Faculty

Dr. Dean Chittock

Dr. Dean Chittock is responsible for the medicine, quality, safety, risk, client relations and infection control portfolios within Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). A senior leader of the medical team at Vancouver Acute for over a decade, he is also the Executive Sponsor of the Regional Surgical Program, VCH/PHC, Senior Medical Director, Vancouver Acute Services, a Critical Care physician as well as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at UBC.

Dr. Chittock is the former Medical Director of Critical Care at Vancouver Acute and in 2003 he became Chair of the Regional Critical Care Council. This was followed in 2005 by his appointment as Regional Medical Director. In addition to these roles, Dr. Chittock has functioned as the Division Head for Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine at UBC, Medical Manager of the VGH ICU.

Dr. Chittock graduated from the University of Western Ontario completing an undergraduate degree in Physiology and an MD (Honours) after which he completed a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Statistics at Harvard University. Included in his special professional qualifications are a Respiratory Subspecialty Fellowship and a Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. He has a special interest and expertise in quality improvement through his time at the Institute for Health Care Improvement in Boston. His interest and expertise in this area have resulted in many quality care initiatives across VCH that have improved care and access for critical care patients.

University or Institution	Degree	Subject Area	Dates
University of Western Ontario	BSc	Physiology/Pharmacology	1981-1984
University of Western Ontario	MD	Medicine (Honours)	1984-1988
University of British Columbia	Masters of Health Science (Incomplete)	Epidemiology	1994-1996
Harvard University	Masters of Science (MS)	Clinical Epidemiology and Statistics	1997-2000

Special Professional Qualifications

1988-89 Comprehensive Medicine Internship, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

1989-91 Medical Resident, General Internal Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

1990-91 Chief Medical Resident, Victoria Hospital, London, ON

1991-93 Respiratory Subspecialty, Fellowship, University of Western Ontario, London, ON

1993-95 Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, St. Paul’s Hospital and the Vancouver Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

1995-96 Research Fellow, Critical Care Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

2004- Clinician Scientist, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation; VCHRI

Chittock DR, Joseph MG, Paterson NAM, McFadden RG. Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis with pleural involvement: Clinical and radiographic features. 1994;106:672-676.
Uusaro A, Chittock DR, Russell JA, Walley KR. Stress test and gastric-arterial PCO₂ measurement improve prediciton of successful extubation. Crit Care Med. 2000;28(7):2313-2319.
Forrest DM, Baigorri F, Chittock DR, Spinelli JJ, Russell JA. Volume expansion using pentastarch does not change gastric-arterial CO₂ gradient or gastric intramucosal pH in patients who have sepsis syndrome. Crit Care Med. 2000;24(7):2254-2258.
DeLemos J, Tweeddale M, Chittock DR. Measuring quality of sedation in adult mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: The Vancouver Interaction and Calmness Scale. of Clin. Epi. 2000;53(9): 908-919.
Holmes C, Walley K, Chittock D, Lehman T, Russell J. The effects of vasopressin on hemodynamics and renal function in severe septic shock. Intensive Care Med. 2001 27:1416-1421
Patel B, Chittock D, Russell J, Walley K. Beneficial effects of short-term vasopressin infusion during severe septic shock. Anesthesiology 2002; 96:576-582
Dhingra V. Chittock DR. Ronco JJ. Assessing methodological quality of clinical trials in sepsis: searching for the right tool.[comment]. Critical Care Medicine. 30(2):487-8, 2002 Feb.
Dhingra VK. Fenwick JC. Walley KR. Chittock DR. Ronco JJ. Lack of agreement between thermodilution and fick cardiac output in critically ill patients. Chest. 122(3):990-7, 2002 Sep.
Henderson WR, Dhingra VK, Chittock DR, Fenwick JC, Ronco JJ. Hypothermia in the management of traumatic brain injury. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med. 2003,29; 1637-1644
Patel, Bhavesh M. M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.); Chittock, Dean M.D., F.R.C.P. (C.); Russell, James A. M.D., F.R.C.P.(C.); Walley, Keith R. M.D., F.R.C.P.(C) * Does Vasopressin Infusion Improve the Outcome of Severe Septic-Shock without any Adverse Effects?: In Reply: Anesthesiology. 98(3):793, March 2003.
Chittock DR. Dhingra VK. Ronco JJ. Russell JA. Forrest DM. Tweeddale M. Fenwick JC. Severity of illness and risk of death associated with pulmonary artery catheter use. Critical Care Medicine. 32(4):911-5, 2004 Apr.
Stephenson, J. Flint, J. English, D. Chittock, R. Levy. Interpretation of transbronchial lung biopsies from lung transplant recipients: Inter- and intra-observer agreement. Can Respir J, Vol 12, No 2, March 2005.
The Antimicrobial Effect of Nitric Oxide on the Bacteria That Cause Nosocomial Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
by Bevin B McMullin, Dean R Chittock, Diane L Roscoe, Harjinder Garcha—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Lexin Wang—Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; and Christopher C Miller—Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Respiratory Care 50 (11) 2005.
The Normoglycemia in Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE) (ISRCTN04968275) and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation (SUGAR) Study: Development, design and conduct of an international multi-center, open label, randomized controlled trial of two target ranges for glycemic control in intensive care unit patients Authors: The NICE – SUGAR Study Investigators (Listed at end) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Vol 172. pp. 1358-1359, (2005) Editorial and Online Supp.
Hyperglycemia in acutely ill emergency patients—cause or effect? State of the art

