David Wong

Dr. Wong’s areas of clinical and research interest include difficult airway management, high flow nasal oxygenation, ultrasound of airway, morbid obesity and surgical airway. Currently, he is the Director of preadmission program, Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Wong has published extensively- 147 peer reviewed manuscripts and provided over 200 invited lectures. He is a member of the Canadian Airway Focus Group and had co-authored the Canadian Difficult Airway Guidelines in 2013 and 2020.

Recent Publications

1. Spence EA, Rajaleelan W, Wong J, Chung F, Wong DT. The Effectiveness of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen During the Intraoperative Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2020 10;131(4):1102-10
2. Thiruvenkatarajan V, Wong DT, Kothandan H, Sekhar V, Adhikary SD, Currie J, et al. Airway management in the operating room and interventional suites in known or suspected COVID-19 adult patients: a practical review. Anesth Analg 2020 Sep;131(3):677-689
3. Spence EA, Rajaleelan W, Wong J, Chung F, Wong DT. The Effectiveness of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen During the Intraoperative Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesth Analg 2020; 131(4):1102-10
4. Yao W, Wang T, Jiang B, Gao F, Wang L, Wong DT et al. Emergency tracheal intubation in 202 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: lessons learnt and international expert recommendations. Br J Anaesth. 2020 07;125(1):e28-e37
5. Singh M, Tuteja A, Wong DT, Goel A, Trivedi A, Tomlinson G. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening: Are We There Yet? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2019 Dec;129(6):1673-91
6. Wong DT, Dallaire A, Singh KP, Madhusudan P, Jackson T, Singh M, Wong J, Chung F. High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Improves Safe Apnea Time in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2019 Oct;129(4):1130-1136. (PA)
7. Wong DT, Mehta A, Singh KP, Leong SM, Ooi A, Niazi A, You-Ten E, Okrainec A, Patel R, Singh M, Wong J. The effect of virtual reality bronchoscopy simulator training on performance of bronchoscopic-guided intubation in patients: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Mar;36(3):227-233. (PA)
8. Memtsoudis SG, Cozowicz C, Nagappa M, Wong J, Joshi GP, Wong DT, Doufas AG, Yilmaz M, Stein MH, Krajewski ML, Singh M, Pichler L, Ramachandran SK, Chung F. Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guideline on Intraoperative Management of Adult Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesth Analg. 2018 Oct;127(4):967-987. (Co-PA)
9. Wong DT, Ooi A, Singh KP, Dallaire A, Meliana V, Lau J, Chung F, Singh M, Wong J. Comparison of oropharyngeal leak pressure between the Ambu AuraGain and the LMA Supreme supraglottic airways: a randomized controlled trial. Can J Anesth 2018 (7) 65: 797-805. (PA)
10. Wong DT, Yee AJ, Leong SM, Chung F. The effectiveness of apneic oxygenation during tracheal intubation in various clinical settings: a narrative review. Can J Anesth 2017 Apr; 64: 416 – 427 (PA)
11. Ellard L, Wong DT. Airway management of patients with Ebola virus disease. J Anesth Perioper Med 2016 Nov; 3: 270-5. (SRA)
12. Riad W, Vaez MN, Raveendran R, Tam AD, Quereshy FA, Chung F, Wong DT. Neck circumference as a predictor of difficult intubation and difficult mask ventilation in morbidly obese patients: A prospective observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2016 Apr; 33(4): 244-9 (SRA)

Appointments

Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network
Medical Director, Anesthesia Consult Clinic

Honours and Awards

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Distinguished Service Award, Society for Airway Management, awarded at Amsterdam, November 16, 2019.

David Fear Teaching Award, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, May 2019

Second Prize, Scientific Abstracts oral presentation, Annual Society for Airway Management Meeting, Chicago, September 14, 2018. High Flow Nasal Oxygen improves safe Apnea Time in Morbidly Obese surgical patients: a randomized controlled trial. Wong DT, Dallaire A, Singh KP, Madhusudan P, Jackson T, Singh M, Wong J, Chung F.

Third Prize, Scientific Abstracts oral presentation, International Airway Management Meeting, Xian, China, April 28, 2018. High Flow Nasal Oxygen improves safe Apnea Time in Morbidly Obese surgical patients: a randomized controlled trial. Wong DT, Dallaire A, Singh KP, Madhusudan P, Jackson T, Singh M, Wong J, Chung F.

Second Prize, Scientific Abstracts oral presentation, Annual Society for Airway Management Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, September 15, 2017. Does training on a virtual reality bronchoscopy simulator improve performance of bronchoscope-guided intubation in patients? Wong DT, Mehta A, Singh K, Ooi A, Leong M, Basu M, Niazi A, Patel R, Murphy M, Okrainec A.