Christopher Parshuram, MB.ChB. DPhil. FRACP
The Hospital for Sick Children
Staff Physician
Critical Care Medicine
Research Institute
Interim Head and Scientist
Child Health Evaluative Sciences
University of Toronto
Associate Professor
Critical Care Medicine & Paediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Health Policy Management & Evaluation
Phone: 416-813-6504
Email: christopher.parshuram@sickkids.ca
Alternate Contact: Erika Robinson
Alternate Phone: 416-813-4919
Alternate Fax: 416-813-7299
Alternate Email: erika.robinson@sickkids.ca
Brief Biography
Dr. Parshuram graduated from Otago University of New Zealand (1990), with prizes in medicine and pharmacology. Following a residency in paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to Canada where he completed specialist fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine and clinical pharmacology in Toronto and Edmonton. He completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology in 2005, on the subject of patient safety.
Parshuram was appointed as a staff physician in the Department of Critical Care Medicine in the Hospital for Sick Children in 2003, and is a scientist in Child Health Evaluation Sciences in the Research Institute. In addition to formal training in systems of healthcare delivery, Parshuram has expertise in cardiac arrest prevention, reducing errors that are associated with medications, and preventing fatigue in healthcare workers. He has received peer-reviewed research funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He is a career scientist of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.
Research Interests
Patient Safety
Research Activities
Resuscitation, Fatigue, Medication Safety
External Funding
Heart & Stroke Foundation