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Robert Hamilton

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Robert Hamilton

Researcher

Pediatrics

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.
21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Publications

375

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Research

Autoimmunity Biomarker Antibody Atrioventricular Node Congenital Heart Block Stem Cells Brugada Syndrome Inherited Arrhythmia Conditions

Latest papers

Septal fibroma as an unusual cause for variable heart block in a well infant.
HeartRhythm case reports · 2026 · senior author
Anti-desmoglein-2 autoantibodies do not discriminate between UK boxer dogs with and without arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
The Veterinary record · 2026
Utility of PSMA PET/CT After an Initial Negative Scan: Results from a Prospective Multicenter PSMA PET Registry.
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 62 publications

Latest funding

Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Determining the fetal conduction target proteins of autoantibodies in congenital heart block: developing a sensitive and specific biomarker of pregnancies at risk
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$589,050
Investigating a New Biomarker for the Inherited Arrhythmia Condition: Brugada Syndrome
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$753,525

All 17 grants and awards

62 publications.

Septal fibroma as an unusual cause for variable heart block in a well infant.

Tarca A, Jeewa A, Yoo SJ, Zamiara P, Hamilton R

HeartRhythm case reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2025.12.002 PMID: 41869064

Anti-desmoglein-2 autoantibodies do not discriminate between UK boxer dogs with and without arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Chang CH, Watson C, Chatterjee D, Ward J, Borgeat K, Hodgkiss-Geere H, Dukes-McEwan J, Hamilton R, Hezzell MJ

The Veterinary record2026

DOI: 10.1002/vetr.6014 PMID: 41351822

Utility of PSMA PET/CT After an Initial Negative Scan: Results from a Prospective Multicenter PSMA PET Registry.

Metser U, Bauman G, Rashid M, Mirshahvalad SA, Kohan A, Green B, Chan R, Hamilton R

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.126.272204 PMID: 41991335

Risk of metachronous upper tract urothelial carcinoma following non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Pace KJC, Kwong JCC, Randhawa H, Ringa M, Al-Daqqaq Z, Chelliahpillai Y, Lee S, Kim K, Haile S, Ali A, Wettstein M, Chan A, Perlis N, Lee J, Hamilton R, Fleshner N, Finelli A, Jamal M, Papanikolaou F, Short T, Feifer A, Kulkarni G, Zlotta AR

BJU international2026

DOI: 10.1111/bju.70085 PMID: 41260885

Exercise-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Child: A Case Report.

Katz-Dana H, Lekchuensakul S, Hamilton R, Zahavich L, Jobling RK, Ratnapalan S

Clinical pediatrics2025

DOI: 10.1177/00099228241254888 PMID: 38785420

Patterns of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Marshall M, Malik A, Shah M, Fish FA, Etheridge SP, Aziz PF, Russell MW, Tisma S, Pflaumer A, Sreeram N, Kubus P, Law IH, Kantoch MJ, Kertesz NJ, Strieper M, Erickson CC, Moore JP, Nakano SJ, Singh HR, Chang P, Cohen M, Fournier A, Ilina MV, Zimmermann F, Horndasch M, Li W, Batra AS, Liberman L, Hamilton R, Janson CM, Sanatani S, Zeltser I, McDaniel G, Blaufox AD, Garnreiter JM, Balaji S

Pediatric cardiology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03252-4 PMID: 37684488

Management of Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: A HiRO Consensus Handbook on Process of Care

Janzen ML, Davies B, Laksman ZWM, Roberts JD, Sanatani S, Steinberg C, Tadros R, Cadrin-Tourigny J, MacIntyre C, Atallah J

CJC Open202315 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.02.006

Identification and in-silico characterization of splice-site variants from a large cardiogenetic national registry

Rayani K, Davies B, Cheung M, Comber D, Roberts JD, Tadros R, Green MS, Healey JS, Simpson CS, Sanatani S

European Journal of Human Genetics20237 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41431-022-01193-9

Validating the total cancer location density metric for stratifying patients with low-risk localized prostate cancer at higher risk of grade group reclassification while on active surveillance.

Tan GH, Deniffel D, Finelli A, Wettstein M, Ahmad A, Zlotta A, Fleshner N, Hamilton R, Kulkarni G, Nason G, Ajib K, Herrera-Caceres J, Chandrasekar T, Perlis N

Urologic oncology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2022.12.003 PMID: 36639336

Small Testicular Masses: Contemporary Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies, Future Directions, and Knowledge Gaps.

