The successful candidate will hold a clinical non-tenure track position with the Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, one of its affiliated hospitals (e.g., The Ottawa Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Hôpital Montfort, The Royal Ottawa, Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital), and its respective affiliated research institute (The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI); Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO-RI); University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); Bruyère Research Institute (BRI); Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR); or The Institut du Savoir Montfort)). The Chairholder will hold or will be eligible to hold a license to practice medicine with the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
Cardiac anesthesiology is a subspecialty of the medical practice of anesthesiology, devoted to the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care of adult and pediatric patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery and related invasive procedures. Dealing with the anesthesia aspect of care related to surgical cases such as open-heart surgery, lung surgery, and other operations of the human chest, the effect and interconnection of the brain and cardiovascular health must not be ignored. In fact, neurocognitive and functional decline following cardiac surgery are common and result from the interplay between surgically induced inflammation with baseline brain and cardiovascular health. The interface between brain-mind health, and cardiac health is a major theme emerging on the global stage, and the related effects of cardiac anesthesiology on brain-mind health is understudied.
We are interested in attracting early-career candidates for this position. The proposed Chair in Perioperative Brain-Mind-Heart Health will support this area through an emerging program of research excellence focusing on the related neurocognitive and functional outcomes of cardiac surgery, to directly improve the health of the community served by the University of Ottawa through an emphasis on partnerships, equity, and relevance. Areas of scholarly focus may include, but are not limited to, preoperative assessment; interplay of brain and cardiac health; postoperative intensive care management; improving perioperative neurologic outcomes, new analytical techniques like machine learning, pragmatic trials and adaptive designs. The supported research will facilitate the development of practice-changing interventions to improve patient outcomes.
The successful candidate will become an integral part of a dynamic, collaborative and interconnected research environment in the Faculty of Medicine and its associated Research Institutes. As Chair, they will also directly contribute to capacity-building of Brain-Heart anesthesiology across the Faculty of Medicine.
Tier 2 Chairs:
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the institution receives $100,000 annually for five years, with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.
Candidates should, at a minimum, be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Candidates who are more than 10 years from their highest degree must contact the University of Ottawa directly for questions related to their potential eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair. The institution may nominate a professor or a researcher who is more than 10 years from their highest degree at the time of nomination and has experienced legitimate career interruptions (see acceptable justifications). In such cases, the institution must submit to the Secretariat a formal justification (using the Tier 2 Justification Screening Form), explaining why the nominee is still considered to be an emerging scholar. The University recognizes the legitimate impact that leaves (e.g., parental leave, leave due to illness) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement and that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. New CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.