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Allen Huang

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

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Latest papers

Agreement between patient self-reported and assessor-rated frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale.
British journal of anaesthesia · 2026
Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA surgery · 2026
Prescribing Patterns and Impact of Sedatives in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the MedSafer Study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025

All 31 publications

Latest funding

Virtual, Innovative, postsurgical Care To Optimize Return home for older people with frailtY: the VICTORY randomized trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,373,804
Non-hOme Transition rIsk Following surgerY (NOTIFY) study
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$378,676
PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 7 grants and awards

31 publications.

Agreement between patient self-reported and assessor-rated frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale.

Alkadri J, Hladkowicz E, DesAutels K, Taljaard M, Amado L, Bryson GL, Golian M, Beaulé PE, Gagne S, Huang A, Joanisse JA, Lavallée LT, Thavorn K, McIsaac DI

British journal of anaesthesia2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.05.029 PMID: 42486705

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M, PREPARE Trial Investigator Group, Barnes K, Boet S, Boland L, Branje K, Breau R, Bryson GL, Dhalla I, Dixon E, Dobson G, Farnand M, Forster A, Gagne S, Hladkowicz E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Huang A, Hutton J, Jacobsohn E, Joanisse J, Johnson A, Johnson S, Khalil N, Kidd G, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Le T, Levine M, Love C, McCartney C, McMullen M, Bergamascki LM, Moore R, Mozel M, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Tamblyn-Watts L, Thavorn K, Trottier D, van Walraven C, Yang I

JAMA surgery2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.5288 PMID: 41335421

Prescribing Patterns and Impact of Sedatives in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the MedSafer Study.

Desormeau B, Huang A, Downar J, Wu PE, Bortolussi-Courval E, Ross SB, Battu K, Papillon-Ferland L, McAlister FA, Elsayed S, Wilson MG, Cavalcanti RB, McDonald EG, Lee TC

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19437 PMID: 40123160

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

McIsaac DI, Neilipovitz N, Bryson GL, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, Taljaard M, Hladkowicz E

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2024

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02835-w PMID: 39237725

What do primary care providers want to know when caring for patients living with frailty? An analysis of eConsult communications between primary care providers and specialists.

Karunananthan S, Bonacci G, Fung C, Huang A, Robert B, McCutcheon T, Houghton D, Hakimjavadi R, Keely E, Liddy C

BMC health services research2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10542-x PMID: 38225619

Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fehlmann CA, Bezzina K, Mazzola R, Visintini SM, Guo MH, Rubens FD, Wells GA, McGuinty C, Huang A, Khoury L, Boczar KE

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2023

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18454 PMID: 37289174

Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study.

Barnes K, Hladkowicz E, Dorrance K, Bryson GL, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Huang A, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Saunders C, Moloo H, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Taljaard M, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, McIsaac DI

BMC geriatrics2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03990-3 PMID: 37280523

A systematic review of perioperative clinical practice guidelines for care of older adults living with frailty.

Engel JS, Tran J, Khalil N, Hladkowicz E, Lalu MM, Huang A, Wong CL, Hutton B, Dhesi JK, McIsaac DI

British journal of anaesthesia2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.12.010 PMID: 36707368

Identifying barriers and facilitators to routine preoperative frailty assessment: a qualitative interview study.

Hladkowicz E, Dorrance K, Bryson GL, Forster A, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Squires J, McIsaac DI

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2022

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02298-x PMID: 35978162

Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised clinical trial.

McIsaac DI, Hladkowicz E, Bryson GL, Forster AJ, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, Taljaard M

British journal of anaesthesia2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.04.006 PMID: 35589429

Virtual, Innovative, postsurgical Care To Optimize Return home for older people with frailtY: the VICTORY randomized trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Aucoin, Sylvie D; Forster, Alan J; Jacka, Michael J; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lalu, Manoj M; Leitch, Jordan K; McGillion, Michael H; McIsaac, Daniel I; Thavorn, Kednapa

Keywords: Bayesian Methods; Frailty; Implementation Science; Innovative Clinical Trials; Patient Partners; Patient-Oriented Research; Registry Linked Trial; Surgery; Virtual Care

$1,373,804

Non-hOme Transition rIsk Following surgerY (NOTIFY) study

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Flexman, Alana M; Garland, Allan; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Kobewka, Daniel M; Van Walraven, Carl; Wijeysundera, Duminda N; Wong, Camilla L

Keywords: Geriatrics; Health Services Research; Outcomes Research; Risk Communication; Risk Prediction; Surgery

$378,676

PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Eskander, Antoine; Fergusson, Dean A; Gillis, Chelsia A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Cancer; Exercise; Frailty; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery

$100,000

MedSafer- Optimizing Prescribing for Pandemic Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care - Open

Principal investigators: McDonald, Emily G; Cohen, Ted; Yip, John; Lee, Todd C

Keywords: Covid-19; Long Term Care; Pandemic

$131,550

SAFE PNB -Safe Analgesia For Elders receiving Peripheral Nerve Blocks for hip fracture

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Forster, Alan J; Van Walraven, Carl

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Pain Medicine; Patient Safety; Population-Based

$183,600

PREPARE Trial: a parallel arm multicenter randomized trial of frailty-focused PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Fergusson, Dean A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Complications; Disability; Exercise; Frailty; Geriatrics; Patient Reported Outcomes; Perioperative Care; Randomized Trials; Surgery

$1,136,025

Implementation of a hospital based method of adverse event surveillance

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Forster, Alan J

Keywords: Health Services Research; Patient Safety; Quality Care

$144,001

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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Allen Huang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Agreement between patient self-reported and assessor-rated frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale.

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Prescribing Patterns and Impact of Sedatives in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the MedSafer Study.

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

What do primary care providers want to know when caring for patients living with frailty? An analysis of eConsult communications between primary care providers and specialists.

Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study.

A systematic review of perioperative clinical practice guidelines for care of older adults living with frailty.

Identifying barriers and facilitators to routine preoperative frailty assessment: a qualitative interview study.

Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised clinical trial.

Virtual, Innovative, postsurgical Care To Optimize Return home for older people with frailtY: the VICTORY randomized trial

Non-hOme Transition rIsk Following surgerY (NOTIFY) study

PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty

MedSafer- Optimizing Prescribing for Pandemic Preparedness

SAFE PNB -Safe Analgesia For Elders receiving Peripheral Nerve Blocks for hip fracture

PREPARE Trial: a parallel arm multicenter randomized trial of frailty-focused PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs

Implementation of a hospital based method of adverse event surveillance

Frequent collaborators

Carl van Walraven

Husein Moloo

Monica Taljaard

Robyn Tamblyn

Kednapa Thavorn

Julie Nantel

Manoj Lalu

James Downar

Homer Yang

Louise Pilote

Sylvain Boet

Alan Forster

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Tien Le

Frank Molnar

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Erin Keely

Irfan Dhalla

Aude Motulsky

Antoine Eskander

Sunita Mulpuru

Laura Boland

Gregg Nelson

John Muscedere

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