Directors
Norm Buckley
MD, FRCPC
Scientific Director
Institute for Pain
Research & Care
Eugene Maida
MD, BCH BOA, FRCPC
Medical Director
Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic
Scientific Advisory Board Members
Manon Choinière
Professor
Centre De Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier De L’université De Montréal
Ian Gilron
Professor
Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences
Director of Clinical Pain Research
Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen’s University
Joel Katz
Distinguished Research Professor
Psychology, York University
Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology
Henrik Kehlet
Professor
Perioperative Therapy
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University
Mark Lema
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences State University of New York, Buffalo
Executive Members
Jason Busse
Professor
Anesthesia
Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact
Associate Director, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research
Lisa Carlesso
PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation Sciences
Luciana Gazzi Macedo
PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation Science
Eleni Hapidou
Associate Professor (Part-Time)
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Michael Mcgillion
BScN, PhD
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean, Research, School of Nursing
Florentina Miftodi
Manager, Finance and Administration
Michael G. Degroote
National Pain Centre
Michael G. Degroote Institute
for Pain Research & Care
James Paul
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Anesthesia
Research Chair & Director, Acute Pain Services
Ian Rodger
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine, Respirology
Gurmit Singh
Professor
Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Research Members
James Bain
Professor
Department of Surgery
Head, Division of Plastic Surgery
Mohit Bhandari
MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor
Department of Surgery
Academic Head, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Philip J Devereaux
MD, PhD
Professor,
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Salim Yusuf Chair in Cardiology
Director, Division of Cardiology
Scientific Leader of the Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Surgical Research Group at PHRI
Laura Katz
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Joy Macdermid
Professor (Part-Time)
School of Rehabilitation Science
Co-director, Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC) Clinical Research Lab
Randi Mccabe
BSc, MA, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Aimee Nelson
PhD
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tara Packham
OT, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation Science
Behnam Sadeghirad
PharmD, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Biostatician
Michael G. Degroote National Pain Centre
Louis Schmidt
Professor
Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
Holger Schünemann
MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC
Professor
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact
Department of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Research Methods and Recommendations
Director, Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centre
Harsha Shanthanna
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Li Wang
PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Staff
Rachel Couban
Librarian
Michael G. Degroote National Pain Centre