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