Nan Gai

Dr. Nan Gai completed her anesthesia residency training at the University of Western Ontario and pediatric anesthesia fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children. Her research and academic interests focus on education and the use of social media in medicine. With the popularity of social media use in society today, the medical profession is no exception. Her interests involve both assessing how social media is being applied and using social media as a tool to promote discussion and education within the field of anesthesiology.

Dr. Gai is the Chair of the Canadian Paediatric Anesthesia Society Telemedicine Rounds. Her twitter handle is @nanesthetist.

Recent Publications

1. Gai N, Matava C. Twitter Hashtags for Anesthesiologists. A A Pract. August 2018:1. doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000000853.
2. Gai N, Lavi R, Jones PM, Lee H, Naudie D, Bainbridge D. The use of point-of-care ultrasound to diagnose patent foramen ovale in elective hip and knee arthroplasty patients and its association with postoperative delirium. Can J Anesth Can d’anesthésie. 2018;65(6):619-626. doi:10.1007/s12630-018-1073-7.
3. Jones PM, Chow JTY, Arango MF, Fridfinnson JA, Gai N, Lam K, Turkstra, T. Comparison of Registered and Reported Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials Published in Anesthesiology Journals. Anesth Analg. 2017;125(4):1292-1300. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000002272.

Honours and Awards

Robert Creighton Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, 2018