Heather Gill, McGill University

Research

Aortic Aneurysm Exercise Functional Capacity Perioperative Medicine Post-Operative Outcomes Prehabilitation Quality Of Life Surgical Recovery

Latest papers

Low Psoas Muscle Area is Associated with Increased Mortality and Spinal Cord Injury After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
Annals of vascular surgery · 2022 · senior author
Hybrid management of a ruptured right subclavian artery aneurysm dissection.
Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2017
A National Survey on Teaching and Assessing Technical Proficiency in Vascular Surgery in Canada.
Annals of vascular surgery · 2016

All 4 publications

Latest funding

The PREHAAAB Trial: Multimodal prehabilitation for patients awaiting open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair - An international randomized controlled trial.
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$692,325
Impact of Multimodal Prehabilitation Program on High Cardiovascular Risk Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery - Feasibility Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$130,050

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Low Psoas Muscle Area is Associated with Increased Mortality and Spinal Cord Injury After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Doonan RJ, Bin-Ayeed S, Charbonneau P, Hongku K, Obrand D, Mackenzie K, Steinmetz O, Bayne J, Girsowicz E, Abraham C, Gill H

Annals of vascular surgery2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2022.05.037 PMID: 35772667

02

Hybrid management of a ruptured right subclavian artery aneurysm dissection.

Drullinsky D, Gill H, Bayne JP, Morin JF, Obrand D

Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.03.003 PMID: 29349422

03

A National Survey on Teaching and Assessing Technical Proficiency in Vascular Surgery in Canada.

Drudi L, Hossain S, Mackenzie KS, Corriveau MM, Abraham CZ, Obrand DI, Vassiliou M, Gill H, Steinmetz OK

Annals of vascular surgery2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.11.028 PMID: 26965813

04

Evolution of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy--a review of current techniques and their pitfalls.

Cools-Lartigue J, Aboalsaud A, Gill H, Ferri L

World journal of surgery2013

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2025-6 PMID: 23571862

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

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gill, Heather L

Keywords: Aortic Aneurysm; Exercise; Functional Capacity; Perioperative Medicine; Post-Operative Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Quality Of Life; Surgical Recovery; Vascular Surgery

$692,325

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bessissow, Amal; Baldini, Gabriele

Keywords: Brain Natriuretic Peptide; Perioperative Medicine; Postoperative Outcomes; Prehabilitation Program

$130,050

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

Vascular Surgery
Surgery
Other

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Laura Drudi

Vascular Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Lorenzo Ferri

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aortic Aneurysm Dear Professor Gill, 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 "Low Psoas Muscle Area is Associated with Increased Mortality and Spinal Cord Injury After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The PREHAAAB Trial: Multimodal prehabilitation for patients awaiting open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair - An international randomized controlled trial." (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]