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Suzan Williams
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Latest papers
Efficacy and safety of anticoagulation for pediatric cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2026
American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients
Blood advances · 2025
Efficacy and safety of thrombolysis for pediatric venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Blood advances · 2025
Latest funding
- $750,745
Development of multi-spectral hyperpolarized xenon MRI approaches for measuring cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation in pediatric cerebrovascular disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,032,750
Understanding cognitive impairment in children with sickle cell anemia: Linking cerebrovascular impairment to brain activation
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Sickle cell disease as a disease of hypoxia: new directions for predicting stroke risk in the context of hydroxyurea
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
29 publications.
Efficacy and safety of anticoagulation for pediatric cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Azzam M, Kawtharany H, Betensky M, Alkhader A, Hamarsha Q, Zeid HKA, Mansour R, Tabak C, Patel P, Baghdadi SL
American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients
Monagle P, Azzam M, Bercovitz R, Betensky M, Bhat R, Biss T, Branchford B, Brandão LR, Chan AKC, Faustino EVS
Efficacy and safety of thrombolysis for pediatric venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kawtharany H, Azzam M, Alkhader A, Betensky M, Hamarsha Q, Zeid HKA, Mansour R, Tabak C, Patel P, Baghdadi SL
Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in a child with Québec platelet disorder with high-resolution intracellular localization of urokinase in platelets
Alexandra Zabeida, Natalie Mathews, Vanessa Bouskill, Jennifer Vincelli, Suzan A. Williams, Fred G. Pluthero, Manuel D Carcao, Walter H.A. Kahr
Considerations for instituting pediatric pulmonary embolism response teams: A tool kit
Rajpurkar M, Rosovsky RP, Williams S, Chan AKC, van Ommen CH, Faustino EVS, White M, Parikh M, Sirachainan N, Biss T
Developing a Faculty Awards Strategy in an Academic Department: Recognizing Faculty and Promoting the Department.
Mahant S, Ling SC, Williams S, Shah P, Fayyaz J, Lim-Shue C, Irwin MS, Huang A
Constitutive hypercoagulability in pediatric sickle cell disease patients with hemoglobin SS genotype
Raizl Gruda Sussman, Joy Mburu, MacGregor Steele, Annie Bang, Jeremy Friedman, Ran D. Goldman, Melanie A. Kirby, Margaret L. Rand, Victor S. Blanchette, Fred G. Pluthero, Suzan A. Williams, Walter H.A. Kahr
Deferiprone versus deferoxamine for transfusional iron overload in sickle cell disease and other anemias: Pediatric subgroup analysis of the randomized, open-label FIRST study.
Hamdy M, El-Beshlawy A, Veríssimo MPA, Kanter J, Inusa B, Williams S, Lee D, Temin NT, Fradette C, Tricta F, Ebeid FSE, Kwiatkowski JL, Elalfy MS
Impact of SERPINC1 mutation on thrombotic phenotype in children with congenital antithrombin deficiency—first analysis of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis pediatric antithrombin deficiency database and biorepository
Kumar R, Bakeer N, Dawson J, Al-Mughairy A, Stanek J, Dunn A, Male C, Chan A, Williams S
Illustrated State-of-the-Art Capsules of the ISTH 2023 Congress
Kahn SR, Arnold DM, Casari C, Desch KC, Devreese KMJ, Favaloro EJ, Gaertner F, Gouw SC, Gresele P, Griffioen AW
Development of multi-spectral hyperpolarized xenon MRI approaches for measuring cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation in pediatric cerebrovascular disease
Principal investigators: Kassner, Andrea; Zanette, Brandon
Keywords: Asl; Bbb; Brain; Cbf; Gas Transfer; Hyperpolarized Xenon; Mri; Oxygenation; Perfusion; Sickle Cell Anemia
Understanding cognitive impairment in children with sickle cell anemia: Linking cerebrovascular impairment to brain activation
Principal investigators: Kassner, Andrea; Mabbott, Donald J
Keywords: Brain Activation; Brain Development; Cerebrovascular; Children; Cognitive Impairment; Meg; Mri; Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell disease as a disease of hypoxia: new directions for predicting stroke risk in the context of hydroxyurea
Principal investigators: Kassner, Andrea; Sled, John G
Keywords: Arterial Spin Labeling; Cerebral Physiology; Cerebrovascular Reactivity; Children; Hydroxyurea; Mouse Model; Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Sickle Cell Disease; Silent Infarct; Stroke
Assessment of cerebral hemodynamic abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease using quantitative non-invasive MRI measures of vascular reactivity and their relationship to stroke risk
Principal investigators: Kassner, Andrea
Keywords: Autoregulation; Cerebrovascular Disease; Children; Physiology; Quantitative Mri; Sickle Cell Disease; Treatment
Quantitative non-invasive MRI measures of cerebral reactivity in children with sickle cell disease: a valuable tool for the assessment of blood vessel function and patient management
Principal investigators: Kassner, Andrea
Keywords: Autoregulation; Cerebrovascular Disease; Children; Physiology; Quantitative Mri; Treatment
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
- Donald Arnold and Jeannie Callum: 794 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Gabrielle De Veber: 39 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Neil Goldenberg: 23 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Cedric Manlhiot: 19 shared papers
- Gabrielle De Veber and Andrea Kassner: 18 shared papers
- Carlos Cuello Garcia and Reem Adel Mustafa: 17 shared papers
- Carlos Cuello Garcia and John Riva: 14 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Walter Kahr: 14 shared papers
- Annie Huang and Abhaya Kulkarni: 13 shared papers
- Reem Adel Mustafa and John Riva: 10 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Suzan Williams: 10 shared papers
- Reem Adel Mustafa and Anthony Chan: 9 shared papers
- Reem Adel Mustafa and Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte: 8 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte: 8 shared papers
- Gabrielle De Veber and Neil Goldenberg: 7 shared papers
- Donald Arnold and Anthony Chan: 5 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Jeannie Callum: 5 shared papers
- Gabrielle De Veber and Mahendranath Moharir: 5 shared papers
- Reem Adel Mustafa and Suzan Williams: 4 shared papers
- Julie Forman-Kay and Walter Kahr: 4 shared papers
- Walter Kahr and Suzan Williams: 4 shared papers
- Laura Avila and Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte: 4 shared papers
- Anthony Chan and Julie Forman-Kay: 3 shared papers
- Suzan Williams and Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte: 3 shared papers
- Gabrielle De Veber and Suzan Williams: 2 shared papers
- Julie Forman-Kay and Suzan Williams: 2 shared papers
- Neil Goldenberg and Suzan Williams: 2 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Suzan Williams: 2 shared papers
- Carlos Cuello Garcia and Anthony Chan: 1 shared paper
- Carlos Cuello Garcia and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Donald Arnold and Reem Adel Mustafa: 1 shared paper
- Donald Arnold and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Reem Adel Mustafa and Jeannie Callum: 1 shared paper
- Anthony Chan and John Riva: 1 shared paper
- Anthony Chan and Laura Avila: 1 shared paper
- John Riva and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Gabrielle De Veber and Cedric Manlhiot: 1 shared paper
- Gabrielle De Veber and Abhaya Kulkarni: 1 shared paper
- Annie Huang and Johann Hitzler: 1 shared paper
- Annie Huang and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Johann Hitzler and Laura Avila: 1 shared paper
- Johann Hitzler and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Kassner and Isaac Odame: 1 shared paper
- Andrea Kassner and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Walter Kahr and Jeremy Friedman: 1 shared paper
- Geetha Mukerji and Brooke Allemang: 1 shared paper
- Geetha Mukerji and Isaac Odame: 1 shared paper
- Geetha Mukerji and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Jeannie Callum and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Brooke Allemang and Isaac Odame: 1 shared paper
- Brooke Allemang and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Abhaya Kulkarni and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Laura Avila and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Isaac Odame and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Christian Zaarour and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Bairbre Connolly and Suzan Williams: 1 shared paper
- Suzan Williams and Jeremy Friedman: 1 shared paper
- Suzan Williams and Mahendranath Moharir: 1 shared paper
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Department of Biochemistry
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Anthony Chan
Department of Pediatrics
10 shared papers, latest 2026
Reem Adel Mustafa
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Walter Kahr
Department of Biochemistry
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte
Département des sciences infirmières
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Gabrielle De Veber
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Cedric Manlhiot
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Neil Goldenberg
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Julie Forman-Kay
Department of Biochemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Jeremy Friedman
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Prakesh Shah
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Melanie Kirby
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Mahendranath Moharir
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Peter Dirks
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Annie Huang
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Johann Hitzler
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Sanjay Mahant
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Andrea Kassner
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Marie Lordkipanidzé
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Nomazulu Dlamini
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Geetha Mukerji
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Jeannie Callum
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Tzu-Fei Wang
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Maria Avila
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Brooke Allemang
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Abhaya Kulkarni
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2014
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