Dr. Neil Goldenberg appointed as the the new Wasser Chair in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Neil Goldenberg has been appointed to the Wasser Chair in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children.

Dr. Goldenberg completed his MD and PhD at the University of Toronto, the latter under the supervision of Dr. Mel Silverman. He subsequently underwent a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Wolfgang Kuebler at St. Michael’s Hospital, a residency in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at SickKids. He is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto and is a Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute. He has been a staff anesthesiologist at SickKids since 2018.

Dr. Goldenberg’s research thematically centres on the cellular mechanisms of inflammation, focusing on pulmonary hypertension. Since joining SickKids, he has published in top-tier journals like Nature, Nature Communications, and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and has been funded by the International Anesthesia Research Society and the CIHR. Among other professional accomplishments, Dr. Goldenberg is a CIHR College of Reviewers member and is on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. He was the inaugural recipient of the John Alchin and Hal Marryatt Early Career Professorship in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. The Wasser Chair in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine will enable Neil to lead the way in pediatric anesthesia and pain research.

This appointment was made possible through a generous gift from Marla and Larry Wasser, members of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at SickKids and the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Goldenberg is the second chairholder.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Goldenberg and thanking those who contributed to this important endowed chair.