Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie - Affiliation and Disclosure Statements
Stephan K. W. Schwarz, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Editor-in-Chief
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor and Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Chair in Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics The University of British Columbia
Areas of expertise/interest: Neuropharmacology (in particular, local anesthetic, analgesic, and general anesthetic neuropharmacology); whole-cell patch clamp brain slice electrophysiology; acute pain; regional anesthesia; general adult anesthesia; perioperative medicine; RCTs; experimental design/analysis.
Competing interests: Dr. Schwarz is a past recipient of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) Research Award, the CAS/Abbott Laboratories Ltd. Career Scientist Award in Anesthesia, and the CAS Research Award Neuroanesthesia in Memory of Adrienne Cheng. He has received research funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, the Dr. Jean Templeton Hugill Endowment for Anesthesia Memorial Fund (The University of British Columbia), and the St. Paul's Hospital Department of Anesthesia (Vancouver, B.C.). In 2007, he won a Pfizer Neuropathic Pain Research Award (independently peer-reviewed public operating grant competition sponsored by Pfizer Canada Inc.). For another investigator-initiated curiosity-driven study, he received in 2013 an aliquot of pregabalin free of charge through a Pfizer Canada Compound Transfer Program application (Kirkland, Quebec, Canada). Dr. Schwarz has never been employed by any medical/biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies nor has he received personal honoraria, consulting fees, or other personal benefits from such commercial entities. On rare occasions, he has received a small honorarium for participation in online surveys solicited by market research firms. Dr. Schwarz has been advised by his investment manager that his discretionary portfolio may variably include holdings from the medical/biotechnology sectors; Dr. Schwarz similarly assumes that his university pension plan holdings may include variable positions from such sectors over time; none such holdings relate to his professional activities.
Philip M. Jones, MD, MSc (Clinical Trials), FRCPC
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville Florida
Chair, Research Advisory Committee, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr Jones has a clinical practice which is largely focused on cardiac care. His research interests include pragmatic randomized clinical trials, cardiac anesthesia, clinical trial methodology & biostatistics, and perioperative medicine.
Competing interests: None.
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, FRCA, MSc (Clinical Trials)
Associate Editor
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
Vice-Chair, Regional Anesthesia Section, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Uppal’s areas of clinical interest are regional anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, and acute pain medicine. His research interests include observational studies, clinical trials, evidence synthesis, and network meta-analysis.
Competing interests: None.
Ronald B. George, MD, FRCPC
Associate Editor (Social Media)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Director of Obstetric Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital
Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Areas of expertise/interest: Obstetrical Anesthesia, including labour analgesia, postoperative analgesia, acute pain, epidural anesthesia and analgesia, cesarean delivery, maternal health, global health, women’s rights to analgesia.
Competing interests: None.
Philippe Richebé, MD, PhD, DESAR
Associate Editor and French Language Editor
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor and Chair of Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Montreal, Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital Research Center, CIUSSS de l’Est de l’Ile de Montréal
Areas of expertise/interest: Since his specialization in anesthesiology and his PhD in neurosciences and neuropharmacology, Dr Richebé has been interested in the mechanisms of peripheral and central pain sensitization which could lead to higher incidence and levels of postoperative chronic pain, and in all the strategies available in the perioperative period to reduce this sensitization (use of adjuvants, reduce opioids doses…). More recently (last 7 years), with the aim to reduce intraoperative doses of opioids and their consequences, Dr Richebé conducted research projects on new intraoperative nociception monitors which led to several international level collaborations and publications. Also, his interests include personnalized anesthesia with high-quality monitoring to improve postoperative early and long-term outcomes and recovery.
Competing interests: Dr. Richebé is a past recipient of the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) Research Award Neuroanesthesia in Memory of Adrienne Cheng. He has received research funding from the Quebec Foundation of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, the Departments of Anesthesiology of University of Montreal, of Seattle (UWMC, Seattle, WA, USA), The National Institute of Health research (NIH), The Canadian Institute for Health Reasearch (CIHR), The French institute for medical research, The French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, The French Society of pain management (SFETD) etc. Also, he got as PI many fundings for conducting Independent Investigator Initiated Trials from companies such as Medasense Ltd, Medtronic, Merck, Ferring, CHS, Pfizer etc.
Dr Richebé received honoraria for giving lectures from several companies: Merck, Medtronic, Medasense Ltd, Abbvie, Biosyent etc. He also received consulting fees for advising several companies: Merck, Edwards, medasense Ltd etc.
