Deepa Kattail

Dr. Deepa Kattail is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician. She is currently a staff physician at The Hospital for Sick Children where she practices both pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric pain medicine, as a member of both the acute pain service and chronic pain clinic. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine where she is currently an executive board member and chair of the communications committee. Dr. Kattail is involved in various organizations advocating for improvements in pain care at the national and provincial levels in Canada, as pediatric co-chair of the Ontario Chronic Pain Network, affiliated with Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, member of the National Advisory Committee for Pain Canada and an inaugural board director of a newly launched non-profit, Pain Ontario. Dr. Kattail is also actively involved in the dissemination of knowledge through social media and internet portals including substantial contributions to www.SolvingPain.ca, associate editor for the Pain Medicine section of www.OpenAnesthesia.org and editor of www.Baby-Blocks.com. She was recently honoured as a 2023 fellow of The May Day Pain & Society fellowship for her work and leadership in pediatric pain medicine.