Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics


Achilleas Thoma

BSc (McMaster), MD (McMaster) FRCS (C), FACS

Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery

Associate Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Division Head, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery

905.523.0019
905.523.0229
athoma@mcmaster.ca

101-206 James Street South
Hamilton, ON
L8P 3A9

Administrative Assistant: Angela Barbas
905.523.0019
905.523.0229
angela3@bellnet.ca

Academic Interests

Dr. Thoma's research interests include evidence-based surgery, randomized controlled trials and cost-effectiveness analysis comparing two techniques of breast reduction and quality of life in Dupuytren's contracture patients.

Selected Publications

  1. Thoma A, McKnight L, McKay P, Haines T. Forming the Research Question Design, Measurement, and Evaluation. Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):189, 2008.
  2. Sprague S, McKay P, Thoma A. Study Designs and the Hierarchy of Evidence in Clinical Practice.  Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):195, 2008.
  3. Haines T, McKnight L, Duku E, Thoma A.  The Role of Systematic Reviews in Clinical Research and Practice. Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):207, 2008.
  4. Ching S, Rockwell G, Thoma A.  Clinical Research in Aesthetic Surgery.  Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):269, 2008.
  5. Thoma A, Archibald S, Temple C, Sprague S. The Role of the Randomized Controlled Trial in Plastic Surgery.  Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):275, 2008.
  6. Thoma A, Rockwell G, Strumas N, McKnight L. The Use of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Plastic Surgery Clinical Research.  Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):285, 2008.
  7. Thoma A, Haines T, Duku E, McKnight L, Goldsmith C.  Becoming a Successful Clinical Investigator.  Clin Plastic Surg. 35(2):305, 2008.
  8. Thoma A, Cornacchi S, Lovrics P, Goldsmith C.  User’s Guide to the Surgical Literature: How to Assess an Article on Health-Related Quality of Life.  Can J Surg. 51(3):215-24, 2008.
  9. Jansen L, Sprague S, Duku E, Thoma A. A cost-utility analysis: comparison of deep inferior epigastric perforator flap and superior inferior epigastric artery flap. Can J Plast Surg. 16(2):215-24, 2008.
  10. Thoma A. Guest Editor. Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Microsurgical Reconstruction of the Head and Neck After Cancer Resection. July 2005.

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