Erin D. Kennedy, M.D., PhD, F.R.C.S.(C)

Colorectal Surgeon, Head of the Division of General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital

Dr. Erin Kennedy is a colorectal surgeon at Sinai Health and was recently appointed to Head of the Division of General Surgery. She is an Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She is also a member of the Department of Surgical Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital and the Ontario GI Cancers Lead, Disease Pathway Management Program at Cancer Care Ontario. Dr. Kennedy has a clinical interest in colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease and is an internationally recognized expert in patient-centred care, qualitative research methods and shared decision making in surgery. Dr. Kennedy currently holds several peer-reviewed research grants from funding agencies such as Cancer Care Ontario and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and leads a clinical research program that is focused on developing, evaluating and implementing strategies to improve patient care in terms of quality, safety and efficiency. She has successfully developed a collaborative network both locally, provincially and nationally and has led several multidisciplinary initiatives, including the development and implementation of a synoptic MRI report for rectal cancer across Ontario. This quality-improvement project focused on standardizing use of MRI, MCC, surgical and pathology techniques across the country. More recently, Dr. Kennedy convened a Patient Advisory Committee and worked with this group to co-develop and implement an integrated discharge monitoring system using an interactive Mobile App for colorectal surgery patients.  She is currently conducting a CIHR funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of this Mobile App to support colorectal surgery patients at home following discharge from the hospital. Additionally, Dr. Kennedy is leading a pan-Canadian clinical trial supported by CIHR to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of non-operative management for patients who have locally advanced low rectal cancer. She is also launching a new CIHR funded multi-site RCT to determine the most effective bowel preparation method to reduce surgical site infections in patients undergoing colon surgery.

Centre
Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases

Contact
Clinic Office
Mount Sinai Hospital
455-600 University Ave.
Toronto, ON   M5G 1X5
E-mail: Erin.Kennedy@SinaiHealth.ca

Administrative Assistant
Grace Biro
Phone: 416-586-4800 x 6872
Fax: 416-586-8644
E-mail: Grace.Biro@SinaiHealth.ca

Research Office
Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases
60 Murray Street, L3-007, Box 23
Toronto, ON M5T 3L9

Research Manager
Selina Schmocker
Phone: 416-586-4800 x 2159
Fax: 416-586-4633
E-mail: Selina.Schmocker@SinaiHealth.ca

Publications (Last 5 years)

