Critical Care Faculty


















Pierre Cardinal, MD, FRCPC (Associate Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Chief of Research and Development, CRI Critical Care Education Network
Dr Cardinal is a Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Senior Clinical Educator, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). Dr Cardinal develops and evaluates the impact of educational and clinical interventions aimed at improving patient safety and health care team performance.
Clinical Interests: Critical thinking in medicine • Research Interests Education in Critical Care/Critical care patient simulation
Gianni D'Egidio, MD, FRCPC
Program Director, Adult Critical Care Medicine Training Program; Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Internist, Division of General Internal Medicine
Shane English, MD, FRCPC
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Director, Civic Campus ICU
Clinical and Research Interests: Intensive care management of the neuro-critical care patient
Michael Hartwick, MD, FRCPC
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Consultant physician, Division of Palliative Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: End of life care and palliative skills in Critical Care Medicine
Research Interests: Teaching and assessment of communication skills in acute care medicine.
Jonathan Hooper, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesia
Clinical Interests: Analgesia and sedation • Major vascular surgery and myocardial protection
Kwadwo Kyerementang, MD, FRCPC
Department Head and Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
John Kim, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Director, General Campus ICU
Research Interests: Critical care patient simulation
Dalibour Kubelik, MD, FRCPC
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
Lauralyn McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, MHSc (Epid) ( Assistant Professor )
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Associate Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Clinical Interests: Hemodynamic monitoring and shock
Research Interests: Clinical and epidemiological research on resuscitation in the critically ill
Hilary Meggison, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Endocrinologist, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Internist, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Endocrinology in critical illness • Chronic critical illness • Clinical ethics
Research Interests: Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Syndromes of acute and chronic critical illness
Sherissa Microys, BMed Sci, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Major, Canadian Forces, Regular Force; Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology;
Clinical Interests: Quality and safety education • Cardiac resuscitation (ACLS) • Mass Casualty management • Critical Care Airevac
Scott Millington, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
Clinical Interests: Point-of-care ultrasound and it's application in acute care settings
Research Interest: Medical education; specifically curriculum design and evaluation
Dave Neilipovitz, MD, FRCPC (Associate Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesia
Clinical Interests: Acute resuscitation and education (ACES Course) • Airway management • Hemodynamic monitoring & echocardiography • Major vascular surgery
Research Interests: Acute resuscitation and simulation • Airway management • Perioperative myocardial protection
Giuseppe Pagliarello, MD, FRCPC, FACS (Associate Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Surgeon, Trauma Surgeon, Division of General Surgery
Clinical Interests: Hemodynamic monitoring and shock, Traumatology
Research Interests: Trauma research • Clinical and epidemiological research on transfusion medicine.
Rakesh Patel, MD, M.Sc., Pharm.D, (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Internist, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Multi-organ failure • Renal failure • Clinical therapeutics
Research Interests: Education in Critical Care • Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Joseph Po, BMed Sci, MD, CCFP, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Lieutenant-Colonel, Canadian Forces, Regular Force. 1 Cdn Fd Hosp det Ottawa; Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
Clinical Interests: Medical Informatics and Technology assessment • Critical Care Aero-medical Transport • Military Medicine
Research Interests: Education in Critical Care •Medical informatics • Electronic Health Records
Erin Rosenberg, MD, MHA, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
Clinical and Research Interests: Knowledge translation • Early mobilization of critically ill patients • Sedation, analgesia and delirium.
Aimee Sarti, MD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care
Research Interests: examining factors of organizational success in critical care
Andrew Seely MD, PhD, FRCPC (Associate Professor)
Intensivist, Department of Critical Care; Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery; Associate Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Clinical Interests: Minimally invasive foregut surgery • Gastroesophageal reflux • Continuous hemodynamic monitoring
Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental research applying complex systems science to critical and perioperative care • Multidimensional dynamical analysis