Dr. Julia Radic MD, MPH, FRCSC

Dr. Radic obtained a B.Sc. in Marine Science and Physics in 2004 from the University of Miami, and then continued on to medical school, completing her MD degree at Queen’s University, Kingston, in 2008. She completed her neurosurgery residency training at Dalhousie University in April 2015, and she completed a Masters of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health, with a quantitative methods concentration, in May 2013. Dr. Radic then completed her fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver, and is ABPNS board eligible. She subsequently worked as a locum pediatric neurosurgeon at BCCH until August 2017. Dr. Radic started her current position as a staff pediatric and general adult neurosurgeon at Royal University Hospital (RUH) in October 2017, and at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) when it opened in September 2019. Dr. Radic’s clinical area of interest and focus is pediatric neurosurgery, though she also provides general adult neurosurgery services as well. Academically, Dr. Radic is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the Canadian Pediatric Neurosurgery Study Group’s Choosing Wisely Canada campaign lead, and she also has academic interests in quality improvement, ethics, surgical education and clinical research.

Current Appointments:

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
• Staff Neurosurgeon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Health Authority
• Staff Neurosurgeon, Regina, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Academic Background

Postgraduate Training:

• July 2015 – October 2016: Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital (BCCH), Vancouver, BC
• July 2008 – April 2015: Resident Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Academic Credentials:

• MPH Quantitative Methods, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, May 2013
• M.D. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, May 2008
• B.Sc. Marine Science and Physics with minor in Mathematics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, May 2004

• Brownbridge R, Persad A, Radic J. Novel-Case Learning Environment for Surgical Education. Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020; 11(2). (abstract)
• Renne B,Radic J, Agrawal D, Albrecht B, Bonfield CM, Cohrs G, Davis T, Gupta A, Hebb ALO, Lamberti-Pasculli M, Knerlich-Lukoschus F, Lindsay S, McNeely PD, Pillai S, Rai HIS, Sborov KD, Vitali A, Walling S, Woerdeman P, Suryaningtyas W, Cochrane D, Singhal A, Steinbok P. Cerebellar mutism after posterior fossa tumor resection in children: a multicenter international retrospective study to determine possible modifiable factors. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Jun;36(6):1159-1169. 
• Radic JAE, Illes J, McDonald PJ. Fetal Repair of Open Neural Tube Defects: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2019 Jul;28(3):476-487.

• Radic JAE, Cochrane DD. Choosing Wisely Canada: Pediatric Neurosurgery Recommendations. Paediatr Child Health. 2018 Sep;23(6):383-387.
• North T, Cheong A, Steinbok P, Radic JA. Trends in incidence and long-term outcomes of myelomeningocele in British Columbia. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Apr;34(4):717-724.
• Renne B, Rueckriegel S, Ramachandran S, Radic J, Steinbok P, Singhal A. Bobble-head doll syndrome: report of 2 cases and a review of the literature, with video documentation of the clinical phenomenon. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Mar;21(3):236-246.
• Radic JA, Beauprie I, Chiasson P, Kiss ZH, Brownstone RM. Motor cortex stimulation for neuropathic pain: a randomized cross-over trial. Can J Neurol Sci. 2015 Sep 1;1-9.
• Radic JA, Vincer M, McNeely PD. Outcomes of intraventricular hemorrhage and posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in a population-based cohort of very preterm infants born to residents of Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2010. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jun;15(6):580-8.

• Radic JA, Vincer M, McNeely PD. Temporal trends of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity in Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2012. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jun;15(6):573-9.
• Schmickl CN, Mastrobuoni S, Filippidis FT, Shah S, Radic J, Murad MH, Toy P, Gajic O. Male-predominant plasma transfusion strategy for preventing transfusion-related acute lung injury: a systematic review. Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan;43(1):205-25.
• Radic JA, Chou SH, Du R, Lee JW. Levetiracetam versus phenytoin: a comparison of efficacy of seizure prophylaxis and adverse event risk following acute or subacute subdural hematoma diagnosis. Neurocrit Care. 2014 Oct;21(2):228-37.
• Fallah A, Ebrahim S, Haji F, Gillis C, Girgis F, Howe K, Ibrahim GM, Radic J, Shahideh M, Wallace MC. Surgical Activity of First-year Canadian Neurosurgical Residents. Can J Neurol Sci. 2010 Nov;37(6):855-60.
• Radic JAE and Fleetwood IG. Compensated Hydrocephalus in Familial Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle. Can J Neurol Sci 2009; 36(3 Suppl 1):S31 (abstract)