Merit Awards: Reviewers

On behalf of the Department of Anesthesia, we acknowledge and thank the reviewers who provided independent assessments of the applications to the 2018-2020 Merit Awards Program. Their expertise and dedication to a fair and transparent review process was essential to the overall success of the competition. In addition, we sincerely thank Dr. Alex Kiss, PhD, Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute. Dr. Kiss served as Statistical consultant to the2018-2020 Merit Awards Program competition.

The reviewers are:

  • Benjamin Goldstein, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
  • Dianshi Wang, Senior Research Associate, Department of Physiology
  • Elise Paradis, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
  • Frances Chung, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
  • Gerald O’Leary, Chief and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, UHN/SHS/WCH and University of Toronto
  • Gordon Tait, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
  • Haibo Zhang, Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto
  • James O’Leary, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
  • John Kingdom, Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, University of Toronto
  • Laurent Brochard, Director and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Matt Kurrek, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
  • Mike Farkouh, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Peter Slinger, Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
  • Susan Belo, Chief and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and University of Toronto

Thank you,

Department of Anesthesia