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Joel Finkelstein

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ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Joel Finkelstein

Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

555

Citations

102

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Research

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Latest papers

A comparison of key performance metrics of major robotic platforms in spine surgery: a network meta-analysis of 14,462 screws
European Spine Journal · 2025
Efficiency of telephone triage in the assessment of low back pain at a tertiary spine clinic.
BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025 · senior author
Guidance on mucositis assessment from the MASCC Mucositis Study Group and ISOO: an international Delphi study
EClinicalMedicine · 2024

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Quantifying Osteosarcopenia Progression with Imaging Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$636,180

All 1 grants and awards

25 publications.

A comparison of key performance metrics of major robotic platforms in spine surgery: a network meta-analysis of 14,462 screws

Koucheki R, Bonello J-P, Abbas A, Lex J, Versteeg AL, Zarrabian M, Dhaliwal P, Finkelstein J, Lewis S, Toor J

European Spine Journal202511 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-025-08990-y

Efficiency of telephone triage in the assessment of low back pain at a tertiary spine clinic.

Rachevitz M, Razmjou H, Robarts S, Yee A, Wainwright A, Dickson P, Finkelstein J

BMC musculoskeletal disorders2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12891-025-09416-y PMID: 41402806

Guidance on mucositis assessment from the MASCC Mucositis Study Group and ISOO: an international Delphi study

Ragda Abdalla‐Aslan, Pierluigi Bonomo, Dorothy Keefe, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, Katrina Cao, Yin Ting Cheung, Eduardo Rodrigues Fregnani, Robert Clell Miller, Judith E. Raber‐Durlacher, Joel Epstein, Ysabella Van Sebille, Elisa Kauark-Fontes, Abhishek Kandwal, Emma McCurdy-Franks, Joel A. Finkelstein, Victoria McCarvell, Yehuda Zadik, Giulia Ottaviani, Rui Amaral Mendes, Caroline Margina Speksnijder, Hannah R. Wardill, Paolo Bossi, Paolo Bossi, Alexa M. G. A. Laheij, Arghavan Tonkaboni, Jacqui Scott, Rania Abasaeed, Adel Kauzman, Adriana Do Socorro Lima Flato, Adwaita Anant Gore, et al. (466 authors)

EClinicalMedicine202418 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102675 PMID: 38933098

Canadian Spine Society

Dionne A, Al-Zakri M, Labelle H, Joncas J, Parent S, Mac-Thiong J-M, Miyanji F, Lonner B, Eren A, Cahill P

Canadian Journal of Surgery2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.011424

Comparison of major spine navigation platforms based on key performance metrics: a meta-analysis of 16,040 screws.

Bonello JP, Koucheki R, Abbas A, Lex J, Nucci N, Yee A, Ahn H, Finkelstein J, Lewis S, Larouche J, Toor J

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society202313 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07865-4 PMID: 37474627

Risk Stratification in a Tertiary Care Spine Centre: Comparison Between STarTBack and OSPRO-YF Screening Tools.

Robarts S, Razmjou H, Yee A, Finkelstein J

Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada20236 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2021-0026 PMID: 37736380

Machine learning models can predict subsequent publication of North American Spine Society (NASS) annual general meeting abstracts.

Abbas A, Olotu O, Bhatia A, Selimovic D, Tajik A, Larouche J, Ahn H, Yee A, Lewis S, Finkelstein J, Toor J

PloS one20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289931 PMID: 37607198

Literature review on the use of methoxyflurane in the management of pain in cancer-related procedures.

Finkelstein S, Oliogu E, Yee A, Milton L, Rivlin L, Henry P, Behroozian T, Chow E, Finkelstein J

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-023-07694-7 PMID: 36961562

A systematic review of the use of the then-test for evaluating health-related quality of life in cancer patients.

McCurdy-Franks E, McCarvell V, Finkelstein S, Milton L, Behroozian T, Simone CB, Chow E, Finkelstein J

Annals of palliative medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.21037/apm-23-462 PMID: 37872130

Outcome of spine surgery in patients with depressed mental states: a Canadian spine outcome research network study.

Cushnie D, Soroceanu A, Stratton A, Dea N, Finkelstein J, Bailey CS, Weber MH, Paquet J, Glennie A, Hall H, Rampersaud R, Ahn H, Kelly A, Christie S, Nataraj A, Johnson M, Abraham E, Attabib N, Fisher C, Manson N, Thomas K

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society202224 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.05.012 PMID: 35671946

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Joel Finkelstein

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A comparison of key performance metrics of major robotic platforms in spine surgery: a network meta-analysis of 14,462 screws

Efficiency of telephone triage in the assessment of low back pain at a tertiary spine clinic.

Guidance on mucositis assessment from the MASCC Mucositis Study Group and ISOO: an international Delphi study

Canadian Spine Society

Comparison of major spine navigation platforms based on key performance metrics: a meta-analysis of 16,040 screws.

Risk Stratification in a Tertiary Care Spine Centre: Comparison Between STarTBack and OSPRO-YF Screening Tools.

Machine learning models can predict subsequent publication of North American Spine Society (NASS) annual general meeting abstracts.

Literature review on the use of methoxyflurane in the management of pain in cancer-related procedures.

A systematic review of the use of the then-test for evaluating health-related quality of life in cancer patients.

Outcome of spine surgery in patients with depressed mental states: a Canadian spine outcome research network study.

Quantifying Osteosarcopenia Progression with Imaging Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer

Frequent collaborators

Albert Yee

Henry Ahn

Cari Whyne

Michael Ford

Jérôme Paquet

Sean Christie

Christopher Bailey

Edward Chow

Stephen Lewis

Jeremie Larouche

Helen Razmjou

Margarete Akens

Arjun Sahgal

Michael Fehlings

Monique Christakis

Jackek Michael Kwiecien

Eric Massicotte

Meaghan O'Reilly

Kullervo Hynynen

May Tsao

Greg Stanisz

Perry Dhaliwal

Raphaele Charest-Morin

Stewart McLachlin

Hans Kreder

Joel Rubenstein

Linda Probyn

Daryl Fourney

Gary Linassi

Patrick Henry

Deepa Kattail

Elizabeth David