Karim Ladha

Dr. Ladha received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Brown University and obtained his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then completed his residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and did additional fellowship training in Cardiac Anesthesia at Toronto General Hospital. He also holds a Masters of Science degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.

He has a broad research program that centers around trying to improve recovery and pain management after surgery. He is the principal researcher for several cutting-edge studies that examine the potential role of cannabis, ketamine and opioids for pain management. He is also the Anesthesia lead for a pioneering collaboration between the Departments of Anesthesia and Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital which will investigate to ability of anesthetic drugs to treat mental health conditions such as depression.