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Latest papers
Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery.
BMJ open · 2026
PREPARE trial: a protocol for a multicentre randomised trial of frailty-focused preoperative exercise to decrease postoperative complication rates and disability scores.
BMJ open · 2022
Latest funding
- $765,001
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $400,000
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery.
Wijeysundera DN, Salbach NM, Chan MTV, Alibhai SMH, Puts MTE, Jerath A, Khadaroo R, Ehtesham S, Pazmino-Canizares J, Ladha KS, Granton JT, Amado L, Duceppe E, Hladkowicz E, Lee SM, Macdonell SY, Parotto M, Perlas A, Serrano PE, Thorleifson MD, van Vlymen JM, van Waes J, Racz E, Wilmhurst L, McIsaac DI, FAST Walk Study Investigators
PREPARE trial: a protocol for a multicentre randomised trial of frailty-focused preoperative exercise to decrease postoperative complication rates and disability scores.
McIsaac DI, Fergusson DA, Khadaroo R, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Gillis C, Hladkowicz E, Taljaard M, PREPARE Investigators
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hutton, Brian E; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Martel, Guillaume; Veroniki, Areti Angeliki
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Network Review; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
Non-hOme Transition rIsk Following surgerY (NOTIFY) study
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Flexman, Alana M; Garland, Allan; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Kobewka, Daniel M; Van Walraven, Carl; Wijeysundera, Duminda N; Wong, Camilla L
Keywords: Geriatrics; Health Services Research; Outcomes Research; Risk Communication; Risk Prediction; Surgery
PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Eskander, Antoine; Fergusson, Dean A; Gillis, Chelsia A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica
Keywords: Cancer; Exercise; Frailty; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
Targeting renal vascular and mitochondrial dysfunction to prevent acute kidney injury in sepsis.
Principal investigators: Bourque, Stephane
Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury; Blood Flow; Hemodynamics; Mitochondrial Function; Nitric Oxide; Sepsis; Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase; Vascular Function
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.
Principal investigators: Wijeysundera, Duminda N; Jüni, Peter; Khadaroo, Rachel; McIsaac, Daniel I
Keywords: Cardiopulmonary Fitness; Duke Activity Status Index; Exercise Testing; Hand Grip Strength; Perioperative Medicine; Postoperative Complications; Preoperative Evaluation; Prognostic Studies; Six-Minute Walk Test
STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Mcneely, Margaret L; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis to inform prehabilitation design and evaluation
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gillis, Chelsia A; Gill, Marlyn; Hutton, Brian E
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Network Review; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
An umbrella review of prehabilitation interventions in surgery to inform policy and practice
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gill, Marlyn; Hutton, Brian E
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Angela Jerath and Matteo Parotto: 7 shared papers
- Monica Taljaard and John Muscedere: 4 shared papers
- Monica Taljaard and Chelsia Gillis: 4 shared papers
- Angela Jerath and Emmanuelle Duceppe: 3 shared papers
- Emmanuelle Duceppe and Matteo Parotto: 2 shared papers
- John Muscedere and Chelsia Gillis: 2 shared papers
- Monica Taljaard and Rachel Khadaroo: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and Angela Jerath: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and Emmanuelle Duceppe: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and John Muscedere: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and Matteo Parotto: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and Chelsia Gillis: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Khadaroo and Anahi Perlas: 1 shared paper
- Angela Jerath and Anahi Perlas: 1 shared paper
- Emmanuelle Duceppe and Anahi Perlas: 1 shared paper
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Surgery
- Anesthesiology and Pain Management
- Human Nutrition
- Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Chelsia Gillis
Human Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2022
John Muscedere
Critical Care Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Angela Jerath
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Emmanuelle Duceppe
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Anahi Perlas
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Matteo Parotto
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Monica Taljaard
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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