Alexis F. Turgeon, MD, MSc (Epid), FRCPC
Associate Editor (Critical Care)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor and the Director of Research in the
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Université Laval
Scientist, Population Health and Optimal Health Practice Research Unit at the CHU de Québec – Université Laval Research Centre
Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Neurology and Trauma
Co-Chair, Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium (CTRC)
Director, Cochrane Canada Francophone
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Alexis Turgeon practices critical care medicine and anesthesiology at CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus. He leads a comprehensive research program in neurocritical care including multicenter international trials. He is involved in REMAP-CAP, an international adaptive platform trial that played an important role for generating evidence in caring for COVID-19 patients.
Competing interests: None.
Patricia M. Fontela, MD, Ph.D (Epid)
Associate Editor (Critical Care)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
Clinician Scientist
Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE)
Child Health and Human Development Program (CHHD)
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC)
Chair, Canadian Critical Care Pediatric Subgroup - Canadian Critical Care Trials
Chair, Sepsis Canada Research Training Program
Co-Chair, Life-Threatening Illness National Group (LifTING) Health Research Training Program
Areas of expertise/interest: epidemiology; pediatric critical care; infectious diseases; sepsis
Competing interests: None.
Kathryn Anne Sparrow MD, MScHQ, FRCPC
CPD Editor
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Assistant Professor
Discipline of Anesthesia
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Chair, Canadian Anesthetic Incident Reporting System Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Member, Standards Committee
Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Areas of interest/expertise: Healthcare and quality improvement, patient safety, airway management
Competing interests: Dr. Sparrow has received one prior honorarium for attending an expert input forum from Merck Canada Inc. As an instructor and course faculty member, she has received honoraria from Airway Interventions and Management in Emergencies (AIME), The Difficult Airway Course, and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Virendra K. Arya, MBBS, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ASE
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
The ‘POPE’ Family Professor in Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Preoperative and Pain Medicine,
Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba,
Saint Boniface Hospital
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr Arya’s area of clinical work and research include cardiothoracic anesthesiology, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. He has developed University of Manitoba Perioperative TTE course (UoM PTTE course) that is accredited by Royal College of Physicians of Canada for 20 hours MOC section 3 credits. He has special interest in cardiovascular physiology, perioperative hemodynamics in congenital heart disease and in study of central neuraxial blocks associated hemodynamic alterations in congenital and acquired cardiac pathologies. In addition his research interest includes human behavior, non-technical skills and emotional intelligence in research and perioperative medicine.
Competing interests: None.
Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor of Anesthesiology & Vice Chair for Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Dr. Bartels is a practicing anesthesiologist with fellowship training in cardiothoracic anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and pain medicine.
Areas of expertise/interest: include novel IT and electronic health record-based interventions, clinical outcomes, and patient safety in perioperative medicine. Methodological expertise entails the design and execution of conventional observational studies, quasi-experimental studies, RCTs, and large pragmatic clinical trials.
Competing interests: Dr. Bartels research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (USA).
Matthew T.V. Chan, MB BS, PhD, FANZCA, FHKCA, FHKAM
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Areas of expertise/interest: Neuroanesthesia, perioperative monitoring of the brain and spine, clinical trials, clinical epidemiology and mechanisms of chronic postsurgical pain
Competing interests: None.
Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care and Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
Areas of expertise/interest: Health services research, perioperative resource utilization, routine preoperative testing, opioid epidemic, cataract surgery care, Medicare, OptumLabs.
Competing interests: None.
André Coetzee, MB ChB M Med(Anest) FFA (SA) FFARCS (I) PhD MD PhD DSc
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor Emeritus, Past Executive Head, Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Stellenbosch
Past Head, Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
Past Senior Consultant, Surgical Intensive Care, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
Areas of expertise/interest: Cardiac mechanics, circulatory function, acute respiratory care, anesthesia for cardiac and pulmonary procedures, adult intensive care. The doctorates reflect this interest.
During his career, Dr. Coetzee was a Nuffield Dominion Trust Scholar at Oxford (Prof. P Foex and Sir K Sykes) and visiting Professor at the University of Arizona (Prof. Burnel Brown).
Dr. Coetzee serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.
Competing interests: None.
Sina Coldewey, MD, PhD
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology and Translational Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
Head, Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
Head, Translational Septomics Research Group, Septomics Research Centre, Jena, Germany
Areas of expertise/interest: Prof. Coldewey is anesthesiologist and intensivist and heads the Division of Anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Jena University Hospital, Germany. She has a strong research focus on translational medicine and therapeutics. In her research group scientists and clinicians work closely together to further elucidate the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology of life-threatening syndromes induced by infections, such as sepsis or hemolytic-uremic syndrome. The main objective of her work is - by conducting preclinical studies as well as clinical trials – to identify promising biomarkers and target molecules to improve the diagnostic and treatment of pathogen-induced organ failure and, consequently attenuate disease outcome and minimize long-term sequelae of survivors.
