selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- Teaching and assessing substance abuse skills with Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs). Journal of General Internal Medicine. 181-182. 2006
- The use of objective structured clinical exams (OSCES) assess genetic counseling and communication skills of pediatric residents.. Genetics in Medicine. 260-260. 2004
- A sustained increase in domestic violence screening from a brief multi-modality workshop.. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 301-301. 2003
- A workshop with gynecologic teaching associates (GTAs) improves internal medicine providers' breast exam skills.. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 243-243. 2003
- Communications training improved student performance: Findings from a controlled, 3-school experiment.. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 259-259. 2003
- Culture OSCEs: Do they work?. Pediatric Research. 88A-88A. 2003
- Measuring Residentsʼ Care Management Knowledge. Academic Medicine. S105-S107. 2002
- Spinal epidural Castleman's disease with cord compression.. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 481-481. 2002
- Can we improve primary care for women? A training program for gynecology providers improved skills and confidence.. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 247-248. 2002
- Measuring residents' care management knowledge: How are we doing?. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 238-238. 2002
- Objective structured clinical exams as motivational tools for practicing clinicians.. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 225-225. 2002
- Use of the intercultural development inventroy (IDI) for assessing intercultural sensitivity in Pediatrics residents. Pediatric Research. 27A-27A. 2002
- Educating residents for managed care. Academic Medicine. 479-87. 1998
- CONTROL METHOD OF CARDIOSYNCHRONIZED PERFUSION BY HEMODYNAMIC CRITERIA OF EFFICIENCY. Artificial Organs. 154-154. 1980
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journal articles
- Incidence and Recurrence of Deep Spine Surgical Site Infections. Spine. 48:E269-E285. 2023
- Management of deep surgical site infections of the spine: a Canadian nationwide survey. Journal of Spine Surgery. 8:443-452. 2022
- Reoperation in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma: A matched cohort analysis. NOA. 4:vdac115. 2022
- Seizures following cervical laminectomy and lateral mass fusion: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Spine Surgery. 7:445-455. 2021
- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Clinical Presentation, Assessment, and Natural History. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10:3626-3626. 2021
- Survey of lumbar discectomy practices: 10 years in the making. Journal of Spine Surgery. 6:572-580. 2020
- The Role of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion on Relieving Axial Neck Pain in Patients With Single-Level Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Global Spine Journal. 10:312-323. 2020
- Patients’ Attitudes Toward Nonphysician Screening of Low Back and Low Back Related Leg Pain Complaints Referred for Surgical Assessment. Spine. 42:E288-E293. 2017
- Subdural Hematoma Mimickers: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurgery. 93:73-80. 2016
- Patients' Attitudes Toward Non-Physician Screening of Low Back and Low Back-Related Leg Pain Complaints Referred for Surgical Assessment.. Spine. 2016
- Myelopathic signs and functional outcome following cervical decompression surgery: a proposed myelopathy scale. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 24:871-877. 2016
- Quality of Life and General Health After Elective Surgery for Cervical Spine Pathologies. Neurosurgery. 77:553-560. 2015
- Quality of Life and General Health After Elective Surgery for Cervical Spine Pathologies: Determining a Valid and Responsive Metric of Health State Utility COMMENT. Neurosurgery. 77:560-560. 2015
- Biopsy versus partial versus gross total resection in older patients with high-grade glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuro-Oncology. 17:868-881. 2015
- Surgical outcomes and natural history of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations: a single-center series and meta-analysis of individual patient data. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 21:662-676. 2014
- A Cancer Stem Cell Model for Studying Brain Metastases From Primary Lung Cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 105:551-562. 2013
- Lumbar Discectomy: A National Survey of Neurosurgeons and Literature Review. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 36:196-200. 2009
- The "Culture OSCE" - Introducing a Formative Assessment into a Postgraduate Program. Education for Health. 20:11-11. 2007
- Intraparenchymal Supratentorial Neurenteric Cyst. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 31:412-416. 2004
- Imaging Correlates of Molecular Signatures in Oligodendrogliomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 10:4303-4306. 2004
- Combined Endovascular/Neurosurgical Therapy of Blister-Like Distal Internal Carotid Aneurysms. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 30:49-53. 2003
- Castleman's Disease and Spinal Cord Compression: Case Report. Neurosurgery. 50:399-403. 2002
- A Comprehensive Curriculum in Managed Care for Residents. Academic Medicine. 76:560-560. 2001
- A Culture OSCE. Academic Medicine. 76:514-514. 2001
- Mucopolysaccharidoses and Spinal Cord Compression: Case Report and Review of the Literature with Implications of Bone Marrow Transplantation. Neurosurgery. 47:223-229. 2000
- Primary care education in the United States - trends and prospects. Medical Education. 33:794-796. 1999
- Substance Abuse among Adolescents with Chronic Mental Illnesses: A Pilot Study of Descriptive and Differentiating Features*. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 37:428-431. 1992
- THE MEDICAL-SCHOOL EXPERIENCE - DO GENDER DIFFERENCES EXIST. Journal of Psychiatric Education. 9:204-214. 1985