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Sonny Thiara

Clinical Assistant Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Intensive Care Physician
Contact Info
thiarasonny@gmail.com
604-396-7036

Biography

Dr. Sonny Thiara was born and raised in Prince George, British Columbia to Indian immigrants. He completed medical school through the University of British Columbia (UBC) Northern Medical Program in Prince George. He did his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in critical care at UBC, then traveled to Melbourne, Australia to complete a clinical fellowship in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) while obtaining a Master of Public Health in clinical epidemiology through Harvard University. Dr. Thiara now works as an intensivist at Vancouver General Hospital where he is establishing a program of research around ECMO. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at UBC.

News and Awards

Investigator Awards 2022 Recipients

Apr 26, 2022

Publications

  • The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques -

    Effect of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

    Thiara S, Griesdale DE, Henderson WR, Sekhon MS
  • Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie -

    The pulmonary artery catheter: a solution still looking for a problem.

    Thiara S, Griesdale DEG
  • Critical care medicine -

    Goal-Directed Care Using Invasive Neuromonitoring Versus Standard of Care After Cardiac Arrest: A Matched Cohort Study.

    Fergusson NA, Hoiland RL, Thiara S, Foster D, Gooderham P, Rikhraj K, Grunau B, Christenson J, Ainslie PN, Griesdale DEG, Sekhon MS
  • Journal of critical care -

    Quality of life and functional status of patients treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at 6 months.

    Kanji HD, Chouldechova A, Harris-Fox S, Ronco JJ, O'dea E, Harvey C, Shuster C, Thiara S, Peek GJ
  • Critical care medicine -

    Brain Hypoxia Secondary to Diffusion Limitation in Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury Postcardiac Arrest.

    Sekhon MS, Ainslie PN, Menon DK, Thiara SS, Cardim D, Gupta AK, Hoiland RL, Gooderham P, Griesdale DE
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