Colin McCartney is Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Ottawa and Head of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. He trained in medicine at University of Edinburgh and then completed Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine training in Scotland before moving to Toronto in 1999 for a fellowship in regional anesthesia and pain medicine. From 2000-2006 he was staff anesthetist and director of the regional anesthesia fellowship program at Toronto Western Hospital and from 2006 to 2014 was based at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto where he directed a multidisciplinary research team. He has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals especially in relation to regional anaesthesia and pain medicine and is an Editor of the journal Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and Associate Editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. He completed a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2014 but has also supervised and co-supervised many graduate students, fellows and residents in their own research in the last fifteen years. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine where he chairs the committee on research.
He is married to Linda and has three children. In his spare time he enjoys reading, writing, climbing, beer, company of friends and sleep (not always in that order). The views expressed in these pages are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the University of Ottawa or The Ottawa Hospital.
He is married to Linda and has three children. In his spare time he enjoys reading, writing, climbing, beer, company of friends and sleep (not always in that order). The views expressed in these pages are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the University of Ottawa or The Ottawa Hospital.