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Paul Karanicolas

ResearcherSurgeryUniversity of Toronto

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Paul Karanicolas

Researcher

Surgery

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Publications

116

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Research

Surgery Blood Conservation Blood Utilization Cancer Liver Surgery Innovative Clinical Trials Randomized Controlled Trial Adaptive Trial Design

Latest papers

Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026
Antifibrinolytic strategies improve liver regeneration in mice and reduce posthepatectomy liver failure in patients.
Blood · 2026
Putting Patients First: Pragmatic Trials in Gynecologic Oncology.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025

All 37 publications

Latest funding

The Clinical Evaluation of Adults Undergoing Elective Surgery Utilizing Intraoperative Incisional Wound Irrigation (CLEAN Wound) Trial
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$687,538
The Clinical Evaluation of Adults Undergoing Elective Surgery Utilizing Intraoperative Incisional Wound Irrigation (CLEAN Wound) Trial
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$2,750,148
FAST Walk (Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk) Study: A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study of the Six-Minute Walk Test For Improving Preoperative Risk Stratification for Major Non-Cardiac Surgery.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,410,813

All 16 grants and awards

37 publications.

Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review.

Hallet J, Court C, Pommier R, Meloche-Dumas L, Karanicolas P, Michael I, Gangi A

Annals of surgical oncology2026

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-026-19728-5 PMID: 42002708

Antifibrinolytic strategies improve liver regeneration in mice and reduce posthepatectomy liver failure in patients.

Li Z, Wei Z, Groeneveld DJ, Strilchuk AW, Flick MJ, Dong Y, Podrascanin V, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Assinger A, Kastrup CJ, Karanicolas P, Luyendyk JP, Starlinger PP

Blood2026

DOI: 10.1182/blood.2025029780 PMID: 42275251

Putting Patients First: Pragmatic Trials in Gynecologic Oncology.

Hopkins L, Clemons M, Bemister K, Booth C, Kadar S, Karanicolas P, Mulligan J, Savard MF, Tannock I, Tone A, MacKay H

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32030139 PMID: 40136343

ASO Author Reflections: Lymphadenectomy for Gallbladder Cancer: Time for a Change?

Brañes A, Karanicolas P

Annals of surgical oncology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-15775-y PMID: 39068319

Laparoscopic Indocyanine Green-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Gallbladder Neoplasms.

Brañes A, Acher A, Karanicolas P

Annals of surgical oncology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-024-15625-x PMID: 38896224

Hepatic artery infusion pump for unresectable colorectal liver metastases before living donor liver transplant: Oncological friend or technical foe?

Goldaracena N, Zhu A, Vargas PA, Karanicolas P, Henry Z, Sayed BA, Cattral M, Rajendran L, Ghanekar A, Sapisochin G

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society2024

DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000397 PMID: 38727619

Adjuvant Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy: Still Swimming in Dark Water?

Brañes A, Karanicolas P

Annals of surgical oncology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14445-9 PMID: 37831278

Utility of intraoperative pathology consultations of whipple resection specimens and their impact on final margin status.

Sina N, Olkhov-Mitsel E, Chen L, Karanicolas P, Sun L, Roopchand P, Rowsell C, Truong T

Heliyon2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20238 PMID: 37810002

Outcomes in children of women with type 2 diabetes exposed to metformin versus placebo during pregnancy (MiTy Kids): a 24-month follow-up of the MiTy randomised controlled trial.

Feig DS, Sanchez JJ, Murphy KE, Asztalos E, Zinman B, Simmons D, Haqq AM, Fantus IG, Lipscombe L, Armson A, Barrett J, Donovan L, Karanicolas P, Tobin S, Mangoff K, Klein G, Jiang Y, Tomlinson G, Hamilton J, MiTy Kids Collaborative Group

The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2023

DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00004-9 PMID: 36746160

The Effect of Cryotherapy Application on Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Muaddi H, Lillie E, Silva S, Cross JL, Ladha K, Choi S, Mocon A, Karanicolas P

Annals of surgery2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004987 PMID: 34856580

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Paul Karanicolas

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Is Hepatic Artery Infusion Therapy Ready for Neuroendocrine Tumors? Rapid Review.

Antifibrinolytic strategies improve liver regeneration in mice and reduce posthepatectomy liver failure in patients.

Putting Patients First: Pragmatic Trials in Gynecologic Oncology.

ASO Author Reflections: Lymphadenectomy for Gallbladder Cancer: Time for a Change?

Laparoscopic Indocyanine Green-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Gallbladder Neoplasms.

Hepatic artery infusion pump for unresectable colorectal liver metastases before living donor liver transplant: Oncological friend or technical foe?

Adjuvant Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy: Still Swimming in Dark Water?

Utility of intraoperative pathology consultations of whipple resection specimens and their impact on final margin status.

Outcomes in children of women with type 2 diabetes exposed to metformin versus placebo during pregnancy (MiTy Kids): a 24-month follow-up of the MiTy randomised controlled trial.

The Effect of Cryotherapy Application on Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Steven Gallinger

Farzad Khalvati

Natalie Coburn

Stephen Choi

Stephanie Mason

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Alice Wei

Julie Hallet

Sameer Parpia

Marko Simunovic

Mark Norman Levine

Pablo Serrano Aybar

Jon Barrett

Elizabeth Asztalos

Lesley Moody

Antonio Finelli

George Tomlinson

Marcin Wasowicz

Alyson Mahar

Marc Carrier

Karim Ladha

James Khan

Angela Jerath

Ekaterina Kosyachkova

Alyson Mahar

Leyo Ruo

Jessica Bogach

Yaseen Al-Allaq

Bernard Zinman

Lorraine Lipscombe

Vicky Tagalakis

Mohit Bhandari

Amiram Jacob Gafni

Harold Reiter

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