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George Isac

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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George Isac

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation Normothermic Regional Perfusion Organ Donation

Latest papers

Organ procurement organizations should develop policy regarding surrogate consent for normothermic regional perfusion
American Journal of Transplantation · 2026
Impact of drainage cannula type on patients' fluid balance in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A historical cohort study.
Perfusion · 2025
Characterizing the physiology of circulatory arrest in humans.
Nature medicine · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Multimodal Neuromonitoring during Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Organ Donors Determined Dead by Circulatory Criteria following withdrawal of life sustaining measures.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$749,700
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 2 grants and awards

15 publications.

Organ procurement organizations should develop policy regarding surrogate consent for normothermic regional perfusion

Murphy NB, Weiss MJ, Beed S, Chartier-Plante S, Chaudhury P, Gross JA, Healey A, Isac G, Kramer A, Slessarev M

American Journal of Transplantation20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.10.014

Impact of drainage cannula type on patients' fluid balance in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A historical cohort study.

Thiara S, Willms A, Isac G, Finlayson G, Kanji H, Romano K, Summers C, Hoiland R, Sekhon M, Griesdale D

Perfusion2025

DOI: 10.1177/02676591251331163 PMID: 40221843

Characterizing the physiology of circulatory arrest in humans.

Bird JD, Hornby L, Hirsch-Reinshagen V, Allen CP, Isac G, Gooderham PA, Shemie SD, Dhanani S, Thiara S, Stukas S, Grey R, Foster DA, Maier LE, LeBlanc AE, Kanji HD, Morelli TF, Agbay AM, Wellington CL, Chahal D, Belanger EC, Ren H, Mattu PS, Su S, Hrazdil CT, Percy J, Sangha P, Plewes LV, Sweet DD, Romano KR, Vu EN, Chittock DR, Dhingra VK, Henderson WR, Garraway NR, Morad Hameed S, Finlayson GN, MacLeod DB, Gibbons TD, Ainslie PN, Hoiland RL, Griesdale DE, Ronco JJ, Sekhon MS

Nature medicine2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03889-z PMID: 41102468

Navigating the gift of life: demystifying the organ donation and transplantation pathway in Canada

Tang E, Slessarev M, Wheeler M, Taylor J, Beitel J, Healey A, Beed SD, Chaudhury P, Djogovic D, Isac G

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-03024-z

Characterizing the Relationship Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Trajectory and Serial Brain Biomarkers with Central Nervous System Injury During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Thiara S, Stukas S, Hoiland R, Wellington C, Tymko M, Isac G, Finlayson G, Kanji H, Romano K, Hirsch-Reinshagen V, Sekhon M, Griesdale D

Neurocritical care2024

DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01923-x PMID: 38302643

Extracorporeal life support in trauma: Indications and techniques.

Lee A, Romano K, Tansley G, Al-Khaboori S, Thiara S, Garraway N, Finlayson G, Kanji HD, Isac G, Ta KL, Sidhu A, Carolan M, Triana E, Summers C, Joos E, Ball CG, Hameed SM

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery2024

DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004043 PMID: 37822113

Seventy-seven days on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome from SARS-CoV-2.

Shuster C, Kanji H, Isac G, Jeovens R, Sidhu A, Kalan S, Yee J, Finlayson G

Perfusion2023

DOI: 10.1177/02676591221103545 PMID: 35653234

A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a 2023 clinical practice guideline

Shemie SD, Wilson LC, Hornby L, Basmaji J, Baker AJ, Bensimon CM, Chandler JA, Chassé M, Dawson R, Dhanani S

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2023140 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02431-4 PMID: W4367692342

Case report: acute care management of severe opioid withdrawal with IV fentanyl.

Azar P, Westenberg JN, Ignaszewski MJ, Wong JSH, Isac G, Mathew N, Krausz RM

Addiction science & clinical practice2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00305-6 PMID: 35382882

Resumption of Cardiac Activity after Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures

Hornby L, Hogue M, Baker A, Beed S, Boyd JG, Chandler JA, D’Aragon F, Doig CJ, Duska F, Friedrich JO

New England Journal of Medicine2021130 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2022713 PMID: W3125903604

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George Isac

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Organ procurement organizations should develop policy regarding surrogate consent for normothermic regional perfusion

Impact of drainage cannula type on patients' fluid balance in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A historical cohort study.

Characterizing the physiology of circulatory arrest in humans.

Navigating the gift of life: demystifying the organ donation and transplantation pathway in Canada

Characterizing the Relationship Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Trajectory and Serial Brain Biomarkers with Central Nervous System Injury During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Extracorporeal life support in trauma: Indications and techniques.

Seventy-seven days on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome from SARS-CoV-2.

A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a 2023 clinical practice guideline

Case report: acute care management of severe opioid withdrawal with IV fentanyl.

Resumption of Cardiac Activity after Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures

Multimodal Neuromonitoring during Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Organ Donors Determined Dead by Circulatory Criteria following withdrawal of life sustaining measures.

Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Marat Slessarev

Marat Slessarev

Andrew Healey

Sonny Dhanani

Donald Griesdale

Veronica Hirsch Reinshagen

Ryan Hoiland

Mypinder Sekhon

Marat Slessarev

Karim Soliman

Murdoch Leeies

Charles Weijer

Sonny Dhanani

Maureen Meade

Andrew Seely

Damon Scales

Peter Dodek

Andrew Seely

Sonny Dhanani

Maureen Meade

Matthew Weiss

Frederick D'Aragon

Maureen Meade