William R Henderson, Dean R Chittock, Vinay K Dhingra, Juan J Ronco

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 10/2006; 8(5):339-43.

Discharge Outcomes of Older Medical In-patients in a Specialized Acute Care for Elders Unit Compared with Non-specialized Units

Roger Y Wong, Dean R Chittock, Neilson McLean, Kerry Wilbue

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics 09/2006;

The pulmonary artery catheter and critical care: the cart is before the horse.

Dean R Chittock

Critical Care Medicine 07/2006; 34(6):1820-2. DOI:10.1097/01.CCM.0000221151.44489.E3

Does red blood cell transfusion increase local cerebral oxygenation?

Donald E G Griesdale, Dean R Chittock

Critical Care Medicine 01/2006; 33(12):2856; author reply 2856-7. DOI:10.1097/01.CCM.0000187091.61434.1F

Pneumothorax after insertion of central venous catheters in the intensive care unit: association with month of year and week of month.

Najib T Ayas, Monica Norena, Hubert Wong, Dean Chittock, Peter M Dodek

Quality and Safety in Health Care 09/2007; 16(4):252-5. DOI:10.1136/qshc.2006.021162

Dalteparin versus enoxaparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acute spinal cord injury and major orthopedic trauma patients: ‘DETECT’ trial

Richard S Slavik, Elfreda Chan, Sean K Gorman, Jane de Lemos, Dean Chittock, Richard K Simons, Peter C Wing, Stephen G F Ho

The Journal of trauma 06/2007; 62(5):1075-81; discussion 1081. DOI:10.1097/TA.0b013e31804fa177

Griesdale D, Bosma L, Kurth T, Isac G, Chittock, D. Complications of endotracheal intubation in the critically ill. Intensive Care Med 2008;34(10): 1835-1842.
The role of HIV infection and drug and alcohol dependence in hospital mortality among critically ill patients

A Palepu, N A Khan, M Norena, H Wong, D R Chittock, P M Dodek

Journal of critical care 10/2008; 23(3):275-80. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.04.001

Differences in Hospital Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients of Asian, Native Indian, and European Descent

Nadia A Khan, Anita Palepu, Monica Norena, Najib Ayas, Hubert Wong, Dean Chittock, Morad Hameed, Peter M Dodek

Chest 09/2008; 134(6):1217-22. DOI:10.1378/chest.08-1016

Complications of endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit: A propensity score analysis

Laine Bosma, Donald Griesdale, Tobias Kurth, George Isac, Dean Chittock

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 06/2008; 55:4757651-4757652. DOI:10.1007/BF03016497

Recognition and labeling of delirium symptoms by intensivists: Does it matter?

Catherine Z Cheung, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Michael Robinson, George Tomlinson, Dean Chittock, John Drover, Yoanna Skrobik

Intensive Care Medicine 04/2008; 34(3):437-46. DOI:10.1007/s00134-007-0947-x

Effect of ambient workload in the intensive care unit on mortality and time to discharge alive.

