Richard Gilbert
Clinician Investigator, Acute Care Research
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assistant Professor, General and Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery
The Ottawa Hospital
Research Interests
Dr. Gilbert's research interests include quality improvement, care delivery and technical approaches to complex hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) surgery.
Specifically:
1. Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Care Delivery/Integration: Including the evolving role of Trans Arterial Radio Embolization (TARE) and immunotherapy and how these treatments interface with surgical treatment and transplantation.
2. Pancreas Cancer Surgical Care Optimization: Including the role of diagnostic laparoscopy and reduction in surgical site infections following pancreatectomy.
3. Vascular Resection and Reconstruction in Complex Hepatobiliary Surgery.
4. Surgical Approaches to Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Brief Biography
Dr. Richard Gilbert is a General and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgeon at the Ottawa Hospital. He completed his medical school in Cork, Ireland followed by a General Surgery residency at the University of Ottawa. He then completed a two year fellowship in complex Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant at Vancouver General Hospital.
Dr. Gilbert's clinic interests include complex vascular reconstructions, extended resections for cholangiocarcinoma, pancreaticoduodenectomy, hepatocellular carcinoma and surgical care for patients with advanced liver disease.
Selected Publications
1. Gilbert RW, Chapman W, Chung S, Gupta A, Klintmalm G, Kim PT (2025). Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein Clamping during Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Instrumentation and Technical Approaches. British Journal of Surgery. British Journal of Surgery
2. Lenet T, Gilbert RW, Abou-Khalil J, Balaa F, Martel G, Brind’Amour, Bertens K. (2022). The impact of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy on surgical site infections in pancreatic resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. HPB.
3. Gilbert RW, Zweip T, Greenberg J, Lenet T, Touchie D, Perlman I, Musselman R, Williams L, Raiche I, McIsaac D, Ferguson D, Moloo H (2022). Outcomes of patients undergoing elective bowel resection before and after implementation of an anemia screening and treatment program. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
4. Lenet T, Gilbert RW, Davis A, Cleary S, Smoot R, Tzeng C, Rocha F, Yohanathan L, Martel G, Bertens KA. (2022). Is intraoperative frozen section analysis of margins and re-resection of positive margins beneficial in patients undergoing resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology
5. Gilbert RW, Lenet T, Davis A, Cleary S, Smoot R, Tzeng C, Rocha F, Martel G, Bertens KA. (2022). Does caudate resection improve outcomes in patients undergoing curative resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology
6. Zweip T, Gilbert RW, Moloo H, Touchie D, Martel G, Wallace T, Bertens K. (2020). Improving the treatment of pre-operative anemia in hepato-pancreatio-biliary patients: a quality improvement initiative. Patient Saf Surg. Apr 2020. PMID: 32346397
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