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Jefferson Wilson

MD, PhD, FRCSC

Scientist

Email: Jefferson.Wilson@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-5920

Biography

Dr. Jefferson Wilson is a surgeon-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He currently holds the Labatt Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery at Unity Health. Dr Wilson’s clinical practice is focused on the surgical management of complex disorders of the spine and spinal cord. He also leads a clinical research program investigating both traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury, with a specific interest in the development of predictive models and algorithms to help guide treatment and forecast outcomes. His research has been supported through several grants from organizations including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, AOSpine, Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation and the Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Wilson currently chairs a national evidence based spine surgery course for residents and fellows and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Neurosurgery Spine and Clinical Spine Surgery.

Recent Publications

  1. Dionne, A, Al-Zakri, M, Labelle, H, Joncas, J, Parent, S, Mac-Thiong, JM et al.. Canadian Spine Society: 24th Annual Scientific Conference, Wednesday, February 28 - Saturday, March 2, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada. Can J Surg. 2024;67 (6suppl1):S17-S76. doi: 10.1503/cjs.011424. PubMed PMID:39537311 .
  2. Malhotra, AK, Nathens, AB, Shakil, H, Bondzi-Simpson, A, Ribeiro, T, Essa, A et al.. Association Between Racial Marginalization with Direct Healthcare Expenditure, Time at Home and Rehabilitation Access Following Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Ann Surg. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006584. PubMed PMID:39513268 .
  3. Essa, A, Malhotra, AK, Shakil, H, Badhiwala, J, Nathens, AB, Yuan, EY et al.. Evolution of Real-World Clinical Practice in Time to Surgery Following Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Study of North American Trauma Centers from 2010 to 2020. J Neurotrauma. 2024; :. doi: 10.1089/neu.2024.0125. PubMed PMID:39506651 .
  4. Essa, A, Shakil, H, Malhotra, AK, Badhiwala, J, Yuan, EY, He, Y et al.. Time to Surgery Following Complete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Evolution of Clinical Practice Patterns Over a Decade from 2010 to 2020 Across North American Trauma Centers. J Neurotrauma. 2024; :. doi: 10.1089/neu.2024.0025. PubMed PMID:39501890 .
  5. Shakil, H, Dea, N, Malhotra, AK, Essa, A, Jacobs, WB, Cadotte, DW et al.. Who gets better after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy? A responder analysis from the multicenter Canadian spine outcomes and research network. Spine J. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2024.09.033. PubMed PMID:39424073 .
  6. Shakil, H, Malhotra, AK, Essa, A, Landry, AP, Suppiah, S, Sahgal, A et al.. Chordoma incidence, treatment, and survival in the 21st century: a population-based Ontario cohort study. J Neurosurg. 2024; :1-10. doi: 10.3171/2024.6.JNS24426. PubMed PMID:39423422 .
  7. Malhotra, AK, Jaffe, RH, Shakil, H, Mathieu, F, Nathens, AB, Kulkarni, AV et al.. Unemployment and Personal Income Loss After Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Surg. 2024; :. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4285. PubMed PMID:39382862 .
  8. Chu Kwan, W, Ailon, T, Dea, N, Evaniew, N, Rampersaud, R, Jacobs, WB et al.. Satisfaction in surgically treated patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: an observational study from the canadian spine outcomes and research network. Spine J. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2024.09.024. PubMed PMID:39341576 .
  9. Hu, Z, Patel, M, Ball, RL, Lin, HM, Prevedello, LM, Naseri, M et al.. Assessing the Performance of Models from the 2022 RSNA Cervical Spine Fracture Detection Competition at a Level I Trauma Center. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024; :e230550. doi: 10.1148/ryai.230550. PubMed PMID:39298563 .
  10. Malhotra, AK, Nathens, AB, Shakil, H, Jaffe, RH, Essa, A, Mathieu, F et al.. Days at Home After Traumatic Brain Injury: Moving Beyond Mortality to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes Using Population Health Data. Neurology. 2024;103 (8):e209904. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209904. PubMed PMID:39284113 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Staff Surgeon, Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto