On the recommendation of Dean Jane Philpott, Matthew Evans, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) at Queen’s University, has reappointed Dr. Ramiro Arellano as Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine for Queen’s Health Sciences.
The appointment is for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2024. Dr. Arellano has served in the role since July 1, 2019.
Dr. Arellano began his medical education at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned his MD in 1984. He then went on to complete his postgraduate education at the University of Toronto in the Department of Anesthesia and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1989. His academic career began at the University of Toronto where he remained until 1999. He then moved to Dalhousie where his career advanced until 2004 when he was recruited to our department at Queen’s. Dr. Arellano was an Associate Professor at Queen’s until 2012, when he relocated to London Ontario, back to his alma mater, Western.
Dr. Arellano’s research has focused on a range of topics, including cardiac anesthesiology and post-operative care. He has been an author or co-author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in publications such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and The Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. A respected authority in his field, he has been invited to present or lead workshops on over 40 occasions, both across Canada and internationally. Dr. Arellano has also been an investigator on grants awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Montreal Heart Institute, and the Ontario Thoracic Society, among other organizations. The Medical Research Council of Canada has recognized his research with their Clinician Scientist Award.
Throughout his career, Dr. Arellano has taken on a variety of leadership roles within the university, frequently serving on multiple committees at a time.
Please join Dean Philpott in congratulating Dr. Arellano on this reappointment.