

Colorectal Surgery
MD, FRCSC, FASCRS Colon and Rectal Surgeon Foothills Medical Center Chief, Section of General Surgery Calgary Zone; Clinical Professor Department of Surgery University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Anthony MacLean is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Dr. MacLean is the former President of the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (CSCRS) and the Chair of the Examination Board in General Surgery for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
He is the author of 70 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and 7 textbook chapters.
His main professional and scientific interests focus on colorectal oncology surgery, minimally invasive colorectal surgery, and improving the quality of care provided to colorectal surgery patients.
Selected publications from PubMed
2025 Canadian Surgery Forum: Sept. 17-20, 2025.
Russell B, Stewart D, Devon K, Mallette K, Ehlebracht A, Mimeault R, Savoy T, Garber G, Yan Q, MacIntyre A, Liu R, Mostafapour M, Balaa F, Klapman S, Yacob M, Guo M, Rebello L, Karimuddin A, Sutherland J, Mamalchi SA, Choi D, Ivankovic V, Cornacchia M, Shorr R, Glen P, Matar M, Balaa F, Ammeter D, Johnson G, Askin N, Helewa R, Hyun E, Hochman D, Anant S, Wadhwa A, Lee J, Auer R, Fallavollita P, Shanahan J, Evans B, Follett A, MacDonald M, McGrath A, Hartwig K, Farrell T, Courage E, LeBlanc D, Borgaonkar M, Pace D, Trinh F, Fujita K, Ahmed H, Kung J, Jogiat U, Jatana S, Karmali S, Switzer N, Mocanu V, Lalande A, Eppler E, Gadhari N, Zhao J, MacNeill AJ, Hilzenrat R, Livergant R, Binda C, Adams J, Joos E, Joharifard S, Chin E, Haji F, Pook M, Najafi T, Wong S, Boutros M, Fried G, Lee L, Feldman LS, Fiore J Jr, Nair AG, Giannakeas V, Lim D, Li C, Litvinchuk S, Saleh A, Bondzi-Simpson A, Ribeiro T, Covelli A, Lofters A, Sutradhar R, Snyder RA, Clarke CN, Coburn N, Hallet J, Macdonald L, Montgomery-Song A, Li T, Hannedige D, Neumann K, Knapp G, Drohan A, Spence R, Alibhai K, McFadgen H, Brar S, Ott M, Hamstra S, Louridas M, McLennan S, Forrester E, Kung JY, Switzer N, Habash A, Lee J, Park Y, Al-Zoubi F, Gilbert S, Fallavollita P, Zhao J, Dono A, Jung C, Salvemini J, Sheridan B, Zhao C, Valaulikar G, Ng T, Griffiths C, Patel Y, Nocula A, Haider E, Agzarian J, Hanna W, Brar K, Xiao K, Wong R, Elimova E, Jang R, Ma L, Darling G, Wakeam E, Yan M, Barron C, Mesci A, Yeung J, Lukovic J, Rioux A, Provencher S, Simard S, Bussières J, Couture É, Grégoire J, Conti M, Laliberté AS, French D, Abdul SA, Anstee C, Jones D, Taljaard M, Seely A, Philpott H, Murphy R, McCausland C, Gao Y, Gingrich M, Anstee C, Seely A, Wallace A, Sticca G, Zamani E, Selb J, Gagnon-Konamna M, Sebajang H, Schwenter F, De Broux E, Chartrand G, Wassef R, Ratelle R, Loungnarath R, Ember K, Dagbert F, Leblond F, Richard C, Brennan K, Ricci A, Knight K, McKechnie T, Bennett S, Patel S, Wu S, Maalouf CM, Lougnarath R, Dagbert F, Ratelle R, Gagnon-Konamna M, Schwenter F, Sebajang H, Wassef R, DeBroux É, Richard C, Muncner S, Dosanjh J, Dykstra M, Snelgrove