2018 Faculty

Guest Speakers


Ainsley Sutherland MD PhD
Staff Anesthesiologist, St. Paul’s Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia

Ainsley Sutherland MD, PhD recently completed her fellowship in Transitional and Chronic Pain at Toronto General Hospital. Presently she is on staff at St. Paul’s Hospital where she will be developing a Transitional Pain Service for patients with persistent post-surgical pain. Dr. Sutherland advocates the use of cannabinoids for the management of chronic pain and weaning of opioids.

 


Robert H. Thiele MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology
and Biomedical Engineering Co-Director,
UVA Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Program
Board of Directors, University Physicians Group
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Robert H. (“Bob”) Thiele, MD, is an associate professor of anesthesiology and biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia. Dr. Thiele is board certified in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. He is an Assistant Editor and Anesthesia & Analgesia.Dr. Thiele’s clinical practice primarily consists of cardiothoracic anesthesia and cardiac critical care. He is the co-director of the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) program at the University of Virginia. Dr. Thiele’s research interests include transcutaneous venous oximetry, measures of fluid responsiveness, non-contact oximetry / videoplethysmography, and broadband near-infrared spectroscopy. His teaching efforts are centered around the use of novel technologies to better educate medical students and trainees, best exemplified by OpenAnesthesia.org, which he co-founded in 2008, and his self-published e-book, Cardiac and Critical Care Ultrasonography.

 

Local Speakers

Fahad Alam MD FRCPC
Anesthesiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Director of Research, Sunnybrook Simulation Centre
Education Researcher, The Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education
University of Toronto

Cristian Arzola MD MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital

Robert Bechamp MD FRCPC
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Scarborough and Rouge Hospital – Centenary Site

Catalina Casas Lopez MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Preoperative Medicine
Western University
Consultant Anesthesiologist
London Health Science Centre and St. Joseph Healthcare
London, Ontario

Michael Dinsmore BSc PhD MD FRCPC
Neuroanesthesia Fellow
Toronto Western Hospital

Akash Goel BSc MD
MPH candidate

Melissa Ho MD FRCPC
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, North York General Hospital

Darryl Hoffer BSc MD FRCPC
Staff Anesthesiologist, Humber River Hospital

Christopher C. C. Hudson MD MPH MED FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Staff, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
Toronto General Hospital

Gayani Jayasooriya MBBS BSc FRCA
Anesthesiology Fellow
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital

Kristina Khanduja MBChB MEd FRCA FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital

Adrian Koziak BSc MSc MD FRCPC
Obstetrical Anesthesia Fellow
Mount Sinai Hospital

Matt Kurrek MD
Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Lead, Anesthesia Assessor Network,
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

Karim Ladha MD MSc FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia,
University of Toronto
Staff, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
Toronto General Hospital

Dekel Lait MD
Airway Management Fellow
University of Toronto
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital

Karen Lam MD
Fellow in Regional Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital

Gianni R. Lorello BSc MD MSc (Med Ed) CIP FRCPC
Staff Anesthesiologist
Toronto Western Hospital, UHN
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Cross-appointed Researcher
The Wilson Centre

Clyde Matava MBChB MMed
Director of eLearning and Technology Innovations,
Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Director of Informatics, Innovation and Technology,
Department of Anesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children

Jesse May BA MD
Resident, Department of Anesthesia
University of Toronto

Yusuke Mazda MD PhD
Clinical Fellow, Department of Anesthesia,
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto

Karen Agatha Ng MD FRCPC
Lecturer, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network

Ahtsham U. Niazi MBBS FCARCSI FRCPC
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, University of Toronto,
Staff Anesthetist, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

James O’Leary MBBCh MM MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Anesthesiologist, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Pablo Perez d’Empaire MD FRCPC FCCM
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Echocardiography Fellow
Department of Anesthesia
St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto
Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Wilfredo Puentes MD
Staff Anesthesiologist, London Health Sciences & St. Joseph’s Health Care
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Western University
London, Ontario

Ian Randall MD MPH FRCPC
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Lecturer, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network

Naveed Siddiqui MD MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia.
Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto

Marcos Silva Restrepo MD FRCPC MSc
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Medical Director ACLS / PALS Michener Institute

Peter Slinger MD FRCPC
Professor of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto General Hospital

Coimbatore V. Srinivas MD FRCA FRCPC
Staff Anesthesiologist University Health Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Fellowship Coordinator, Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital

Sarah Tierney BSc(H) MD FRCPC
Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellow
Toronto Western Hospital

Paul S. Tumber MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
Pain Management Consultant at UHN and Wasser Pain Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital

Zoe Unger MD MEd FRCPC
Lecturer, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto Western Hospital

Eric You-Ten MD PhD FRCPC
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia
Mount Sinai Hospital

Fabricio B. Zasso MD
Airway Management Fellow
University of Toronto
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital