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Donald Griesdale

Associate Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Intensive Care Physician
Research Focus
Blood, Heart and CirculationBrain and Nerves
Degrees / Designations

MD, MPH, FRCPC

Contact Info
donald.griesdale@vch.ca
dgriesdale

Biography

Dr. Donald Griesdale is an intensive care physician at Vancouver General Hospital. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia with cross appointments in the Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology. Following his clinical training, he completed his Master of Public Health in quantitative methods at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Dr. Griesdale’s clinical and academic areas of interest include neurocritical care of patients with traumatic brain injury and hypoxemic ischemic brain injury following cardiac arrest.

Research Studies

Brain, Lungs and Breathing

The NEUROlogically-impaired Extubation Timing Trial (NEURO-ETT)

Aneurysm, Blood Transfusion and Donation

Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Outcome (SAHaRA Pilot)

News and Awards

People in profile: Ryan Hoiland

Nov 16, 2021

Wrapping care around the patient for better ICU discharge outcomes

Dec 6, 2020

Moving from clinic to research requires dedication, ambition

Apr 17, 2014

Publications

  • Circulation research -

    Brain Hypoxia Is Associated With Neuroglial Injury in Humans Post-Cardiac Arrest.

    Hoiland RL, Ainslie PN, Wellington CL, Cooper J, Stukas S, Thiara S, Foster D, Fergusson NA, Conway EM, Menon DK, Gooderham P, Hirsch-Reinshagen V, Griesdale DE, Sekhon MS
  • Journal of neurotrauma -

    Duraplasty in Traumatic Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury: Impact on Spinal Cord Hemodynamics, Tissue Metabolism, Histology, and Behavioral Recovery Using a Porcine Model.

    Streijger F, Kim KT, So K, Manouchehri N, Shortt K, Okon EB, Morrison C, Fong A, Gupta R, Allard Brown A, Tigchelaar S, Sun J, Liu E, Keung M, Daly CD, Cripton PA, Sekhon MS, Griesdale DE, Kwon BK
  • Critical care explorations -

    Intraparenchymal Neuromonitoring of Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome.

    Hoiland RL, Griesdale DE, Gooderham P, Sekhon MS
  • Resuscitation -

    Invasive neuromonitoring post-cardiac arrest: Key considerations.

    Hoiland RL, Griesdale DE, Sekhon MS
  • Journal of intensive care medicine -

    The Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and/or Transcranial Doppler as Non-Invasive Markers of Cerebral Perfusion in Adult Sepsis Patients With Delirium: A Systematic Review.

    Wood MD, Boyd JG, Wood N, Frank J, Girard TD, Ross-White A, Chopra A, Foster D, Griesdale DEG
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