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Savtaj Brar

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Savtaj Brar

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Last author on 4 recent papers. In many fields the last author leads the lab.

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Publications

195

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Roles and appointments

Program Director, Residency Training, Division of General Surgery

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Research

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Latest papers

Match Rates for a Surgical Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Learners.
JAMA network open · 2026
Transcriptomic profiling of a novel gastric implantation model identifies mechanisms and pathways that drive implantation into explanted human peritoneum.
Cancer gene therapy · 2026
Early recurrence and prognosis in patients undergoing resection of primary retroperitoneal sarcoma: an international, retrospective cohort study.
EClinicalMedicine · 2026

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Update in the Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Developing Opioid Prescribing Recommendations for Abdominal Surgeons that Change Practice through User Informed Systematic Reviews
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$109,507
A population-based outcome and economic evaluation of interventions for gastric cancer
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$288,133

All 3 grants and awards

23 publications.

Match Rates for a Surgical Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Learners.

Li B, Nguyen DD, Mahmood S, Alam A, Malhotra AK, Yibrehu B, Ayoo K, Ahmed N, Covelli A, Brar S, Bondzi-Simpson A, UpSurge Research Group

JAMA network open20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.7487 PMID: 41989780

Transcriptomic profiling of a novel gastric implantation model identifies mechanisms and pathways that drive implantation into explanted human peritoneum.

Ng D, Kazazian K, Lee K, Lu YQ, Ali A, Pacholczyk K, Brar S, Conner J, Jurisica I, McCulloch CA, Kim DK, Swallow CJ, Magalhaes M

Cancer gene therapy2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41417-026-01048-1 PMID: 42337015

Early recurrence and prognosis in patients undergoing resection of primary retroperitoneal sarcoma: an international, retrospective cohort study.

Gronchi A, Iadecola S, Restrepo-López J, Ng D, Barretta F, Ljevar S, Figura C, Johnston W, Fiore M, Radaelli S, Colombo C, Morosi C, Di Blasi E, Sanfilippo R, Fabbroni C, Stacchiotti S, Miceli R, Gladdy RA, Brar S, Pasquali S, Callegaro D, Swallow CJ

EClinicalMedicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103778 PMID: 41675298

Correction: Transcriptomic profiling of a novel gastric implantation model identifies mechanisms and pathways that drive implantation into explanted human peritoneum.

Ng D, Kazazian K, Lee K, Lu YQ, Ali A, Pacholczyk K, Brar S, Conner J, Jurisica I, McCulloch CA, Kim DK, Swallow CJ, Magalhaes M

Cancer gene therapy2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41417-026-01056-1 PMID: 42410143

Integrating Grassroots Advocacy Into the Academic Surgical Conference: A Bottom-Up Model to Inspire Future Surgeons.

Bondzi-Simpson A, Yibrehu B, Magaji V, Brown K, Malhotra AK, Nguyen DD, Ayoo K, McKechnie T, Kidane B, Jayaraman S, Zabolotny B, Cleary SP, Brar S

Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000660 PMID: 42344446

Increasing access for underrepresented learners in surgery: A perspective from building the UpSurge program.

Bondzi-Simpson A, Yibrehu B, Nguyen DD, Malhotra AK, Ayoo K, Okafor I, Ahmed N, Brar S

Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000605 PMID: 40989863

Barriers to Wellness Among General Surgery Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Analysis of Survey Responses.

Bilgen I, Castelo M, Reel E, Nguyen MA, Greene B, Lu J, Brar S, Cil T

JMIR perioperative medicine2025Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/72819 PMID: 41284990

Bridging the representation gap in the surgical workforce: a scoping review protocol of programmes and interventions to support surgical careers for underrepresented minority learners.

Qureshi AR, Halabian N, Malhotra AK, Majeed M, Bhatt V, Anifowose A, Alam A, Nguyen DD, Yibrehu B, Ayoo K, Bondzi-Simpson A, Brar S, UpSurge Research Group

BMJ open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104085 PMID: 41145260

Pan-Canadian consensus recommendations for GIST management in high- and low-throughput centres across Canada.

Beecroft JR, Brar S, Feng X, Hamilton T, Han-Lee C, Henning JW, Josephy PD, Khalili K, Ko YJ, Lemieux C, Liu DM, MacDonald DB, Noujaim J, Pollett A, Salawu A, Saleh R, Smrke A, Warren BE, Zbuk K, Razak AA

Therapeutic advances in medical oncology20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/17588359241266179 PMID: 39386314

Comparison of Four Clinical Prognostic Scores in Patients with Advanced Gastric and Esophageal Cancer.

Ma LX, Espin-Garcia O, Bach Y, Aoyama H, Allen MJ, Wang X, Darling GE, Yeung J, Swallow CJ, Brar S, Veit-Haibach P, Kalimuthu S, Wong R, Chen EX, O'Kane GM, Jang RW, Elimova E

The oncologist202314 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac235 PMID: 36378560

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Savtaj Brar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Match Rates for a Surgical Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Learners.

Transcriptomic profiling of a novel gastric implantation model identifies mechanisms and pathways that drive implantation into explanted human peritoneum.

Early recurrence and prognosis in patients undergoing resection of primary retroperitoneal sarcoma: an international, retrospective cohort study.

Correction: Transcriptomic profiling of a novel gastric implantation model identifies mechanisms and pathways that drive implantation into explanted human peritoneum.

Integrating Grassroots Advocacy Into the Academic Surgical Conference: A Bottom-Up Model to Inspire Future Surgeons.

Increasing access for underrepresented learners in surgery: A perspective from building the UpSurge program.

Barriers to Wellness Among General Surgery Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Analysis of Survey Responses.

Bridging the representation gap in the surgical workforce: a scoping review protocol of programmes and interventions to support surgical careers for underrepresented minority learners.

Pan-Canadian consensus recommendations for GIST management in high- and low-throughput centres across Canada.

Comparison of Four Clinical Prognostic Scores in Patients with Advanced Gastric and Esophageal Cancer.

Update in the Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer

Developing Opioid Prescribing Recommendations for Abdominal Surgeons that Change Practice through User Informed Systematic Reviews

A population-based outcome and economic evaluation of interventions for gastric cancer

Frequent collaborators

Carol Swallow

Rebecca Wong

Elena Elimova

Marco Magalhaes

Karineh Kazazian

Osvaldo Espin Garcia

Brittany Greene

Peter Chung

Natalie Coburn

David Shultz

Jonathan Yeung

Najma Ahmed

Patrick Veit-Haibach

Tulin Cil

Igor Jurisica

Rebecca Gladdy

Charles Catton

Shiva Jayaraman

Zane Cohen

Patrik Rogalla

Korosh Khalili

Jonathan Noujaim

Calvin Law

Karim Ladha

Fahima Dossa

Michael Detsky

Andrea Covelli