Dr. Tariq Esmail completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto and holds a Master of Science in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. He completed a Fellowship in Neuroanesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in Anesthesiology.
He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and a Staff Anesthesiologist at the University Health Network and Women’s College Hospital. His primary clinical focus is neuroanesthesiology. His academic and leadership roles include Director of Quality and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Co-Lead of the Sprott Centre for Quality and Safety, and Co-Chair for the Data Stewardship Community of Practice at UHN. He also serves as the Quality Champion for the Multi-Center Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) at UHN, where they were the first in Canada to participate in this international perioperative registry. His scholarly interests center on data-driven approaches to improve perioperative care, reduce clinical variation, and advance patient safety through system-level quality improvement initiatives.

Dr Everett joined the staff at SickKids Hospital as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist in 2012, was appointed Director of Sedation and Satellite Anesthesia in 2017, and Clinical Director of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in 2021. Dr Everett is a British-trained Pediatric Anesthesiologist and fellow by examination of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK), has subspecialty certification in regional anesthesia from the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and is fellowship trained in pediatric anesthesia by the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of London, UK. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Clinically, Dr Everett has been integral to the overhaul of sedation practices at SickKids and the implementation of the Integrated Sedation Service. He is a strong advocate of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and is leading several scholarly projects regarding pediatric sedation and regional anesthesia. His clinical work with the sedation service has led to multiple collaborations around SickKids including care pathway planning for children with challenging behaviour or previous traumatic encounters, easing them through their healthcare encounters and changing their outlook for engagement with healthcare. In medical education, Dr Everett has overseen the international expansion of the Managing Emergencies in Pediatric Anesthesia (MEPA) simulation course such that the standardized curriculum is available in multiple centres on five continents. His non- clinical academic interests include simulation-based medical education and medical education research with a specific interest in interprofessional team debriefing and simulation-based assessments. He was the principal investigator in international multicentre education research studies and has received grant funding from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Medical Council of Canada and the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society. He is a past-President of the International Pediatric Simulation Society. Dr Everett has worked with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon of Canada, as faculty and director of their National Simulation Education and Training program, and on the Canadian National Anesthesia Simulation Curriculum. Dr Everett has received international awards for his work in simulation-based medical education and multiple awards for his various teaching activities within anesthesia and beyond.

Trina completed her MD at the University of Calgary in 1999. She went on to do a Family Medicine residency at U.B.C. After practicing as a family physician for 4 years, she decided to go back to residency to pursue a career in Anesthesiology. She completed her anesthesia residency at UBC in 2009. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia and works fulltime as a consultant anesthesiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Her interests are in Regional Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Patient Safety/Quality Improvement.

Dr. Beverley Orser is an anesthesiologist, researcher, and academic leader. She serves as the Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto and is an anesthesiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada. She recently served as the Chair of the Board of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

As a clinician-scientist, her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of general anesthetic drugs and their long-term effects on brain function. Her research team identified the unique pharmacological properties of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors, shedding light on their role in anesthesia- and inflammation-induced cognitive impairment. She established the world’s first Perioperative Brain Health Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to address brain complications after surgery and collaborated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to address anesthetic neurotoxicity in children. She has also contributed to patient safety by co-founding the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada the first Canadian reporting system for medication errors, and the Quality and Patient Safety Committee of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society.