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Deborah Siegal

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Associate Professor (Part-Time)MedicineMcMaster University

Deborah Siegal

Associate Professor (Part-Time)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2026

ORCID

Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
No graduate courses on record.
95 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Academic metrics

209

Publications

11,118

Citations

h-index

189

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Other departments

Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) (Joint Institute)

Profiles and links

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their McMaster University profile.

Research areas, by share of publications

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine
Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine
Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis MechanismsMedicine

Randomized Controlled Trial Venous Thromboembolism Anticoagulation Anemia Cardiovascular Hospitalization Pragmatic Trial Transfusion

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

Latest papers

Antiphospholipid antibodies and cardiovascular thrombosis
Nature Reviews Cardiology · 2026
Measuring Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Levels: Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology · 2026 · senior author
Surgical and procedural bleed risk stratification for anticoagulated patients undergoing planned surgery: guidance from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2026

All 209 publications

Latest funding

The effect of retrograde autologous priming on transfusion requirements after cardiac surgery (TheRAPy): a multiple period cluster-randomized crossover trial
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,008,736
PROVE-ICU: Anti-Xa-guided, weight-based low-molecular-weight heparin thromboprophylaxis versus fixed dosing in critically ill adults - a multicentre pilot randomized trial
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$286,876
The Direct Oral anticoagulants International Thrombolysis (DO-IT) trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$546,976

All 20 grants and awards

Researchers with similar interests

James Demetrios Douketis

Medicine

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Sam Schulman

Medicine

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Noel Chan Wan Kai

Medicine

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Stephanie Carlin

Medicine

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Jeffrey Weitz

Medicine

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Vinai Bhagirath

Medicine

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

From the 150 most recent of 209 publications.

Antiphospholipid antibodies and cardiovascular thrombosis

Rashedi S, Leyva H, Siddiqui SA, Bukhari S, Pfeferman MB, Watson NW, Ujueta F, Zarghami M, Bacare B, Kanthi Y

Nature Reviews Cardiology20267 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41569-026-01269-9

Measuring Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Levels: Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions

Mithoowani S, Tan CW, Siegal DM

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology20267 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.14483

Surgical and procedural bleed risk stratification for anticoagulated patients undergoing planned surgery: guidance from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Shaw JR, Abdulrehman J, Stella SF, Leontiadis GI, Steffel J, Ntalouka MP, Martel G, Tikkinen KAO, Schneider P, Turrentine M

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20264 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.12.031

Association of Direct Oral Anticoagulant-Proton Pump Inhibitor Co-Therapy with Adverse Outcomes: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Wang M, Paterson JM, Nguyen F, Siegal DM, Targownik L, Holbrook AM

Annals of Pharmacotherapy20264 citations

DOI: 10.1177/10600280251337209

Association Between Bariatric Surgery and the Long‐Term Risk for Venous Thromboembolism: A Population‐Based Matched Cohort Study

Simard C, Le Gal G, Lazo‐Langner A, Tagalakis V, Grewal K, Nguyen F, Wang T, Siegal DM, Anvari M, Doumouras AG

American Journal of Hematology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1002/ajh.70186

Randomised controlled trials for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: A systematic review of sample size methodologies

Bitonti TM, Durr KM, Fernando SM, Rochwerg B, Carrier M, Siegal DM, Tran A

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care20262 citations

DOI: 10.1177/0310057x251397167

Development and Validation of the Predicting Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Malignancy Estimation Tool

Lun R, Leentjens J, Cerasuolo JO, Kirkwood D, Kapral MK, Carrier M, Siegal D, Sutradhar R

Journal of the American Heart Association20261 citations

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.045631

Anti-Xa Levels With Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Durr KM, Ehlebracht A, Rochwerg B, Fernando SM, Gillen JR, Buccholz C, McIntyre L, Carrier M, Siegal DM, Patel R

Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007079

Comparative analysis of radiation exposure from computed tomography and ventilation-perfusion scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: an early-onset cancer risk assessment

Simard C, Siegal DM, Nguyen L, Le Gal G, Sutradhar R, Delluc A

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.12.005

Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in solid organ cancer patients with embolic stroke – A case series

Lun R, Shah P, Teasdale B, Zamarud A, Kraler L, Lansberg M, Scott B, Vora N, Dowlatshahi D, Siegal DM

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2026.108597

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Deborah Siegal

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Researchers with similar interests

James Demetrios Douketis

Sam Schulman

Noel Chan Wan Kai

Stephanie Carlin

Jeffrey Weitz

Vinai Bhagirath

Antiphospholipid antibodies and cardiovascular thrombosis

Measuring Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Levels: Applications, Limitations, and Future Directions

Surgical and procedural bleed risk stratification for anticoagulated patients undergoing planned surgery: guidance from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Association of Direct Oral Anticoagulant-Proton Pump Inhibitor Co-Therapy with Adverse Outcomes: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Association Between Bariatric Surgery and the Long‐Term Risk for Venous Thromboembolism: A Population‐Based Matched Cohort Study

Randomised controlled trials for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients: A systematic review of sample size methodologies

Development and Validation of the Predicting Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Malignancy Estimation Tool

Anti-Xa Levels With Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Comparative analysis of radiation exposure from computed tomography and ventilation-perfusion scans in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: an early-onset cancer risk assessment

Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in solid organ cancer patients with embolic stroke – A case series

Frequent collaborators

Marc Carrier

Mark Crowther

John Eikelboom

James Demetrios Douketis

Christopher Hillis

Tzu-Fei Wang

Bram Rochwerg

Dar Dowlatshahi

Emilie Belley-Cote

Yan Xu

Anne Marie Holbrook

Darryl Leong

Alexandre Tran

Peter Lawrence Gross

Holger Schunemann

Robby Nieuwlaat

Elie Akl

Reem Adel Mustafa

Wojtek Wiercioch

Romina Brignardello

Nancy Heddle

Ryan Zarychanski

Gian Paolo Morgano

Lehana Thabane

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Andrea Darzi

Kerstin de Wit

Rinku Sutradhar

Lana Castellucci

Miriam Kimpton

Yang Liu

Dean Fergusson

Nauzer Forbes

Leslie Skeith

Sean van Diepen

Prism Schneider

Gloria Vazquez-Grande

Srinivas Murthy

Jorge Escobedo

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng