Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at Université de Montréal for 2026
Université de Montréal’s recent medicine research spans a wide range of clinical questions, with a strong emphasis on patient outcomes, treatment strategy, and careful comparison of procedures and diagnostics. The work featured below reflects how researchers are contributing across surgery, respiratory medicine, and a few related areas that help shape day-to-day clinical practice.
From cancer care and endoscopic techniques to biomarkers and neurodegenerative disease, these recent publications offer a useful snapshot of the questions drawing attention across the institution. Readers will see a mix of surgical innovation, outcome studies, and translational research that connects clinical decisions with measurable results.
Featured Researchers
Pierre I. Karakiewicz
Pierre I. Karakiewicz’s recent work at Université de Montréal centers on surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, with papers on bladder and prostate cancer management, including radical cystectomy, radical prostatectomy, and the costs of robot-assisted cancer surgery.
Activity over the last year: 95 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- Cancer-specific mortality after radical prostatectomy versus radiotherapy in incidental prostate cancer (Jan 2025)
- Total hospital cost of robot-assisted approach in major urological cancer surgeries (Apr 2025)
Fred Saad
Fred Saad’s publications at Université de Montréal focus on surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, spanning bladder cancer outcomes, kidney disease-related surgical complications, and PSMA-radioguided surgery for oligorecurrent hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Activity over the last year: 88 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- The effect of chronic kidney disease on adverse in-hospital outcomes after radical cystectomy with ileal conduit urinary diversion (Mar 2025)
- Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–radioguided Surgery in an EMBARK-like Cohort of Patients with Oligorecurrent Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer: Delay in Systemic Treatment (Jan 2025)
Jordan A. Goyal
Jordan A. Goyal’s recent papers at Université de Montréal combine surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology, with comparative studies of radical cystectomy approaches and in-hospital outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 63 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- Robot‐Assisted Versus Open Radical Cystectomy: Comparison of Adverse In‐Hospital Outcomes (Mar 2025)
- The effect of chronic kidney disease on adverse in-hospital outcomes after radical cystectomy with ileal conduit urinary diversion (Mar 2025)
Fabian Falkenbach
Fabian Falkenbach’s work at Université de Montréal links pulmonary and respiratory medicine with surgery, including research on prostate cancer diagnosis and surgical outcome comparisons in bladder cancer.
Activity over the last year: 39 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Biparametric vs Multiparametric MRI for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (Sep 2025)
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- Robot‐Assisted Versus Open Radical Cystectomy: Comparison of Adverse In‐Hospital Outcomes (Mar 2025)
Mattia Longoni
Mattia Longoni’s recent publications at Université de Montréal focus on surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, especially treatment strategies for high-risk bladder cancer and reviews of current management options.
Activity over the last year: 32 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Oncological Outcomes in Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–naïve High-risk Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review on Current Treatment Strategies and Future Perspectives (Apr 2025)
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- Gemcitabine and docetaxel for high‐risk non‐muscle‐invasive bladder cancer: EuroGemDoce group results (Jan 2025)
Alexa Pichet Binette
Alexa Pichet Binette’s research at Université de Montréal brings together psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience, with studies on tau biomarkers, proteomics, and cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer disease.
Activity over the last year: 31 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Plasma p-tau217 and tau-PET predict future cognitive decline among cognitively unimpaired individuals: implications for clinical trials (Mar 2025)
- The Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium: biomarker and drug target discovery for common neurodegenerative diseases and aging (Jul 2025)
- Sex Differences in Longitudinal Tau-PET in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease (Mar 2025)
Daniel von Renteln
Daniel von Renteln’s recent work at Université de Montréal spans oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery, with randomized and review studies on achalasia treatment and colorectal polyp endoscopic resection.
Activity over the last year: 21 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Per-oral endoscopic myotomy versus laparoscopic Heller's myotomy plus Dor fundoplication in patients with idiopathic achalasia: 5-year follow-up of a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial (Mar 2025)
- Cold snare endoscopic resection for large colon polyps: a randomised trial (May 2025)
- Endoscopic size measurement of colorectal polyps: a systematic review of techniques (Jan 2025)
Andrea Marmiroli
Andrea Marmiroli’s publications at Université de Montréal connect surgery, electrical and electronic engineering, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, including studies on radical cystectomy techniques and related adverse outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 32 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Survival Outcomes and Temporal Trends of Non-Surgical Management Vs Radical Cystectomy in Non-Organ-Confined Urothelial Bladder Cancer (Mar 2025)
- Robot‐Assisted Versus Open Radical Cystectomy: Comparison of Adverse In‐Hospital Outcomes (Mar 2025)
- The effect of chronic kidney disease on adverse in-hospital outcomes after radical cystectomy with ileal conduit urinary diversion (Mar 2025)
What Université de Montréal's Medicine Community Is Working On
Across the featured work, surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine appear most often, pointing to a community closely engaged with procedural care, operative outcomes, and treatment comparisons. Much of the recent activity examines how different surgical and endoscopic approaches affect survival, complications, and in-hospital results, especially in bladder and prostate cancer. Alongside that clinical core, smaller but important pockets of activity in epidemiology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience show researchers also exploring biomarkers, brain health, and longer-term disease trajectories.- Surgery - seen across 7 of the featured researchers
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine - seen across 7 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these studies show a research community engaged with practical clinical challenges and the evidence needed to guide care. Explore the featured researchers below to see how their recent work fits into broader trends at Université de Montréal, and consider using Resub to streamline citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation for your own projects.
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