Sebastien Gilbert
Clinician Investigator, Clinical Epidemiology Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery
The Ottawa Hospital
Research Interests
Minimally Invasive Surgery, VATS, Benign and Malignant Lung and Esophageal Diseases, Decision-support systems
Brief Biography
Dr. Sebastien Gilbert is an Associate Professor of surgery at the University of Ottawa. He is the current Head of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and the Director of the Minimally Invasive Aerodigestive Surgery Program of the Ottawa Hospital. The primary objective of this program is to promote and provide integrated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to patients who have benign or malignant diseases of the lung, esophagus, and stomach.
Appointments and Affiliations:
• Director, Minimally Invasive Aerodigestive Surgery Program,The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery
• Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery
• Certifications in Thoracic Surgery:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
• Certification in General Surgery
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
• Memberships:
Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
General Thoracic Surgery Club (GTSC)
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS)
Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS)
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
College des Medecins du Quebec (CMQ)
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
Background:
Dr. Gilbert obtained his medical degree with honors from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in Montréal, Québec. He completed his general surgery residency at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He obtained further training in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He completed additional specialty fellowships in advanced minimally invasive thoracic surgery and in lung transplantation. Dr. Gilbert began his career as a thoracic surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Division of Thoracic Surgery of the Ottawa hospital as an associate professor of surgery in January, 2010.
Research and Clinical Interest:
Selected Publications
1. Gilbert S, McGuire AL, Maghera S, Sundaresan SR, Seely AJ, Maziak DE, Shamji FM, Villeneuve PJ. Randomized trial of digital versus analog pleural drainage in patients with or without a pulmonary air leak after lung resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;150(5):1243-51.
2. Gilbert S, Martel AB, Seely AJ, Maziak DE, Shamji FM, Sundaresan RS, Villeneuve PJ. Prognostic significance of a positive radial margin after esophageal cancer resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Feb;149(2):548-55; discussion 555.
3. McGuire AL, Petrcich W, Maziak DE, Shamji FM, Sundaresan SR, Seely AJ, Gilbert S. Digital versus analogue pleural drainage phase 1: prospective evaluation of interobserver reliability in the assessment of pulmonary air leaks. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2015; 21(4):403-7.
4. McGuire AL, Gilbert S. Transthoracic Extracorporeal Gastric Conduit Preparation for Minimally Invasive Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy. Innovations. 2015;10(4):236-40.
5. Azzi AJ, Shah K, Seely A, Villeneuve JP, Sundaresan SR, Shamji FM, Maziak DE, Gilbert S.Surgical team turnover and operative time: An evaluation of operating room
efficiency during pulmonary resection.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 May;151(5):1391-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.12.040.
Diseases, conditions and populations of interest
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