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Jonathan Irish

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ProfessorDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Jonathan Irish

Professor

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Academic metrics

Publications

310

Citations

h-index

193

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Education

M.Sc.
M.D.

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Cancer Otorhinolaryngology

Latest papers

Geospatial analysis in addressing surgical care inequities: A scoping review and methodological guide.
PLOS digital health · 2026
Impact of Postoperative Neck Radiotherapy Volumes on Long-Term Unstimulated Saliva Flow Following Primary Surgery and Ipsilateral Neck Dissection for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Head & neck · 2025
Long-Term Impact of Regionalization of Thoracic Oncology Surgery.
The Annals of thoracic surgery · 2025

All 98 publications

Latest funding

The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,487,925
Optimal Clinical and Geographic Placement of Integrated Community Health Services Centres: An Integrated Mixed Methods Approach
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$481,952
Assessing the potentials of free-standing surgical centres to tackle prolonged wait times: an integrated knowledge translation approach
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$108,500

All 20 grants and awards

98 publications.

Geospatial analysis in addressing surgical care inequities: A scoping review and methodological guide.

Cohen M, Fu R, Irish J, Hallet J, Wright F, Coburn N, Gozdyra P, Lawendy AR, Eskander A

PLOS digital health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001510 PMID: 42461789

Impact of Postoperative Neck Radiotherapy Volumes on Long-Term Unstimulated Saliva Flow Following Primary Surgery and Ipsilateral Neck Dissection for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Rooney CM, Huang SH, Su J, Bratman S, Cho J, de Almeida J, Glogauer M, Goldstein D, Hahn E, Hosni A, Hope A, Irish J, Kim J, O'Sullivan B, Ringash J, Spreafico A, Tsai J, Waldron J, Yao C, Watson E, McPartlin A

Head & neck2025

DOI: 10.1002/hed.27988 PMID: 39474724

Long-Term Impact of Regionalization of Thoracic Oncology Surgery.

Crosina J, Wright F, Irish J, Rashid M, Martin T, Hirpara DH, Hunter A, Sundaresan S

The Annals of thoracic surgery2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.10.002 PMID: 39442904

Emergency physicians’ experiences managing patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study

Moore C, Petrovic B, Bender JL, Thompson C, McLeod SL, Savage D, Borgundvaag B, Ovens H, Irish J, Eskander A

BMJ Open20252 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096506

Defining Standards for Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancer Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Clinical Outcomes.

Hirpara DH, Irish J, Rashid M, Martin T, Zhu A, Hunter A, Jayaraman S, Wei AC, Coburn NG, Wright FC

Journal of the American College of Surgeons2024

DOI: 10.1097/xcs.0000000000000885 PMID: 37796140

Causes and impact of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer diagnosis.

Gete M, Huang SH, Ringash J, Irish J, Su J, Ballal Y, Waldron JN, Witterick I, de Almeida J, Hosni A, Hope AJ, Monteiro E, Cho J, O'Sullivan B, Kim J, Bratman S, Goldstein DP, McPartlin A, Tsai J, Tong L, Xu W, Hahn E

Head & neck2024

DOI: 10.1002/hed.27784 PMID: 38665037

Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study.

de Jager P, Aleman D, Baxter N, Bell C, Bodur M, Calzavara A, Campbell R, Carter M, Emerson S, Gagliardi A, Irish J, Martin D, Lee S, SaxeBraithwaite M, Seyedi P, Takata J, Yang S, Zanchetta C, Urbach DR

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307845 PMID: 39116181

Disparities in surgery rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: retrospective study.

Sankar A, Stukel TA, Baxter NN, Wijeysundera DN, Hwang SW, Wilton AS, Chan TCY, Sarhangian V, Simpson AN, de Mestral C, Pincus D, Campbell RJ, Urbach DR, Irish J, Gomez D

BJS open2024

DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae088 PMID: 39186678

Pathways to cancer care after a suspected cancer diagnosis in the emergency department: a survey of emergency physicians across Ontario

Grewal K, Thompson C, Ovens H, Sutradhar R, Savage DW, Borgundvaag B, Cheskes S, de Wit K, Eskander A, Irish J

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine20245 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00787-0

Characterizing the Impact of Procedure Funding on the Covid-19 Generated Procedure Gap in Ontario: A Population-Based Analysis.

Gomez D, de Mestral C, Stukel TA, Irish J, Simpson AN, Wilton AS, Rotstein OD, Campbell RJ, Eskander A, Urbach DR, Baxter NN

Annals of surgery2023

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005781 PMID: 36538613

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Jonathan Irish

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Geospatial analysis in addressing surgical care inequities: A scoping review and methodological guide.

Impact of Postoperative Neck Radiotherapy Volumes on Long-Term Unstimulated Saliva Flow Following Primary Surgery and Ipsilateral Neck Dissection for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Long-Term Impact of Regionalization of Thoracic Oncology Surgery.

Emergency physicians’ experiences managing patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study

Defining Standards for Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancer Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Clinical Outcomes.

Causes and impact of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer diagnosis.

Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study.

Disparities in surgery rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: retrospective study.

Pathways to cancer care after a suspected cancer diagnosis in the emergency department: a survey of emergency physicians across Ontario

Characterizing the Impact of Procedure Funding on the Covid-19 Generated Procedure Gap in Ontario: A Population-Based Analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Antoine Eskander

John Kim

Andrew Hope

Wei Xu

John de Almeida

Ian Witterick

Anna Spreafico

Fei-Fei Liu

Danny Enepekides

Igor Jurisica

Monika Krzyzanowska

Julie Hallet

Meredith Giuliani

Scott Bratman

Charles De Mestral

Ruth Lee

Frances Wright

Sophie Lebel

Natalie Coburn

Gary Rodin

Rinku Sutradhar

Vahid Sarhangian

Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Kerstin de Wit

Keerat Grewal

Sheldon Cheskes

Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Kerstin de Wit

Robin Mcleod

Andrea Eisen

Bradley Allan Petrisor

Laurie Elit

Timothy Whelan

Edward Passos

Han Zhang

John Agzarian

Paul Engels

Ilun Yang

Dennis Hong

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