Associate Professor

Hance Clarke

Anesthesia

MD, FRCPC, PhD

Location
University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital
Address
200 Elizabeth Street, PMB-100L , Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2C4
Research Interests
Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Medical Cannibis
Clinical Interests
Acute Pain, Chronic Pain
Appointment Status
Primary
Accepting
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Dr. Clarke is the director of Pain Services and the medical director of the Pain Research Unit at the Toronto General Hospital. He is appointed to the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Royal College Clinician Scientist Program. His research interests include identifying novel acute pain treatments following major surgery, identifying the factors involved in the transition of acute postsurgical pain to chronic pain, studying the genetics of acute and chronic pain after surgery, and identifying risk factors associated with continued opioid use and poor health related quality of life after major surgery as well as the efficacy of hyperbaric medicine. Over the past five years he has authored 47 peer reviewed manuscripts.