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Amal Bessissow

ResearcherGeneral Internal MedicineMcGill University

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Amal Bessissow

Researcher

General Internal Medicine

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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1,478

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Research

Brain Natriuretic Peptide Perioperative Medicine Postoperative Outcomes Prehabilitation Program Adrenal Insufficiency Corticosteroids Knowledge Dissemination Knowledge Translation

Latest papers

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).
The British journal of surgery · 2026
Feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of prehabilitation programs in patients awaiting liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026
Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists.
Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025 · senior author

All 25 publications

Latest funding

A Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Insertion for Refractory Ascites: A Pilot Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial (SUPPRESS-HE Pilot Trial)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$309,826
The PREHAAAB Trial: Multimodal prehabilitation for patients awaiting open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair - An international randomized controlled trial.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$692,325
Impact of Multimodal Prehabilitation Program on High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery - Feasibility Study
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$130,050

All 7 grants and awards

25 publications.

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Gillis C, McIsaac DI, Santa Mina D, Chevalier S, Baldini G, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Edgar L, Smrk V, Avery L, Bessissow A, Coca Martinez M, Copeland R, Dalton SO, Danjoux G, Denehy L, Engel D, Grimmett C, Grocott MP, Gill HL, Jack S, Jensen BT, Levett D, Martinez-Palli G, Merchant Z, Moore J, Pecorelli N, Randall I, Riedel B, Schierbeck G, Slooter G, West M, Fiore JF, Collaborators

The British journal of surgery2026

DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf302 PMID: 41830558

Feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of prehabilitation programs in patients awaiting liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Abow-Mohamed I, Martel M, Janaudis-Ferreira T, Gillis C, Geraci O, Albader F, Chen YI, Boruff J, Carli F, Tandon P, Bessissow A, Benmassaoud A

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.01.007 PMID: 41654085

Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists.

Lepage MA, Lecavalier A, Baldini G, Sun NZ, Bessissow A

Perioperative medicine (London, England)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13741-024-00489-2 PMID: 39806463

Cardiac risk assessment after noncardiac surgery: a historical cohort study on guideline adherence at a Canadian quaternary care centre.

Noutsios D, Marino A, Anacleto-Dabarno M, Baldini G, Bessissow A

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-03040-z PMID: 41326931

Derivation and internal–external validation of clinical prediction model for postoperative clinically important hypotension in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: an international prospective cohort study

Yang SS, Malaga G, Lazo-Porras M, Busta-Flores P, del Carmen Rotta-Rotta A, Roshanov PS, Sessler DI, Bessissow A, Schricker T, Tagalakis V

BJA Open20255 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2025.100410

Grant Funding for Immigrant Cardiovascular Health Research in the US and Canada

Bedrouni W, Bedrouni M, Fahed AC, Anand SS, Bessissow A, Touyz R, Huynh T

JAMA Network Open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.46110

Short-Term Complications and Mortality Following Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair by a Single High-Volume Surgeon.

Saric S, Bessissow A, Drudi LM, Bastien L, Nault P

The Journal of surgical research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.090 PMID: 39305547

Prehabilitation in patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: protocol of a feasibility study.

Benmassaoud A, Gillis C, Geraci O, Martel M, Awasthi R, Barkun J, Chen T, Edgar L, Sebastiani G, Carli F, Bessissow A

BMJ open2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081362 PMID: 38925705

Prehabilitation in patients awaiting liver transplantation.

Benmassaoud A, Martel M, Carli F, Geraci O, Daskalopoulou SS, Sebastiani G, Bessissow A

Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2024.100835 PMID: 38367398

Exploring pregnant individuals' counseling needs regarding urgent imaging to rule out pulmonary embolism.

Ouellet S, Hamel S, Simard C, Koolian M, Robert A, Wou K, Lam S, Bessissow A, St-Georges S, Tagalakis V, de Pokomandy A, Snell L, Sun NZ, Malhamé I

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102317 PMID: 38496711

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Amal Bessissow

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of prehabilitation programs in patients awaiting liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists.

Cardiac risk assessment after noncardiac surgery: a historical cohort study on guideline adherence at a Canadian quaternary care centre.

Derivation and internal–external validation of clinical prediction model for postoperative clinically important hypotension in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: an international prospective cohort study

Grant Funding for Immigrant Cardiovascular Health Research in the US and Canada

Short-Term Complications and Mortality Following Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair by a Single High-Volume Surgeon.

Prehabilitation in patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: protocol of a feasibility study.

Prehabilitation in patients awaiting liver transplantation.

Exploring pregnant individuals' counseling needs regarding urgent imaging to rule out pulmonary embolism.

A Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients undergoing Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Insertion for Refractory Ascites: A Pilot Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial (SUPPRESS-HE Pilot Trial)

The PREHAAAB Trial: Multimodal prehabilitation for patients awaiting open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair - An international randomized controlled trial.

Impact of Multimodal Prehabilitation Program on High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery - Feasibility Study

Vascular events In noncardiac Surgery patIents cOhort evaluatioN study-2 (VISION-2)

Towards National Recommendations for Perioperative Corticosteroids Stress Dose Administration

Colchicine for the prevention of perioperative atrial fibrillation (COP-AF)

Colchicine for the prevention of perioperative atrial fibrillation (COP-AF)

Frequent collaborators

Philip Devereaux

Thao Huynh

Vikas Tandon

Gabriele Baldini

Emmanuelle Duceppe

Chelsia Gillis

Amine Benmassaoud

Morgan Craig

Nadia Giannetti

Morgan Craig

Abhinav Sharma

Christian John Finley

Yaron Shargall

John Neary

John Agzarian

Giada Sebastiani

Jeff Healey

Ariane Marelli

Naveed Siddiqui

Jonathan Afilalo

Marko Mrkobrada

Yen-I Chen

Daniel Santa Mina

Rhian Touyz

Jonathan Spicer

Jeffrey Barkun

Michael Quon

Ian Randall

Tej Sheth

Mitchell Winemaker

Justin De Villiers De Beer

Wassim Bedrouni

Thomas Schricker

Jonathan Afilalo

James Brophy

Vicky Tagalakis

Vidal Essebag

Louise Pilote