Dr. Rishi Ganesan

F. TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DESIGN

Continuing Medical Education
2024 - Present	Procedural Bootcamp for Pediatric Emergency Physicians – Chest tube insertion, femoral central venous catheterization & advanced airway skills – twice a year
Postgraduate Teaching 
2023 - 2024	PCCM Organ Donation Curriculum Working Group, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – National Working Group
2020 - 2021	Province-wide academic half days for PCCM trainees (Ontario)            Co-Lead, Province-wide PCCM Learning Initiative
2019 -	Yearly academic half day – Neuromonitoring – PCCM Trainees, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Center
2019 -	Yearly academic half day – Neuroprognostication – PCCM Trainees, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Center 
2017 - 2019	ACTS Clinicians Training	
Topic: Management of Neurological Emergencies for Acute Care Transport Service (ACTS) 
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
2017	ACTS Teaching Bootcamp - Transport Fellows & Physicians	
Topic: Management of Neurological Emergencies 
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
2017	PERLs Resident Teaching Half-Day	
Topic: Hands-On Procedural Teaching Session
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Evaluations available)
2017	PERLs Resident Teaching	
Topic: Code Blue Cases 
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Evaluations available)
2016 - 2019	ACRP Resident Teaching 
Topic: Managing Neurological Emergencies
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto 			     Evaluation: >4.5 out of 5 for Teaching Performance
2016 - 2018	Radiology and EEG Rounds - Fellow Lead 
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Developed a standard template for dissemination of weekly case list and facilitated discussion of clinical, radiological, and neurophysiological data 
2016 - 2018	PICU/CCCU Fellows Teaching				        Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Evaluations available)
Led interactive teaching session on MRI brain, status epilepticus and evoked potentials in critically ill children
2016 - 2018	PICU/CCCU Monthly Resident Lecture Series
Topics: Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure, Traumatic Brain Injury, Shock Management, Blood Gas Analysis, Respiratory Failure
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
Evaluations: > 4.5 out of 5 for Teaching Performance
2013 - 2016	PICU/CCCU Fellow Academics	
Topic: ICU (Journal Clubs, Seminars, & Case Vignettes)
Institution: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
2013 - 2016	PICU/CCCU Resident Lecture Series	
Topics: Raised ICP, Shock, Airway, Blood Gas, Respiratory Failure, Status Epilepticus, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Mechanical Ventilation
Institution: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Simulation-based Education
2021	TACTICS Simulation Bootcamp 
Topic: Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis 
Institution: Canadian Critical Care Forum				      Co-Facilitator: Dr. Nicole McKinnon
2020	TACTICS Simulation Bootcamp 
Topic: Pediatric Stroke 
Institution: Canadian Critical Care Forum				      Co-Facilitator: Dr. Nicole McKinnon
2019 – present 	PCCU -Resident Simulation session, Department of Paediatrics	 Topics: Status Epilepticus, Depressed Level of consciousness   Institution: Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario - LHSC
2019	TACTICS Simulation Bootcamp 
Topic: Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury 
Institution: Canadian Critical Care Forum
Co-Facilitators: Dr. Geraldine Patterson & Dr. Nicole McKinnon 	
2018	TACTICS Simulation Bootcamp
Topic: Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Institution: Canadian Critical Care Forum
Co-Facilitator: Dr. Jonathan Duff
2017 - 18	Immersive Reality – In-unit simulation-based team training
Topic: Multiple PCCU and CCCU scenarios
Institution: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Developed scenarios and facilitated high-fidelity immersive reality sessions for fellows, nurses, respiratory therapists and the ICU team.
2018	SIM Half Day for Fellows	
Topic: Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis		        Institution: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Evaluation available)
Co-Facilitators: Dr. Brian Kavanagh & Dr. Briseida Mema 
2017	Fellows Simulation Bootcamp	
Topic: Neurological Determination of Death			         Institution: Canadian Critical Care Forum
Co-Facilitators: Dr. Sonny Dhanani & Dr. Briseida Mema
2015 - 2016	Pediatric Advanced Life Support Training	
‘Indian Academy of Pediatrics – Pediatric Advanced Life Support’ Certified Basic & Advanced Life Support Instructor 
Curriculum Development & Testing 
2019 – 2025	PCCU Nurses, PCCU Trainees & PCCU Attendings			  Topic: Non-convulsive seizure on QEEG trends		         Institution: Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Center
2018 - 2019	PICU & CCCU Nurses & Fellows QEEG Education (Fellow Lead)	
Topic: Basics of Critical Care EEG and Seizure Identification Using Simplified Quantitative EEG Tools 
Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
2016	Pediatric Procedural Sedation Module	
I developed and implemented an interactive educational module on procedural sedation for training residents, fellows and nurses. 
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
Mentor: Dr. M. Jayashree 
2016	Pro-Con Debate Sessions - Fellows	
As chief fellow, I initiated monthly pro-con evidence-based debate sessions on clinically relevant critical care questions for fellows. 
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

