Biography
Dr. Sylvie Aucoin completed her anesthesiology training at Dalhousie University in 2010. She practiced as an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at The Moncton Hospital in Moncton, New Brunswick from 2011-2017, and she served as the Chief of Anesthesiology from 2015-2017. She completed a Clinical Fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at University College London Hospital (UCLH) in 2018, as well as the accompanying MSc Perioperative Medicine at University College London (UCL) in 2019. She joined The Ottawa Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine in 2018.
She held the position of Site Chief, Civic Campus of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine from 2019-2023. She has also previously held other leadership positions in the Perioperative Service Line, including Medical Lead for Surgical Triage in the Covid Context and Perioperative Efficiency Clinical Lead. She is currently a Co-Lead of the TOH Virtual Recovery After Surgery (VRAS), a program she helped found in 2021 as part of the Covid recovery efforts. She is currently the Chair of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Hospital Chiefs of Anesthesia Section.
Her research interests are perioperative frailty, virtual post-surgical care, and perioperative care pathways. She receives research funding awards from Accelerated Clinical Trials (ACT) Canada, Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), The University of Ottawa Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Research Award and The Ottawa Hospital Anesthesia Alternate Funds Association.
Appointments:
2024 - Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
2023 - Clinician Investigator, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
2021 - Chair, Hospital Chiefs of Anesthesia Section, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS)
2018 - Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital
2022 - 2022 Perioperative Efficiency Clinical Lead, The Ottawa Hospital
2020 - 2022 Medical Lead for Surgical Triage in the Covid Context, The Ottawa Hospital
2020 - Co-lead, Virtual Recovery After Surgery program, The Ottawa Hospital
2019 - 2023 Site Chief, Civic Campus, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital
2018 - Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
2016 - 2017 President, Anesthesiology Section, New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) and New Brunswick Representative, Canadian Anesthesiology Society (CAS) Board of Directors
2015 - 2017 Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, The Moncton Hospital, Moncton NB
2011 - 2017 Anesthesiologist and intensivist, Department of Anesthesiology, The Moncton Hospital, Moncton, NB
Selected Publications:
- Grudzinski AL, Aucoin S, Talarico R, Moloo H, Lalu MM, McIsaac DI. Measuring the Predictive Accuracy of Preoperative Clinical Frailty Instruments Applied to Electronic Health Data in Older Patients Having Emergency General Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2022 Sep 21.
- Grudzinski AL, Aucoin S, Talarico R, Moloo H, Lalu MM, McIsaac DI. Comparing the predictive accuracy of frailty instruments applied to preoperative electronic health data for adults undergoing noncardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Oct;129(4):506-514.
- Alkadri J, Aucoin SD, McDonald B, Grubic N, McIsaac DI. Association of frailty with days alive at home in critically ill patients undergoing emergency general surgery: a population-based cohort study. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Oct;129(4):536-543.
- McIsaac DI, Aucoin SD, Bryson GL, Hamilton GM, Lalu MM. Complications as a Mediator of the Perioperative Frailty-Mortality Association. Anesthesiology. 2021 Apr 1;134(4):577-587.
- McIsaac DI, Aucoin SD, van Walraven C. A Bayesian Comparison of Frailty Instruments in Noncardiac Surgery: A Cohort Study. Anesth Analg. 2020 Nov 30.
- McIsaac DI, MacDonald DB, Aucoin SD. Frailty for Perioperative Clinicians: A Narrative Review. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jun;130(6):1450-1460.
- Aucoin SD, Hao M, Sohi R, Shaw J, Bentov I, Walker D, McIsaac DI. Accuracy and Feasibility of Clinically Applied Frailty Instruments before Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesthesiology. 2020 Jul;133(1):78-95.
- Aucoin S, McIsaac D. Emergency General Surgery in Older Adults: A Review. Anesthesiol Clin. 2019 Sep;37(3):493-505.