• Auer RC, Sivajohanathan D, Biagi J, Conner J, Kennedy ED, May T. Indications for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with cytoreductive surgery: a systematic review. European Journal of Cancer. 2020 Mar 1, Vol.127, 76-95.  Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Forster K, K. Tsang K, Li S, Ieraci L, Murray P, Woltman KJ, Chmelnitsky D, Holloway CMB, Kennedy ED. Can concordance between actual care received and a pathway map be measured on a population based level? A pilot study. Current Oncology. 2020 Feb; 27(1).Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Pooni A, Schmocker S, Brown C, MacLean A, Williams L, Baxter NN, Simunovic M, Liberman AS, Drolet S, Neumann K, Jhaveri K, Kirsch R, Kennedy ED. The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Rectal Cancer Project: Protocol for a Pan-Canadian, Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Optimize the Quality of Rectal Cancer Care. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020;9(1):e15535. doi: 10.2196/15535. Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Keng CJS, Goriawala A, Rashid S, Goldstein R, Schmocker S, Easson A, Kennedy ED. Home to Stay: An integrated monitoring system using a mobile app to support patients at home following colorectal surgery. Journal of Patient Experience. 2020. [accepted for pub] Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Vela N, Bubis L, Davis L, Mahar A, Kennedy ED, Coburn N. Comparison of patient-reported outcomes in laparoscopic and open right hemicolectomy: A retrospective cohort study. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 2019 Dec; 62(12):1439-1447. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001485. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Chan KKW, Guo H, Cheng S, Beca JM, Redmond-Misner R, Isaranuwatchai W, Qiao L, Earle C, Berry SR, Biagi JJ, Welch S, Meyers BM, Mittmann N, Coburn N, Arias J, Schwartz D, Dai WF, Gavura S, McLeod R, Kennedy ED. Real-world outcomes of FOLFIRINOX vs gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in advanced pancreatic cancer: A population-based propensity score-weighted analysis. Cancer Med. 2020 Jan;9(1):160-169. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2705. Epub 2019 Nov 13. Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Covelli A, Facey M, Kennedy ED, Bresden-Mazley C, Gupta AA, Greenblatt E, Baxter NN. Clinicians’ Perspectives on Barriers to Discussing Infertility and Fertility Preservation With Young Women With Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(11):e1914511. Published online Nov 6 2019. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14511. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Warner E, Yee S, Seminsky M, Glass K, Foong S, Kennedy ED, Narod S, Quan ML. Effect of a Knowledge-Translation Intervention on Breast Surgeons’ Oncofertility Attitudes and Practices. Ann Surg Oncol 2019. Published online Oct 28 2019. doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07972-x. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Panaccione R, Steinhart AH, Bressler B, Khanna R, Marshall JK, Targownik L, Afif W, Bitton A, Borgaonkar M, Chauhan U, Halloran B, Jones J, Kennedy ED, Leontiadis GI, Loftus EV Jr, Meddings J, Moayyedi P, Murthy S, Plamondon S, Rosenfeld G, Schwartz D, Seow CH, Williams C, Bernstein CN. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Luminal Crohn's Disease: The Toronto Consensus. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol and Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology 2019 Aug;17(9):1680-1713. Epub 2019 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.02.043. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Schmocker S, Gotlib CL, Kennedy ED, Zhong T, Wright FC. Striving to Do No Harm and Yet Respect Patient Autonomy: Plastic Surgeons’ Perspectives of the Consultation for Breast Reconstruction with Women Who Have Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019 Oct;26(10):3380-3388. Epub July 24 2019. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07541-2. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Srikanthan A, Amir E, Gupta A, Baxter NN, Kennedy ED. Assisting with Decision-Making: How Standardized Information Impacts Breast Cancer Patient Decisions Regarding Fertility Trade-Offs and Chemotherapy. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2019 June;8(6):660-667. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2019.0027. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Palter VN, Baker NA, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth J, Gaglardi AR, Kennedy ED, Carroll JC, Gallinger S, Baxter NN. A framework to build capacity for a universal reflex-testing program for Lynch Syndrome. Genetics in Medicine 2019 Jun;21(6):1381-1389. Epub 2018 Oct 22. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0342-8. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Acuna SA, Chesney TR, Ramjist JK, Shah PS, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN. Et al Laparoscopic versus Open Resection for Rectal Cancer: A Non-Inferiority Meta-Analysis of Quality of Surgical Resection Outcomes. Annals of Surgery. 2019 May;269(5):849-855. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003072. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Keech J, Beca J, Eisen A, Kennedy ED, Kim J, Kouroukis CT, Darling G, Ferguson SE, Finelli A, Petrella TM, Perry JR, Chan K, Gavura S. Impact of a novel prioritization framework on clinician-led oncology drug submissions. Curr Oncol. 2019 Apr;26(2):e155-e161. doi: 10.3747/co.26.4501. Epub 2019 Apr 1. PubMed PMID:31043821; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6476458. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Kennedy ED, Simunovic M, Jhaveri KS, Kirsch R, Brierley J, Drolet S, Brown C, Vos P, Xiong W, MacLean T,  Kanthan S, Stotland P, Raphael S, Chow G, O’Brien C, Cho C, Streutker C, Wong R, Schmocker S, Liberman S, Reinhold C, Kopek N, Marcus V, Bouchard A, Lavoie C, Morin S, Périgny M, Wright A, Neumann K, Clarke S, Patil N, Arnason T, Williams L, McLeod R, Brown G, Mathieson A, Pooni A, Baxter NN. A phase 2 study using magnetic resonance imaging criteria to identify patients with “good prognosis” rectal cancer eligible for primary surgery: QuickSilver study. JAMA Oncology. 2019;5(7):961-966. Epub April 11, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0186. Principal Author.
  
  
• Pooni A, Al-Sukhni E, Milot L, Fruitman M, Victor JC, Schmocker S, Brown G, Kennedy ED. Selection of rectal cancer patients for pre-operative chemoradiotherapy: are T-category and nodal status all that matters? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2019 April; 62(4): 447-453. Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Speller B, Sissons A, Daly C, Facey M, Kennedy ED, Metcalfe K, Baxter NN. An evaluation of oncofertility decision support resources among breast cancer patients and health care providers. BMC Health Services Research 2019 Feb 06; 19(1):101 . Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Daly C, Micic S, Facey M, Speller B, Yee S, Kennedy ED, Corter AL, Baxter NN. A review of factors affecting patient fertility preservation discussions & decision-making from the perspectives of patients and providers. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2019 Jan;28(1):e12945. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12945. Epub 2018 Oct 30. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Ale Ali H, Kirsch R, Razaz S, Jhaveri A, Thipphavong S, Kennedy ED, Jhaveri KS. Extramural venous invasion in rectal cancer: overview of imaging, histopathology, and clinical implications.
• Abdominal Radiology 2019 January. 44(1) 1–10. Coauthor or Collaborator.  
  
