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Richard Kirsch

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ProfessorDepartment of Laboratory Medicine & PathobiologyUniversity of Toronto

Richard Kirsch

Professor

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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1,494

Citations

232

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Research

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Latest papers

Development and External Validation of an Endoscopic and Histologic Pouchitis Assessment Tool: The Atlantic Pouchitis Index.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026
Risk-based pathology reporting after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastrointestinal cancer: international consensus standards.
Gut · 2026
MSAI-Path: Predicting Microsatellite Instability From Routine Histology Slides Without Reinventing the Wheel.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2026

All 57 publications

Latest funding

Phase II study to assess the safety of non-operative management (NOM) for low rectal cancer (LRC)
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$405,185

All 1 grants and awards

57 publications.

Development and External Validation of an Endoscopic and Histologic Pouchitis Assessment Tool: The Atlantic Pouchitis Index.

Sedano R, Ma C, Hogan M, Silverberg MS, Zou G, D'Haens GR, Rémillard J, Shackelton LM, McFarlane SC, Bojic B, Bressler B, Rosenfeld G, Feakins RM, Kirsch R, Marchal A, Samaan MA, Panaccione R, Hart A, Sands BE, Dotan I, Travis S, Feagan BG, Jairath V

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association20264 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.06.030 PMID: 40675404

Risk-based pathology reporting after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastrointestinal cancer: international consensus standards.

Khalaf K, Li H, Iwaya M, Orr CE, Schneider M, Iwaya Y, Yuan Y, Saito Y, Shimamura Y, Messmann H

Gut2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-337567

MSAI-Path: Predicting Microsatellite Instability From Routine Histology Slides Without Reinventing the Wheel.

Baumann E, Schäfer LEM, Meeuwsen F, Kirsch R, Nagtegaal ID, Berger MD, Dawson H, Zlobec I

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100932 PMID: 41207630

Invasive Front and Peritumoral Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Cancer: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations.

Shivji S, Pai RK, Kirsch R

Surgical pathology clinics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2026.02.008 PMID: 42508933

Knowledge Translation Interventions to Address Gaps in Rectal Cancer Care

Kennedy ED, Pooni A, Schmocker S, Brown C, MacLean A, Baxter NN, Williams L, Simunovic M, Liberman S, Drolet S

JAMA Network Open20253 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61047

Multifocal extramural venous invasion is a powerful predictor of adverse oncological outcomes in stages I– III colorectal cancer

Ayşegül Sarı, David P. Cyr, Cherry Pun, Sameer Shivji, Deanna Wan Jie Ng, Kai Duan, Amanpreet Brar, Siham Zerhouni, Rossi Tomin, Carol Jane Swallow, Erin Diane Kennedy, Mantaj S. Brar, James Conner, Richard Kirsch

Histopathology20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/his.15519 PMID: 40862647

Utility of quantitative pathologic analysis of pT1 colorectal carcinomas to improve prediction of lymph node metastasis

Priya Priyadarshini Nayak, Heidi Kosiorek, Reetesh K. Pai, Reetesh K. Pai, Sameer Shivji, Catherine E. Hagen, Rondell Patrell Graham, Daniel D. Buchanan, Mark A. Jenkins, Amanda I. Phipps, Loı̈c Le Marchand, Christina N. Wu, Niloy Jewel Samadder, Carol Jane Swallow, Steven Gallinger, Robert C. Grant, Thomas Westerling, James Conner, David P. Cyr, Richard Kirsch, Rish K. Pai, Rish K. Pai

Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00428-025-04284-2 PMID: 41062885

Deep learning-based quantification of eosinophils and lymphocytes shows complementary prognostic effects in colorectal cancer patients.

Baumann E, Lechner S, Krebs P, Kirsch R, Berger MD, Lugli A, Nagtegaal ID, Perren A, Zlobec I

NPJ precision oncology2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41698-025-00955-0 PMID: 40514395

Nonoperative management protocol for locally advanced rectal cancer

Kennedy ED, Schmocker S, Brown C, Liberman S, Baxter NN, Drolet S, Neumann K, Simunovic M, Richard C, Brezden‐Masley C

Colorectal Disease20242 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/codi.17035

Lymph node metastases and recurrence in pT1 colorectal cancer: Prediction with the International Budding Consortium Score-A retrospective, multi-centric study.

Dawson H, Bokhorst JM, Studer L, Vieth M, Oguz Erdogan AS, Kus Öztürk S, Kirsch R, Brockmoeller S, Cathomas G, Buslei R, Fink D, Roumet M, Zlobec I, van der Laak J, Nagtegaal ID, Lugli A

United European gastroenterology journal2024

DOI: 10.1002/ueg2.12521 PMID: 38193866

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Richard Kirsch

Research

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Development and External Validation of an Endoscopic and Histologic Pouchitis Assessment Tool: The Atlantic Pouchitis Index.

Risk-based pathology reporting after endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastrointestinal cancer: international consensus standards.

MSAI-Path: Predicting Microsatellite Instability From Routine Histology Slides Without Reinventing the Wheel.

Invasive Front and Peritumoral Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Cancer: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations.

Knowledge Translation Interventions to Address Gaps in Rectal Cancer Care

Multifocal extramural venous invasion is a powerful predictor of adverse oncological outcomes in stages I– III colorectal cancer

Utility of quantitative pathologic analysis of pT1 colorectal carcinomas to improve prediction of lymph node metastasis

Deep learning-based quantification of eosinophils and lymphocytes shows complementary prognostic effects in colorectal cancer patients.

Nonoperative management protocol for locally advanced rectal cancer

Lymph node metastases and recurrence in pT1 colorectal cancer: Prediction with the International Budding Consortium Score-A retrospective, multi-centric study.

Phase II study to assess the safety of non-operative management (NOM) for low rectal cancer (LRC)

Frequent collaborators

Erin Kennedy

Carol Swallow

Kartik Jhaveri

David Driman

Nancy Baxter

James Conner

Marko Simunovic

Robert Riddell

Kai Duan

Cherry Pun

Seng Thipphavong

Zane Cohen

Christopher Ma

Andrea Grin

Eleftherios Diamandis

Vipul Jairath

James Brierley

Bernard Cummings

Tao Wang

Aaron Pollett

Anand Govindarajan

Steven Gallinger

Robin Mcleod

Angel Arnaout

Aruz Mesci

David Gomez

Elan Panov

Louis Liu

Nicole Hong

Negar Ahmadi

Danielle Bischof

Mantaj Brar

Peter Stotland

Laura Snell

Sayf Gazala

Brittany Greene

Chaya Shwaartz

Carmine Simone

Paul Engels

Ilun Yang