Critical Care Medicine

Administrative Assistant: Tammy Kowalyk
Phone: 416-480-5255
Email: tammy.kowalyk@sunnybrook.ca

Education:

• B.Sc., 2002, McGill University, Canada
• MD, 2006, McGill University, Canada
• PhD, 2012, University of Toronto, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

• Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Trauma surgeon, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Intensivist, Sunnybrook
• Assistant professor, department of surgery, U of T
• Adjunct scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Research Foci:

• Trauma systems
• Geriatric trauma and emergency surgery
• Inter-specialty communication

Research Summary:

Dr. Haas' research program focuses on trauma and emergency surgery in the elderly. Her work aims to optimize long-term outcomes in this patient population as well as improve inter-specialty communication regarding these complex patients.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

1. Conn LG, Haas B, Cuthbertson BH, Amaral AC, Coburn N, Nathens AB. Communication and culture in the surgical intensive care unit: boundary production and the improvement of patient care. Qual Health Res. 2016 Jun;26(7):895–906.
2. Haas B, Gotlib Conn L, Rubenfeld GD, Scales D, Amaral AC, Ferguson ND, Nathens AB. "It's parallel universes": An analysis of communication between surgeons and intensivists. Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct;43(10):2147–54.
3. Haas B, Stukel TA, Gomez D, Zagorski B, De Mestral C, Sharma SV, Rubenfeld GD, Nathens AB. The mortality benefit of direct trauma center transport in a regional trauma system: a population-based analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1510–5.
4. Haas B, Gomez D, Xiong W, Ahmed N, Nathens AB. External benchmarking of trauma center performance: have we forgotten our elders? Ann Surg. 2011 Jan;253(1):144–50.
5. Haas B, Gomez D, Zagorski B, Stukel TA, Rubenfeld GD, Nathens AB. Survival of the fittest: the hidden cost of undertriage of major trauma. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Dec;211(6):804–11.

Related News and Stories:

• A fine balance (SRI Magazine, 2017)

Related Links:

• U of T profile, department of surgery