Scot A Mountain, S Morad Hameed, Najib T Ayas, Monica Norena, Dean R Chittock, Hubert Wong, Peter Dodek

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) 08/2009; 12 Spec No Patient:8-14. DOI:10.12927/hcq.2009.20961

Glucose Control and Mortality in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Donald E G Griesdale, Marie-Hélène Tremblay, Jonathan McEwen, Dean R Chittock

Neurocritical Care 07/2009; 11(3):311-6. DOI:10.1007/s12028-009-9249-1

Identifying missed opportunities to curtail antimicrobial therapy for presumed ventilator-associated pneumonia using the clinical pulmonary infection score.

Sean K Gorman, Lynne-Michelle M Stewart, Richard S Slavik, Jane de Lemos, Dean Chittock, Vinay K Dhingra, Juan J Ronco, Harjinder Parwana

The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy 05/2009; 62(3):217-25. DOI:10.4212/cjhp.v62i3.791

Intensive versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients

Simon Finfer, Dean R Chittock, Steve Yu-Shuo Su, Deborah Blair, Denise Foster, Vinay Dhingra, Rinaldo Bellomo, Deborah Cook, Peter Dodek, William R Henderson, […], Stephane Heritier, Daren K Heyland, Colin McArthur, Ellen McDonald, Imogen Mitchell, John A Myburgh, Robyn Norton, Julie Potter, Bruce G Robinson, Juan J Ronco

New England Journal of Medicine 04/2009; 360(13):1283-97. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa0810625

Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data

Donald E.G. Griesdale, MD MPH, Russell J. de Souza, RD MSc, Rob M. van Dam, PhD, Daren K. Heyland, MD,Deborah J. Cook, MD MSc, Atul Malhotra, MD, Rupinder Dhaliwal, RD, William R. Henderson, MD, Dean R. Chittock, MD MS(Epi), Simon Finfer, MBBS, and Daniel Talmor, MD MPH CMAJ. 2009 Apr 14; 180(8): 821–827.

Early goal-directed therapy of septic patients coming from the ward does not protect the kidneys

HD Kiers, A Litchfield, S Reynolds, D Griesdale, RT Gibney, P Pickkers, D Chittock, DD Sweet

Critical Care 03/2009; 13(Suppl 1). DOI:10.1186/cc7423

The efficacy and safety of glucose control algorithms in intensive care: a pilot study of the Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation (SUGAR) trial.

William R Henderson, Vinay Dhingra, Dean Chittock, Denise Foster, Paul Hebert, Deborah Cook, Daren Heyland, Peter Dodek, Donald Griesdale, Michael Schulzer, Juan J Ronco

Polskie archiwum medycyny wewnȩtrznej 01/2009; 119(7-8):439-46.

Effect of early achievement of physiologic resuscitation goals in septic patients admitted from the ward on the kidneys

H D Kiers, Donald E G Griesdale, Andrea Litchfield, Steven Reynolds, R T N Gibney, Dean Chittock, Peter Pickkers, David D Sweet

Journal of critical care 12/2010; 25(4):563-9. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.04.012

Effect of an emergency department sepsis protocol on the care of septic patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

David D Sweet, Dharmvir Jaswal, Winnie Fu, Matt Bouchard, Praveena Sivapalan, Jen Rachel, Dean Chittock

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 09/2010; 12(5):414-20.

Hypoglycemia and Risk of Death in Critically Ill Patients

Simon Finfer, Bette Liu, Dean R Chittock, Robyn Norton, John A Myburgh, Colin McArthur, Imogen Mitchell, Denise Foster, Vinay Dhingra, William R Henderson, Juan J Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, Deborah Cook, Ellen McDonald, Peter Dodek, Paul C Hébert, Daren K Heyland, Bruce G Robinson

New England Journal of Medicine 09/2012; 367(12):1108-18. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1204942 ·

Association of hemoglobin concentration and mortality in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Mypinder S Sekhon, Nielson McLean, William R Henderson, Dean R Chittock, Donald E Griesdale

Critical care (London, England) 07/2012; 16(4):R128. DOI:10.1186/cc11431

An expected association between low haemoglobin and poor outcome in severe head injury and an insufficiently detailed multivariate analysis response

Donald E. G. Griesdale, Mypinder S. Sekhon, Nielson McLean, William R. Henderson, Dean R. Chittock

Critical care (London, England) 01/2013; 17(1).

Authors’ response.

Donald E G Griesdale, Mypinder S Sekhon, Nielson McLean, William R Henderson, Dean R Chittock

Critical care (London, England) 01/2013; 17(1):404.

Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: long-term follow up of a subgroup of patients from the NICE-SUGAR study The NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators Writing Committee: Simon Finfer (Chair, PI NICE Study), Dean Chittock (PI SUGAR Trial), Yang Li, Denise Foster, Vinay Dhingra, Rinaldo Bellomo, Deborah Cook, Peter Dodek, Paul Hebert, William Henderson, Daren Heyland, Alisa Higgins, Colin McArthur, Imogen Mitchell, John Myburgh, Bruce Robinson, Juan Ronco.

Intensive Care Medicine 2015

Risk factors for and prediction of mortality in critically ill medical-surgical patients receiving heparinthromboprophylaxis.

Li et al. Ann. Intensive Care (2016) 6:18 DOI 10.1186/s13613-016-0116-x

41. Implementation of Neurocritical Care Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences Volume 44, Issue 4
July 2017, pp. 350-
Mypinder S. Sekhon^(a1) ^(a2), Peter Gooderham ^(a2), Brian Toyota ^(a2), Navid Kherzi ^(a2), Vivien Hu ^(a3), Vinay K. Dhingra^(a1), Morad S. Hameed ^(a1) ^(a4), Dean R. Chittock ^(a1) and Donald E. Griesdale ^(a1) ^(a5) ^(a6)

42.

AU – Fergusson, Nicholas

AU – Ahkioon, Steve

AU – Ayas, Najib

AU – Dhingra, Vinay

AU – Chittock, Dean

AU – Sekhon, Mypinder

AU – Mitra, Anish

AU – Griesdale, Donald

PY – 2020/07/27

T1 – Association between intensive care unit occupancy at discharge, afterhours discharges, and clinical outcomes: a historical cohort studyAssociation entre le taux d’occupation de l’unité de soins intensifs au moment du congé, les congés donnés durant la nuit, et les devenirs cliniques : une étude de cohorte historique

VL – 67

DO – 10.1007/s12630-020-01762-w

JO – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie

43.

AU – Mitra, Anish

AU – Fergusson, Nicholas

AU – Lloyd-Smith, Elisa

AU – Wormsbecker, Andrew

AU – Foster, Denise

AU – Karpov, Andrei

AU – Crowe, Sarah

AU – Haljan, Greg

AU – Chittock, Dean

AU – Kanji, Hussein

AU – Sekhon, Mypinder

AU – Griesdale, Donald

PY – 2020/05/27

SP – cmaj.200794

T1 – Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Vancouver, Canada: a case series

VL – 192

DO – 10.1503/cmaj.200794

JO – Canadian Medical Association Journal

44.

AU – Fergusson, Nicholas

AU – Ahkioon, Steve

AU – Nagarajan, Mahesh

AU – Park, Eric

AU – Ding, Yichuan

AU – Ayas, Najib

AU – Dhingra, Vinay

AU – Chittock, Dean

AU – Griesdale, Donald

PY – 2019/09/16

SP –

T1 – Association of intensive care unit occupancy during admission and inpatient mortality: a retrospective cohort studyAssociation entre le taux d’occupation à l’unité de soins intensifs pendant l’admission et la mortalité hospitalière: une étude de cohorte rétrospective

VL – 67

DO – 10.1007/s12630-019-01476-8

JO – Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie

45.

