Lab Information
Talat Bessissow (MD/MSc)
InvestigatorClinical Research Unit
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
Crohn's disease • ulcerative colitis • mucosal healing • neoplasia • pathogenesisResearch Interests
My research focuses on the role of mucosal healing in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. I am also looking at identifying factor that predict disease relapse.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- AlBader, B., Jairath, R., Baitalmal, H. & Bessissow, T. (2025). Upadacitinib for the Treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal Crohn's Disease. ACG case reports journal, vol. 12, p. e01749.
- Al Alawi, S., Bessissow, T., Fallone, C. A., Jacques, J. & Barkun, A. (2025). Hemostatic powder's battle against a spurting bleeding ulcer: can it win?. Endoscopy, vol. 57, p. E676-E677.
- De Marco, D., Heron, V., Bitton, A., Bessissow, T., Lakatos, P., Wild, G. & Afif, W. (2025). Assessing the role of ustekinumab dose escalation in Crohn's disease patients with loss of response: an observational study. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, vol. 8, p. 97-102.
- Solitano, V., Ogunsakin, R. E., Yuan, Y., Bernstein, C. N., Bessissow, T., Bressler, B., Hoentjen, F., van Lierop, L., Leung, Y., MaMD, C., Marshall, J. K., Narula, N., Alahmari, M., Mccurdy, J. D., Murthy, S., Panaccione, R., Rosenfeld, G., Milgrom, R., Silverberg, M. & Jairath, V. (2025). Effectiveness and Safety of Advanced Combination Treatment (ACT) in patients with refractory inflammatory bowel disease or concomitant immune mediated disease or extra-intestinal manifestations: A Multi-Center Canadian Study. The American journal of gastroenterology.
- McCurdy, J. D., Macdonald, B., Rosenfeld, G., Bessissow, T., Jairath, V., Bruining, D. H. & Singh, S. (2025). Editorial: Seton Use in Perianal Fistulising Crohn's Disease. Authors' Reply. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, vol. 61, p. 1959-1960.
- McCurdy, J. D., Macdonald, B., Rosenfeld, G., Bessissow, T., Jairath, V., Bruining, D. H. & Singh, S. (2025). Letter: Re-Examining Seton Efficacy in Perianal Crohn's Disease-Critical Considerations for Outcome Measurement and Clinical Interpretation. Authors' Reply. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, vol. 61, p. 1971-1972.
- Alenezi, A. F., Jahrami, H., Kanber, Y. & Bessissow, T. (2025). Gastrointestinal Tract Perineuriomas and Benign Fibroblastic Polyps: Case Report and Comprehensive Systematic Review. Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, vol. 2025, p. 1636142.
- Angyal, D., Balogh, F., Bessissow, T., Wetwittayakhlang, P., Ilias, A., Gonczi, L. & Lakatos, P. L. (2025). The Role of Histology Alongside Clinical and Endoscopic Evaluation in the Management of IBD-A Narrative Review. Journal of clinical medicine, vol. 14.
- Singh, S., Nguyen, J. D., Fudman, D. I., Gerich, M. E., Shah, S. A., Hudesman, D., McConnell, R. A., Lukin, D. J., Flynn, A. D., Hwang, C., Sprung, B., Gaidos, J. K. J., Mattar, M. C., Rubin, D. T., Hashash, J. G., Metwally, M., Ali, T., Ma, C., Hoentjen, F., Narula, N., Bessissow, T., Rosenfeld, G., McCurdy, J. D., Ananthakrishnan, A. N., Cross, R. K., Rodriguez Gaytan, J. R., Gurrola, E.-S., Patel, S., Siegel, C. A., Melmed, G. Y., Weaver, S. A., Power, S., Zou, G., Jairath, V. & Hou, J. K. (2025). Treat-to-target of endoscopic remission in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in symptomatic remission on advanced therapies (QUOTIENT): rationale, design and protocol for an open-label, multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. BMJ open gastroenterology, vol. 12.
- McCurdy, J., Munir, J., Parlow, S., Sambhi, G., Reid, J., Yanofsky, R., Alenezi, T., Meserve, J., Yeh, K.-H., Becker, B., Lahijanian, Z., Eddin, A. H., Mallick, R., Ramsay, T., Rosenfeld, G., Bessissow, A., Bessissow, T., Jairath, V., Bruining, D. H., Macdonald, B., Singh, S. & Canadian IBD Research Consortium (CIRC) (2025). The Impact of Setons on Perianal Fistula Outcomes in Patients With Crohn's Disease Treated With Anti-TNF Therapy: A Multicentre Study. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, vol. 61, p. 1671-1679.
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