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Gail M. Annich
Hospital Positions
Department of Critical Care
Director of Quality and Safety
Director of Emergency Preparedness
Director of Critical Care Response Team
Other hospital titles
Director of Resuscitation Oversight
Director of Code Blue/Resuscitation Team
Medical Lead for Code Orange
Medical Lead for Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI)
Research Positions
Project Investigator
SickKids Research Institute
Biography
Dr. Gail Annich holds many roles at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) both within the Department of Critical Care Medicine and at the hospital level. Within Critical Care Medicine, she is Director of Quality and Safety and Disaster Preparedness. At the hospital level, she is Director of the Critical Care Response Team, Code Blue Team and Resuscitation Oversight Committee as well as Medical Lead for Mass Casualty and Disaster Preparedness. Dr. Annich is a Professor of Paediatrics at University of Toronto and Staff Intensivist in the Paediatric ICU at SickKids. As a project investigator at SickKids Research Institute, her focus is on coagulation, resuscitation, ECLS, and biomaterials/compatibility as well as development of web-based applications for Emergency Response. Dr. Annich serves as a member of the Strategic Advisory Council on the ELSO Board of Directors and is also senior associate editor for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine journal. In 2020 Dr. Annich was awarded Fellowship of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization in recognition of her international expertise in the field of extracorporeal life support.
Research
Dr. Annich is also a Project Investigator with SickKids Research Institute and continues to pursue research focusing in coagulation, resuscitation, extracorporeal life support (ECLS), biomaterials/compatibility and COVID-19. She is on the editorial board for several journals and is considered expert in the field of ECLS.
Education and Experience
Degrees
- 1995–1997: M.Sc., Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- 1984–1988: MD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 1982–1986: Bachelor of Medical Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training
- 1995–1997: Research Fellow, Extracorporeal Life Support Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- 1994–1995: Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Chief Fellow, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1993–1994: Paediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1990–1993: Paediatric Residency, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1989–1990: Pediatric Residency, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 1988–1989: Rotating Internship, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Achievements
- 2020: Excellence in Teaching Award, Professional Association of Residents in Ontario (PARO) Award, Nominee.
- 2019: President’s Award – Acute Care Transport Services (ACTS) Team, SickKids, for championing the evolution of health systems (Hospital-wide recognition). Toronto, Canada.
- 2019: POWER Award, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
- 2018–Present: Co-Chair of Protocols and Chair of Grants for the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).
Funding
- 2020–2022: Co-Investigator. New strategies to improve blood management in ECMO patients (PSI Foundation). PI: Dr. D Ratano, Co-PI: Dr. E Fan. $196,000 CAD.