Lab Information

Talat Bessissow (MD/MSc)

Investigator
Clinical Research Unit
Department of Medicine (McGill)

Research Profile

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Keywords

Crohn's disease • ulcerative colitis • mucosal healing • neoplasia • pathogenesis

Research 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.


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Latest Publications

  1. Li Fraine, S., Marcus, V., Kron, C. M., Lakatos, P. L., Afif, W., Bitton, A., Wild, G. & Bessissow, T. (2025). Impact of Individual Colonic Segment Histological Activity on Disease Relapse in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of clinical medicine, vol. 14.
  2. Shehab, M., Alrashed, F., Alrashidi, A., Hassan, A., Ma, C., Narula, N., Jairat, V., Regueiro, M. & Bessissow, T. (2025). Network Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Biologics and Small Molecules in the Induction and Maintenance of Remission in Crohn's Disease. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
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