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David Gomez

MD, PhD

Scientist

Email: Research related enquires: david.gomez@unityhealth.to
Email: Patient related enquires: DrGomezclinic@smh.ca
Tel: 416-864-6060 x47143
Twitter: @acute_care_doc

Biography

Dr. David Gomez is an Acute Care and Trauma surgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital,  a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Surgery,  Adjunct Scientist at ICES, and an Associate member of the Institute for Medical Science.

His main research interests include the evaluation of enablers and barriers of access to timely and quality emergency surgery. Dr Gomez is highly experienced in the use of population-based administrative data and devotes 60% of his time to research.

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0926-2547

Please note: Dr. Gomez is not accepting any summer students at this time

Recent Publications

  1. Hopkins, BS, Shah, I, Dallas, J, Borja, AJ, Gomez, D, Briggs, RG et al.. Application of large language and artificial intelligence modeling in the prediction of peer-review outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2025; :1-9. doi: 10.3171/2025.8.JNS242667. PubMed PMID:41569893 .
  2. Nantais, J, Saskin, R, Calzavara, A, Gomez, D, Baxter, NN. A Population-Level Evaluation of Emergency General Surgery Models of Care and Clinical Outcomes. JAMA Surg. 2026; :. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.6155. PubMed PMID:41563736 PubMed Central PMC12824845.
  3. Alphonsus, L, Sorvari, A, Yakubovich, AR, Gill, C, Bailey, A, Snider, C et al.. Closing the knowledge gap: identifying research priorities for firearm-related injury and mortality in Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2026;46 (1):1-10. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.46.1.01. PubMed PMID:41538271 .
  4. Sankar, A, Ding, J, Black, B, Wilton, AS, Hwang, SW, Wijeysundera, DN et al.. Social Determinants of Health and 30-Day Mortality After Inpatient Elective Surgery. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9 (1):e2553228. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.53228. PubMed PMID:41525072 PubMed Central PMC12797094.
  5. Telesnicki, T, Stukel, TA, Wilton, AS, de Buck van Overstraeten, A, de Mestral, C, Gomez, D et al.. Contemporary emergency management and 1-year outcomes of colonic diverticulitis: a population-based cohort study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025;30 (3):102311. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102311. PubMed PMID:41448529 .
  6. Karanikas, A, Gomez, D, Raveendran, T, Saunders, N. Characterising firearm-related databases across Canada: opportunities for data linkage to inform understanding of injury burden and prevention. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2025;10 (2):2961. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v10i2.2961. PubMed PMID:41256252 PubMed Central PMC12622364.
  7. Telesnicki, T, Stukel, TA, de Buck van Overstraeten, A, Wilton, A, de Mestral, C, Gomez, D et al.. Evaluating the association between a backlog of scheduled colectomies for diverticulitis and concurrent rates of emergency diverticulitis procedures: a natural experiment using population-based data. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025;29 (12):102257. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102257. PubMed PMID:41101380 .
  8. Haldane, V, Beckett, A, Engels, P, Forestier, C, Gomez, D, Klein, D et al.. Preparing for resilience - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. Can J Public Health. 2025; :. doi: 10.17269/s41997-025-01106-5. PubMed PMID:40932563 .
  9. Vattipally, VN, Ran, KR, Mukherjee, D, Suarez, JI, Huang, J, Bettegowda, C et al.. Operative neurosurgery for traumatic subdural hematoma: association between trauma center variation and patient outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2025;143 (5):1234-1244. doi: 10.3171/2025.3.JNS242811. PubMed PMID:40712171 .
  10. Roke, R, Lillie, E, Daneman, N, Mason, SA, Tomlinson, G, Jiang, Y et al.. Clinical evaluation of adults undergoing elective surgery utilizing intraoperative incisional wound irrigation (CLEAN Wound): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (7):e104375. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104375. PubMed PMID:40675632 PubMed Central PMC12273063.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Staff Surgeon, Division of General Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Adjunct Scientist, Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences