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Sonny Dhanani

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Sonny Dhanani

Researcher

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
58 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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114

Publications

1,027

Citations

113

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Research

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Organ Donation Health Equity And Policy Lived Experience Organ Transplantation Public Health Messaging Social Determinants Of Health Cardiac Arrest Death

Latest papers

Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study
Critical Care · 2026
Sexual and Gender Minorities in Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT): A Survey of Canadian OTDT Health Care Workers
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease · 2026
Complex cases and coordination: Reports from organ donation specialists in Canada.
Intensive & critical care nursing · 2026

All 114 publications

Latest funding

Brain-based Prediction of the dying duration in humans after withdrawal of life sustaining measures to inform donation after circulatory death.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$539,326
Addressing Systemic Gaps and Barriers Experienced by Indigenous Peoples when Accessing Organ Donation and Transplantation Medicine
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,748,025
Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$745,872

All 19 grants and awards

114 publications.

Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study

Neves Briard J, English SW, Fergusson DA, Dhanani S, Lauzier F, Turgeon AF, Ball I, Darvesh S, Titova P, Lebrasseur M

Critical Care2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06037-2

Sexual and Gender Minorities in Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT): A Survey of Canadian OTDT Health Care Workers

Leeies M, Hrymak C, Mooney O, Vazquez-Grande G, Carta T, Ho J, Christie E, Doucette K, Chandler J, Brodovsky S

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease2026

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251412804

Complex cases and coordination: Reports from organ donation specialists in Canada.

Silva A, Lotherington K, Dhanani S, Luvizutto J, Silva E Silva V

Intensive & critical care nursing2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104335 PMID: 41548458

Exploring sources of job satisfaction and work-related stressors experienced by organ and tissue donation coordinators in Canada: a qualitative analysis.

Silva E Silva V, Lotherington K, Dhanani S, Dupuis KL, Silva AR

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115616 PMID: 42547231

Donation Care Work: Family Members' Contributions to Deceased Organ Donation Following Determination of Death Using Circulatory Criteria.

van Beinum A, Gruben V, Sarti AJ, Dhanani S, McKay L, Chandler JA

Sociology of health & illness2026

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70257 PMID: 42702846

Ethical Issues in Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Organ Donation After Determination of Death by Circulatory Criteria: A Scoping Review

Murphy NB, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Blackstock L, Blaszak M, Brahmania M, Chandler JA, Dhanani S, Gaulton M, Gross JA

Transplantation202544 citations

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005161

Computed Tomography Perfusion and Angiography for Death by Neurologic Criteria

Chassé M, Shankar JJS, Fergusson DA, English SW, Dhanani S, Lauzier F, Turgeon AF, Ball I, Darvesh S, Neves Briard J

JAMA Neurology202510 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2375

Organ donation after death determination by circulatory criteria: family members’ experiences with withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in Canadian intensive care units

Sarti AJ, Sutherland S, Meade M, Weiss MJ, Dhanani S, Lotherington KM, Landriault A, Vanderspank-Wright B, Valiani S, Keenan S

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia20257 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02978-4

Sexual and gender minoritized persons in organ and tissue donation: a qualitative analysis

Leeies M, Hrymak C, Collister D, Christie E, Doucette K, Sherzoi O, Carta T, Sutha K, Whitley CT, Lee T-H

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia20255 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-03011-4

Feasibility and Optimization of Donation Advisor: a Decision Support Tool for Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation

Dhanani S, Ramchandani R, Allan J, Hudek N, Herry CL, Scales N, Adhikari NKJ, Brehaut JC, Burns KEA, Chassé M

Transplantation Direct20252 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001748

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Sonny Dhanani

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prevalence, semiology and neuroimaging of movements in comatose adults at risk of death by neurologic criteria: a prospective cohort study

Sexual and Gender Minorities in Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT): A Survey of Canadian OTDT Health Care Workers

Complex cases and coordination: Reports from organ donation specialists in Canada.

Exploring sources of job satisfaction and work-related stressors experienced by organ and tissue donation coordinators in Canada: a qualitative analysis.

Donation Care Work: Family Members' Contributions to Deceased Organ Donation Following Determination of Death Using Circulatory Criteria.

Ethical Issues in Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Organ Donation After Determination of Death by Circulatory Criteria: A Scoping Review

Computed Tomography Perfusion and Angiography for Death by Neurologic Criteria

Organ donation after death determination by circulatory criteria: family members’ experiences with withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in Canadian intensive care units

Sexual and gender minoritized persons in organ and tissue donation: a qualitative analysis

Feasibility and Optimization of Donation Advisor: a Decision Support Tool for Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation

Frequent collaborators

Maureen Meade

Vanessa Silva e Silva

Andrew Healey

Karen Burns

Marat Slessarev

Bram Rochwerg

Deborah Cook

Simon Oczkowski

Murdoch Leeies

Ian Ball

Jennifer Chandler

Matthew Weiss

Teneille Gofton

David Collister

Anne-Marie Guerguerian

Gregory Knoll

Peter Nickerson

Julie Ho

Joan Almost

Lauralyn McIntyre

Andrew Baker

Charles Weijer

Shane English

Francois Lamontagne

George Isac

Amanda van Beinum

Laveena Munshi

Steven Hanna

Eddy Fan

David Zorko

Dave Nagpal

Karthik Tennankore

Karim Soliman

Peter Tanuseputro

Russell Schachar

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Craig Campbell

Saptharishi Lalgudi Ganesan

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

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