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Ashish Kumar

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Faculty memberInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Ashish Kumar

Faculty member

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Leaving the Operating Room: Voices of Residents and Program Directors on Canadian Neurosurgical Attrition.
Journal of surgical education · 2026 · senior author
Perceptions and the Impact of Early Mentorship of Medical Students in Neurosurgery: A Qualitative Study.
Journal of surgical education · 2026 · senior author
Trainee and Faculty Perspectives of Neurointerventional Curricula in Residency: a Scoping Review.
The clinical teacher · 2026 · senior author

All 16 publications

16 publications.

Leaving the Operating Room: Voices of Residents and Program Directors on Canadian Neurosurgical Attrition.

Chainey J, Genus S, Kalocsai C, Hamstra SJ, Lipsman N, Kongkham P, Kumar A

Journal of surgical education2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2026.104184 PMID: 42800110

Perceptions and the Impact of Early Mentorship of Medical Students in Neurosurgery: A Qualitative Study.

Otaner F, Ahmed A, Patel Z, Niazi F, Arfaie S, Genus S, Kumar A

Journal of surgical education2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103778 PMID: 41252915

Trainee and Faculty Perspectives of Neurointerventional Curricula in Residency: a Scoping Review.

Yabut JM, Al Bader R, Affana C, Chainey J, Kumar A

The clinical teacher2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/tct.70374 PMID: 41844377

C-CASE 2024: Surgical Education Through Innovation01. A 25-year retrospective of Canadian plastic surgery research and its influence: a thorough bibliometric study02. Evaluating knowledge translation applications of a Canadian surgical education app among Saudi Arabian medical trainees03. An educational podcast for trainees to learn about plastic surgery training in Canada — “Doctority Canada: Plastic Surgery.”04. Educational landscape and perspectives on interventional neuroradiology training in residency: a scoping review05. Moving toward collaboration: introducing a pan-Canadian virtual patient initiative06. From classroom to the operating room: equipping medical students for surgical clerkship success through a skills-based workshop07. Participants’ initial reactions and appreciation of ExploreMD, a medical career exploration event in the region of Outaouais, Quebec08. Shoulder dislocation: Health care professionals produce higher-quality content on TikTok09. Weaving our narrative: perspectives from hijab-wearing learners in the operating room10. The impact of extended reality simulators on ophthalmic surgical training and performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 623 eyes11. Impact of a new bilingual online career orientation tool on medical students12. Examining the utility of LearnENT in undergraduate medical education13. Evaluating the current teaching practices for robotic-assisted surgery training during residency in different surgical programs across Canada14. Early exposure to neurosurgery: assessment of perceptions, expectations, mentorship, representation, and competence on medical student interest in neurosurgery15. Digital scribes in medical education: balancing innovation with skill development across educational levels16. A blueprint for near-peer medical student anatomy tutoring17. Enhancing productivity in medical education research groups: a scoping review18. Generative artificial intelligence in plastic surgery medical education: a quality improvement scoping review19. An in-depth exploration of the entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessment–related emotions of residents and faculty across specialties20. Outcomes of a competency-based microlearning mobile application for surgical residents21. Enhancing clinical clerk surgical preparedness using microlearning modules22. From model to mastery: a randomized study on the effect of anatomic model building on medical students’ surgical skills23. From textbooks to headsets: the role of virtual reality in improving medical students’ understanding of liver anatomy24. The Symposium of Medical Student Leadership Development: an initiative to develop future surgical and health care leaders25. Effectiveness of near-peer teaching and experiential learning of casting and splinting: a medical student’s perspective26. Development of a novel simulation-based mastery learning course for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation27. Barriers to Black medical students and residents pursuing and completing surgical residency in Canada: a qualitative analysis28. Introduction of an academic half-day teaching for clinical clerks in surgery: a pilot study29. Efficiency of verbal intelligent tutor instruction in neurosurgical simulation: a randomized controlled trial30. Creation of a novel mindfulness-based cognitive therapy curriculum for surgical trainees: Mindfulness Integration in Surgical Training (MIST) 231. Comparison of ChatGPT and Gemini in responding to pediatric surgery clinical scenarios32. Examining the quality and quantity of verbal feedback in the operating room: a multispecialty study33. Influence of pig eye suturing on medical students’ perception of ophthalmic surgery in community medicine34. The use of different peer feedback frequencies in the acquisition of surgical skills using a decentralized model of simulation

