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Barbara Heller

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Assistant Clinical ProfessorSurgeryMcMaster University

Barbara Heller

Assistant Clinical Professor

Surgery

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2007

Supervision signals

Clinical faculty often co-supervise; many graduate programs need a core faculty member as the main supervisor.
No graduate courses on record.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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1,361

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Contact

hellerb@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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46 publications.

Jews in Moacyr Scliar's fiction: an example of hybridism

Heller B

First author

Tranexamic acid (TXA) in patients undergoing mastectomy for seroma and hematoma prevention: A pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial

Eom A, Duchesnay I, Li J, Saddik M, Heller B, Lovrics P, Reid S, Farrokhyar F, Parvez E, Hodgson N

European Journal of Surgical Oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2025.110711

Volatile organic compounds: A promising new frontier for cancer screening

Allard-Coutu A, Singh K, David D, Dobson V, Dahmer L, Heller B

202410 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.36922/td.2061

Resection of Abdominal Wall Desmoid Tumours: A Single-Center Case Series

Allard-Coutu A, Heller B

Annals of Surgical Oncology2024Senior author

2022 Canadian Surgery Forum Sept. 15–17, 2022

Selim Y, Di Lena É, Abu-Omar N, Baig Z, Verhoeff K, La J, Purich K, Albacete S, Valji R, Purich K

Canadian Journal of Surgery20221 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014322 PMID: W4310588782

Restructuring Skin Cancer Care in Ontario: A Provincial Plan

Milkovich J, Hanna T, Nessim C, Petrella TM, Weatherhead L, Chan A-W, Irish JC, Murray C, Bannerman G, Holloway C

Current Oncology20214 citations

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol28020114

P034 Analysis of exhaled volatile organic compounds: a new frontier in breast cancer screening and surveillance

Allard-Coutu A, Singh K, Gamache Y, Lamontagne A, Hodgson N, Lovrics P, Reid S, Heller B

Breast2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(21)00122-3

Surgical Management of Lymph Nodes in Melanoma

Allard-Coutu A, Heller B, Francescutti V

Surgical Clinics of North America20208 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2019.09.002

Radical chest wall resection and hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy for radiation‐associated angiosarcoma of the breast: A safe and effective treatment strategy

Donovan EK, Corbett T, Vansantvoort J, Kak I, Popvic S, Heller B

The Breast Journal201811 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12886

Leibniz‐Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT): From Basic Research to Practical Applications

Heller B, Beller M

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry2018First author

DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201801137