Dr.
Simon Whyte
Academic Rank:
Hospital Site(s):
• Trained in medicine at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1989-94
• Anaesthesia training mostly in Liverpool, England, 1998-2005.
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, 1999; Magill Medal winner
• Fellow at BCCH 2004-2005. Intended to stay for one year…
• Staff Paediatric Anaesthesiologist at BCCH, Feb 2006 –
• Director of departmental Quality of Care portfolio, Jan 2008 –
• Associate Chief of Anaesthesia, Jan 2011 –
• Chair, Child Health & Safety Quality of Care Committee, Jun 2012 -2016
• Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society
o Vice-Chair Sept 2012 –14
o Chair 2014 –2016
o Past Chair 2016 –
…10 years, two kids, two cats, one dog & a mortgage later, appears to be staying.
• 25 peer-reviewed original articles
• $500 000 + garnered in competitive research funding
• Reviewer for Pediatr Anesth., Acta Anesth Scand., Can. J. Anesth
Appointments
General Research Interest(s)
Research Interests
Perioperative pharmacology and myocardial repolarisation dynamics
Canadian paediatric difficult airway database development
Quality improvement
Performance metrics for anaesthesiologists
Clinical Interests
Anaesthesia for scoliosis correction surgery
Perioperative management of long QT syndromes
Total intravenous anaesthesia
Difficult airway management