Chavarriaga J, Hamilton R

Urologic oncology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.02.009 PMID: 36990940

Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Dorian, Paul; Allan, Katherine S

Keywords: Building Partnerships; Cascade Screening; Equitable Access; Heritable Cardiac Diseases; Inherited Arrhythmia Clinics (Iacs); Knowledge Exchange; Patient Centric Care; Planning Meeting; Prioritizing Research Questions; Sudden Cardiac Death

$15,000

Determining the fetal conduction target proteins of autoantibodies in congenital heart block: developing a sensitive and specific biomarker of pregnancies at risk

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Robert M

Keywords: Atrioventricular Node; Autoimmunity; Biomarker; Congenital Heart Block; Stem Cells

$589,050

Investigating a New Biomarker for the Inherited Arrhythmia Condition: Brugada Syndrome

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Robert M

Keywords: Antibody; Autoimmunity; Biomarker; Brugada Syndrome; Inherited Arrhythmia Conditions

$753,525

Virtualizing survivorship: Implementing a more timely and comprehensive model of follow-up care

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship Team Grants

Principal investigators: Cafazzo, Joseph A; Bender, Jacqueline L; Berlin, Alejandro; Brown, Ian R; Bryant-Lukosius, Denise E; FEIFER, ANDREW; Gotto, Geoffrey; Rendon, Ricardo

Keywords: Advanced Practice Nurses; Breast Cancer; Cancer Care Continuum; Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes; Models Of Care Delivery; Patient-Centred Care; Prostate Cancer; Service Design; Survivorship; Virtual Care

$1,081,093

CREATE in Healthcare Robotics (HeRo)

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Sun, Yu

$1,650,000

A Sensitive Biomarker for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Robert M

Keywords: Antibody; Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy; Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy; Autoimmunity; Biomarker

$765,000

Benchmarking the quality of urologic cancer care in Ontario: a population-based analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Catalyst Grant: Health Services and Economics Research in Cancer Control

Principal investigators: Finelli, Antonio

Keywords: Benchmarking; Kidney; Prostate; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Urologic Oncology

$96,250

Novel Methods to Evaluate the Cardiac Activity of Pharmaceuticals: Identifying New Therapies and Predicting Cardiac Toxicity

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Maynes, Jason

$357,480

Novel Methods to Evaluate the Cardiac Activity of Pharmaceuticals: Identifying New Therapies and Predicting Cardiac Toxicity

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Maynes, Jason T; Hamilton, Robert M; Sun, Yu

Keywords: 1101 Human Health; 1102 Biomedical Engineering; 1901 Biomedical Technology; 6404 Pharmacology; Carbon Nanotube; Cardiology; Drug Toxicity; Heart Failure; Stem Cell-Derived Tissue

$357,480

Automated assays of gap junction functions and screening of drugs for rescuing conduction in heart tissues

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Sun, Yu

$300,939

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Robert Hamilton

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Septal fibroma as an unusual cause for variable heart block in a well infant.

Anti-desmoglein-2 autoantibodies do not discriminate between UK boxer dogs with and without arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Utility of PSMA PET/CT After an Initial Negative Scan: Results from a Prospective Multicenter PSMA PET Registry.

Risk of metachronous upper tract urothelial carcinoma following non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Exercise-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Child: A Case Report.

Patterns of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Management of Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: A HiRO Consensus Handbook on Process of Care

Identification and in-silico characterization of splice-site variants from a large cardiogenetic national registry

Validating the total cancer location density metric for stratifying patients with low-risk localized prostate cancer at higher risk of grade group reclassification while on active surveillance.

Small Testicular Masses: Contemporary Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies, Future Directions, and Knowledge Gaps.

Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions

Determining the fetal conduction target proteins of autoantibodies in congenital heart block: developing a sensitive and specific biomarker of pregnancies at risk

Investigating a New Biomarker for the Inherited Arrhythmia Condition: Brugada Syndrome

Virtualizing survivorship: Implementing a more timely and comprehensive model of follow-up care

CREATE in Healthcare Robotics (HeRo)

A Sensitive Biomarker for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Benchmarking the quality of urologic cancer care in Ontario: a population-based analysis

Novel Methods to Evaluate the Cardiac Activity of Pharmaceuticals: Identifying New Therapies and Predicting Cardiac Toxicity

Novel Methods to Evaluate the Cardiac Activity of Pharmaceuticals: Identifying New Therapies and Predicting Cardiac Toxicity

Automated assays of gap junction functions and screening of drugs for rescuing conduction in heart tissues

Frequent collaborators

Antonio Finelli

Girish Kulkarni

Neil Fleshner

Shubhayan Sanatani

Alexandre Zlotta

Anne Fournier

Nathan Perlis

Jason Roberts

Jeff Healey

Rafik Tadros

Christian Steinberg

Jacqueline Joza

Laura Arbour

Mary Gospodarowicz

Julia Cadrin-Tourigny

Yu Sun

Paul Khairy

Alejandro Berlin

Léna Rivard

Lucia Nappi

Laurent Macle

Cedric Manlhiot

Martin Green

Uri Tabori

John F Valliant

Tony Lam

Wassim Kassouf

Bobby Shayegan

Som Mukherjee

Anthony Wassef

Philippe Violette

Denise Bryant-Lukosius

Jehonathan Pinthus

Philip Devereaux

Thomas Kislinger

John Kingdom

Jun Liu

Gordon Keller

Brenda Gerull

Sandra Carroll