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Current & Past Fellows

  1. ​​​​​​​​2023

    Dr. Antonio Suguimoto 

    Dr. Antonio Suguimoto

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Transplant anesthesia, cardiovascular anesthesia and perioperative TEE

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023
    Contact Dr. Suguimoto

    Dr. Amir Zabida 

    Dr. Amir Zabida

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Cardiothoracic anesthesia and transplant anesthesia

    Fellowship Date: November 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023
    Contact Dr. Zabida

    Dr. Julius Dale-Gandar 

    Dr. Julius Dale-Gandar

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Perioperative medicine, anesthesia for Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary surgery, perioperative transthoracic echocardiography

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
    Contact Dr. Dale-Gandar

    Dr. Mitchell Petersen 

    Dr. Mitchell Petersen

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for transplant and major abdominal surgery, transfusion management, regional anesthesia

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
    Contact Dr. Petersen

    Dr. Cristopher Javier Araya Gonzalez

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia, Extracorporeal Life Support, Reperfusion Injury, Cardiac Risk Stratification for non-cardiac surgery, and Liver transplant and perioperative coagulopathy

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023
    Contact Dr. Araya Gonzalez

    Dr. Razvan Bologheanu 

    Dr. Razvan Bologheanu

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Transplant anesthesiology, critical care, artificial intelligence, POCUS

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
    Contact Dr. Bologheanu

    Dr. Natalia Kuzmina

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: TEE during liver transplant, ROTEM/TEG in the perioperative period for liver transplant, hemodynamics management during liver transplant, cirrhotic cardiomyopathy

    Fellowship Date: February 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023
    Contact Dr. Araya Gonzalez
  2. ​​​​​​​​2022

    Dr. Paula Perez Jimenez 

    Dr. Paula Perez Jimenez

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for abdominal surgery, liver transplants and regional anesthesia.

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022
    Contact Dr. Perez Jimenez

    Dr. Juan Camilo Bravo Montilla 

    Dr. Juan Camilo Bravo Montilla

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Cardiac anesthesia, transplant anesthesia, perioperative imaging developing and teaching applications.

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022
    Contact Dr. Bravo Montilla

    Dr. Andrew Suen 

    Dr. Andrew Suen

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplant, Reperfusion Injury.

    Fellowship Date: January 4, 2022 – June 30, 2022
    Contact Dr. Suen

    Dr. Roberto Tamayo Gonzalez 

    Dr. Roberto Tamayo Gonzalez

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Liver transplantation, Liver Transplantation related Coagulopathy, Regional Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia.

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022
    Contact Dr. Tamayo Gonzalez

    Dr. Eva Alvarez Torres 

    Dr. Eva Alvarez Torres

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for organ transplantation, cardio thoracic and vascular surgery and perioperative TEE.

    Fellowship Date: November 1, 2021 – January 31, 2022
    Contact Dr. Alvarez Torres

    Dr. Gregory Kalogeropoulos 

    Dr. Gregory Kalogeropoulos​

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for liver transplants, major abdominal surgery & trauma.

    Fellowship Date: January 12, 2022 – December 31, 2022
    Contact Dr. Kalogeropoulos
  3. ​ ​​​​2021

    Dr. Nicola Jarvis

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2021 – December 30, 2021
    Contact Dr. Jarvis

    Dr. Diego Fernandez Mujica

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2021 – December 30, 2021
    Contact Dr. Fernandez Mujica
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    Dr. Alice Grassi 

    Dr. Alice Grassi

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for liver transplantation, cardiovascular anesthesia and critical care, mechanical ventilation.

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
    Contact Dr. Grassi

    Dr. Alice Grassi 

    Dr. Subashini Premaratne

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplant, Critical Care Medicine and neurocritical care

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021
    Contact Dr. Premaratne

    Dr. Elizabeth Van Rooy 

    Dr. Elizabeth Van Rooy

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Liver transplants

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
    Contact Dr. Van Rooy
  4. 2020

    Dr. Rebecca Caragata

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for liver transplantation, complex hepatobiliary surgery, cardiovascular surgery and perioperative echocardiography​​

    Fellowship Date: April 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
    Contact Dr. Caragata

    Dr. Alexander McLaren-Blades 

    Dr. Alexander McLaren-Blades, DM, MBBS, BSc

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for abdominal surgery, perioperative pain management

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
    Contact Dr. McLaren-Blades

    Dr. Karla Pungsornruk 

    Dr. Karla Pungsornruk, MBBS, FANZCA

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplant, airway management, anesthesia for ENT surgery

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2020 – December 2020
    Contact Dr. Pungsornruk

    Dr. Niruja Sathiyadevan 

    Dr. Niruja Sathiyadevan, MD, FRCPC

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Coagulopathy and liver transplantation

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020
    Contact Dr. Sathiyadevan

    Dr. Leticia Uzeika 

    Dr. Leticia Uzeika

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Anesthesia for hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, coagulopathy, cardiac anesthesia.

