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Global Health

Canada is a well-developed country with strong health outcomes but also has populations with very poor access to perioperative care such as persons with low-income, the homeless and persons living in remote rural locations.

As the national capital, Ottawa is a vibrant cultural city that bridges English & French speaking Canada and provides unique access to the Federal Government as well as many national and international organizations operating in the global health arena.

The Global Health Fellowship is designed to advance perioperative care in underserved and marginalized populations in Canada and in low and middle-income countries in collaboration with local, national and international partner organizations such as the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF).

Programming can be delivered through a combination of education, research and advocacy initiatives in national and international policy development related to surgical care, anesthetic practice, pharmaceutical policy/access to essential medicines, and access to health services.

Key Relationships

Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation, the national medical education charity for anesthesiologists in Canada. Established medical education programs in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Guyana and Burkina Faso

World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiology, the network of 180 national anesthesiology societies

Canadian Network of International Surgery, a national charity for global health surgeons in Canada

Bethune Round Table, an annual international global health conference in Canada for surgery & perioperative care.

University of Ottawa Office of Global Health, Office of Internationalization
Key Faculty

Dylan Bould, Anesthesiologist Childrens’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation Chair, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Education Committee, Acting Program Director University of Rwanda Anesthesiology Residency Program, Associate Chair University of Rwanda Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Ottawa Department of Innovation in Medical Education Scientist, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia Editorial Board, Associate Editor British Journal of Anaesthesia Education, Editor Advances in Simulation

Purnima Rao, Anesthesiologist at The Ottawa Hospital, Simulation and Medical Education Fellowship Director, Director of Foundational Elements of Applied Simulation Theory course, Co-author and Director Inspire Through Clinical Teaching course, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation volunteer

Jason McVicar, Anesthesiologist at The Ottawa Hospital, Director Global Health in Department of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation Board of Trustees, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Pain Committee, Médicins Sans Frontières Anesthesiologist

Dan McIsaac, Anesthesiologist at The Ottawa Hospital, Associate Scientist at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, uOttawa School of Epidemiology & Public Health, Junior Research Chair in Perioperative Health Systems and Outcomes Research uOttawa, Adjunct Scientist at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Jason Nickerson, Clinical Scientist, Bruyère Research Institute, Adjunct Professor Common Law uOttawa, Humanitarian Advisor Médicins Sans Frontières, Health Systems Consultant for Afghanistan Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programs, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development for Kabul, Afghanistan, Emergency Public Health Consultant, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Global Health

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine