Announcing the Interim Chair of DCCM

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and Alberta Health Services are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sean Bagshaw as interim chair of critical care medicine, commencing August 1, 2017.

04 August 2017

Dr. Bagshaw is a clinician scientist and associate professor of critical care medicine. He received training in internal medicine and critical care medicine at the University of Calgary, where he also earned a master's degree in science epidemiology. He went on to train at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in critical care nephrology.

In 2007, Dr. Bagshaw joined the Department of Critical Care Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. He has been supported by an Independent Investigator Award from Alberta Innovates and a Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Nephrology (Tier 2).

Dr. Bagshaw's research expertise includes epidemiology, clinical trials and health services research. His research focuses on health outcome evaluation, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) organization and capacity in critically ill patients with emphasis on acute kidney injury, technological organ support, vulnerable populations, rapid response systems and end-of-life care.

As a clinician, he provides care to critically ill patients in the General Systems ICU at the University of Alberta Hospital, and the Cardiovascular Surgical ICU at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute.

Dr. Bagshaw has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and his research funding support surpasses $15.5 million, including grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Alberta Innovates, the MSI Foundation, the University Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Intensive Care Society and the Canadian Frailty Network.

He is a member of several organizations including the Canadian Critical Care Society, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, and the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative.

We extend our gratitude to outgoing chair, Dr. David Zygun, for his commitment and his remarkable work during his tenure as director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine