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New release: 2022-2023 Evidence with Impact report.
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Duminda Wijeysundera

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Cardiovascular Research Program

  • PhD, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
  • FRCPC, Anesthesiology
  • MD, University of British Columbia
  • Health services research
  • Surgery
  • Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
  • Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Staff Physician, Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital

ICES Grants

Grant
2021 - 2023

STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Gillis CA, Hallet J, Kidd GD, McIsaac DI, Mcneely ML, Taljaard M, Tandon P, Wijeysundera DN
Co-Investigators
Auer RAC, Boland LS, Breau RH, Bryson GL, Chesney T, Eskander A, Fergusson DA, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Gill M, Hladkowicz E, Khadaroo R, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Martel G, McCartney CJ, Moloo H, Roberts DJ, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Serrano PF, Thavorn K, Van Walraven C, Vogt KN, Zwarenstein MF
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$260,100
Grant
2021 - 2022

The Surgical EQUITY initiative: establishing equitable access to surgery following the pandemic

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Chan T, Gomez Jaramillo D, Sankar A
Co-Investigators
Baxter NN, de Mestral C, Hwang SW, Irish JC, Sarhangian V, Simpson AN, Stukel TA, Urbach DR, Wijeysundera DN
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$220,596
Grant
2019 - 2023

PREPARE Trial: a parallel arm multicenter randomized trial of frailty-focused PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive complication Rates and disability scorEs

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Fegusson DA, Khadaroo R, McIsaac DI, Muscedere J, Taljaard M
Co-Investigators
Boet S, Boland LS, Breau RH, Bryson GL, Caycedo A, Eskander A, Forster AJ, Gagné S, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Huang AR, Johnson A, Lalu MM, Lavallée LT, Ma G, Mccartney CJ, Mcelhaney JE, Moloo H, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power BE, Saha T, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Thavorn K, Van Walraven C, Wijeysundera D
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$1,136,025
Grant
2019 - 2021

Safe Analgesia For Elders receiving Peripheral Nerve Blocks for hip fracture (SAFE PNB)

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Forster AJ, McIsaac DI, van Walraven C
Co-Investigators
Abdallah FW, Beaule PE, Boet S, Fernando SM, Huang AR, McCartney CJ, Meulenkamp B, Perry JJ, Power BE, Ramlogan R, Taljaard M, Tanuseputro P, Wijeysundera DN
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$183,600
Grant
2012 - 2016

METS (Measurement of Exercise Tolerance before Surgery) Study: an international multicentre prospective cohort study of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for improving preoperative risk stratification for major non-cardiac surgery

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Wijeysundera D, Cuthbertson B
Co-Investigators
Mamdani S, Hoch J, Beattie W, Chan V, Croal B, Granton J, Mazer D, McCartney C, Oh P, Pearse R, Smith A, Thorpe K, Wijeysundera H
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$987,066
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