Labs

The University of Toronto Department of Anesthesia is proud to be a part of one of the world’s largest and most productive biomedical research networks. Follow the links below to learn more about some of our researchers.

Principal Investigator(s)	Research Focus
Dr. Mrinalini Balki	postpartum hemorrhage, myometrial contractility, oxytocin, uterotonics
Dr. Gerard Curley	acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, mesenchymal stem cells, monocytes/macrophage
Dr. Gregory M. T. Hare & Dr. C. David Mazer	anemia, tissue oxygen delivery, transfusion, blood substitutes, cardiovascular outcomes
Dr. Brian Kavanagh	mechanical ventilation, lung injury, critical care
Dr. John Laffey	acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, cell-based therapies, gene therapies, in vivo physiology, imaging
Dr. J ason Maynes	mechanisms of anesthetic action, cardiac function, mitochondrial dynamics, high content imaging
Dr. Beverley Orser	neuroscience, GABAA receptor, anesthesia, translational research
Dr. Sheila Riazi	malignant hyperthermia, congenital myopathies and exercise/ heat induced rhabdomyolysis