R, Wang H, Ahn HS, Williams A, Kelly K, Moloo H, Sticca G, Abou-Khalil M, Soucisse M, Tremblay JF, Gervais MK, Sideris L, Hu R, McIsaac D, Musselman R, van Walraven C, Garfinkle R, Demian M, Sabboobeh S, Bhatnagar S, Savard J, Drolet S, Liberman S, Brown C, Park J, Moon J, Loiselle C, Wexner S, Bordeianou L, Ghitulescu G, Faria J, Morin N, Vasilevsky CA, Boutros M, Wang C, MacLean A, Buie D, Gimon T, Pereira A, Kuforiji O, Dalgarno N, Pereira J, Farooq A, Patel S, Monton O, DiVenti C, Sabboobeh S, Emile SH, Wexner SD, Fiore JF Jr, Bordeianou LG, Cornish J, Christensen P, Emmertsen KJ, Oliveira L, Marinello F, Dulskas A, Wilson K, Knowles CH, Burch J, Boutros M, Bondzi-Simpson A, Sutradhar R, Zhu A, Lofters A, Covelli A, Snyder RA, Clarke CN, Coburn N, Hallet J, Muncner S, Dosanjh J, Lin A, Ng C, Dykstra M, Snelgrove R, Jaremko J, Wang H, Baig Z, Karimuddin A, Phang T, Ghuman A, Raval M, Kennedy E, Brown C, Ahn HS, Hu R, Chahrour M, Williams L, Raiche I, Boushey R, Friedlich M, Moloo H, Musselman R, Aggarwal I, Taqi K, Ichhpuniani S, Stockley C, Assadzadeh G, Dixon E, Mack L, Bouchard-Fortier A, Rouhi A, Verhoeff K, Parente A, Sutcliffe R, Downey J, Raheel R, Tsang R, Lupichuk S, Quan ML, Laws A, Ng D, Babichev Y, Nash J, Gladdy R, Varvaris L, Shlien A, Campbell K, Swallow C, Pillar M, Flor L, Trasolini R, Hamilton T, Ribeiro T, Bondzi-Simpson A, Chan W, Mahar A, Jerath A, Coburn N, Hallet J, Lafortune R, Bénard F, Mercier F, Colivas J, Noyon B, Gervais C, Osman Y, Sticca G, Schaulin M, Huang TY, Elkouri S, Caron M, Bénard F, Dumas LM, Abdelli R, Soleimani Y, Kaviani A, Boulva K, Younan R, Hassan S, Khoury ME, Patocskai E, Alshammari R, Youn S, Flor L, Smrke A, Hamilton T, Zhu A, Bondzi-Simpson A, Mahar A, Hsu A, James P, Ante Z, Ip KI, Kosyachkova E, Hallet J, Coburn N, Rao A, Kalyvas M, Wilson B, Patel S, Farooq A, Bennett S, Samarasinghe N, Cusano AD, Kessler V, Townsend J, Joarder I, Stewart M, Oldani G, Segedi M, Chartier-Plante S, Bleszynski M, Pang E, Kim PTW, Ivankovic V, Mallette K, Carrier FM, Wherrett C, Vanterpool Z, Brousseau K, Monette L, Workneh A, Ruel M, Sabri E, Maddison H, Tokessy M, Wong PBY, McGinn R, Vandenbroucke-Menu F, Massicotte L, Chassé M, Collin Y, Perrault MA, Hamel-Perreault É, Park J, Lim S, Maltais V, Leung P, Gilbert RWD, Segedi M, Abou-Khalil J, Bertens KA, Balaa FK, Ramsay T, Tinmouth A, Fergusson D, Martel G, Czarnecka Z, Verhoeff K, Carr ALJ, Lam A, Senior P, Lucciantonio R, Kin T, Pepper AR, Bigam DL, Dajani K, Anderson B, Shapiro AMJ, Khalid MU, Aldekhayel M, Kwon M, Cino S, Kim DH, Gilbert R, Bleszynski M, Oldani G, Segedi M, Chartier-Plante S, Kim PTW, Liang H, AlQatan A, Ball CG, Ahmed S, Macmillan J, Matic J, Moser M, Marritt K, Mainprize M, Svendrovski A, Smith D, Simmons C, Henao-Florez O, Hennessey RL, Smith L, Melland-Smith M, Yilbas A, Mainprize M, Svendrovski A, Paasch C, Katz J, Karmustaji A, Alahmed S, Yang Y, Chiu CJ, Meneghetti A, Hennessey RL, Abbas U, Srikrishnaraj D, Safar A, Hawel J, Schlachta C, Elnahas A, Rajkumar G, Chiu CJ, Chartier-Plante S, Buczkowski