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Welcome to the Department of Anesthesia within the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. The department has experienced steady growth over the last 10 years and is currently comprised of 34 full-time faculty and 165 part-time faculty.
Our major strength is people and several members of the department are in significant leadership roles within the hospitals and academic programs. Our hospital partners include Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare locally, but we also reach out into the community through the Waterloo Regional Campus and the Niagara Regional Campus.
Anesthesia is a primarily faciliatory discipline. Despite the obvious attractions, few patients present themselves for anesthesia services. Rather, anesthesia serves to make possible the provision of other various medical services, including all varieties if surgery, as well as obstetrical and diagnostic studies of various sorts, especially in the pediatric specialty areas. It has been said that the greatest advance in surgery in the past 50 years has been anesthesia, and certainly morbidity and mortality due to anesthesia have diminished drastically with advances in monitoring, pharmacology, and training.
Recent highlights for the McMaster Department of Anesthesia include significant faculty recruitment; a significant increase in contributions to education, research, and administration at the local, national, and international levels; and the use of simulation technologies to teach clinical skills and to explore their potential use in distance medicine.
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Vision
To strive for excellence in the fields of clinical anesthesia, critical care, pain medicine, research and education.
Mission
The provision of excellent and compassionate anesthesia, critical care and pain management for our community, and develop our specialty with a focus on education and research.
Values
Inquiry and scholarship, Life-long learning, Commitment to community, Strategic partnerships, Innovation, Integrity and respect, Collegiality, Accountability and Ethical Practice, Culture of safety, Balance personal and professional lives
News
Recognition of Achievement – Dr. Alexander Freytag
Department News
2023 Program Administrators Conference
Education
Recognition of Achievement – Dr. Mauricio Forero
Department News
Recognition of Achievement – Dr. Dena Zeraatkar
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Recognition of Achievement – Dr. Lehana Thabane
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Recognition of Achievement – Dr. Maria Gonzalez
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Person of The Month - July 2023: Katherine Bocus
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Person of The Month - June 2023: Giulia Spadafora
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Recognition of Achievement - Dr. Cyndie Horner
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Recognition of Achievement - Dr. Emilie Belley-Côté
Department News
Person of The Month - May 2023: Ms. Sarah Richardson
Department News
Kan Ma receives PARO Teaching Award
Education
Suzan Ergun wins RMA Scholarship Award
Education
Anesthesia Pain Management Collaborations
Michael G. Degroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Learn More
The mission of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care is to become a cutting-edge institute in the area of chronic pain and a magnet for researchers in the field.
The Michael G. DeGroote endowment has provided the opportunity for the Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC) to focus on the problem of pain. Encompassing an array of technologies, disciplines, and specialties, the institute will explore the causes of a number of different types of pain, develop new strategies for its prevention, diagnosis, and management, and develop innovative care for patients with a special emphasis on thalamic and persistent post-surgical pain.
The multi-disciplinary researchers of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care are seamlessly integrated with the world-class research already underway in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster, bringing to their work the insights and approaches from a number of different disciplines and faculties.
Michael G. Degroote National Pain Centre (NPC) Learn More
The Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre (NPC) was established in 2010 as the result of a generous gift from Mr. Michael DeGroote. The National Pain Centre draws on McMaster University’s expertise in evidence-based medicine to identify, collate, review, revise, update, and develop clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain and dissemination of best practice techniques through knowledge translation.
The mission of the Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre is to improve the management of pain through best practice information. The vision for the National Pain Centre is to be an integral pillar of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care; a world leader in resolving the problem of chronic pain through basic science, clinical care, and education.
