Professor
Wilton van Klei
Anesthesia
MD, PhD, MSc
Location
University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital
Address
200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 2C4
Research Interests
Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Clinical Epidemiology, Perioperative Medicine
Clinical Interests
Cardiac Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine
Appointment Status
Primary
After obtaining a MSc in Clinical Epidemiology, a PhD in 2002 and completing postgraduate training as anesthesiologist in the Netherlands (Utrecht, 2006), Wilton van Klei did a clinical and research fellowship in perioperative medicine (Ottawa, Ontario, 2007). He returned to Utrecht in the Netherlands to complete a fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia (2009). From 2007 to 2012, he was the Medical Director of the Outpatient Preoperative Evaluation Clinic of the University Medical Center Utrecht. Subsequently, he served as the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in Utrecht (2013-2021). In July 2021 he started as the R Fraser Elliott Chair in Cardiac Anesthesia at the University Health Network Toronto.