HTRS Canadian Representative

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Deborah Siegal MD, MSc, FRCPC, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She holds MSc degrees in Pharmacology and Health Research Methodology. Her primary research interests include (i) reduction of blood loss and transfusion in critically ill patients, (ii) management of anticoagulant-related bleeding, (iii) restarting anticoagulants after bleeding, (iv) perioperative management of anticoagulation for urgent surgery, and (v) ischemic stroke in patients with cancer. Her research is funded by CIHR, CanVECTOR/Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the American Society of Hematology. She has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 38).