Lecturer

Ehtesham Baig

Anesthesia

Hon.BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC (Anesthesia and Pain Medicine)

Location
University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital
Address
399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 2S8
Research Interests
Cancer Pain Management, Neuromodulation, Medical education
Clinical Interests
chronic pain, cancer pain, Neuromodulation
Appointment Status
Primary

Dr. Baig completed his undergraduate and graduate degree in Immunology prior to starting medical school at Queen’s University. He then completed his training in Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto in 2016. Subsequently he completed training in Pain Medicine in 2018 as part of the inaugural class at the University of Toronto. Currently, he is pursuing an interventional cancer pain management fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City which is partly funded by the Detweiler Traveling Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is involved in curriculum development at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a particular interest in the education of pain medicine trainees. His clinical area of interest is cancer and palliative pain management using both medical and interventional treatment modalities.


Recent Publications

  1. Tran J, Peng PWH, Lam K, Baig E, Agur AMR, Gofeld M. Anatomic study of the innervation of anterior knee joint capsule: implication for image guided intervention. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management. 2018 May;43(4):407- 414.
  2. Short AJ, Barnett JJG, Gofeld M, Baig E, Lam K, Agur AMR, Peng PWH. Anatomic study of the innervation of anterior hip joint capsule: implication for image guided intervention. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management. 2018 Feb;43(2):186-192.
  3. Hu X, Ramadeen A, Laurent G, So PP, Baig E, Hare GM, Dorian P. The Effects of an Automatic, Low Pressure and Constant Flow Ventilation Device versus Manual Ventilation During Cardiovascular Resuscitation in a Porcine Model of Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation. 2013 Aug;84(8):1150-5.
  4. Galligan CL, Pennell LM, Murooka TT, Baig E, Majchrzak-Kita B, Rahbar R, Fish EN. Interferon-beta is a key regulator of proinflammatory events in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Multiple Sclerosis. 2010 Dec;16(12):1458-73.
  5. Baig E, Fish EN. Distinct signature type I interferon responses are determined by the infecting virus and the target cell. Antiviral Therapy. 2008;13(3):409-22.

Honours and Awards

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  • Detweiler Traveling Fellowship: 2018 - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada        
  • Professor’s Prize in Anesthesiology
: 2011 - Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada Scholarship: 2009 - Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship: 2005 - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada