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Dr. Chelsia Gillis is an Assistant Professor in McGill University’s School of Human Nutrition, affiliated with the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. She holds additional roles as Director of Perioperative Medical Research at the McGill University Health Center, Associate Member in Surgery and Anesthesia, and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Perioperative Nutrition. Her expertise bridges clinical nutrition and surgical outcomes, with a focus on prehabilitation strategies to optimize surgical patient recovery.
Dr. Gillis earned her BSc in Food and Nutrition from the University of Prince Edward Island, MSc in Human Nutrition from McGill University, PhD in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology) from the University of Calgary, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Anesthesia at McGill.
Her research prioritizes multimodal prehabilitation interventions combining nutrition, exercise, and psychological support to address surgical risk factors like malnutrition. Key projects include randomized controlled trials on preoperative nutrition/exercise optimization, virtual prehabilitation feasibility studies, and developing standardized reporting frameworks for surgical prehabilitation (SOS-Prehab).
Dr. Gillis has secured grants from the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research, American Society for Parenteral Enteral Nutrition, and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. She actively contributes to professional societies including the Canadian Nutrition Society, International Prehabilitation Society, and Dietitians of Canada.
