About Dr. Karim Ladak

Dr. Karim Ladak graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, with honours and 2 graduation medals. He subsequently completed residency in Internal Medicine at McMaster University. He pursued further subspecialty training in rheumatology at Cornell University’s program in New York City, where he received the 2018 Cornell Department of Medicine Fellow of The Year award.

Dr. Ladak’s focuses are autoimmune disease, general internal medicine and medical education.

    • Patel S, Okaj I, Atwal S, Stark C, Scott J, Khalidi N, Junek M. Intracranial giant cell arteritis: a comprehensive systematic review. Rheumatology. 2025;00:1-8.  

    • Junek M, Okaj I, Patel S, Hu A, Jessome M, Koh D, Choi S, Atwal S, Koussiouris J, Pushani J, Stark C, Foroutan F, Garner S, Khalidi N. Multivariable models to predict a diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatology. 2025 (Accepted for Publication).

    • Shah M, Patel S, Kufaishi H, Kapoor A. Elsberg syndrome: under recognition of HSV-2 lumbosacral radiculitis amongst Canadians. Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine.2023;18(4):27-30.

    • Patel S, Thompson W, Sivaswamy A, Khan A, Ferreira-Legere L, Lee DS, Abdel-Qadir H, Jackevicius C, Goodman S, Farkouh M, Tu K, Kapral MK, Wijeysundera HC, Tam D, Austin P, Fang J, Ko D, Udell JA. Development and validation of a model to categorize cardiovascular cause of death using health administrative data. American Heart Journal Plus. 2022;22:100207.

    • Rodrigues C, Odutayo A, Patel S, Agarwal A, Da Costa BR, Lin E, Yeh R, Jüni P, Goodman SG, Farkouh ME, Udell JA. Accuracy of cardiovascular trial outcome ascertainment and treatment effect estimates from routine health data: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality Outcomes. 2021;14(5):e007903.

    • Waslowski J, Paton M, Freymond M, Patel S, Brownrigg T, Olesovsky S, Nyhof-Young J. Evaluation of a new rural mentorship program for and by preclerkship medical students. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine. 2021;26:176-85.

    • Mew EJ, Monsour A, Saeed L, Santos L, Patel S, Courtney DB, Watson PN, Szatmari P, Offringa M, Monga S, Butcher N. Systematic scoping review identifies heterogeneity in outcomes measured in adolescent depression clinical trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2020;126:71-9.

    • Monsour A, Mew EJ, Patel S, Chee-a-tow A, Saeed L, Santos L, Courtney DB, Monga S, Szatmari P, Offringa M, Butcher N. Primary outcome reporting in adolescent depression clinical trials needs standardization. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2020;20(1):129.

    • Patel S, Walsh CM, Udell JA. Exploring medically-related Canadian summer student research programs: a National Cross-sectional Survey Study. BMC Medical Education. 2019;19(1):140.

    • Monsour A, Mew EJ, Szatmari P, Patel S, Saeed L, Offringa M, Butcher N. Outcomes reported in randomised clinical trials of major depressive disorder treatments in adolescents: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e024191.

    •  Ziolkowski N, Rogers AD, Xiong W, Hong B, Patel S, Trull B, Jeschke MG. The impact of operative time and hypothermia in acute burn surgery. Burns. 2017;43(8):1673-81.