Competing interests: Dr. Coldewey has received research funding from the German Research Foundation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, and the SensLab GmbH, Germany. Prof. Coldewey is member of the editorial boards of the scientific journals Shock and Frontiers in Immunology and member of the Scientific Advisory Board William Harvey Research Limited. London, UK.
Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD FASA
Guest Editor (Statistics)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa
Director, Division of Management Consulting University of Iowa
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Dexter performs research in the science of anesthesia group and operating room management, including statistical methods to analyze management and social sciences data in the field.
Competing interests: As listed at https://www.FranklinDexter.net/FAQ/FAQ_a1.pdf,
Dr. Dexter has tenure and receives no funds personally, including honoraria, other than his salary and allowable expense reimbursements from the University of Iowa. He and his family have no financial holdings in any company related to his work, other than indirectly through mutual funds for retirement. Income from the Division's professional services, including that for the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, is used to fund Division research. A complete list of consultations is in his curriculum vitae at https://www.FranklinDexter.net/Contact_Info.htm
Derek Dillane, MB BCh, BAO, MMedSci, FCARCSI
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Areas of expertise/interest: Regional anesthesia, acute pain medicine, perioperative medicine
Competing interests: Dr. Dillane receives funding on a per patient basis for enrolling patients to the Regain Trial for hip fracture surgery (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania). He is paid honoraria from ASRA, on average once or twice per year, for teaching at workshops and conferences. Apart from these, he has no personal or financial involvement which may inappropriately affect his scientific judgement or interpretation of data.
John C. Drummond, MD, FRCPC
Guest Editor
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego
Staff Anesthesiologist, VA Medical Center, San Diego
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Drummond’s area of clinical interest is Anesthesia for neurosurgery. His research activities have included preclinical and clinical investigations examining the effects of anesthetic agents on cerebral physiology, the efficacy of anesthetic agents as cerebral protectants, the interaction of anesthetic agents and adjuvants with electrophysiologic monitoring techniques and the relationships between intraoperative blood pressure and central nervous system ischemic injury.
Competing interests: None.
Alana M. Flexman, MD, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Clinical Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia
Director of Research. Department of Anesthesia, St. Paul’s Hospital/Providence Health Care
President-elect, Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC)
Past Chair, Neuroanesthesia Section, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Areas of expertise/interest: Perioperative brain health, clinical outcomes after neurosurgery and spine surgery, mentorship and diversity in anesthesiology.
Competing Interests: Dr. Flexman has received research funding from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society, Hospira, Inc., Vancouver Acute Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care and one prior honorarium from Hospira, Inc.
Adrian W. Gelb MBChB, FRCA, FRCPC
Guest Editor (Global Health)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) Edward A Dickson Emeritus Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care University of California, San Francisco
Areas of expertise/interest: Anesthesia for neurosurgery; neurologic wellbeing during and after anesthesia and surgery, e.g., perioperative stroke, delirium; research has included preclinical and clinical studies (CIHR, NIH, FAER, PSI); patient safety; global health esp. at the national and multinational level.
Competing interests: Secretary, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA); past chair WFSA Patient Safety & Quality of Practice committee; liaison with multiple WHO programs; past president, SNACC and ISAP; consultant for brain function monitoring, Masimo Inc.
M. Ruth Graham MD, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine University of Manitoba, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, MB
Areas of expertise/interest: Cardiorespiratory physiology, alternative modes of mechanical ventilation, acute lung injury models, hemodynamics of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, general anesthesia neurotoxicity and the developing brain.
Competing interests: None.
Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS (Clinical Research)
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics
Anesthesiologist, Fraser Health Authority, Royal Columbian Hospital and Eagle Ridge Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Areas of expertise/interest: Perioperative medicine / preoperative optimization (smoking cessation, medication management, pain control), obstetric anesthesia (labour analgesia), quality improvement.
Dr. Lee’s research has used the following study designs: randomized controlled trials, retrospective cohort studies, systematic review and meta-analysis, qualitative methods (thematic analysis)
Competing interests: None.
Edward R. Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Chief, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Service
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
Areas of expertise/interest: Regional anesthesia; acute pain medicine; postoperative pain; nerve block; multimodal analgesia; opioid epidemic; ultrasound; perioperative medicine; medical education.
