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Akash Goel
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Latest papers
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy to reduce chronic neuropathic pain: A mixed-methods randomized pilot trial.
Med (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · first author
PAINscape-Exploring patient experiences with ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain: A qualitative study.
Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026 · senior author
Blinding Integrity in Psychedelic Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.
JAMA psychiatry · 2026
Latest funding
- $730,576
The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $1,503,224
Adjunctive Psilocybin for Treatment Resistant Depression (Ad-Psilo): A Randomized, Active Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Clinical Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $1,034,806
Ecstasy to Alleviate SEvere Chronic Neuropathic Pain (EASE Pain) - A Multi-centre Internal Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
36 publications.
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy to reduce chronic neuropathic pain: A mixed-methods randomized pilot trial.
Goel A, Diep C, Zahin A, Rosenblat JD, Pereira SM, Teja B, Rao K, Pritlove C, Hodwitz K, Clarke H, Katz J, Wijeysundera DN, Pazmino-Canizares J, Mattina G, Nayar R, Thomas Z, Dang K, Ladha KS, Ritvo P, KARE Collaborators
PAINscape-Exploring patient experiences with ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain: A qualitative study.
Parakh N, Lessor D, Dang K, Ritvo P, Wijeysundera DN, Tucci V, Leda M, Lu M, Mattina G, Pazmino-Canizares J, Thomas Z, Nayar R, Hanlon JG, Pereira SM, Ladha KS, Clarke H, Rizvi SJ, Pritlove C, Goel A
Blinding Integrity in Psychedelic Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.
Orsini DK, Wong S, Di Luch S, Chan B, Vasudeva S, Lovell GFM, Le GH, Jones BDM, Chisamore N, Mollica A, Johnson DE, Kaczmarek ES, Goel A, Burke MJ, Mansur R, McIntyre RS, Husain MI, Rosenblat JD
Practice advisory for intravenous management of headache disorders in hospitalized patients: a review of the evidence and consensus recommendations
Hoydonckx Y, Feoktistov A, Amoozegar F, Anderson CC, Barad M, Burke E, Chitsantikul P, Doshi TL, Englesakis M, Goel A
Prospective preference assessment for the Ecstasy for Alleviating Severe Chronic Neuropathic Pain (EASE-Pain) trial.
Lu M, Tucci V, Parakh N, Pereira SM, Leda M, Mattina G, Nayar R, Thomas Z, Pazmino-Canizares J, Ladha KS, Wijeysundera DN, Ritvo P, McIsaac DI, Khan J, Rosenblat J, Rizvi SJ, Ramsay G, Pritlove C, Goel A
Methadone for critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: a systematic review.
Pereira SM, Abbott M, Ferraz JFFM, Goel A, Rigamonti A, Castro C, Burry L, Manoel ALO, Sklar MC
Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain: a retrospective cohort study of patients from a Canadian tertiary centre.
Chan HA, Kapoor B, Rai Y, Karatu F, Jalilian F, Hanlon J, Bhatia A, Sussman D, Diep C, Ladha KS, Goel A
Perioperative Methadone for Spine Surgery: A Scoping Review.
Nunn KP, Velazquez AA, Bebawy JF, Ma K, Sinedino BE, Goel A, Pereira SM
Pulsed Radiofrequency Neuromodulation of the Greater Occipital Nerve for the Treatment of Headache Disorders in Adults: A Systematic Review.
Oliveira K, Dhondt N, Englesakis M, Goel A, Hoydonckx Y
Prospective Preference Assessment for the Psilocybin for Enhanced Analgesia in Chronic nEuropathic PAIN (PEACE-PAIN) Trial.
Lee J, Philip K, Wijeysundera DN, Clarke H, Pritlove C, Katz J, Ritvo P, Goel A, Husain MI, Ladha KS
The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
Principal investigators: Ladha, Karim; Clarke, Hance A; Goel, Akash; Husain, Muhammad I; Rosenblat, Joshua D; Rosenbloom, Brittany; Voineskos, Daphne; Zrenner, Christoph D
Keywords: Chronic Pain; Depression; Platform Trial
Adjunctive Psilocybin for Treatment Resistant Depression (Ad-Psilo): A Randomized, Active Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Clinical Trial
Principal investigators: Rosenblat, Joshua D; Husain, Muhammad I; Konstantinou, Gerasimos
Keywords: Clinical Trial; Drug Development; Major Depressive Disorder; Mood Disorders; Pharmacotherapy; Psilocybin; Psychedelics; Psychotherapy; Suicide; Treatment Resistant Depression
Ecstasy to Alleviate SEvere Chronic Neuropathic Pain (EASE Pain) - A Multi-centre Internal Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Goel, Akash; Bosma, Rachael L; Khan, James S; McIsaac, Daniel I; Pritlove, Cheryl; Ritvo, Paul G; Rizvi, Sakina; Rosenblat, Joshua D; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Chronic Neuropathic Pain; Internal Pilot; Mdma 'Ecstasy'; Randomized Trial
Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
Principal investigators: Khan, James S; Chaudhry, Harman; Devereaux, Philip J; Gilron, Ian; Karkouti, Keyvan; Mundi, Raman; Wolfstadt, Jesse I
Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Pain; Persistent Pain; Prevention; Randomized Controlled Trial; Total Knee Arthroplasty; Vitamin C
The Sustained Mood Improvement with Laughing Gas Exposure (SMILE) Trial
Principal investigators: Ladha, Karim; Husain, Muhammad I; Rosenblat, Joshua D
Keywords: Active Placebo; Depression Remission; Depression Response; Midazolam; Nitrous Oxide; Randomized Controlled Trial; Treatment Efficacy; Treatment-Resistant Depression
Psilocybin for Enhanced Analgesia in Chronic nEuropathic PAIN (PEACE-PAIN) Study: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Ladha, Karim; Husain, Muhammad I; Pritlove, Cheryl; Ritvo, Paul G; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Chronic Pain; Neuropathic Pain; Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial; Psilocybin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Paul Ritvo and Paul Ritvo: 104 shared papers
- Joel Katz and Hance Clarke: 69 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and Joel Katz: 23 shared papers
- Joel Katz and Paul Ritvo: 23 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and George Tomlinson: 17 shared papers
- George Tomlinson and Paul Ritvo: 17 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and Karim Ladha: 13 shared papers
- Fadi Elias and John Harlock: 12 shared papers
- Hannah Wunsch and Bijan Teja: 12 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and Akash Goel: 12 shared papers
- Hannah Wunsch and Lisa Burry: 10 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and Tania Di Renna: 8 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and Anuj Bhatia: 8 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and Hance Clarke: 7 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and Akash Goel: 6 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and Akash Goel: 6 shared papers
- Joel Katz and Karim Ladha: 6 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and James Khan: 6 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and Akash Goel: 6 shared papers
- Lisa Burry and George Tomlinson: 5 shared papers
- Karim Ladha and Akash Goel: 5 shared papers
- Lisa Burry and Bijan Teja: 4 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and Cheryl Pritlove: 4 shared papers
- Joel Katz and James Khan: 4 shared papers
- Joel Katz and Akash Goel: 4 shared papers
- Paul Ritvo and Cheryl Pritlove: 4 shared papers
- Cheryl Pritlove and Akash Goel: 4 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and Tania Di Renna: 3 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and Scott Duggan: 3 shared papers
- Hannah Wunsch and George Tomlinson: 3 shared papers
- Gideon Koren and George Tomlinson: 3 shared papers
- Hance Clarke and Scott Duggan: 3 shared papers
- Karim Ladha and Tania Di Renna: 3 shared papers
- Karim Ladha and James Khan: 3 shared papers
- Tania Di Renna and Scott Duggan: 3 shared papers
- Tania Di Renna and Akash Goel: 3 shared papers
- Scott Duggan and Akash Goel: 3 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and John Harlock: 2 shared papers
- Harsha Shanthanna and Anuj Bhatia: 2 shared papers
- Hannah Wunsch and Akash Goel: 2 shared papers
- Gideon Koren and Joel Katz: 2 shared papers
- Tania Di Renna and Anuj Bhatia: 2 shared papers
- Anuj Bhatia and David Sussman: 2 shared papers
- Fadi Elias and Paul Ritvo: 1 shared paper
- Fadi Elias and Paul Ritvo: 1 shared paper
- Fadi Elias and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- John Harlock and Karim Ladha: 1 shared paper
- John Harlock and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Adina Feinberg and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Ioana Crisan and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Danny Monsour and Farnaz Amoozegar: 1 shared paper
- Danny Monsour and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Gideon Koren and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Lisa Burry and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Paul Ritvo and Joshua Rosenblat: 1 shared paper
- Paul Ritvo and Bijan Teja: 1 shared paper
- Hance Clarke and David Sussman: 1 shared paper
- George Tomlinson and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Farnaz Amoozegar and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Paul Ritvo and Joshua Rosenblat: 1 shared paper
- Karim Ladha and David Sussman: 1 shared paper
- James Khan and Joshua Rosenblat: 1 shared paper
- James Khan and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Joshua Rosenblat and Akash Goel: 1 shared paper
- Akash Goel and Bijan Teja: 1 shared paper
- Akash Goel and Anuj Bhatia: 1 shared paper
- Akash Goel and David Sussman: 1 shared paper
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Anesthesiology and Pain Management
- Surgery
- Anesthesia
- Health Policy and Management
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Anesthesiology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Hance Clarke
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
12 shared papers, latest 2026
Paul Ritvo
Health Policy and Management
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Harsha Shanthanna
Anesthesia
6 shared papers, latest 2023
Paul Ritvo
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Karim Ladha
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Cheryl Pritlove
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Joel Katz
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Scott Duggan
Anesthesiology
3 shared papers, latest 2019
Tania Di Renna
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2019
Hannah Wunsch
Critical Care Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Bijan Teja
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Mireille St-Jean
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Peter MacDougall
Anesthesiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Anuj Bhatia
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Naveed Siddiqui
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Sanjho Srikandarajah
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
David Sussman
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
George Tomlinson
Biostatistics Division
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Sabrina Wong
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Farnaz Amoozegar
Clinical Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
James Khan
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Venkat Bhat
Behavioural Neuroscience & Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Joshua Rosenblat
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Rodrigo Mansur
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Yaping Chang
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Mandeep Singh
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Fadi Elias
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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