Sonny Dhanani, University of British Columbia

Research

Biomarkers Death Determination Prediction Donation After Circulatory Death Organ Donation

Latest papers

The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the donation process: a qualitative study
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2022
Resumption of Cardiac Activity after Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures
New England Journal of Medicine · 2021 · first author
Ethics Guide Recommendations for Organ-Donation-Focused Physicians: Endorsed by the Canadian Medical Association.
Transplantation · 2017

All 6 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

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the donation process: a qualitative study

Sarti AJ, Sutherland S, Meade M, Shemie S, Landriault A, Vanderspank-Wright B, Valiani S, Keenan S, Weiss MJ, Werestiuk K

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL202237 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.220508

02

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 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2022713 PMID: W3125903604

03

Ethics Guide Recommendations for Organ-Donation-Focused Physicians: Endorsed by the Canadian Medical Association.

Shemie SD, Simpson C, Blackmer J, MacDonald S, Dhanani S, Torrance S, Byrne P, Donation Physician Ethics Guide Meeting Participants

Transplantation2017

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000001694 PMID: 28437370

04

Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death—Summary Report*

Weiss MJ, Hornby L, Rochwerg B, van Manen M, Dhanani S, Sivarajan VB, Appleby A, Bennett M, Buchman D, Farrell C

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine201763 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001320

05

Vital signs after cardiac arrest following withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy: a multicenter prospective observational study.

Dhanani S, Hornby L, Ward R, Baker A, Dodek P, Chamber-Evans J, Fowler R, Friedrich JO, Gow RM, Kutsogiannis DJ, Mcintyre L, Momoli F, Morin K, Ramsay T, Scales D, Writer H, Yildirim S, Young B, Shemie S, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and in collaboration with the Bertram Loeb Chair and Research Consortium in Organ and Tissue Donation

Critical care medicine2014First author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000417 PMID: 24810533

06

Knowledge Translation Interventions for Critically Ill Patients

Sinuff T, Muscedere J, Adhikari NKJ, Stelfox HT, Dodek P, Heyland DK, Rubenfeld GD, Cook DJ, Pinto R, Manoharan V

Critical Care Medicine201375 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3182982b03

Brain-based Prediction of the dying duration in humans after withdrawal of life sustaining measures to inform donation after circulatory death.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sekhon, Mypinder S; Dhanani, Sonny; Seely, Andrew J

Keywords: Biomarkers; Death Determination Prediction; Donation After Circulatory Death; Organ Donation

$539,326

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Neurosurgery
Community Health Sciences
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2021

John Muscedere

Anesthesiology and Pain Management

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Marat Slessarev

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biomarkers Dear Professor Dhanani, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the donation process: a qualitative study" (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Brain-based Prediction of the dying duration in humans after withdrawal of life sustaining measures to inform donation after circulatory death." (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]