Ordaz DJG, Cordoba M, Delisle É, Branes R, Nguyen S, Daghistani WA, Mozafarinia M, Cordoba C, Maher J, Dorling M

Canadian Journal of Surgery20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.000225

Early Exposure to Neurosurgery: Assessment of Perceptions, Mentorship and Competence on Medical Student Interest.

Arfaie S, Niazi F, Hazrati R, Patel Z, Ahmed A, Al-Bader R, Ma C, Otaner F, Zamiri S, Kumar A

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2025.10129 PMID: 40671290

ChatGPT and neurosurgical education: A crossroads of innovation and opportunity.

Arfaie S, Sadegh Mashayekhi M, Mofatteh M, Ma C, Ruan R, MacLean MA, Far R, Saini J, Harmsen IE, Duda T, Gomez A, Rebchuk AD, Pingbei Wang A, Rasiah N, Guo E, Fazlollahi AM, Rose Swan E, Amin P, Mohammed S, Atkinson JD, Del Maestro RF, Girgis F, Kumar A, Das S

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia202414 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2024.110815 PMID: 39236407

Carotid stenting for symptomatic carotid artery web: Multicenter experience

Christopher R. Pasarikovski, Jeremy Lynch, Michael Corrin, Jerry C. Ku, Ashish Kumar, Vítor Mendes Pereira, Timo Krings, Leodante da Costa, Sandra E. Black, Ronit Agid, Victor X. D. Yang

Interventional Neuroradiology20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/15910199231226293 PMID: 38233047

Transcavernous Surgical Approach for the Treatment of Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Costa Alves A, da Costa L, Rasheedi J, Kumar A

Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000536 PMID: 36701750

Minimally invasive intrathecal spinal cord imaging with optical coherence tomography

Christopher R. Pasarikovski, Jerry C. Ku, Joel M. Ramjist, Yuta Dobashi, Stefano Maria Priola, Leodante da Costa, Ashish Kumar, Victor X. D. Yang

Journal of Biomedical Optics202111 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.5.056002 PMID: 33988003

Access-site complications in ultrasound-guided endovascular thrombectomy: a single-institution retrospective cohort study

Connor T. A. Brenna, Jerry C. Ku, Christopher R. Pasarikovski, Stefano Maria Priola, Erin E. Dyer, Peter Howard, Ashish Kumar, Leodante da Costa, Victor X. D. Yang

Neurosurgical FOCUS20213 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3171/2021.4.focus2198 PMID: 34198250

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Ashish Kumar

Research

Latest papers

Leaving the Operating Room: Voices of Residents and Program Directors on Canadian Neurosurgical Attrition.

Perceptions and the Impact of Early Mentorship of Medical Students in Neurosurgery: A Qualitative Study.

Trainee and Faculty Perspectives of Neurointerventional Curricula in Residency: a Scoping Review.

Early Exposure to Neurosurgery: Assessment of Perceptions, Mentorship and Competence on Medical Student Interest.

ChatGPT and neurosurgical education: A crossroads of innovation and opportunity.

Carotid stenting for symptomatic carotid artery web: Multicenter experience

Transcavernous Surgical Approach for the Treatment of Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.

Minimally invasive intrathecal spinal cord imaging with optical coherence tomography

Access-site complications in ultrasound-guided endovascular thrombectomy: a single-institution retrospective cohort study

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