Discover Our Research Initiatives听
Our research laboratory is dedicated to transforming surgical oncology care through innovative patient-centered outcomes research. We focus on developing and implementing novel approaches to measuring patient preferences, experiences, and outcomes in esophageal cancer care. Our team combines methodological expertise in patient-reported outcomes, preference-sensitive decision-making, and health services research to improve the value and patient-centeredness of surgical care. Through close collaboration with clinicians and patients, we aim to reshape how surgical decisions are made and how success is measured in thoracic surgery.
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Principal Investigator听
Dr. Crump, who holds the Jarislowsky Foundation Chair in Thoracic Surgery, leads this multidisciplinary research program at the intersection of surgical outcomes and patient-centered care.
Research Interests
Patient-Reported Outcomes, Treatment Preferences, Shared Decision-Making, Value-Based Surgery, Implementation Science
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Research Expertise
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Surgical Oncology
- Development, validation, and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures specifically for esophageal cancer surgery, including advanced statistical modeling, psychometric analysis, and survey methodology
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Preference-Sensitive Decision Making
- Understanding and measuring patient preferences through structured elicitation methods, conjoint analysis, and discrete choice experiments to develop evidence-based shared decision-making tools
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Value-Based Surgical Care
- Evaluating surgical interventions through health technology assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, and integration of patient-reported outcomes with clinical data using advanced analytical methods
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Implementation Science in Surgery
- Applying mixed-methods research, including qualitative approaches and knowledge translation frameworks, to implement patient-centered care initiatives and decision support tools in surgical practice
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Quality Measurement and Improvement
- Developing novel quality metrics using health services research methods, outcomes assessment, and performance measurement approaches that combine clinical outcomes with patient experience data
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