Cian O'Kelly

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Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Surgery Dept

Email: cokelly@ualberta.ca

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Area of Study / Keywords

acute stroke carotid stenosis angioplasty arteriovenous malformation navigation

About

Dr. Cian O’Kelly is an academic neurosurgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Alberta. He attended medical school at the University of Alberta, graduating in 2001. This was followed by neurosurgical residency training at the University of Toronto. While in Toronto, Dr. O’Kelly also completed a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology with the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation and further fellowship training in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. Dr. O’Kelly’s current practice focuses on cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery, combined with endovascular neurointerventional surgery.

His research interests include the epidemiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage, aneurysm treatment, and AVM treatment. His interest and involvement in medical education has evolved through his tenure as program director at the University of Alberta and as specialty lead for Competency by Design at the Royal College Specialty committee in neurosurgery. Dr. O’Kelly is currently the Neurosurgery Site Lead at the University of Alberta hospital, the Competency Committee Chair for the neurosurgery residency program, examiner and exam committee member (cerebrovascular lead) at the Royal College, and the National Director of the Canadian Neurosurgery Rookie camp.

Featured Publications

Gaze Behaviors of Neurosurgeon in Performing Gross Movements under Microscope

Chainey J., O'Kelly C.J., Zhang Y., Kim M.J., Zheng B.

World Neurosurgery. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.07.035

The Utility of Superselective Rotational Angiography for Frameless Stereotactic Navigation During Craniotomy for Micro-Arteriovenous Malformation

O'Kelly C.J., Rempel J., Ashforth R., Darsaut T., Chow M.

World Neurosurgery: X. 2022 January; 13 10.1016/j.wnsx.2021.100116

Eye-Hand Coordination of Neurosurgeons: Evidence of Action-Related Fixation in Microsuturing

Chainey J., Elomaa A.P., O'Kelly C.J., Kim M.J., Bednarik R., Zheng B.

World Neurosurgery. 2021 November; 155 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.08.028

Neurosurgical performance between experts and trainees: Evidence from drilling task

Chainey J., O'Kelly C.J., Kim M.J., Zheng B.

International Journal of Medical Robotics. 2021 October; 17 (5) 10.1002/rcs.2313

Neurosurgical performance between experts and trainees: Evidence from drilling task

Chainey J., O'Kelly C.J., Kim M.J., Zheng B.

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 2021 October; 17 (5) 10.1002/rcs.2313

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula presenting as progressive thoracic myelopathy

Nathoo N., Balcom E.F., Joza S., Yeo T., O'Kelly C., Shetty A.

Practical Neurology. 2021 October; 21 (5):435-436 10.1136/practneurol-2021-002985

Surgical or Endovascular Management of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Randomized Comparison

Darsaut T.E., Keough M.B., Sagga A., Chan V.K.Y., Diouf A., Boisseau W., Magro E., Kotowski M., Roy D., Weill A., Iancu D., Bojanowski M.W., Chaalala C., Bilocq A., Estrade L., Lejeune J.P., Bricout N., Scholtes F., Martin D., Otto B., Findlay J.M., Chow M.M., O'Kelly C.J., Ashforth R.A., Rempel J.L., Lesiuk H., Sinclair J., Altschul D.J., Arikan F., Guilbert F., Chagnon M., Farzin B., Gevry G., Raymond J.

World Neurosurgery. 2021 May; 149 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.01.142

Reliability of the diagnosis of cerebral vasospasm using catheter cerebral angiography: A systematic review and inter- And intraobserver study

Darsaut T.E., Derksen C., Farzin B., Keough M.B., Fahed R., Boisseau W., Letourneau-Guillon L., Januel A.C., Weill A., Roy D., Nguyen T.N., Finitsis S., Gentric J.C., Volders D., Carlson A., Chow M.M., O'Kelly C., Rempel J.L., Ashforth R.A., Chagnon M., Zehr J., Findlay J.M., Gevry G., Raymond J.

American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2021 March; 42 (3):501-507 10.3174/AJNR.A7021