Ari Meguerditchian

Research

Adherence Anti-Estrogen Therapy Breast Cancer Cancer Care Trajectories E-Health Geriatric Oncology Guideline Compliance

Latest papers

Survival Outcomes in the Canadian Merkel Cell Carcinoma Population Between 2000 and 2018 and Descriptive Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging System—A Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative
Cancers · 2025
Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative
Annals of Surgical Oncology · 2025
Improving patient safety and efficiency of medication reconciliation through the development and adoption of a computer-assisted tool with automated electronic integration of population-based community drug data: the RightRx project.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018

All 9 publications

Latest funding

The McGill Task Force on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Control and Care: Generating Evidence and Developing Strategies to Mitigate Future Cancer Risk for Canadians
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$499,160
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$143,721
Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer: A Novel E-health Approach in Optimizing Treatment Adherence in Seniors
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$76,336

All 7 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Survival Outcomes in the Canadian Merkel Cell Carcinoma Population Between 2000 and 2018 and Descriptive Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging System—A Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Dingley B, Delisle M, Light A, Apte S, Mallick R, Hamilton T, Stuart H, Talbot M, McKinnon G, Jost E

Cancers20251 citations

DOI: 10.3390/cancers17193238

02

Management and Outcomes of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Canada Between 2000 and 2018 from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative

Delisle M, Dingley B, Light A, Apte S, Mallick R, Hamilton T, Stuart H, Talbot M, McKinnon G, Jost E

Annals of Surgical Oncology2025

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-17365-y

03

Improving patient safety and efficiency of medication reconciliation through the development and adoption of a computer-assisted tool with automated electronic integration of population-based community drug data: the RightRx project.

Tamblyn R, Winslade N, Lee TC, Motulsky A, Meguerditchian A, Bustillo M, Elsayed S, Buckeridge DL, Couture I, Qian CJ, Moraga T, Huang A

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2018

DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx107 PMID: 29040609

04

Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer: A Novel e-Health Approach in Optimizing Treatment for Seniors (OPTIMUM): A Two-Group Controlled Comparison Pilot Study.

Meguerditchian A, Tamblyn R, Meterissian S, Law S, Prchal J, Winslade N, Stern D

JMIR research protocols2016First author

DOI: 10.2196/resprot.6519 PMID: 27821385

05

Pilomatricoma of the male breast: sonographic mammographic MRI features with pathologic correlation.

AlSharif S, Meguerditchian A, Omeroglu A, Lamarre P, Altinel G, Mesurolle B

Clinical imaging2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.07.005 PMID: 25123419

06

Adherence to anti-estrogen therapy in seniors with breast cancer: how well are we doing?

Trabulsi N, Riedel K, Winslade N, Gregoire JP, Meterissian S, Abrahamovicz M, Tamblyn R, Mayo N, Meguerditchian A

The breast journal2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12328 PMID: 25251847

07

Preoperative axillary ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of axillary metastases in patients with breast cancer: predictors of accuracy and future implications.

Cools-Lartigue J, Sinclair A, Trabulsi N, Meguerditchian A, Mesurolle B, Fuhrer R, Meterissian S

Annals of surgical oncology2013

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2609-7 PMID: 22972506

08

The anabolic effect of perioperative nutrition depends on the patient's catabolic state before surgery.

Schricker T, Wykes L, Meterissian S, Hatzakorzian R, Eberhart L, Carvalho G, Meguerditchian A, Nitschmann E, Lattermann R

Annals of surgery2013

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31825ffc1f PMID: 22878551

09

Impact of the sentinel node frozen section result on the probability of additional nodal metastases as predicted by the MSKCC nomogram in breast cancer.

Jamal MH, Rayment JH, Meguerditchian A, Doi SA, Meterissian S

Japanese journal of clinical oncology2011

DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyq225 PMID: 21149238

The McGill Task Force on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Control and Care: Generating Evidence and Developing Strategies to Mitigate Future Cancer Risk for Canadians

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Franco, Eduardo L

Keywords: Administrative Health Databases; Cancer Epidemiology; Cancer Incidence, Mortality, And Survival; Diagnostic Delays; Health Inequalities; Health System Performance; Mathematical Modelling; Pandemic Recovery; Systematic Reviews; Treatment Delays

$499,160

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Franco, Eduardo L; Barr, Ronald D

Keywords: Administrative Data; Adolescent Cancers; Childhood Cancers; Covid-19; Health Care Delivery; Survival; Treatments

$143,721

Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer: A Novel E-health Approach in Optimizing Treatment Adherence in Seniors

Nominated PICIHR2013Catalyst Grant: eHealth Innovations - Aging

Principal investigators: Meguerditchian, Ari N

Keywords: Adherence; Anti-Estrogen Therapy; Breast Cancer; Cancer Care Trajectories; E-Health; Geriatric Oncology; Guideline Compliance

$76,336

Enhancing the anabolic effect of perioperative nutrition by insulin and maintenance of normoglycemia

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Schricker, Thomas Peter S

Keywords: Colorectal Cancer Surgery; Insulin Therapy; Muscle Physiology; Normoglycemia; Perioperative Nutrition; Protein Metabolism; Stable Isotope Tracer Studies

$311,213

Adherence to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy: Understanding Challenges in Seniors with Breast Cancer

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant - Secondary Analysis of Databases

Principal investigators: Meguerditchian, Ari N

Keywords: Adherence; Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy; Administrative Data; Breast Cancer; Seniors

$97,460

Computerized solutions for managing medications from hospital to home: can we do better?

Co-investigatorCIHR2011CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Huang, Allen R

Keywords: Health Services Research; Patient Safety

$3,000

Using Novel Canadian Resources to Improve Medication Reconciliation at Discharge

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Tamblyn, Robyn M

Keywords: Advanced Information Technologies; Adverse Drug Events; Health Services Outcomes; Medication Reconciliation

$616,012

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

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Oncology
Génie mécanique
Surgery
Biomedical Engineering
Department of Medicine
Clinical Epidemiology
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Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Sarkis Meterissian

Faculty

5 shared papers, latest 2016

Robyn Tamblyn

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Jessika Hétu

Génie mécanique

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Heather Stuart

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Valerie Francescutti

Surgery

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Susan Law

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Linda Wykes

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Nancy Mayo

Clinical Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Allen Huang

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Thomas Schricker

Anesthesia

1 shared papers, latest 2013

ATILLA Omeroglu

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Rebecca Fuhrer

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adherence Dear Professor Meguerditchian, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Survival Outcomes in the Canadian Merkel Cell Carcinoma Population Between 2000 and 2018 and Descriptive Comparison with the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging System—A Study from the Pan-Canadian Merkel Cell Collaborative" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]