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Obstetrical anesthesia

Dr Vinod Chinnappa

Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia
DAN Women & Babies Program
2075 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, ON
Canada M4N 3M5


Phone: 416-480-6100 ext. 687757
Fax: 416-480-5614

Credentials

  • MBBS, Bangalore University, India.(January 1990)
  • MD, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore (October 2000)
  • FCARCSI, College of Anesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (May 2005)

Current Appointments

  • Active Staff, Obstetrical Anesthesia, DAN Women & Babies Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Active Staff, Department of Anesthesia, Women's College Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, University of Toronto

Current Research

  • Dexamethasone, as a analgesic in abdominal hysterectomy
  • Promethazine, for post operative nausea and vomiting
  • Horner's syndrome after epidural anesthesia.

PubMed

Invited Lectures and Visiting Professorships

2008-2009

  • Obstetrical Anesthesia Workshop: Sepsis in Pregnancy. Women's College Hospital, Toronto.
  • Update in Ambulatory Anesthesia, Ontario Dental Anesthesia Society, Annual meeting, Toronto.
  • Consideration in Ambulatory Anesthesia. The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Toronto.

Honours and Awards

  • Royal Academy of Medicine Medal, Best Presentation on Accidental Hypothermia, Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland (September 2005)

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