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About Dr. Kunal Bhanot MD MSc FRCSC

Spine Surgeon

Meet Dr. Kunal Bhanot

Dr. Kunal Bhanot is an orthopaedic spine and trauma surgeon with operating privileges at several hospitals in Ontario. He completed his fellowship training at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto after finishing his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the University of Toronto, where he was awarded the Dr. Borna Meisami Postgraduate Award for most compassionate graduating resident.

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Dr. Bhanot obtained his medical degree from McMaster University, after pursuing undergraduate training in biopsychology at Trent University and graduate work in musculoskeletal molecular medicine at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

 

In 2019 Dr. Bhanot was awarded the British Association of Spinal Surgeons and British Scoliosis Society Travelling Fellowship. His current research interests are in patient safety and informed consent improvement.

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​Dr. Bhanot was appointed COO of Linkedhealth (www.linkedhealth.ca) in 2020 and continues to incorporate virtual care into his practice.

  • Clinical Appointments
    2021- Present | Spine Surgeon, Grand River Hospital, Waterloo, Canada 2021- Present | Spine Surgeon, Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, Canada 2020- Present | Clinical Associate Spine and Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada 2020- Present | Courtesy Staff Spine and Orthopaedic Surgery, Mackenzie Health, Toronto, Canada
  • Medical Education
    2019- 2020 | Postgraduate Medical Program, University of Toronto Fellowship in Orthopaedic Spine and Trauma Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada 2014-2019 | Postgraduate Medical Program, University of Toronto Orthopaedic Surgery, Toronto, Ontario 2011- 2014 | Undergraduate Medical Program, McMaster University M.D. Kitchener, Canada 2007- 2009 | Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program, University of Ottawa M.Sc. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, Canada 2003- 2006 | Faculty of Science, Trent University B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biology and Psychology, Peterborough, Canada
  • Manuscripts
    Kunal Bhanot, Jessica Widdifield, Annie Huang, Michael Peterson, David Shultz and Joel Finkelstein (2021) Outcomes following surgery for spinal metastases in Ontario, Canada: population-based cohort study. Canadian Journal of Surgery. Accepted for Publication. Kunal Bhanot *, Ali Zahrai *, Xin Mei, Zachary Tan, Eric Crawford, Albert Yee, and Valerie Palda (2020) Disclosing surgical risk and determining patient information needs during informed consent for lumbar microdiscectomy. Canadian Journal of Surgery 63 (3): E284 - E291. * These authors contributed equally to this work Kunal Bhanot (2019) BASS/BSS Presidents’ Travelling Fellowship. Canadian Spine Society Spinal Columns 19 (3) 21-23. Bhanot, K. *, Chang, J. *, Grant, S., Facteau, A. and M. Camp (2019) Training surgeons and the informed consent discussion in paediatric patients: A qualitative study examining trainee participation disclosure. BMJ Open Quality 8 (3). * These authors contributed equally to this work Kunal Bhanot*, Xin Y. Mei*, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Raghav Rajgopal, Oleg Safir and Paul Kuzyk (2018) Current uses of the transtrochanteric approach: A systematic review. JBJS Reviews 6 (7): e2. * These authors contributed equally to this work Dustin Jacobson, Kunal Bhanot, Blake Yarascavitch, Jennifer Chuback, Ehud Rosenbloom and Mohit Bhandari (2015) Levels of evidence: a comparison between top 3 medical journals and general pediatric journals. BMC Pediatrics 15 (3). Andrew Ferrier, Tadasu Sato, Sabrina Gibeault, Kunal Bhanot, Yves de Repentigny, Ryan O’Meara, Kevin Young and Rashmi Kothary (2014) Transgenic expression of neuronal dystonin isoform 2 partially rescues the disease phenotype of the dystonia musculorum mouse model of hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy VI. Human Molecular Genetics 23 (10): 2694-2710. Ryan W. O’Meara*, John-Paul Michalski*, Carrie Anderson, Kunal Bhanot, Peter Rippstein, and Rashmi Kothary (2013) Integrin-linked kinase regulates oligodendrocyte differentiation and axonal myelination via control of actin cytoskeletal dynamics. The Journal of Neuroscience 33: 9781-93. * These authors contributed equally to this work Scott D. Ryan, Kunal Bhanot, Yves De Repentigny, Alphonse Chu, Alexandre Blais and Rashmi Kothary (2012) Microtubule stability, Golgi organization, and transport flux require dystonin-a2/MAP1B interaction. Journal of Cell Biology 196 (6): 727-42. Lyndsay M. Murray, Ariane Beauvais, Kunal Bhanot and Rashmi Kothary (2012) Defects in Neuromuscular Junction Remodelling in the Smn2B/- Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Neurobiology of Disease 49C: 57-67. Martin J.L., Bhanot K. and S. Athreya (2013) Complications and Reinterventions in Uterine Artery Embolization for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids: A Literature Review and Meta Analysis. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology 36: 395-402. Kunal Bhanot, Kevin G. Young and Rashmi Kothary (2011) MAP1B and clathrin are novel interacting partners of the giant cyto-linker dystonin. Journal of Proteome Research 10 (11): 5118 Bhanot, K. *, Boyer, J.G. *, Kothary, R. and C. Boudreau-Larvière (2010) Hearts of dystonia musculorum mice display normal morphological and histological features but show signs of cardiac stress. PLoS One 5 (3): e9465. * These authors contributed equally to this work

Post operative protocols

Below are post operative protocols to be followed after surgery. Please also review our FAQ page.

Instructions after neck surgery

Instructions after back surgery with fusion

Instructions after back surgery for decompression or discectomy

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