  
• Steinhart HA, Panaccione R, Targownik L, Bressler B, Khanna R, Marshall JK, Afif W, Bernstein CN, Bitton A, Borgaonkar M, Chauhan U, Halloran B, Jones J, Kennedy ED, Leontiadis GI, Loftus EV, Meddings J, Moayyedi P, Murthy S, Plamondon S, Rosenfeld G, Schwartz D, Seow CH, Williams C. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Medical Management of Perianal Fistulizing Crohn's Disease: The Toronto Consensus. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018. 2019 Jan 1;25(1):1-13. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy247. Coauthor or Collaborator.   
  
  
• Kennedy ED, Borowiec AM, Schmocker S, Cho C, Brierley J, Shirley L, Victor JC, Baxter NN. Patients’ and physicians’ preferences for non-operative management for low rectal cancer – is it a reasonable treatment option? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2018 Nov; 61(11):1281-1289. Principal Author.
  
  
• Corter AL, Quan ML, Wright FL, Kennedy ED, Simunovic MR, Shao J, Baxter NN. Scoping clinicians' perspectives on pre-treatment multidisciplinary care for young women with breast cancer. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2018 Oct; 11:541-555. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Wale A, Wexner SD, Saur NM, Massarotti H, Laurberg S, Kennedy ED, Rockall A, Sebag-Montefiore D, Brown G. Session 1: The evolution and development of the multidisciplinary team approach: USA, European and UK experiences – what can we do better? Colorectal Disease 2018 The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 May; 20(1):17–27. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Forse CL, Rahimi M, Diamandis EP, Assarzadegan N, Dawson H, Grin A, Kennedy ED, O’Connor B, Messenger DE, Riddell RH, Kirsch R, Karagiannis GS. HtrA3 stromal expression is correlated with tumor budding in stage II colorectal cancer. Experimental and Molecular Pathology 2017 Aug;101(1):94-100. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Frecea M, Tjan Thomas J, Ma G, Schmocker S, McKenzie M, Kennedy ED, Hoeflok J. Improving Experience of Patients with Rectal Cancer: A National Quality Improvement Project. The Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing 2017 Aug; 44(4):387-389. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Bombard Y, Rozmovits L, Sorvari A, Daly C,    Carroll JC, Kennedy ED, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN. Universal tumor screening for Lynch syndrome: health-care providers’ perspectives. Genetics in Medicine 2017 May;19(5):568-574. doi: 10.1038/gim.2016.150. Published online October 6, 2016. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Chidambaram V, Brierly JD, Cummings B, Bhayana R, Menezes RJ, Kennedy ED, Kirsch R, Jhaveri KS. Investigation of volumetric apparent diffusion coefficient histogram analysis for assessing complete response and clinical outcomes following pre-operative chemoradiation treatment for rectal carcinoma. Abdominal Radiology 2017 May 42(5): 1310-1318. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Warner E, Yee S, Kennedy ED, Glass K, Foong S, Seminsky M, Quan ML. Oncofertility Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Canadian Breast Surgeons. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2016 Nov;23(12):3850-3859. Epub 2016 Jul Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Jhaveri KS, Hosseini-Nik H, Thipphavong S, Assarzadegan N, Menezes RJ, Kennedy ED, Kirsch R. MRI Detection of Extramural Venous Invasion in Rectal Cancer: Correlation with Histopathology Using Elastin Stain. Gastrointestinal Imaging 2016 Apr;206:1-9. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Dies N, Rashid S, Shandling M, Swallow C, Easson AM, Kennedy ED. Physician assistants reduce resident workload and improve care in an academic surgical setting. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants 2016 Feb;29(2):41-46. Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Govindarajan A, Urbach DR, Kumar M, Li Q, Murray BJ, Juurlink D, Kennedy ED, Gagliardi A, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN. Outcomes of Daytime Procedures Performed by Attending Surgeons after Night Work. The New England Journal of Medicine 2015 Aug 27;373(9):845-853. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  
  
• Kennedy ED, Vella ET, MacDonald DB, Wong CS, McLeod RS. Optimisation of preoperative assessment in patients diagnosed with rectal cancer. Clinical Oncology 2015 Apr;27(4):225-245. Principal Author.
  
  
• Kennedy ED, on behalf of the Rectal Cancer Alliance of Canada (RCAC). QuickSilver: A Phase II study using MRI criteria to identify “good prognosis” rectal cancer patients eligible for primary surgery. JMIR Research Protocols 2015 Mar;4(2). Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Snelgrove R, Subendran J, Jhaveri K, Thipphavong S, Cummings B, Brierley J, Kirsch R, Kennedy ED. Effect of Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference on Treatment Plan for Patients with Primary Rectal Cancer. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2015;58(7):653-658. Senior Responsible Author.
  
  
• Leon-Carlyle M, Schmocker S, Victor JC, Maier BA, O’Connor BI, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Kennedy ED. Prevalence of physiologic sexual dysfunction is high following treatment for rectal cancer: but is it the only thing that matters? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2015;58(8):736-742. Senior Responsible Author.