Dr. Mariano has developed techniques and patient care pathways to improve postoperative pain control, patient safety, and other surgical outcomes and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has held leadership positions in the California Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He is a recipient of the Veterans Health Administration’s John D. Chase Award for Physician Executives Excellence and has worked on key national healthcare initiatives in the U.S. including the accreditation of regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine fellowships, pain management guidelines and hospital-based standards, development of quality and cost measures in perioperative care, and the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic.
Competing interests: Editorial Board Member, Anaesthesia and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Financial disclosures: None.
Daniel I. McIsaac, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, School of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Ottawa
Anesthesiologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Associate Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Full status Adjunct Scientist, ICES
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. McIsaac's research focuses on improving care and outcomes for high-risk surgical patients, with a specific focus on older adults and those with frailty. Dr. McIsaac has methodological expertise in observational study design and analysis, administrative data and health services research, knowledge synthesis and clinical trials.
Competing interests: None.
Sheila Nainan Myatra MD, FCCM, FICCM
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
President, All India Difficult Airway Association (AIDAA)
Chair, Intensive & Critical Care Medicine Committee (ICCCM),
World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA)
Areas of expertise/interest: Airway management; hemodynamic monitoring; sedation in the critically ill; sepsis and preventing nosocomial Infections
Conflicts of interest: None.
Duminda N. Wijeysundera, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
Professor, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Staff Physician, Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital
Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Areas of expertise/interest: Perioperative cardiac complications, preoperative risk stratification, observational study methodology, health services research, randomized controlled trials, clinical epidemiology
Competing interests: None.
Jean Wong, MD, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Areas of expertise/interest: Perioperative smoking cessation, perioperative sleep apnea, tranexamic acid for spine and orthopedic surgery, ambulatory anesthesia, postoperative delirium in non-cardiac surgery.
Competing interests: Dr. Wong has received research grants from Merck Inc.
Bourke W. Tillman, BHSc, MD
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
PhD Candidate, Institute of Health Policy, Management,
and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Clinical Associate, Department of Critical Care Medicine,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Tillmann is an intensive care physician and trauma team leader at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Having completed his clinical training in emergency medicine and adult critical care medicine at the University of Western Ontario, he is currently undertaking his PhD studies in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. His research interests include equity in access to critical care and trauma care services, strategies for the acute management of trauma, brain injury, and large database research.
Competing interests: None.
Vivian H. Y. Ip, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of Calgary
Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine , University of Calgary, Hospital
Vice-Chair, Regional Anesthesia Section, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Chair, Environmental Sustainability Section, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
Areas of expertise/interest: Regional anesthesia, Acute pain medicine, Nerve block catheters, Environmental sustainability, Neuromodulation, Perioperative medicine.
Dr. Ip is a practicing anesthesiologist with fellowship training in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and Ambulatory anesthesia. She is currently a faculty and in leadership positions in the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA).
Competing interests: Editor, ASRA Pain Medicine Newsletter.
Stephen S. Yang, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Jewish General Hospital
Intensivist, Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital
Areas of expertise/interest: Perioperative medicine, advanced hemodynamic monitoring, critical care medicine, Clinical epidemiology
Competing interests: None.
Louise Sun, MD, SM, FRCPC, FAHA
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Areas of expertise/interest: Cardiac anesthesia, Heart failure, Patient-defined outcomes
Competing interests: None.
Justyna Bartoszko, MD MSc FRCPC
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management; University Health Network, Sinai Health System, Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Areas of expertise/interest: Cardiac Anesthesia, Blood Management, Coagulopathy, Hemostasis, Transfusion, Transplant Anesthesia
Competing interests: I am supported in part by a Merit Award from the University of Toronto Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. I have received grants from the Society for the Advancement for Blood Management and CIHR. I have received a small travel honorarium from Octapharma AG.
Kimia Honarmand, MSc, MD
Editorial Board Member
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Lakeridge Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Kimia Honarmand is an intensive care physician and clinical epidemiologist. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing neuropsychological and functional outcomes in critical illness survivors. She has expertise in health research methodology including observational designs, survey design, qualitative and mixed methods research, and systematic review and meta-analyses. In addition, she has expertise in clinical practice guideline development and has served as a guideline methodologist for the Canadian Critical Care Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Competing interests: None.
Gianni R. Lorello, MD, FRCPC, PhD(c)
Guest Editor (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto;
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of expertise/interest: Dr. Lorello has a clinical practice which is largely focused around neuroanesthesia and perioperative medicine. His research focuses on illuminating and describing the institutional complexes that coordinate the everyday work of sex and gender minority physicians while taking an intersectional lens. His administrative work and research focus on equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.
Competing interests: None.