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Anton Skaro

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Associate Professor/MDDepartment of SurgeryWestern University

Anton Skaro

Associate Professor/MD

Department of Surgery

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

106

Citations

h-index

147

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Latest papers

Analyzing the effect of neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy on pancreatic tumor perfusion using computed tomography perfusion.
Frontiers in oncology · 2026
A comparative study of machine learning models predicting post-hepatectomy liver failure: Enhancing risk estimation in over 25,000 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program patients.
Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2025
Geographical Distance From Transplant Center and Impact on Waitlist Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Prelisting.
The American journal of gastroenterology · 2025

All 28 publications

Latest funding

The ICONIC trial: Intraoperative Cell salvage to Optimize allogeNeic transfusion In liver Cancer surgery
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,640,542
Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$745,872
Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically deceased donors to decrease kidney delaYed graft function trial (CINERGY) - Vanguard
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$447,525

All 3 grants and awards

28 publications.

Analyzing the effect of neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy on pancreatic tumor perfusion using computed tomography perfusion.

Bang JY, Breadner D, Nguyen T, Skaro A, Goodman C, Welch S, Tsvetkova E, Lenehan J, Leslie K, Tang E, Quan D, Sey M, Yan B, Porplycia D, Sinfield J, Gaede S, Lee TY

Frontiers in oncology2026

DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1677923 PMID: 41907609

A comparative study of machine learning models predicting post-hepatectomy liver failure: Enhancing risk estimation in over 25,000 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program patients.

Nair G, Hadi A, Gupta K, Tran E, Srikantharajah G, Waugh E, Tang E, Skaro A, Glinka J

Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2025

DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.25-046 PMID: 40619161

Geographical Distance From Transplant Center and Impact on Waitlist Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Prelisting.

Brahmania M, Sachar Y, Arab JP, Khan MQ, Bhati P, Onizuka K, Teriaky A, Qumosani K, McClure A, Welk B, Lam M, Tang E, Skaro A, Rahman A

The American journal of gastroenterology2025

DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003628 PMID: 40600978

Laparoscopic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in patients ≥ 75 years old: an NSQIP analysis of 4343 patients.

Shahbaz NK, Verhoeff K, Wees T, Jatana S, Quan D, Glinka J, Skaro A, Tang ES

HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2025.01.015 PMID: 39965982

Effectiveness of Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Primary Prophylaxis of Gastric Variceal Bleeding.

Howarth N, Sachar Y, Little DH, Peck D, Mujoomdar A, Cool DW, Hocking D, Teriaky A, Qumosani K, Khan Q, Tang E, Skaro A, Arab JP, Brahmania M

Canadian liver journal2025

DOI: 10.3138/canlivj-2024-0012 PMID: 40678665

Circular RNA MAP2K2-modified immunosuppressive dendritic cells for preventing alloimmune rejection in organ transplantation.

Li S, Abu Omar A, Greasley A, Wang B, Wang TZ, Chahal S, Thapa RK, Quan D, Skaro A, Liu K, Zheng X

Bioengineering & translational medicine2024

DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10615 PMID: 38193111

Laparoscopic versus open hepatic resection in patients ≥75 years old: A NSQIP analysis evaluating 2674 patients.

Verhoeff K, Glinka J, Quan D, Skaro A, Tang ES

Journal of surgical oncology2024

DOI: 10.1002/jso.27820 PMID: 39155695

Survival benefit of neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Waugh E, Glinka J, Breadner D, Liu R, Tang E, Allen L, Welch S, Leslie K, Skaro A

Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2024Senior author

DOI: 10.14701/ahbps.23-107 PMID: 38296221

Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection

Karanicolas PJ, Lin Y, McCluskey SA, Tarshis J, Thorpe KE, Wei A, Dixon E, Porter G, Chaudhury P, Nanji S

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)202444 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.11783

Sowing “seeds of trust”: How trust in normothermic regional perfusion is built in a continuum of care

Ott M, Murphy N, Lingard L, Slessarev M, Blackstock L, Basmaji J, Brahmania M, Healey A, Shemie S, Skaro A

American Journal of Transplantation20247 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.05.017

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Anton Skaro

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Analyzing the effect of neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy on pancreatic tumor perfusion using computed tomography perfusion.

A comparative study of machine learning models predicting post-hepatectomy liver failure: Enhancing risk estimation in over 25,000 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program patients.

Geographical Distance From Transplant Center and Impact on Waitlist Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Prelisting.

Laparoscopic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in patients &#x2265; 75 years old: an NSQIP analysis of 4343 patients.

Effectiveness of Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Primary Prophylaxis of Gastric Variceal Bleeding.

Circular RNA MAP2K2-modified immunosuppressive dendritic cells for preventing alloimmune rejection in organ transplantation.

Laparoscopic versus open hepatic resection in patients &#x2265;75 years old: A NSQIP analysis evaluating 2674 patients.

Survival benefit of neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection

Sowing “seeds of trust”: How trust in normothermic regional perfusion is built in a continuum of care

The ICONIC trial: Intraoperative Cell salvage to Optimize allogeNeic transfusion In liver Cancer surgery

Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada

Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically deceased donors to decrease kidney delaYed graft function trial (CINERGY) - Vanguard

Frequent collaborators

Ephraim Tang

Douglas Quan

Juan Glinka

Marat Slessarev

Xiufen Zheng

Marat Slessarev

Steven Gallinger

Andrew Healey

Julie Hallet

Charles Weijer

Ved Tandan

Guillaume Martel

Stephen Welch

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Natalie Coburn

Ian Ball

Lorelei Lingard

Shane Smith

Terry Zwiep

Jeremy Parfitt

Alice Wei

Jason Sutherland

Leyo Ruo

Alan Tinmouth

Laparoscopic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes in patients ≥ 75 years old: an NSQIP analysis of 4343 patients.

Laparoscopic versus open hepatic resection in patients ≥75 years old: A NSQIP analysis evaluating 2674 patients.