Appointments and affiliations
Head, Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Ottawa
Dr. Bernard McDonald is an anesthesiologist, critical care medicine specialist, and head of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa.
Background
Dr. McDonald earned both his MD and a PhD in pharmacology and toxicology in 1996 at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. He then completed his anesthesia residency at the University of Ottawa, obtaining his fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in anesthesiology. He subsequently completed a fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Ottawa. He joined the Heart Institute as a member of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology in 2002.
Research and clinical interests
Dr. McDonald has an active practice in both clinical anesthesiology and critical care medicine. His academic interests include applied cardiovascular physiology, long-term outcomes post cardiac critical illness, and chronic critical illness.
Publications
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
- Sun L, Boodhwani M, Baer H, McDonald B. The association between tracheostomy and sternal wound infection in postoperative cardiac surgery patients. Can J Anaesth. 2013 Jul;60(7):684-91. doi: 10.1007/s12630-013-9950-6. Epub 2013 May 3. PubMed PMID: 23640661.
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Overview of transfusion practices in perioperative and critical care. Vox Sang 2004;87(Suppl 2):209-217.
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Clinical consequences of anemia and red cell transfusion in the critically ill. Critical Care Clinics 2004;20:225-236.
- Kulik A, McDonald BJ. Cardiogenic shock, hemoptysis, and venous thromboembolism: a unique presentation of Goodpasture's syndrome. Chest 2004;126(Suppl 4):994S.
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Overview of transfusion practices in perioperative and critical care. Can J Anaesth 2003;50(Suppl 6):S65-75.
FULL LIST OF PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Overview of transfusion practices in perioperative and critical care. Vox Sang. 2004; 87 (Suppl 2):209-17.
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Clinical consequences of anemia and red cell transfusion in the critically ill. Critical Care Clinics 2004; 20: 225-236.
- Hebert PC, McDonald BJ, Tinmouth A. Overview of transfusion practices in perioperative and critical care. Can J Anaesth. 2003; 50(Suppl 6):S65-75.
- Kulik A, McDonald BJ. Cardiogenic shock, hemoptysis, and venous thromboembolism: A unique presentation of Goodpasture's syndrome. Chest 2004; 126 (suppl 4): 994S.
- McGuire JJ, Anderson DJ, McDonald BJ, Narayanasami R, Bennett BM. Inhibition of NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and glyceryl trinitrate biotransformation by diphenyleneiodonium sulfate. Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 56:881-893.
- McDonald BJ, Monkewich GJ, Long PG, Anderson DJ, Thomas PE, Bennett BM. Effect of dexamethasone treatment on the biotransformation of glyceryl trinitrate: CYP3A1 mediated activation of rat aortic guanylyl cyclase by glyceryl trinitrate. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1994; 72:1513-1520.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, Nigam R, Simon WC. Biotransformation of organic nitrates and vascular smooth muscle function. Trends Pharmacol Sci 1994; 15:245-249.
- McDonald BJ, Bennett BM. Biotransformation of glyceryl trinitrate by rat aortic cytochrome P450. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 45:268-270.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, Nigam R, Long PG, Simon WC. Inhibition of nitrovasodilator- and acetylcholine-induced relaxation and cyclic GMP accumulation by the cytochrome P450 substrate, 7-ethoxyresorufin. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1992;70:1297-1303.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, St. James MJ. Hepatic cytochrome P450-mediated activation of rat aortic guanylate cyclase by glyceryl trinitrate. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1992; 261:716-723.
- McDonald BJ, Bennett BM. Cytochrome P450-mediated biotransformation of organic nitrates. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1990; 68:1552-1557.
ABSTRACTS
- McDonald BJ, Anderson DJ, and Bennett, B.M. Differential effects of a series of 7-alkoxyresorufin analogues on nitrovasodilator-induced relaxation and vascular cyclic GMP accumulation. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1994; 72(1):152.
- McDonald BJ, Monkewich GJ, Long PG, Anderson DJ, Bennett BM. Effect of dexamethasone pretreatment on the biotransformation and pharmacological actions of glyceryl trinitrate. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1994; 72(1):293.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, Nigam R, Simon WC. Inhibition of nitrovasodilator- and acetylcholine-induced relaxation and cyclic GMP accumulation by 7-ethoxyresorufin. Gordon Research Conference on Drug Metabolism, Plymouth, New Hampshire, July 1992.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, St. James MJ. Inhibition of nitrovasodilator - and acetylcholine-induced relaxation of isolated rat aorta by 7-ethoxyresorufin. J Vasc Res 1992; 29:84.
- McDonald BJ, Bennett BM. Biotransformation of organic nitrates by rat aortic cytochrome P450. Proc Can Fed Biol Soc 1991; 34:124.
- Bennett BM, McDonald BJ, Baur R. Role of cytochrome P450 in the biotransformation and mechanism of action of organic nitrates. Eur J Pharmacol 1990;183:1370-1371.
- McDonald BJ, Bennett BM. Biotransformation of organic nitrates by rat hepatic cytochrome P450. FASEB J 1990;4:A456.