Dr. Gerald O’Leary

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
Sinai Health

Dr. Gerald O’Leary is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief for the Sinai Health. A trusted leader in his field, he is also the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at a number of Toronto health-care institutions, including the University Health Network, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Women’s College Hospital and the Kensington Eye Institute.

Dr. O’Leary is the Vice-Chair, Clinical Practice, Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, and Associate Professor, Anesthesia at the University of Toronto. He is also an Assistant Professor (Status only), at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto.

Education

Dr. O’Leary received anesthesia training at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland and came to Toronto in 1986 as a clinical/research fellow. He received his FRCPC in 1990.

Research

Dr. O’Leary has several articles published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia and Anesthesiology, focusing on the administration of anesthesia in post-cesarean section patients, urological procedures, liver transplantation and cardiac surgery.

Administrative Activities

• Member, Coalition on Anesthesia Care Team, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
• Co-Chair, Adult Chronic Pain Network Advisory Board, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Member, Adult Chronic Pain Strategy Committee, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• TAPMI Proposal Review Committee, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Medical Advisor, National Association of Peri Anesthesia Nurses
• Member, Respiratory Therapy Program Advisory Committee, Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences

Locally, Dr. O’Leary has been a member of several committees at Mount Sinai, University Health Network, Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Dr. O’Leary received the Wightman Berris Individual Teaching Award for Health Profession Programs, from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.