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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. Moskven, E, McIntosh, G, Nataraj, A, Christie, SD, Kumar, R, Phan, P et al.. Factors associated with increased length of stay in degenerative cervical spine surgery: a cohort analysis from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024; :1-10. doi: 10.3171/2024.1.SPINE231211. PubMed PMID:38579341 .
  2. Kwon, BK, Tetreault, LA, Martin, AR, Arnold, PM, Marco, RAW, Newcombe, VFJ et al.. A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on Hemodynamic Management. Global Spine J. 2024;14 (3_suppl):187S-211S. doi: 10.1177/21925682231202348. PubMed PMID:38526923 PubMed Central PMC10964888.
  3. Fehlings, MG, Tetreault, LA, Hachem, L, Evaniew, N, Ganau, M, McKenna, SL et al.. An Update of a Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Role and Timing of Decompressive Surgery. Global Spine J. 2024;14 (3_suppl):174S-186S. doi: 10.1177/21925682231181883. PubMed PMID:38526922 PubMed Central PMC10964895.
  4. Malhotra, AK, Evaniew, N, Dea, N, Fisher, CG, Street, JT, Cadotte, DW et al.. The Effects of Peri-Operative Adverse Events on Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Observational Cohort Study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network. Neurosurgery. 2024; :. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002896. PubMed PMID:38465953 .
  5. Essa, A, Shakil, H, Malhotra, AK, Byrne, JP, Badhiwala, J, Yuan, EY et al.. Quantifying the Association Between Surgical Spine Approach and Tracheostomy Timing After Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Neurosurgery. 2024; :. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002892. PubMed PMID:38456683 .
  6. Evaniew, N, Bailey, CS, Rampersaud, YR, Jacobs, WB, Phan, P, Nataraj, A et al.. Anterior vs Posterior Surgery for Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network. Neurosurgery. 2024; :. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002842. PubMed PMID:38305343 .
  7. Malhotra, AK, Shakil, H, Smith, CW, Mathieu, F, Merali, Z, Jaffe, RH et al.. Admitting Hospital Influences on Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision for Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurosurgery. 2024; :. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002840. PubMed PMID:38289070 .
  8. Wilson, JR, Prevedello, LM, Witiw, CD, Flanders, AE, Colak, E. Data Liberation and Crowdsourcing in Medical Research: The Intersection of Collective and Artificial Intelligence. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024;6 (1):e230006. doi: 10.1148/ryai.230006. PubMed PMID:38231037 PubMed Central PMC10831522.
  9. Smith, CW, Malhotra, AK, Hammill, C, Beaton, D, Harrington, EM, He, Y et al.. Vision Transformer-based Decision Support for Neurosurgical Intervention in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: Automated Surgical Intervention Support Tool. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024;6 (2):e230088. doi: 10.1148/ryai.230088. PubMed PMID:38197796 PubMed Central PMC10982820.
  10. Rujeedawa, T, Mowforth, OD, Davies, BM, Yang, C, Nouri, A, Francis, JJ et al.. Degenerative Thoracic Myelopathy: A Scoping Review of Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pathogenesis. Global Spine J. 2023; :21925682231224768. doi: 10.1177/21925682231224768. PubMed PMID:38146739 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

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