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Anuj Bhatia

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ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Anuj Bhatia

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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52 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 17 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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116

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103

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Epidemiology at Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation

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Research

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Latest papers

Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain.
European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026
Understanding Stability by Evaluating Fragility (Indices).
Anesthesiology · 2026 · first author
Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026

All 116 publications

Latest funding

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$730,576
Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Cannabis-based precision medicine for osteoarthritis therapy
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$750,000

All 3 grants and awards

116 publications.

Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain.

El-Sayed R, Sanmugananthan VV, Besik A, Osborne NR, Mills EP, Fauchon C, Bhatia A, Dunkley BT, Davis KD

European journal of pain (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1002/ejp.70254 PMID: 41937366

Understanding Stability by Evaluating Fragility (Indices).

Bhatia A

Anesthesiology2026First author

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005932 PMID: 41805212

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Nguyen A, D'Souza R, Weaver T, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Banik R, Abdel-Rasoul M, Abdallah FW

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03118-2 PMID: 42087046

Access to interventional therapies for cancer pain: An exploratory survey of cancer pain experts.

Roux E, Gulati A, Bhatia A, Hao D

Interventional pain medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100727 PMID: 41552768

Prevalence and Study-Level Predictors of Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

D'Souza RS, Whitfield S, Hussain N, Bhatia A, Banks DW, Parmar J, Klasova J, Mizerak E, Prokop LJ, Her YF

Journal of pain research2026

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s643363 PMID: 42713463

Impact of adjuvant analgesics on outcomes of spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation: a scoping review.

Zhang Y, Sahni S, Chung O, Kumar P, Alomari A, Hayek S, Bhatia A

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf105 PMID: 40748722

Serial Ketamine Infusions for Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Orsini DK, Di Luch S, Tomlinson G, Lovell GFM, Vasudeva S, Rodrigues NB, Johnson DE, Flint AJ, Llach CD, McIntyre RS, Mansur RB, Karkouti K, Burhan AM, Kaczmarek E, Chisamore N, Bhatia A, Soneji N, Joshi A, Grewal D, Laframboise R, Rosenblat JD

JAMA psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2658 PMID: 42684694

Recommendations for disclosure of artificial intelligence in scientific writing and publishing: a regional anesthesia and pain medicine modified Delphi study.

Fettiplace MR, Bhatia A, Chen Y, Orebaugh SL, Gofeld M, Gabriel RA, Sessler DI, Lonsdale H, Bungart B, Cheng CP, Burnett GW, Han L, Wiles M, Coppens S, Joseph T, Schreiber KL, Volk T, Urman RD, Kovacheva VP, Wu CL, Mariano ER, Ip VHY

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2026

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2025-106852 PMID: 40897450

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Bhatia A, Guirguis F, Alghothani O, D'Souza R, Karri J, Weaver T, Urman R, Abdallah FW

Journal of clinical anesthesia2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2026.112239 PMID: 42160880

Evaluation of a mental health screening tool to determine the need for psychological interview for patients offered neuromodulation implant therapies for pain.

Xiao MZX, Curtis K, Muere A, Pushparaj H, Bains V, Hoydonckx Y, Kumar P, Baig E, Alomari A, D'Souza RS, Bhatia A

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2025-107507 PMID: 41781150

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Anuj Bhatia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Alpha Oscillations and Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Associated With Treatment Resistance to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain.

Understanding Stability by Evaluating Fragility (Indices).

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Access to interventional therapies for cancer pain: An exploratory survey of cancer pain experts.

Prevalence and Study-Level Predictors of Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Impact of adjuvant analgesics on outcomes of spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation: a scoping review.

Serial Ketamine Infusions for Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Recommendations for disclosure of artificial intelligence in scientific writing and publishing: a regional anesthesia and pain medicine modified Delphi study.

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Evaluation of a mental health screening tool to determine the need for psychological interview for patients offered neuromodulation implant therapies for pain.

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)

Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial

Cannabis-based precision medicine for osteoarthritis therapy

Frequent collaborators

Mandeep Singh

Hance Clarke

Ian Gilron

Rajiv Gandhi

John Flannery

Nimish Mittal

Frances Chung

Anahi Perlas

David Sussman

Harsha Shanthanna

James Khan

Mohit Kapoor

Dinesh A Kumbhare

Alexandre Boutet

Timothy Leroux

Andrea Furlan

Jiwon Oh

Rachael Bosma

Tania Di Renna

Andrew Smith

Sanjho Srikandarajah

Lakshmikumar Venkat Raghavan

Geoff Bellingham

Christian Iorio-Morin

Akash Goel

George Tomlinson