Ludwik Fedorko

Dr. Fedorko is a practicing anesthesiologist at the Toronto General Hospital University Health Network with special interests in cardiac, transplant anesthesia and hyperbaric medicine. He holds an appointment of associate professor in the department of anesthesia and pain management at the university of toronto. He received his MD at Warsaw Medical School (Poland) and phd degree from Oxford University (UK) in neuro- and respiratory physiology in 1983. He joined the faculty of the University of Toronto in 1986 at the Hospital for Sick Children and Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute (Mount Sinai Hospital). He joined the Department of Anesthesia at the University Health Network in 1996. Dr. Fedorko's interests, among others, spanned areas of brainstem and spinal cord respiratory neural networks, cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery, accelerated carbon monoxide elimination, development of self-contained life support devices for en-route intensive care used currently by us marine corps as well as supporting Ukraine's wounded soldiers evacuation efforts. He has developed and patented the method for computer aided safer labelling and medication practices in operating rooms, which is today used by all major providers of ehrs in us and canada. He also has conducted in the largest to-date randomized double blind clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for prevention of amputation and improvement of healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. He has also enjoyed his previous years of deep wreck and mixed gas diving in Ontario's Great Lakes and the mighty St. Lawrence River.