1.3 Other

Abstracts

Chittock DR, Bernard G, Russell J. Organ failure free days in sepsis syndrome: A valid outcome in clinical trials? Intensive Care Medicine. 1995;21(1):S99.
Chittock DR, Walley K, Russell J. Is gastric mucosal pHi is a better predictor of weaning and extubation than conventional weaning indices?: A pilot study. Intensive Care Medicine. 1995;21(1):S49.
Baigorri F, Chittock DR, Drummond AJ, Russell JA. Colloid administration does not improve gastric mucosal acidosis in septic patients. Intensive Care Medicine. 1995;21(1):S3.
Baigorri F, Chittock DR, Drummond AJ, Haley LR, Singer J, Russell JA. Red blood cell transfusion is associated with higher mortality of patients who have sepsis syndrome. Intensive Care Medicine. 1995;21(1):S3.
Granton JT, Chittock DR, Baigorri F, Russell JA, Walley KR. Comparison of three methods of measuring gastric pCO2 in a porcine model of cardiac tamponade. 1996;153:A602.
Chittock DR, Baigorri F, Russell JA. Randomized controlled trials (RCT’s) of increased oxygen delivery (DO2) in critical illness: A meta-analysis. 1996;153:A466.
Chittock DR, Craig I, McCormack DG. Cost analysis of techniques used in the diagnosis of bronchoscopically visible lung tumors. 1996;153:A448.
Forrest DM, Baigorri F, Chittock DR, Drummond AJ, Russell JA. Neither fresh red cell transfusion nor colloid infusion improves gastric mucosal acidosis in sepsis patients. J Clin Invest.
Forrest DM, Spinelli J, Baigorri F, Chittock DR, Russell JA. Volume expansion does not change gastric arterial CO2 gradient in patients who have sepsis syndrome. 1998;157:A295.
Uusaro A, Chittock DR, Russell JA, Walley K. Increased respiratory drive and increased Gastric-Arterial CO2 gradient during stress test predict outcome of extubation. 1998;157:A850.
Dhingra VK, Fenwick JC, Chittock DR; Improvement in the partial pressure of arterial oxygen with the sixty degree head up position in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Clin Inv Med. 1998;S27.
Forrest D, Isserow S, Ryan F, Wade J, Patel B, Chittock DR, Fenwick JC; Pulmonary hyperreactivity with arginine vasopressin (AVP) infusion for septic shock. Clin Inv Med. 1999;22(4):513.
Jager K, Kaminiarz C, Chittock DR. Accuracy of five pulse oximeters on mechanically ventilated ICU patients. Respiratory Care.
DeLemos J, Tweeddale M, Chittock DR. The Vancouver Sedation Scale; A valid reliable and responsive tool for measuring sedation in the critically ill. Clin Inv Med. 1998.
Patel BM, Chittock DR, Walley K. Vasopressin infusion in SIRS and septic shock; A randomized controlled trial. 1999;159:A608.
Chittock DR, Drummond A, Hebert P, Bernard G, Russell JA. The second wave of organ dysfunction in human sepsis syndrome. 1999;159:A262.
DeLemos J, Tweeddale M, Chittock DR. The Vancouver sedation scale – A reliability study. 1998.
Cook RC, Fradet G, Muller NL, Chittock DR, Levy RD. Chest CT scan for the identification of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following lung transplantation. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Chittock DR, Dhingra VK, Dodek P, Ronco JJ, Fenwick JC; Sixty-degree head up position is associated with increased PaO₂ in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001:163(5)A682

20 Chittock DR, Dhingra VK, Fenwick JC, Walley KC, Ronco JJ; Lack of agreement between thermodilution and fick cardiac output in critically ill patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001:163(5)A754

21 Chittock DR, Holmes CL, Lehman T, Dunlop V and Russell JA; The mortality of septic shock now equals (or exceeds) the mortality of cardiogenic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001:163(5)A459

Chittock DR, Stephenson A, Flint J, English J, Vedal S, Fradet G, Levy RD; Interpretation of transbronchial lung biopsies in lung transplant recipients: inter-observer agreement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001:163(5)A808
Chittock D, Dhingra V, Henderson W, Schulzer M, Ronco J; Hyperglycema: Not a risk factor for death in the ICU? AJRCCM, 2005 171:A204.

Cheung C, Skrobik Y, Robinson M, Chittock D, Drover J, Alibhai SMH. Toronto, ON CANADIAN PHYSICIAN’S APPROACH TO ICU DELIRIUM DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT:A SURVEY, Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2005

2 NON-REFERRED PUBLICATIONS

2.1 Journals

Chittock DR, McCormack DG. Pinpointing the causes of chronic cough. March 1993;6(1):20-23.
Chittock DR, McCormack DG. The Diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough. 1994;1(2):7-9.
Chittock DR, McCormack DG. Interpreting the tuberculin skin test. July 1993;10(7):31-43.
Glycemic control in the critically ill – How sweet it is
By DEAN CHITTOCK MD, FRCPC, MS (EPID); WILLIAM HENDERSON, MD; VINAY DHINGRA, MD, FRCPC; JUAN RONCO, MD, FRCPC, Critical Care Rounds, june, 2003