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
    Contact Dr. Uzeika

    Dr. Ezequiel Vidal 

    Dr. Ezequiel Vidal, MD

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto
    Interests: Liver and abdominal transplant surgery; regional anesthesia
    ​Fellowship Date: July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020
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  5. 2019

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    Dr. Yannis Amador, MD

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019
    Contact Dr. Amador

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    Dr. Sinead McCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, MSc, FCAI

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

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    Dr. Steven Moore, MD, FRCPC

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of British Columbia

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

    Dr. Aidan Spring 

    Dr. Aidan Spring, LRCP & SI MB Bch NUI, FCAI, JFICMI, EDIC

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019
    Contact Dr. Spring
  6. 2018

    Dr. Kapil Gupta, DNB, DA, MNBAS

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018
    Contact Dr. Gupta

    Dr. Mohammed Haque, MD, MBBS, BSc, FRCA

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
    Contact Dr. Haque

    Dr. Daniel Sellers, MD, FRCPC

    University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
    University of Toronto

    Fellowship Date: August 1, 2017 – July 31, 2018
    Contact Dr. Sellers
  7. 2017

    Dr. Adam Badenoch, BSc (BioS), BMBS,FANZCA, GCert (Biostat)

    Consultant Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
    Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia
    Interests: Perioperative blood management, coagulation and transfusion medicine; neuroanesthesia; difficult airway management; biostatistics

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017
    Contact Dr. Badenoch

    Dr. Stuart Cleland, MBBS BSc FRCA

    Consultant in Anesthesia at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
    Plymouth University of Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry
    Interests: Anesthesia for hepatobiliary/upper GI surgery, Obstetric Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Blood Conservation

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2015 – January 2017
    Contact Dr. Cleland

    Dr. Helen Lindsay, MBChB, FANZCA

    Specialist Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
    Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
    Interests: Vascular, HPB, Regional & Simulation

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017
    Contact Dr. Lindsay
  8. 2016

    Dr. Agrawal Rohit Vijay, MD, MMed (Anesthesia), FANZCA, EDIC

    Consultant, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care
    Notional University Singapore
    Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
    Interests: Renal dysfunction; peri-liver transplant; use of OBC in perioperative settings

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016
    Contact Dr. Vijay
  9. 2015

    Dr. Akhil Kant Singh, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine & Critical Care
    All India Institute of Medical Services
    Interests: Liver transplantation, point-of-care coagulation testing, resident teaching

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015
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  10. 2014

    Dr. Tomasz Bartkowiak

    Staff Anesthesiologist, EDAIC I
    Heliodor Swiecicki Clinical Hospital at the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University, Poznan, Poland
    Poznan University of Medical Science
    Interests: Advanced hemodynamic monitoring, TTE/TEE in perioperative and ICU care, ERAS

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
    Contact Dr. Bartowiak

    Dr. Nicholas Lightfoot, MBChB, FANZCA

    Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anesthesiology
    University of Auckland
    Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
    Counties Manukau District Health Board
    Interests: Orthopaedic and regional anesthesia; Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
    Contact Dr. Lightfoot

    Dr. Hamish Mace, FANZCA

    Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
    Interests: Perioperative anemia management, factor concentrates in hemorrhage, point-of-care coagulation, perioperative smoking cessation

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
    Contact Dr. Mace

    Dr. Gowri Shankar Subash, MD

    Consultant Anesthetist in Liver Transplant, Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Anesthesia
    Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Interests: Anaesthesia for liver transplant and hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

    Fellowship Date: April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014
  11. 2013

    Dr. Louise Ellard, MBBS, FANZCA

    Department of Anaesthesia Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
    Australia Clinical Lecturer, University of Melbourne
    Interests: Currently involved in all adult subspecialty anaesthesia, especially liver transplant, major hepatobiliary and cardiac anaesthesia.

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013
    Contact Dr. Ellard

    Dr. Michael Kluger, MBBS(Hons), FANZCA

    Staff Anesthesiologist
    Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Interests: Cardiac Anesthesia, point of care Ultrasound

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
    Contact Dr. Kluger

    Dr. Sabir Said, FFARCSI (Ireland), FRCPC

    Assistance Professor, Department of Anesthesia
    University of Saskatchewan
    Regina General Hospital
    Interests: Perioperative medicine & surgical outcomes after high-risk surgical patients; Enhanced recovery after surgery

    Fellowship Date: October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013
    Contact Dr. Said
  12. 2010

    Dr. Roberta Vieira, MD

    Anesthesiologist
    Hospital da Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo University (São Paulo University)
    Interests: Liver, pancreas and intestine transplantation and also neurosurgery

    Fellowship Date: January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2010
    Contact Dr. Vieira
  13. 2002

    Dr. Sanjeev Aneja, MD, DNB, FFARCS (Dublin)

    Senior Consultant and Coordinator, Department of Anesthesia
    Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

    Fellowship Date: July 1, 2001 – April 30, 2002
    Contact Dr. Aneja

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Dr. Alexander McLaren-Blades 

Dr. Alexander McLaren-Blades, DM, MBBS, BSc

University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Fellow
University of Toronto
Interests: Anesthesia for abdominal surgery, perioperative pain management

Fellowship: July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
Contact Dr. McLaren-Blades
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