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Natalie Yanchar

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Clinical ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Calgary

Natalie Yanchar

Clinical Professor

Department of Surgery

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Clinical faculty often co-supervise; many graduate programs need a core faculty member as the main supervisor.
21 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 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

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Injury Pediatric Quality Improvement

Latest papers

Inter-Rater Reliability Of Assigning A Pediatric Appendicitis Grade: An International Multicenter Study By The Canadian Consortium For Research In Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)
Annals of Surgery Open · 2026
Cost-effectiveness of specialized trauma care: A systematic review.
Journal of health services research & policy · 2026
Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Academic pediatrics · 2026

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Reducing low-value practices in acute trauma care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$608,176
Improving the quality of Canadian pediatric injury care: identifying priorities based on evidence, practice variations and stakeholder needs and preferences
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$608,176
Canadian Program for Monitoring Overuse in Injury Care
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$832,646

All 3 grants and awards

24 publications.

Inter-Rater Reliability Of Assigning A Pediatric Appendicitis Grade: An International Multicenter Study By The Canadian Consortium For Research In Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

St-Louis E, Piché N, Yousef Y, Gorter R, Miranda ME, Botelho F, Stagg H, Villa GA, Wells J, Poenaru D

Annals of Surgery Open2026

DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000657

Cost-effectiveness of specialized trauma care: A systematic review.

Gnanou S, Guertin JR, Tardif PA, Conombo B, Bérubé M, Yanchar N, Berthelot S, Gnanvi J, Moore L

Journal of health services research & policy2026

DOI: 10.1177/13558196251348409 PMID: 40464624

Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gnanvi JE, Freire G, Yanchar N, Beaulieu E, Tardif PA, Adadja J, Bérubé M, Macpherson A, Pike I, Zemek R, Gagnon IJ, Carsen S, Gabbe B, Gnanou S, Duval C, Moore L

Academic pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2025.103185 PMID: 41238112

Association of low-value operative management with mortality, length of stay and complications.

Boukar KM, Yanchar N, Evans D, Champion H, Clément J, Duval C, Giroux M, Tardif PA, Moore L

Injury2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112954 PMID: 41391986

Development and usability testing of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value injury care.

Bérubé M, Lapierre A, Sykes M, Grimshaw J, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Taljaard M, Stelfox HT, Witteman H, Berthelot S, Mercier É, Gonthier C, Paquet J, Fowler R, Yanchar N, Haas B, Lessard-Bonaventure P, Archambault P, Gabbe B, Guertin JR, Ouyang Y, Moore L, Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium

BMC health services research2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-12153-y PMID: 39773251

Comparison of out-of-hospital mortality following injury in Canadian provinces and territories: a historical cohort study.

Lapierre A, Nkeshimana A, Yanchar N, Haas B, Evans DC, Ziesman M, McFarlan AW, Mercier É, Lampron J, Tillmann B, Moore L

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02964-w PMID: 40474031

Low-Value Clinical Practices in Pediatric Trauma Care.

Deshommes T, Freire G, Yanchar N, Zemek R, Beaudin M, Stang A, Weiss MJ, Carsen S, Gagnon IJ, Gabbe BJ, Bérubé M, Stelfox HT, Beno S, Labrosse M, Beaulieu E, Berthelot S, Klassen T, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Neveu X, Belcaid A, Ben Abdeljelil A, Tardif PA, Giroux M, Moore L

JAMA network open2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40983 PMID: 39470640

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.

Moore L, Ben Abdeljelil A, Tardif PA, Zemek R, Reed N, Yeates KO, Emery CA, Gagnon IJ, Yanchar N, Bérubé M, Dawson J, Berthelot S, Stang A, Beno S, Beaulieu E, Turgeon AF, Labrosse M, Lauzier F, Pike I, Macpherson A, Freire GC

Annals of emergency medicine2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.11.012 PMID: 38142375

Social determinants of health and disparities in pediatric trauma care: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gnanvi JE, Yanchar N, Freire G, Beaulieu E, Tardif PA, Bérubé M, Macpherson A, Pike I, Zemek R, Gagnon IJ, Carsen S, Gabbe B, Gnanou S, Duval C, Moore L

Systematic reviews2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02510-7 PMID: 38519996

Treatment and Outcomes of Congenital Ovarian Cysts A Study by the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

Safa N, Yanchar N, Puligandla P, Sewitch M, Baird R, Beaunoyer M, Campbell N, Chadha R, Griffiths C, Jones S

Annals of Surgery202325 citations

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005409

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Natalie Yanchar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Inter-Rater Reliability Of Assigning A Pediatric Appendicitis Grade: An International Multicenter Study By The Canadian Consortium For Research In Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

Cost-effectiveness of specialized trauma care: A systematic review.

Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Association of low-value operative management with mortality, length of stay and complications.

Development and usability testing of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value injury care.

Comparison of out-of-hospital mortality following injury in Canadian provinces and territories: a historical cohort study.

Low-Value Clinical Practices in Pediatric Trauma Care.

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.

Social determinants of health and disparities in pediatric trauma care: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Treatment and Outcomes of Congenital Ovarian Cysts A Study by the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

Reducing low-value practices in acute trauma care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Improving the quality of Canadian pediatric injury care: identifying priorities based on evidence, practice variations and stakeholder needs and preferences

Canadian Program for Monitoring Overuse in Injury Care

Frequent collaborators

Lynne Moore

Simon Berthelot

Roger Zemek

Antonia Stang

Gabrielle Freire

Patrick Archambault

Sasha Carsen

Alison Macpherson

Barbara Haas

Ian Pike

Dan Poenaru

Monica Taljaard

Terry Klassen

Robert Fowler

Jeremy Grimshaw

Holly Witteman

Alexis Turgeon

Lisa VanHouwelingen

Matthew Weiss

Nick Reed

Natalie Yanchar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Inter-Rater Reliability Of Assigning A Pediatric Appendicitis Grade: An International Multicenter Study By The Canadian Consortium For Research In Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

Cost-effectiveness of specialized trauma care: A systematic review.

Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Association of low-value operative management with mortality, length of stay and complications.

Development and usability testing of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value injury care.

Comparison of out-of-hospital mortality following injury in Canadian provinces and territories: a historical cohort study.

Low-Value Clinical Practices in Pediatric Trauma Care.

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in&#xa0;Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury:&#xa0;A&#xa0;Systematic Review.

Social determinants of health and disparities in pediatric trauma care: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Treatment and Outcomes of Congenital Ovarian Cysts A Study by the Canadian Consortium for Research in Pediatric Surgery (CanCORPS)

Reducing low-value practices in acute trauma care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Improving the quality of Canadian pediatric injury care: identifying priorities based on evidence, practice variations and stakeholder needs and preferences

Canadian Program for Monitoring Overuse in Injury Care

Frequent collaborators

Lynne Moore

Simon Berthelot

Roger Zemek

Antonia Stang

Gabrielle Freire

Patrick Archambault

Sasha Carsen

Alison Macpherson

Barbara Haas

Ian Pike

Dan Poenaru

Monica Taljaard

Terry Klassen

Robert Fowler

Jeremy Grimshaw

Holly Witteman

Alexis Turgeon

Lisa VanHouwelingen

Matthew Weiss

Nick Reed

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review.