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Dr. Anish Mitra

 

Interest in educating physicians in clinical epidemiology to better facilitate their ability to conduct research and interpret studies to better apply evidence into clinical practice. I am doing this with the Critical Care Medicine fellows by helping develop and evidence-based medicine curriculum that better allows them to understand and apply epidemiology through introductory research methodology, biostatistics, and study analyses. These topics are taught through a combination of didactic and interactive sessions.

University or Institution Degree Subject Area Dates
Harvard University MPH Epidemiology 2017-2019
University of British Columbia FRCPC Critical Care Medicine 2017
University of British Columbia FRCPC Internal Medicine 2016
University of British Columbia MD Medicine 2008-2012
University of British Columbia BASc Electrical Engineering 2002-2007

 

Title of Dissertation Supervisor
MPH: How the high acuity unit changes mortality in the intensive care unit Jennifer P. Stevens MD, MS

 

University or Institution Rank or Title Dates
University of British Columbia Critical Care Medicine Fellow (Chief Resident) 2015-2017
University of British Columbia Internal Medicine Resident 2012-2015

 

University or Institution Type Detail Dates
1 Surrey Memorial Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds Rounds attended, on average, three times per month 2017-2020
2 Surrey Memorial Hospital Clinical Practice Guideline Rounds Rounds attended, on average, twice per month 2018-2020
3 University of British Columbia Conference Annual critical care conference 2015 – 2017
4 Canadian Critical Care Forum Conference Annual critical care conference 2016 – 2018

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
2 Fundamentals of Critical Care Medicine course (FCCS)
Journals
Mitra AR, Griesdale DEG, Haljan G, O’Donoghue A, Stevens J. How the high acuity unit changes mortality in the intensive care unit: A retrospective before-after study. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 2020. Accepted, in press.

Mitra AR, Fergusson NA, Loyd-Smith E, Wormsbecker A, Foster D, Karpov A, Crowe S, Haljan G, Chittock DR, Kanji HD, Sekhon MS, Griesdale DEG. Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Vancouver, Canada: A case series. CMAJ. Jun 2020, 192(26) E694-E701.

Thomas A, Haljan G, Mitra AR. Lung ultrasound findings in a 64-year-old woman with COVID-19. CMAJ. April 2020, 192(15) E399.

Shah K, Huang Y, Haljan G, Mitra AR. Use of corticosteroids in cardiac arrest – a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. PROSPERO. 2019 CRD42019143346.

Ma C, Lee J, Mitra AR, Teriaky A Choudhary D, Nguyen TM, Vande Casteele N, Khanna R, Panaccione R, Feagan BG, Jairath V. Systematic review with meta-analysis: efficacy and safety of oral janus kinase inhibitors for inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2019, 50 5-23.

Singhal A, Mitra AR, Cochrane D, Steinbok P. Ring apophyseal fracture in pediatric lumbar disc herniation: A common entity. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2013, 49(1).

Mitra AR, Janjua I. Diabetes in south Asians: Etiology and the complexities of care. University of British Columbia Medical Journal.2010, 2(1) 20-23.

Mitra AR, Abegg M, Viswanathan J, Barton JJS. Line bisection in simulated homonymous hemianopia. Neuropsychologia. 2010 48(6) 1742-1749.
Conference Proceedings
Mitra AR, Mackenzie Feder J, Li D, Sweet D, Henderson W, Griesdale D, Pudek M, Dhingra V. Validation of rapid ultrafiltration-immunoassay method to measure free cortisol in critically ill septic patients. American Thoracic Society 2016.
Other
Mitra AR, Ronco JJ, Ayas NT. High-flow nasal cannula and infection control precautions in COVID-19. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2020. Accepted, in press.
2. NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
(a) Journals
(b) Conference Proceedings
  • Abstracts
(c) Other
COVID-19 Therapeutics Guidelines (committee member): http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Professionals-Site/Documents/Recommendation_Unproven_Therapies_COVID-19.pdf

 

COVID-19 High-Flow Oxygen Guidelines (chair): http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Professionals-Site/Documents/COVID19_HighFlowOxygenRecommendations.pdf
3. BOOKS
  Authored
EditedChapters
4. PATENTS
 
5. SPECIAL COPYRIGHTS
 
6. ARTISTIC WORKS, PERFORMANCES, DESIGNS
 
7. OTHER WORKS
  Abstracts
VideosPresentationsRadio & TV Programs
8. WORK SUBMITTED
(including publisher and date of submission)
  Stukas S, Hoiland RL, Cooper J, Thiara S, Griesdale DEG, Thomas AD, Orde M, English J, Chen LYC, Foster D, Mitra AR, Romano K, Sweet DD, Dhingra VK, Chittock DR, Ronco J, Kanji HD, Isac G, Finlayson G, Hameed M, Garraway N, Vu E, Henderson W, Wellington CL, Sekhon M. The role of inflammatory cytokines in pulmonary pathophysiology of respiratory failure in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Submitted to Lancet Neurology June 2020.

 

Cooper J, Stukas S, Hoiland RL, Fergusson NA, Thiara S, Foster D, Mitra AR, Stoessel JA, Panenka WJ, Sekhon MS, Wellington CL. Quantification of neurological blood based biomarkers in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Submitted to Critical Care Medicine June 2020.

 

Hoiland RL, Fergusson NA, Mitra AR, Griesdale DEG, Devine D, Stukas S, Cooper J, Thiara S, Foster D, Chen LYC, Lee A, Conway E, Wellington CL, Sekhon MS. Submitted to Critical Care Medicine June 2020.

 

 
9. WORK IN PROGRESS

(including degree of completion)
  Shah K, Huang Y, Mitra AR. Use of corticosteroids in cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Final manuscript being drafted.

 

Association of plasma anticholinergic activity and critical illness delirium. Designing study.
British Columbia COVID-19 Critical Care response interviews for City TV/Fairchild TV/Radio Canada (TV)/CKNW (radio)/Vancouver Sun (print)

 

AWARDS

  1. Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, University of British Columbia, 2016
  2. Critical Care Medicine Award for Clinical Academic Excellence, University of British Columbia, 2017
  3. Harvard School of Public Health Educational Scholarship award, Harvard University, 2017-2019
Granting agency: Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Grant: Incidence of arterial and venous thrombosis in COVID-19
Principal Investigator: Agnes Lee
Co-PI(s): Tony Wan, Anish Mitra, David Sweet

 

Granting agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Grant: Unplanned hospital readmission following critical illness survival: An investigation of the survivor-family dyad
Principal Investigator: Amanda Howard
Co-PI(s): Gregory Haljan, Rakesh Arora, Sarah Crowe, Leanne Currie, Robert McDermid, Anish Mitra, Sally Thorne

 

Granting agency: Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Grant: Validation of rapid inexpensive methods to measure free cortisol in critically ill septic patients
Principal Investigator: Jessica MacKenzie-Feder
Co-PI(s): Anish Mitra, Vinay Dhingra, Morris Pudek, Dailin Li, Donald Griesdale, David Sweet, William Henderson

Interest in educating physicians in clinical epidemiology to better facilitate their ability to conduct research and interpret studies to better apply evidence into clinical practice. I am doing this with the Critical Care Medicine fellows by helping develop and evidence-based medicine curriculum that better allows them to understand and apply epidemiology through introductory research methodology, biostatistics, and study analyses. These topics are taught through a combination of didactic and interactive sessions.