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John Tran

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Assistant Teaching ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

John Tran

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Patient-specific knee radiofrequency ablation using contrast spread analysis and 3D anatomy knowledge: teaching Images.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2026 · first author
Evaluation of fluoroscopic-guided lumbar medial branch block: A cadaveric study.
Interventional pain medicine · 2026 · first author
Reply to "Reconsidering periosteal denervation: Anatomical redundancy and the limits of single-target interventions".
Interventional pain medicine · 2026 · first author

All 42 publications

42 publications.

Patient-specific knee radiofrequency ablation using contrast spread analysis and 3D anatomy knowledge: teaching Images.

Tran J, McCormick ZL, Lanting BA, Lisk K, Loh E

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)20262 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf137 PMID: 41060031

Evaluation of fluoroscopic-guided lumbar medial branch block: A cadaveric study.

Tran J, Chau E, Calleja M, Loh E

Interventional pain medicine2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2026.100762 PMID: 42058841

Reply to "Reconsidering periosteal denervation: Anatomical redundancy and the limits of single-target interventions".

Tran J, Lanting B, McCormick ZL, Loh E

Interventional pain medicine2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100725 PMID: 41541297

Modified genicular nerve diagnostic blocks for persistent pain post total knee arthroplasty: A case report.

Tran J, Calleja M, Lanting B, Loh E

Interventional pain medicine2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100732 PMID: 41552771

A pilot morphometric analysis of lumbar vertebrae to identify fluoroscopic biomarkers.

Tran J, Chau E, Calleja M, Leekam R, Loh E

Interventional pain medicine2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2026.100748 PMID: 41808923

Functional compartmentalization of the anconeus: A three-dimensional study of muscle morphology and innervation patterns.

McGee JG, Amara C, Tran J, Agur AMR

Journal of anatomy2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/joa.70154 PMID: 41981937

Fibre bundle morphology and aponeuroses of the soleus muscle in neonatal anatomical donors: A three-dimensional modelling study.

Cronjé JY, van Schoor AN, Uys A, Yu PJ, Tran J, Mirjalili SA

Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2026.152859 PMID: 42248309

Distribution of epiphyseal nutrient foramina in the distal femur: Implications for anterior knee joint denervation.

Tran J, Chung AJ, Bell I, Lanting B, McCormick ZL, Loh E

Interventional pain medicine20254 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100708 PMID: 41378125

Evaluation of a novel nerve ablation technique to relieve lower back pain: a cadaveric feasibility pilot study.

Jones-Whitehead C, Tran J, Wilson TD, Loh E

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae112 PMID: 39504454

A comparative 3D anatomical simulation study of four techniques to ablate the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve.

Yu PJ, Loh E, Agur AMR, Tran J

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaf043 PMID: 40220333

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John Tran

Research

Latest papers

Patient-specific knee radiofrequency ablation using contrast spread analysis and 3D anatomy knowledge: teaching Images.

Evaluation of fluoroscopic-guided lumbar medial branch block: A cadaveric study.

Reply to "Reconsidering periosteal denervation: Anatomical redundancy and the limits of single-target interventions".

Modified genicular nerve diagnostic blocks for persistent pain post total knee arthroplasty: A case report.

A pilot morphometric analysis of lumbar vertebrae to identify fluoroscopic biomarkers.

Functional compartmentalization of the anconeus: A three-dimensional study of muscle morphology and innervation patterns.

Fibre bundle morphology and aponeuroses of the soleus muscle in neonatal anatomical donors: A three-dimensional modelling study.

Distribution of epiphyseal nutrient foramina in the distal femur: Implications for anterior knee joint denervation.

Evaluation of a novel nerve ablation technique to relieve lower back pain: a cadaveric feasibility pilot study.

A comparative 3D anatomical simulation study of four techniques to ablate the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve.

Frequent collaborators

Eldon Loh

Anne Agur

Vincent Chan

Brent Lanting

Sharon Switzer-Mcintyre

Catherine Amara

Nimish Mittal

Joel Davies

Kristina Lisk

Timothy Wilson