A, Meneghetti A, Hennessey RL, El-Kefraoui C, Walker M, Yang Y, Chiu CJ, Meneghetti A, Hennessey RL, Connell M, He W, Prior H, Vergis A, Hardy K, Mackenzie D, Hopman W, Zevin B, Robertson D, Szasz P, Osman H, Gill R, Karmali S, Marcil G, Elkassem S, Debru E, Solomon J, Switzer N, Gill R, Hossain I, Okrainec A, Jackson T, Scott L, Warwick K, Chen K, Whitehead L, Fecso A, Park LJ, Polley H, Poole M, Brar K, McKechnie T, Nenshi R, Borges FK, Ofori S, Marcucci M, Conen D, Eskicioglu C, Hong D, Devereaux PJ, Sagorin Z, Dominguez G, Sampath S, Brar K, Lee YR, Dekirmendjian A, Deng J, Ma O, Okrainec A, Adekoya P, Fabien L, Barlow K, Ramji K, Anvari M, Khamar J, Kazi T, Khan M, Acharya S, Lee Y, Huo B, Ramji K, Boudreau V, Doumouras A, Hong D, Keshavjee S, McKechnie T, Shi V, Kuszaj O, Rattansi S, Brennan K, Patel S, Forbes S, Doumouras A, Parpia S, Bhandari M, Eskicioglu C, Momic J, Allen L, Hilsden R, Rashid S, Brackstone M, Moffat B, Leslie K, Vogt K, DiMatteo B, Allen L, Iansavitchene A, Vogt K, Ehlebracht A, Glen P, Cornacchia M, Balmes P, Kudryk A, Tam W, Rosenkrantz L, Moffat B, Lund M, Rashid S, Allen L, Hilsden R, Parry N, Gray D, Leslie K, Leeper R, Vogt K, Lee A, Narayanan D, Staudenmayer K, Hameed M, Lee A, Chan M, Narayanan D, Hameed M
Can J Surg. 2025 Nov-Dec;68(6suppl2):S27-S57 doi: 10.1503/cjs.019325.
Knowledge Translation Interventions to Address Gaps in Rectal Cancer Care.
Kennedy ED, Pooni A, Schmocker S, Brown C, MacLean A, Baxter NN, Williams L, Simunovic M, Liberman S, Drolet S, Neumann K, Jhaveri K, Kirsch R
JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2461047 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61047.
Anatomic Subtype Differences in Extramammary Paget Disease: A Meta-Analysis.
Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Aasi SZ, Chandra S, Choi JN, Fujisawa Y, Iavazzo C, Kim JYS, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Alam M
JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Apr 1;160(4):417-424 doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.0001.
Pan-Canadian colorectal cancer surgery data: an opportunity for reflection and improvement.
Moloo H, Lacaille-Ranger A, MacLean A, Finley C
Can J Surg. 2022 Nov-Dec;65(6):E735-E738 doi: 10.1503/cjs.000621.
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Extramammary Paget Disease.
Kibbi N, Owen JL, Worley B, Wang JX, Harikumar V, Downing MB, Aasi SZ, Aung PP, Barker CA, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Chung KY, Cliby WA, Dorigo O, Eisen DB, Fujisawa Y, Golda N, Halfdanarson TR, Iavazzo C, Jiang SIB, Kanitakis J, Khan A, Kim JYS, Kuzel TM, Lawrence N, Leitao MM Jr, MacLean AB, Maher IA, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Ozog DM, Pettaway CA, Ross JS, Rossi AM, Servaes S, Solomon MJ, Thomas VD, Tolia M, Voelzke BB, Waldman A, Wong MK, Zhou Y, Arai N, Brackett A, Ibrahim SA, Kang BY, Poon E, Alam M
JAMA Oncol. 2022 Apr 1;8(4):618-628 doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7148.
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