Other

Invited Presentations

Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Capillary and arteriolar responses to local vasodilators are impaired in a rat model of sepsis.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, August 1998; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Effects of surfactant distribution and ventilation strategies on efficacy of exogenous surfactant.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, September 1998; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Inhibition of exhaled nitric oxide production during sepsis does not prevent lung inflammation.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, October 1998; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Susceptibility to periodic breathing with assisted ventilation during sleep in normal subjects.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, January 1999; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Effects of isoproterenol on myocardial structure and function in septic rats.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, February 1999; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Small bowel tonometry is more accurate than gastric tonometry in detecting gut ischemia.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, March 1999; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “To study the effect of a steady state increase in abdominal pressures on cardiac performance.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, May 1999; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html
Chittock DR. Invited commentary on “Intra-tracheal Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor – a antibody attenuates ventilator induced lung injury in rabbits.” Journal Club of Assembly on Critical Care of American Thoracic Society, September 1999; thoracic.org/cc/club11298.html

3 BOOKS

3.3 Chapters

Chittock D, Russell JA. Guidelines for fluid and hemodynamic Management in Critically ill patients. Book chapter in Complications in the Intensive Care Unit. Edited by Michael A. Matthay & David E. Schwartz; Chapmann & Hall, 1997.
Chittock D, Russell JA. Monitoring Oxygen transport and oxygen consumption. Book Chapter in Principles and Practice of Intensive Care Monitoring. McGraw Hill Publishing, Martin J. Tobin; Editor. 1998.
Chittock D, Russell JA. Oxygen delivery and consumption during sepsis. Clinics in Chest Medicine. 1996;17(2):263-378.
Chittock D, Keenan S. Epidemiology of respiratory failure. Book Chapter in Ventilator Management Strategies for Critical Care. Marcel Dekker Publishing, N. S. Hill & M. Levy Editors. 2001

12.1 Awards for Teaching

Fay R. Dirks award for excellence in teaching-2001

12.3 Awards for service:

Vancouver Acute Medical/dental and allied staff award for Committee Service, 2011

12.4 Other Awards:

BC Patient Safety Award for: “Improving Quality of Sedation in the ICU “- 2007

Interdisciplinary team award, Professional practice, Vancouver Coastal Health, Critical Care Outreach Team, 2009

Vancouver Coastal Health, People first award for Team Collaboration with the Critical Care out reach Service, 2015

Granting Agency	Subject	Year	Principal Investigator	Co- Investigator(s)
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Grant	Ventricular Function in Sepsis Syndrome and the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome	1994-1995	Dr. K. Walley	Dr. D. Chittock
British Columbia Lung Association	Predicting Successful Extubation in the ICU	1994-1995	Dr. D. Chittock	Dr. K. Walley Dr. J. Russell
Society of Critical Care Medicine DASTA Pharmacy Outcomes Grant	Effect of a sedation scale on duration of mechanical ventilation	2000-2001	Dr. D. Chittock	Jane DeLemos
Special Opportunities research grant VHHSC	Effect of measuring sedation & agitation on outcomes in the critically ill patient	2002-2004	D. Chittock	Jane DeLemos
Multidisciplinary research grant VHHSC	Comparison of Nozinan Vs Haldol for treatment of delirium in the ICU	2002-2003	Jane Delemos	Dean Chittock
Vancouver Foundation Grant	Early detection of Delirium in the ICU	2003-2005	Jane Delemos	Dean Chittock
Multidisciplinary research grant VHHSC	Comparison of strict Vs standard glucose control in the critically ill	2002-2003	Juan Ronco	Dean Chittock
Canadian Intensive Care Foundation grant	Comparison of strict Vs standard glucose control in the critically ill	2002-2003	Bill Henderson	Dean Chittock
Canadian Diabetes Association Grant	Comparison of strict Vs standard glucose control in the critically ill: a pilot RCT	2003-2005	Juan Ronco	Dean Chittock
CIHR	Ventilator associated pneumonia study	2003-2005	Darren Hyland	Dean Chittock
Ortho Biotec	Prediction of length of stay in the ICU	2005	Dean Chittock
CIHR	Vasopressin and Septic Shock Trial (VASST)	2002-2006	James Russell	Dean Chittock
Michael Smith Foundation	ICU Patient Safety Team	2005	Peter Dodek	Dean Chittock
CIHR	International Collaborative Study: The age of blood	2005	Paul Hebert	Dean Chittock
CIHR	PROphylaxis of ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care Trial (PROTECT)	2005-2009	Deborah Cook	Dean Chittock
CIHR	Survival Utilizing Glucose Algorithm Trial (Sugar)	2006-2009	Dean Chittock