G. RESEARCH SUPERVISION / MENTORSHIP 
1. UNDERGRADUATE
2025	Research Supervisor, Shamim Norozi   			            Current Position: BHSc,Honors Specialization		               Dept. of Paediatrics Summer Studentship award
2025	Research Supervisor, Hashmeet Kainth   			            Current Position: BMSc, Medical Sciences		            Undergraduate Summer Research Internship (USRI) award
2024 	Mentor, Sukhnoor Riar                                     		            Current Position: BSc, Double Major in Biology & Medical Science
2021 – 2023	Research Supervisor, Vivek Patil					 Project Title: Structural/functional brain connectivity in delirium in critically ill patients: a scientific narrative review			            Current position: MD Student, McMaster University (MD Candidate 2026)
2. GRADUATE 
2025 – Present	MSc Supervisor, Ankit Bakshi					 Project Title: Using light and sound to detect delirium in critically ill children
2025 – Present	MSc Supervisor, Shveta Suresh				             Project Title: Using EEG and sound to detect delirium in critically ill children
2024 – Present	MSc Supervisor, Tallulah Nyland					 Project Title: EEG for detection of covert awareness in children unresponsive after an acquired brain injury
2024 – Present	MSc Supervisor, Kyle (Haonan) Sun					 Project Title: Functional NIRS for detection of covert awareness in children unresponsive after an acquired brain injury
2024 (Jan – Mar)	Clinical Research Supervisor, Daniela Carvalho, Julia Kaf-Alghazal, Devorah Dolman, Hafsa Mir. Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences Program – Master of Science (MSc)
2023 – 2025	MSc Supervisor, Hiruthika Ravi					 Project Title: Electrophysiological markers of delirium in critically ill children
2023 – 2025	MSc Supervisor, Brian Krivoruk					 Project Title: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based markers of delirium in critically ill children 
2022 – Present	PhD Supervisor, Karen Wong					 Project Title: Neuroprognostication after acquired brain injury in critically ill children using functional magnetic resonance imaging
				
3. MEDICAL STUDENTS 
2025 - 	Research Supervisor (Longitudinal), Saanvi Mital 		            Project: International survey of neuroprognostication practices in brain injured children
Current position: Medical Student, Western University
2020 - 2024	Research Supervisor, Megha Shetty
Project: Systematic review of neuroprognostication in critically ill children with traumatic and anoxic brain injury
Current position: Resident, Internal Medicine, McGill University
2020 - 2024	Research Supervisor, Brennan Donville 
Project: Systematic review of neuroprognostication in critically ill children with traumatic and anoxic brain injury
Current position: Resident, Paediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
2021 – 2022	Research Supervisor, Komal Jariwala				 Project Title: Long-term outcomes and post-intensive care syndrome in critically ill children: a systematic review of literature		            Current position: MD Student, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
2021 	Research Supervisor, Amrose Khaira, Eshana Ghuman, Donna Mohseni Mofidi, Dorsa Kord						 Project Title: Nurse-led Advanced monitoring for Non-Convulsive Seizures in Encephalopathic critically ill children (NuANCEd)           Current position: MD students, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
2021	Research Supervisor, Arielle Sutton, Zara Ahmad, Mary-Claire Verbeke, Joshua Jordan Neposlan							  Project Title: Critical Illness Recovery Support Program (CRISP) for children and families						             Current position: MD students, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
4. POSTGRADUATE TRAINEES
Medical Residents/Fellows
2025 – Present	Supervisor, Dr. Sunny Kim 							 Dept. of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital – LHSC, London (ON);      Project: Evoked and event-related potentials in Sleep deprived healthcare providers; Current Position: Pediatric Resident (PGY-1), CH-LHSC
2022 – 2025	Supervisor, Dr. Stephanie Hosang					    Dept. of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital – LHSC, London (ON);      Project: Brain Connectivity in Sleep deprived healthcare providers (BrainCASH); Current Position: Pediatrician
2020 – 2023	Supervisor, Dr. Justin Garabon				     Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital – LHSC, London (ON); Project: Utilization, yield and impact of continuous electroencephalography in the pediatric critical care unit: a single-center retrospective study; Current Position: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, CH-LHSC
2018 - 2019	Co-Supervisor & Research Project Advisor, Dr. F. Din
The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada Division of Paediatric Neurology, Department of Paediatrics; Project: Seizure detection algorithms in critically ill children – a comparative evaluation		            Current position: Pediatric Neurology Resident, SickKids, Toronto 
2015 - 2016 	Mentor, Dr. J. Ismail (Pediatric Critical Care Fellow)
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Department of Paediatrics, Chandigarh, India
Current Position: Pediatric Intensivist, NMC Royal Khalifa City, UAE
2015 - 2016 	Mentor, Dr. M. Reddy (Pediatric Critical Care Fellow)
Institution: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Department of Paediatrics, Chandigarh, India	            Current Position: Pediatric intensivist, Assistant Professor, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, India

