S. Kavita Sridhar - MD, MHSc, FRCPC
ksridhar@lakeridgehealth.on.ca
Academic Rank at Queen’s:
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University
Academic Rank at University of Toronto: Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of
Toronto
Base specialty:
Internal Medicine
Current Appointment:
- Staff Critical Care Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
- Education Lead for Critical Care (Regional Clinical Teaching Unit Lead - Critical Care)
Medical School: University of Ottawa, graduated 2005
Residency: University of Ottawa, Internal Medicine 2005-2008
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary 2008-2010
Master’s Degree: Bioethics at the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 2010-2012
Previous employment: Clinical Associate in Critical Care at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto ON
Clinical and Academic Interests:
Bioethics and end-of-life care
Education of trainees
Simulation models in education
Committees/Positions:
Sub-Investigator, EUPHRATES clinical trial - Lakeridge Health
Co-educator/Physician Lead of Rapid Response Team - Lakeridge Health
Resuscitation committee - Lakeridge Health
Transfusion committee - Lakeridge Health
Mentor - Wightman-Berris Academy Mentorship Program - University of Toronto
Publications:
S.K. Sridhar. (Publication in print, 2014). Shock. In P. Papadakos and M. Gestring (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Trauma Care.
J. Downar et al., including S.K. Sridhar. Non-beneficial Treatment in Canada: Definitions,
Causes, and Potential Solutions from the Perspective of Healthcare Practitioners. Critical Care
Medicine, (Publication pending 2014)
S.K. Sridhar, D. Sadler, S.D. McFadden, C.D. Ball, M. Mercado, and A.W. Kirkpatrick. (2010)
Percutaneous Embolization of an Angiographically Inaccessible Pulmonary Artery
Pseudoaneurysm After Blunt Chest Trauma: A case report and review of the literature. Journal
of Trauma, 69 (3):729.
M. Detsky, M. Balter, S. K. Sridhar and J. Granton. (2010) Clinical Problem Solving: Under
Pressure. New England Journal of Medicine, 362 (5): 449-454.
G.S. Robertson, C.J. Lee, K. Sridhar, Y. Nakabeppu, M. Cheng, Y. Wang, and M.G. Caron.
(2004) Clozapine-, but not haloperidol-, induced increases in ΔFosB-like immunoreactivity are
completely blocked in the striatum of mice lacking D3 dopamine receptors. European Journal of
Neuroscience, 20, 3189-3194.
G.S. Robertson, C.J. Lee, Y. Zhu, Y. Nakabeppu, S. K. Sridhar, M. Caron. (1999) Clozapine
but not Haloperidol-induced ΔFosB expression in the striatum is reduced in D3 dopamine
receptor knockout mice. Abstract in Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 1999, Miami
Beach, Florida.