8.1 Percentage of overall time devoted to:

8.1.1 non-clinical instruction 0

8.1.2 clinical instruction 10

8.1.3 research/publication 10

8.1.4 administration 60

8.1.5 clinical practice 20

8.1.6 other (specify)

100%

8.2 Areas of special interest and accomplishments: (Maximum One Page)

Classroom instruction: (lectures, seminars, tutorials, courses, labs, exams as well as curriculum development). Provide titles and number of hours. (NOTE: use section 8.3 for undergraduate medical student teaching and section 8.4 for other undergraduate and graduate student classroom teaching).

8.3 Courses taught at UBC:

Year	Session	Course Number	Scheduled Hours	Class Size	Hours Taught
					Lecture	Tutorials	Labs	Other
1996	Med IV Epidemiology			15		3

8.4 Graduate Student Supervised

8.5 Supervision of residents/fellows/students with & without clinical service delivery

(Bedside, Ambulatory, Surgical, Laboratory, Radiology, etc…)

Year	Session	Course Number	Scheduled Hours	Class Size	Hours Taught
Year	Session	Course Number	Scheduled Hours	Class Size	Lecture	Tutorials	Labs	Other
1995	Department of Medicine Academic Half Day			50	2
1995	Department of Medicine Academic Half Day			50	2
1995	Department of Medicine Academic Half Day			50	1
1996	Department of Medicine Academic Half Day			50	1
1996	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
1996	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
1996	Orthopaedics Academic Half Day			20	1
1997	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
1997	Department of Surgery Academic Half Day			25	1
1997	Department of Medicine Academic Half day			50	3
1998	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
1998	Department of Medicine Academic Half day			50	1
1999	Department of Medicine Academic Half day			50	1
1999	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
1999	Orthopaedic Academic Half Day			20	1
2000	Orthopaedic Academic Half Day			20	1
2000	Department of Respiratory Journal Club			6	1
2000	Lecture; Respiratory Fellows			6	1
2000	Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapist Educational Forum			100	1
2000	Department of Medicine Academic Half day			50	1
2001	Plastic Surgery Academic Half day			10	1
2001	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
2001	Department of Medicine Academic Half day			95	1
2002	Orthopaedic Academic Half Day			20	1
2002	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
2002	Department of Respiratory Journal Club			6	1
2002	Lecture; Respiratory Fellows			6	1
2003	Orthopaedic Academic Half Day			20	1
2003	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
2003	Department of Respiratory Journal Club			6	1
2003	Lecture; Respiratory Fellows			6	1
2003	Plastic Surgery Academic Half day			10	1
2004	Orthopaedic Academic Half Day			20	1
2004	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
2004	Department of Respiratory Journal Club			6	1
2004	Lecture; Respiratory Fellows			6	1
2004	Plastic Surgery Academic Half day			10	1
2004	Anesthesia Academic Half day			30	1
2005	Anesthesia Academic half day			30	1
2005	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1
2005	Plastic Surgery Academic Half day			10	1
2005
2006	Anesthesia Academic half day			30	1
2006	Department of Medicine Noon Rounds			20	1

1995 – 1996 St. Paul’s Hospital CTU Attending (2 months/year) Service 16 hrs/total

Non-service 8 hrs/total

1996 – present Medical Resident Practice Orals 5 hrs/yr

1996 – present Bedside Teaching, UBC Critical Care Medicine Residents 188 hrs/year

(I attend in the Vancouver General Hospital Intensive Care Unit 18 weeks/year, providing 10 hrs/year

10 hrs/day of clinical care and 2 hrs/day of bedside teaching, 7 days/week. Bedside teaching

in the ICU includes teaching pathophysiologic principles of critical care, clinical critical care,

and basic procedural skills to critical care residents, fellows, and medical students.)

1996 – present Fellows Academic Half Day – Lecturer 6 hrs/year

1996 – present Fellows Academic Half Day/Journal Club 72 hrs/year

1996 – 2002 VHHSC CTU – 1 month/year Service 8.4 hrs/year

Non-service 4 hrs/year

1998 – 2002 Respiratory Ward/Consults – 8 weeks/year Service 12 hrs/year

Non-service 8 hrs/year

1998 – present Respiratory Division Academic Half Day Journal Club 5 hrs/year

Lecture 5 hrs/year

8.6 Supervision of graduate student research (must be enrolled in the faculty of graduate studies)

8.7 Teaching/Supervision of other trainees or professionals not included above (elective, visiting

or summer – students, research fellows, scientists, practitioners etc.)

1998-1999 B. Patel – Role of Vasopressin in Septic Shock

1998-1999 V. Dhingra – Improvement in the partial pressure of arterial oxygen with the sixty degree head up position in acute respiratory distress syndrome

1999-2000 G. Martinka – Role of the Pulmonary artery catheter in the management of the critically ill

2000-2001 J. Wilson – Role of the open lung biopsy in bone marrow transplant patients

2000-2001 G. Michaud – Development of a clinical prediction rule for extubation

Henderson – Glucose control in the Critically ill

2003-2004 C Fava – Intravenous contrast and renal dysfunction in the critically ill

Griesdale – Effect of age of blood on cerebral perfusion in traumatic brain injury
Millington- Effect of delay in resuscitation on acute renal failure in septic shock
Sweet – Early Goal directed therapy for sepsis in the ER

8.8 Continuing Education Presentation (as Educator/Lecturer, Keynote Speaker, visiting and invited lecturer, grand rounds) (include community/organization):

1993 “Update on Silicosis” Medical Grand Rounds, University Hospital University of Western Ontario, London, ON

1993 Perth County Medical Association, London, ON – “Update on the Investigation and Treatment of Asthma”

1993 London and District Academy of Nursing – London, ON – “Use of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory in COPD”

1993 Pulmonary Diseases, CME, University of Western Ontario, London, ON – “Diagnosis and management of chronic cough”

1994 Airvac Training Program, Paramedic Academy – “Acute Respiratory Failure”

1995 Airvac Training Program, Paramedic Academy – “Acute Respiratory Failure”

1996 Airvac Training Program, Paramedic Academy – “Acute Respiratory Failure”

1998 Western Canada Critical Care Medicine Conference – “Use of the PAC in the Critically ill patient”

Western Canada Critical Care Medicine Conference – “Research initiatives”

1999 Medical Grand Rounds, VHHSC – “Use of the PAC in the Critically ill patient”

Whistler 2000 Critical Care & Respiratory Disease Conference, University of British Columbia CME – moderator, Critical Care Day

2000 Whistler 2000 Critical Care & Respiratory Disease Conference, University of British Columbia CME –

“Use of the PAC in the Critically ill patient”

Whistler 2001 Critical Care & Respiratory Disease Conference, University of British Columbia CME – moderator, Critical Care Day

2002 Medicine in the 21^st Century Conference, The University of British Columbia

Whistler 2002 Critical Care & Respiratory Disease Conference, University of British Columbia CME – “Use of steroids in the critically ill”

Whistler 2003 Critical Care & Respiratory Disease Conference, University of British Columbia CME – moderator, Critical Care Day
Canadian Critical Care Conference, Whistler, BC Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia CME – Moderator

Canadian Critical Care Conference, Whistler, BC Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia CME – Moderator.

Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver; Update on Early Resucitation- Invited Speaker.

2005 Grand Rounds, Vancouver General Hospital Outreach Services: pilot project results

2005 Grand Rounds, Saint Paul’s Hospital Outreach Services: pilot project results

2005 Toronto Critical Care Medicine Conference, Toronto ON. “Glucose Control in the ICU: What are we waiting for?” – Invited Speaker.

2006 Toronto Critical Care Medicine Conference, Toronto ON. “The Ward Patient: Missed Opportunities” – Invited Speaker.

2006 Toronto Critical Care Medicine Conference, Toronto ON. “The Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Does it have a role?” – Invited Speaker

8.9 Other administration related to teaching (not included elsewhere)

(National or local, course or curriculum planning, curriculum innovation, residency committee, faculty development, preparation/administration/evaluation of examinations)

1993 – 1995 Fellow Representative, Critical Care Training Committee UBC Division of Critical Care Medicine

1990 – 1991 Post Graduate Education Committee

UWO Residency Training Evaluation Committee

UWO Medical Education Committee

1996 – 1998 Coordinator – Critical Care Medicine Resident Core Curriculum

1997 – 1999 Coordinator – University of British Columbia, Critical Care Medicine Journal Club