Speaker

David Mazer, M.D. is a Professor in the Departments of Anaesthesia and Physiology at the University of Toronto and Cara Phelan Chair in Critical Care at St. Michael’s Hospital. He received his medical training at the University of Saskatchewan and worked as a family physician in Inuvik NWT (north of arctic circle), Whakatane New Zealand, and Cudworth Saskatchewan before attending the University of Toronto to complete his residency in Anesthesia (FRCPC 1985). Dr. Mazer subsequently completed his fellowship training in cardiovascular anesthesia research at the University of California San Francisco and has been actively engaged in clinical practice and research in Cardiac anesthesia and Critical Care since 1987. Dr. Mazer has previously been Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Coordinator of Critical Care and Medical Director of CVICU at St. Michael's Hospital, and Vice-Chair for Research for the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Toronto. He currently is Cara Phelan Chair in Critical Care at St. Michael’s Hospital and Chair of the Research Ethics Board of Unity Health Toronto. He has received both the Research Recognition Award and Gold Medal from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society.

Dr. Mazer’s translational research has focused on understanding mechanisms and improving outcomes in perioperative patients with cardiovascular disease. His research program focuses on perioperative blood conservation, cardiac physiology and perioperative organ protection. Dr. Mazer is the co-founder of the CardioLink Platform of Clinical Trials and has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He was a lead anesthesia investigator in the BART trial and is the principal investigator for TRICS III and TRICS IV, global studies of transfusion triggers in cardiac surgery.