Medical Innovation Fellows
2020 – 2021	Mentor, Sherif Abdou, Sheyla Abdic, Saumik Biswas, Kirill Fedorov, Michael Lavdas, Gordon Ngo, Eveline Pasman
Institution: WORLDiscoveries – Medical Innovation Fellowship & London Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital, London, Ontario

2019 – 2020 	Mentor, Bashar Yafouz, Wagner H. Souza, Maryam Majedi, Sathyanarayanan Sridhar, Adam Paish & Jeiran Eskandari
Institution: WORLDiscoveries – Medical Innovation Fellowship & London Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital, London, Ontario

H. THESIS DEFENCE & PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE ROLES
2025	MSc Defense; Role: University Examiner			            Student Name: Michael Francesco Dinatolo. Program: Biomedical Engineering. Thesis: BOLD Signal Variability as a Clinical Biomarker of Normative Pediatric Neurodevelopment
2024	MSc Defense; Role: Exam Chair				            Student Name: Ira Gupta. Program: Neuroscience			 Thesis: Quantifying Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Critically Brain Injured Patients: A Graph-Theoretical Approach with fNIRS
2024			PhD Defense; Role: University Examiner								Student Name: Karnig Kazazian. Program: Neuroscience						Thesis:	 Improving diagnosis and prognosis after severe acute brain injury
2023			PhD Defense; Role: University Examiner								Student Name: Jessica Du Toit. Program: Philosophy
			Thesis What Do We Owe the Other Animals in Health-Related 					Research?
2022			MSc Defense; Role: Exam Chair									Student Name: Lilian Kebaya. Program: Neuroscience						Thesis: Three dimensional and functional infrared spectroscopy for 				bedside monitoring of intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants
I. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Courses and Workshops
2025	The Three Invisible Forces Workshop – Leadership Development by Alexandre Messager
2025	Family Engagement in Research (FER) Course, McMaster University
2024	Neurocritical Care Masterclass, Critical Care Canada Forum
2024	Faculty Support Program, National Centre for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) – Supported by FSP Summer 2024 Scholarship ($1650 USD) and the CTA-UWO Fund ($3600 USD)
2022	Computational Neuroscience Workshop, Campus Alberta Neuroscience
2021 – 2022	Schulich-Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy, The Centre for Quality, Innovation & Safety (CQUINS), Western University in collaboration with Ivey School of Business & Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
2021	Data Science Without Tears, University of Western Ontario's Presidential Data Fellows. Course Directors – Ghazal Farhani, Alexis Lerner, Devan Becker, Mark Daley
2021	Leadership begins with self-awareness (CORE), Canadian Medical Association JOULE (https://shop.cma.ca/products/leadership-begins-with-self-awareness-course) 
2021	Hands-on Workshop Project Management for Research, Centre for Research & Innovative Support (CRIS), University of Toronto
2021	Clinical Research Course, Pediatric Acute Lung Injury & Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Research Group
2021	CIHR Early Career Researcher Peer Review Observer			    Behavioral Sciences & Cognition (BSC-B) Committee
2019	Grant Writing – Nuts & Bolts of Research (NABOR)
Two half-days grant writing workshop led by Dr. Hannah Wunsch
Grant Reviewers: Dr. D Scales, Dr. J Marshall, Dr. N Adhikari 
2019	Sub-specialty Residency Program Education Retreat	
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sickkids, Toronto, Ontario
Retreat Director: Dr. B Mema
2019	ICU EEG Course
Two-Day Course -The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Meeting, Las Vegas
Course Directors: Jong Woo Lee, Courtney J. Wusthoff
2019	Evoked Potentials Course	
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Meeting, Las Vegas
Course Directors: Elayna O. Rubens, Viet Nguyen
2019	Autonomic Neurophysiology Course	
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Meeting, Las Vegas 
Course Directors: Claus Reinsberger, Jeffrey Liou
2019	Neonatal EEG Workshop	
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Meeting, Las Vegas
Course Director: Shavonne Massey
2018	Neurocritical Care Workshop	
Looking Ahead in Neurocritical Care: Improving Prognostication and Outcomes; Canadian Critical Care Forum 2018, Toronto, Ontario
Course Directors: Jeff Singh, Vickie McCredie
2018	Clinical Observership 
Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York
Mentor: Dr. Jan Claassen
2018	ICU EEG Course	
31st International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Washington DC
Course Directors: Lawrence J. Hirsch, Eugen Trinka
2018	Neurophysiological Intra-Operative Monitoring Course	
31st International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Washington DC
Course Directors: Jay Shils, Jamie Lopez, Andrea Szelenyi
2016	Clinical Observership 
International Observership, Boston Children’s Hospital, International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Burns                                               
2015	Extra-Corporeal Life Support (ECLS) Workshop	
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) – Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Hyderabad, India 
Workshop Director: Dr. Suneel Pooboni
Online Certificate Courses
2019 	Machine Learning – 12-Week Online Certificate Course (Coursera)
Stanford University, California, United States of America
Program Director: Andrew Ng
2016 	Pediatric Nutrition (PGPN) - Post Graduate Program – 24-Week Online Program
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, United States of America
Program Director: Carine M Lenders
J. LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION 
Education Initiatives
2023 - 	Member, Royal College PCCM Organ Donation Working Group, The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)	
Quality & Safety Initiatives
2023 - 	Faculty Lead, Optimization of standardized assessment of sedation, analgesia & delirium in critically ill children, Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Center     
2022 – 2023	Member, Innovative Virtual Care Taskforce, Dept. of Paediatrics Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Center
2020 – 2022	Member, Pediatric Code Stroke protocol, Dept. of Paediatrics      Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Center
2021 – 2022	Member, Nil Per Oral Guidelines Committee, Dept. of Paediatrics Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences Center
2021 - 	Lead, PCCU CARES program – Paediatric Critical Care Unit’s Comprehensive program to Augment Recovery & Enhance Survivorship
2019	Co-Lead, Nurses & Trainees Communication Task Force 
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
2018 - 2019	Fellow Lead, Sedation, Analgesia & Delirium Working Group
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
2017 - 2018	Fellow Lead, Quantitative EEG for Seizure Identification in the ICU
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
2016 - 2018	Fellow Lead, Improving the Educational Value of Radiology/EEG Rounds Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
2015	Fellow Lead, Procedural Sedation & Analgesia 
Division of Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India 
2015	Fellow Lead, Reducing Delays in ICU Transfer
Division of Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
2014-2015	Fellow Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Prevention of HCAIs
Division of Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Volunteer Work
2025 	MD Admission Interviewer
2024 - Present	MD/DDS Admissions Application Rater					  Western University, Class of 2028
2021	MD Admissions Application Rater				           Western University, Class of 2025
2020	MD Admissions Interviewer & Application Rater
Western University, Class of 2024
2018 - 2019	MD Admissions Interviewer & Application Rater
University of Toronto – Class of 2022 and 2023
2013 - 2014	(92.7 Big FM) Radio Broadcasts - Improve Awareness: Dengue and Malaria 
Chandigarh, India 
2008 - 2016	Blood Donor and Organizer - Blood Donation Camps 
Chandigarh, India
2008	Visited 12 remote villages in the Indian province of Tamil Nadu to impart health education sessions on the importance of breastfeeding to mothers as part of World Breastfeeding awareness week
2004	Tsunami Relief Work – Medical Transport Team
Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu