Faculty

Michael Bourke, MD

Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Research and Clinical Interests:
Artificial heart technology and the development of left ventricular assist devices, cardiac transplantation, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, database development (Critical Care and Automated Anesthesia Database systems), intra-operative and critical care monitoring systems, treatment of post-operative hypertension, sympathetic innervation of the heart, congenital heart disease, and treatment of post-cardiopulmonary bypass shivering and chronic pain. Recent experience has included ECMO support for ARDS, including H1N1, and for cardio-pulmonary failure.

Charles Cattran, MD

Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Clinical Interests:
Applied Respiratory Physiology , HFO Ventilation, ECMO support in ARDS; Critical illness related corticosteroid insufficiency, post cardiac surgery vasoplegia

Jean-Yves Dupuis, MD (Associate Professor)

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa

Research and Clinical Interests
Perioperative epidemiology and the analysis of medical practice in the cardiac surgical population.

Bernard J. McDonald, MD, PhD, FRCPC (Assistant Professor)

Medical Director, Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Clinical Interests
Applied Cardiovascular Physiology, Care of the Chronic Critically Ill

Research Interests
Diastolic function and Ventricular-vascular coupling; Chronic Critical Illness

Peter Wilkes, MD

Director of Research, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Clinical Interests:
Renal, electrolyte, fluid and acid-base in Intensive Care Medicine, chaos and complexity in medicine