BMC medical informatics and decision making2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-026-03721-9 PMID: 42482200

Patient and Healthcare Provider Priorities for Risk Prediction of Hospital Readmission: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study.

Goldberg R, Hecker T, Corradetti B, Donald M, Elliott MJ, James MT, Ravani P, Chew D, Colizza K, Liu P, Ronksley PE, Ruzycki SM, Tam-Tham H, Harrison TG

Journal of general internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10521-4 PMID: 42225872

Corrigendum to "Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings" [J Nucl Cardiol 3 May 2025; 102229].

Hijazi W, Feng Y, Southern DA, Chew D, Filipchuk N, Mylonas I, Kazmi M, Banijamali H, Har B, James M, Wilton S, Slomka PJ, Berman D, Miller RJ

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102440 PMID: 40670280

Physician Perspectives on the Initial Diagnostic Strategy of Syncope in Older Patients Without Diagnostic Clues.

Happ S, Raj SR, Chew D, Sheldon R

Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc2026

DOI: 10.1111/anec.70155 PMID: 41614589

Variation in Variation Measurement: A Mapping Review of Methods to Study Clinical Variation.

Quinn AE, Black JE, Chew D, Williamson TS, Yergens D, Faris P, Au F, Fletcher JM, Sidhu S, Drummond R, Skidmore B, Manns B

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2026

DOI: 10.1111/jep.70350 PMID: 41569922

Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings.

Hijazi W, Feng Y, Southern DA, Chew D, Filipchuk N, Mylonas I, Kazmi M, Banijamali H, Har B, James M, Wilton S, Slomka PJ, Berman D, Miller RJ

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102229 PMID: 40324562

Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada.

Rennert-May E, Leal J, Zhang Z, Rajakumar I, Smith S, Conly JM, Exner D, Kuriachan V, Chew D

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-024-01512-3 PMID: 39695877

Impact of myocardial perfusion and coronary calcium on medical management for coronary artery disease.

Hijazi W, Feng Y, Southern DA, Chew D, Filipchuk N, Har B, James M, Wilton S, Slomka PJ, Berman D, Miller RJH

European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging2024

DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead288 PMID: 37889992

The economic burden of cardiac implantable electronic device infections in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study using validated administrative data.

Rennert-May E, Chew D, Cannon K, Zhang Z, Smith S, King T, Exner DV, Larios OE, Leal J

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2023

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-023-01347-4 PMID: 38053198

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rennert-May, Elissa; Chew, Derek; Leal, Jenine R

Keywords: Administrative Data; Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections; Epidemiology; Health Systems; Healthcare Resource Utilization And Costs; Infection Prevention And Control Surveillance; Post-Surgical Outcomes; Quality Indicators

$409,276

Strategies to Increase Menopause Hormone Therapy Prescribing

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research - Health equity-focused iCT

Principal investigators: Quinn, Amity E; Brennand, Erin A

Keywords: Access To Medicine; Health Disparities; Menopause; Menopause Hormonal Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$200,000

Development and Validation of AI-Based Methods for Temporal Pattern Learning in Repeated Electronic Health Record Data

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Na; Quan, Hude; Ravani, Pietro

Keywords: Chronic Diseases; Chronic Kidney Disease; Cross-Jurisdictional Validation; Deep Learning/Generative Ai; Electronic Health Records; Health Trajectories; Heart Failure; Risk Prediction; Routinely Recorded Health Data; Temporal Pattern Learning

$761,176

QT-prolonging Medications and Major Adverse Cardiac Events (QTP-MACE)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Holbrook, Anne M; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Case Control Study; Clinical Prediction Rule; Data Validation; Epic-Dovetale Emr; Gemini Research Network; Hospital Electronic Medical Records; Machine Learning; Major Adverse Cardiac Events (Mace); Qt-Interval Prolongation (Qtp); Timevarying Analysis

$481,950

Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Feasibility of a Surveillance System for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: An Alberta Pilot

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Policy Res. for Health Sys. Transf.- ICRH - Circulatory and Resp. Health

Principal investigators: Rennert-May, Elissa; Bush, Kathryn; Chew, Derek; Leal, Jenine R

Keywords: Cardiovascular; Health Policy Research; Health Services Research; Infection Prevention And Control; Infection Surveillance; Surgical Site Infections

$107,625

Randomized, Prospective, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of Atomoxetine in the Prevention of Vasovagal Syncope: The Seventh Prevention of Syncope Trial (POST7)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sheldon, Robert S; Raj, Satish R

Keywords: Drug Therapy; Fainting; Norepinephrine Transporter; Quality Of Life; Syncope; Vasovagal Syncope

$841,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Derek Chew

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Tilt testing or implantable cardiac monitoring in the diagnosis of unexplained syncope.

Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.

Patient and Healthcare Provider Priorities for Risk Prediction of Hospital Readmission: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study.

Corrigendum to "Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings" [J Nucl Cardiol 3 May 2025; 102229].

Physician Perspectives on the Initial Diagnostic Strategy of Syncope in Older Patients Without Diagnostic Clues.

Variation in Variation Measurement: A Mapping Review of Methods to Study Clinical Variation.

Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings.

Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada.

Impact of myocardial perfusion and coronary calcium on medical management for coronary artery disease.

The economic burden of cardiac implantable electronic device infections in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study using validated administrative data.

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study

Strategies to Increase Menopause Hormone Therapy Prescribing

Development and Validation of AI-Based Methods for Temporal Pattern Learning in Repeated Electronic Health Record Data

QT-prolonging Medications and Major Adverse Cardiac Events (QTP-MACE)

Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Feasibility of a Surveillance System for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: An Alberta Pilot

Randomized, Prospective, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of Atomoxetine in the Prevention of Vasovagal Syncope: The Seventh Prevention of Syncope Trial (POST7)

Frequent collaborators

Elissa Rennert-May

Jenine Leal

Stephen Wilton

Matthew James

Derek Exner

Bryan Har

Robert Sheldon

Pietro Ravani

Maoliosa Donald

Kevin Yau

Henry Li

Braden Manns

Kathryn Bush

Fiona Clement

Neesh Pannu

Satish Raj

John Conly

Reed Beall

Ranjani Somayaji

Matthew James