Robert Bleakney, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Femur geometry influences atypical femoral fracture location
Osteoporosis International · 2025
Evaluation of Reliability, Repeatability, Robustness, and Confidence of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 on a Radiology Board–style Examination
Radiology · 2024
Radiological Lexicon: Use of Disease Severity Modifiers
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology · 2022 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Atypical Femur Fractures
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,996,652

All 1 grants and awards

15 publications.

01

Femur geometry influences atypical femoral fracture location

Olivia L. Bruce, Ifaz T. Haider, Angela Man-Wei Cheung, Lianne Tile, Robert Bleakney, Judy Scher, William Brent Edwards

Osteoporosis International20252 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-025-07654-3 PMID: 40775084

02

Evaluation of Reliability, Repeatability, Robustness, and Confidence of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 on a Radiology Board–style Examination

Satheesh Krishna, Nishaant Bhambra, Robert R. Bleakney, Rajesh Bhayana

Radiology202477 citations

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.232715 PMID: 38771184

03

Radiological Lexicon: Use of Disease Severity Modifiers

Nanapragasam A, Bleakney R

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology20221 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2022.04.008

04

The GoodHope Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Clinic: development and implementation of the first interdisciplinary program for multi-system issues in connective tissue disorders at the Toronto General Hospital

Mittal N, Mina DS, McGillis L, Weinrib A, Slepian PM, Rachinsky M, Buryk-Iggers S, Laflamme C, Lopez-Hernandez L, Hussey L

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases202122 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-01962-7

05

Utility of the spinal instability neoplastic score to identify patients with Gorham-Stout disease requiring spine surgery.

Gui C, Rocos B, Lohkamp LN, Cheung A, Bleakney R, Massicotte E

Surgical neurology international20211 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.25259/sni_311_2021 PMID: 34221558

06

The Effects of Home Exercise in Older Women With Vertebral Fractures: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Gibbs JC, McArthur C, Wark JD, Thabane L, Scherer SC, Prasad S, Papaioannou A, Mittmann N, Laprade J, Kim S

Physical Therapy202031 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzz188 PMID: W2996971590

07

Magnetic resonance imaging appearance of soft-tissue metastases: our experience at an orthopedic oncology center.

Sammon J, Jain A, Bleakney R, Mohankumar R

Skeletal radiology2017

DOI: 10.1007/s00256-017-2582-0 PMID: 28180954

08

Evaluation of Automated Fracture Risk Assessment Based on the Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada Assessment Tool.

Allin S, Bleakney R, Zhang J, Munce S, Cheung AM, Jaglal S

Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry20165 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2016.02.001 PMID: 27067299

09

Bilateral atypical femoral fractures: how much symmetry is there on imaging?

Probyn L, Cheung AM, Lang C, Lenchik L, Adachi JD, Khan A, Josse RG, Tomlinson G, Bleakney R

Skeletal Radiology201529 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00256-015-2212-7

10

Spontaneous resolution of quadrilateral space syndrome: a case report.

Gregory T, Sangha H, Bleakney R

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation2015Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000000237 PMID: 25357147

Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Atypical Femur Fractures

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Ito, Shinya

Keywords: Atypical Femur Fractures; Genetic Analysis; Osteoporosis; Risk Factors

$1,996,652

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Alexandra Papaioannou and Jonathan Derrick Adachi: 446 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Jonathan Derrick Adachi: 193 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Alexandra Papaioannou: 175 shared papers
Joel Katz and Hance Clarke: 114 shared papers
Alexandra Papaioannou and Angela Cheung: 41 shared papers
Alexandra Papaioannou and Caitlin McArthur: 41 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Daniel Santa Mina: 35 shared papers
Jonathan Derrick Adachi and Angela Cheung: 33 shared papers
Angela Cheung and George Tomlinson: 31 shared papers
Jonathan Derrick Adachi and Caitlin McArthur: 27 shared papers
George Tomlinson and Daniel Santa Mina: 27 shared papers
Dmitry Rozenberg and Daniel Santa Mina: 25 shared papers
Aliya Khan and Jonathan Derrick Adachi: 23 shared papers
Aliya Khan and Angela Cheung: 22 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Caitlin McArthur: 21 shared papers
Alexandra Papaioannou and Jenna Gibbs: 19 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Dmitry Rozenberg: 18 shared papers
Alexandra Papaioannou and Aliya Khan: 16 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Jenna Gibbs: 12 shared papers
Caitlin McArthur and Jenna Gibbs: 12 shared papers
Joel Katz and Daniel Santa Mina: 10 shared papers
Joel Katz and George Tomlinson: 8 shared papers
Alexandra Papaioannou and Judi Laprade: 7 shared papers
Joel Katz and Dmitry Rozenberg: 6 shared papers
Jenna Gibbs and Judi Laprade: 6 shared papers
Angela Cheung and Robert Bleakney: 5 shared papers
Caitlin McArthur and Judi Laprade: 4 shared papers
Christian Veillette and John Theodoropoulos: 3 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Howard Ovens: 2 shared papers
Aliya Khan and Robert Bleakney: 2 shared papers
Juan Guzman and Joel Katz: 2 shared papers
Juan Guzman and Hance Clarke: 2 shared papers
Juan Guzman and Dmitry Rozenberg: 2 shared papers
Juan Guzman and George Charames: 2 shared papers
Jonathan Derrick Adachi and Robert Bleakney: 2 shared papers
Joel Katz and George Charames: 2 shared papers
Hance Clarke and George Charames: 2 shared papers
Arnon Adler and Hanna Faghfoury: 2 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Alexandra Papaioannou and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Juan Guzman and Arnon Adler: 1 shared paper
Juan Guzman and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Juan Guzman and Colleen Parker: 1 shared paper
Juan Guzman and Christian Veillette: 1 shared paper
Juan Guzman and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Andrew Nanapragasam and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Angela Cheung and Eric Massicotte: 1 shared paper
Joel Katz and Arnon Adler: 1 shared paper
Joel Katz and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Joel Katz and Colleen Parker: 1 shared paper
Joel Katz and Christian Veillette: 1 shared paper
Joel Katz and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Hance Clarke and Colleen Parker: 1 shared paper
Hance Clarke and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
George Tomlinson and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Eric Massicotte and Christian Veillette: 1 shared paper
Eric Massicotte and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Dmitry Rozenberg and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Daniel Santa Mina and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Caitlin McArthur and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
George Charames and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Jenna Gibbs and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Arnon Adler and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Hanna Faghfoury and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Harpreet Sangha and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Colleen Parker and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Howard Ovens and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Judi Laprade and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
Christian Veillette and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper
John Theodoropoulos and Robert Bleakney: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Department of Medical Imaging
Medical Imaging
School of Physiotherapy
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2021

George Charames

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Satheesh Jeyaraj

Department of Medical Imaging

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bleakney, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Femur geometry influences atypical femoral fracture location" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]