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Shaila Merchant

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryQueen's University

Shaila Merchant

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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51 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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111

Publications

1,625

Citations

305

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Research

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Latest papers

A systematic review of factors associated with the patient and diagnostic intervals in gastric cancer.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
The real-world outcomes from late-line chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: A population-based analysis of attrition rates, outcomes, and health care contact in a single-payer health system.
Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2026
A Novel Curriculum for Surgical Oncology Fellowship Training in West Africa.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2025

All 111 publications

Latest funding

Real-time molecular-imaging guidance of breast conserving surgery
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$692,326
Disparities in the management and outcomes in patients with rectal cancer: A Population Based Study
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$95,500

All 2 grants and awards

111 publications.

A systematic review of factors associated with the patient and diagnostic intervals in gastric cancer.

Queenan JA, Breik N, Merchant SJ, Yuen M, Kosyachkova E, Webber C, Ross-White A, Kidane B, Karim S, Coburn N, Mahar AL

Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10120-026-01775-2 PMID: 42417931

The real-world outcomes from late-line chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: A population-based analysis of attrition rates, outcomes, and health care contact in a single-payer health system.

Brooke Wilson, Nan Chen, Arjun Gupta, Shaila J. Merchant, Rachel Koven, Timothy Paul Hanna, Christopher M. Booth

Journal of Clinical Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2026.44.16_suppl.e23443

A Novel Curriculum for Surgical Oncology Fellowship Training in West Africa.

Nanji S, Ezeome E, Alatise O, Merchant S, Dedey F, Jalink M, Ka S, Kolomitro K, Osime C, Hammad N, Cofie N, Haji F, Gueye SM

Annals of surgical oncology20257 citations

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-16348-9 PMID: 39546103

Developing a Surgical Oncology Workforce in West Africa: A Needs Assessment and Environmental Scan.

Nanji S, Alatise O, Magueye Gueye S, Merchant S, Terna Yawe KD, Jalink M, Ogundiran TO, Olawale B, Kolomitro K, Ka S, Berry S, Clegg-Lamptey JN, Hammad N, Dedey F, Cofie N, Osime C, Kyei I, Haji F, Ezeome E

Annals of surgical oncology20253 citations

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-16483-3 PMID: 39586957

Anomaly detection using intraoperative iKnife data: a comparative analysis in breast cancer surgery.

Radcliffe O, Connolly L, Jamzad A, Kaufmann M, Merchant S, Engel J, Walker R, Varma S, Fichtinger G, Rudan J, Mousavi P

International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery20253 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11548-025-03476-0 PMID: 40728554

Survival Outcomes in the Canadian Merkel Cell Carcinoma Population Between 2000 and 2018 and Descriptive Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging System—A Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Dingley B, Delisle M, Light A, Apte S, Mallick R, Hamilton T, Stuart H, Talbot M, McKinnon G, Jost E

Cancers20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/cancers17193238

877 Improving the Provision of Written Safety Netting and Post-Operative Instructions in General Surgery Electronic Discharge Notifications

Shaila J. Merchant, Asia Mushtaq, James Laurence Lordan

British journal of surgery2025First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf128.568

Genetic literacy among surgeons who manage patients with cancer: a national survey of knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, and barriers

Linda Y.N. Fei, Sandra Messiha, Zuhaib M. Mir, Rachelle Dinchong, Alison Rusnak, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Rona E. Cheifetz, Shaila J. Merchant

Canadian Journal of Surgery2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.008424 PMID: 40935592

ASO Visual Abstract: Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Delisle M, Dingley B, Light A, Apte S, Mallick R, Hamilton T, Stuart H, Talbot M, McKinnon G, Jost E

Annals of Surgical Oncology2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-17531-2

Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Delisle M, Dingley B, Light A, Apte S, Mallick R, Hamilton T, Stuart H, Talbot M, McKinnon G, Jost E

Annals of Surgical Oncology2025

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-17365-y

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Shaila Merchant

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A systematic review of factors associated with the patient and diagnostic intervals in gastric cancer.

The real-world outcomes from late-line chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: A population-based analysis of attrition rates, outcomes, and health care contact in a single-payer health system.

A Novel Curriculum for Surgical Oncology Fellowship Training in West Africa.

Developing a Surgical Oncology Workforce in West Africa: A Needs Assessment and Environmental Scan.

Anomaly detection using intraoperative iKnife data: a comparative analysis in breast cancer surgery.

Survival Outcomes in the Canadian Merkel Cell Carcinoma Population Between 2000 and 2018 and Descriptive Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging System—A Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

877 Improving the Provision of Written Safety Netting and Post-Operative Instructions in General Surgery Electronic Discharge Notifications

Genetic literacy among surgeons who manage patients with cancer: a national survey of knowledge, perceptions, attitudes, and barriers

ASO Visual Abstract: Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Real-time molecular-imaging guidance of breast conserving surgery

Disparities in the management and outcomes in patients with rectal cancer: A Population Based Study

Frequent collaborators

Sunil Patel

Sulaiman Nanji

Gabor Fichtinger

Susan Brogly

John Rudan

Parvin Mousavi

Nancy Baxter

Christopher Booth

Heather Stuart

Valerie Francescutti

Ari Meguerditchian

Jessika Hétu

Pamela Hebbard

Jennifer Flemming

Alexandra Easson

Cecil Engel

Nader Hanna

Timothy Hanna

Michael Brundage

Jacqueline Galica

Faizal Haji

Richard Kirsch

Sonal Gandhi

Raymond Jang

Angel Arnaout

James Brierley

Aruz Mesci

David Gomez

Elan Panov

Louis Liu

Nicole Hong

Negar Ahmadi

Mantaj Brar

Peter Stotland

Laura Snell

Sayf Gazala

Brittany Greene

Chaya Shwaartz

Carmine Simone

Adena Scheer