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Karim Ladha

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Karim Ladha

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Education

M.Sc., Epidemiology
M.D.
AB, Economics

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Chronic Pain Randomized Controlled Trial Depression Treatment-Resistant Depression Medical Cannabis Neuropathic Pain Osteoarthritis Platform Trial

Latest papers

Treating pain and trauma: A systematic review of non-randomized studies of psychotherapeutic approaches.
The journal of pain · 2026
Exclusion of psychiatric disorders in neuropathic pain research: a secondary analysis of 312 randomized controlled trials.
Pain · 2026 · senior author
Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.
Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026

All 38 publications

Latest funding

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$730,576
Ecstasy to Alleviate SEvere Chronic Neuropathic Pain (EASE Pain) - A Multi-centre Internal Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,034,806
Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 27 grants and awards

38 publications.

Treating pain and trauma: A systematic review of non-randomized studies of psychotherapeutic approaches.

Bosma R, Curtis K, Williams C, Maxwell Slepian P, McCarthy M, Flynn M, Nella A, Kim A, Siegal R, Englesakis M, Ladha K, Di Renna T, Rosenbloom BN

The journal of pain2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106342 PMID: 42242657

Exclusion of psychiatric disorders in neuropathic pain research: a secondary analysis of 312 randomized controlled trials.

Arnold K, Al-Chalabi N, Mann M, Liu T, Husain MI, Rosenbloom BN, Ladha K

Pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004002 PMID: 42153807

Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.

Yang B, Diep C, Thaker S, Jackson T, Lakhani A, Landolt C, Pope E, Lara-Corrales I, Cortes Pradilla H, Yu HC, Mae Gabriel G, Darville R, Weisbrod K, Tingling K, Nandra K, Ganty P, Fiorellino J, Huang A, Tao L, Singh M, Chung Tai P, Carlen P, Ladha K, Clarke H

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2025.2593253 PMID: 41640820

Electroconvulsive Therapy Variability Across Ontario 2007-2023: A Population Level Study: Variabilité de la thérapie électroconvulsive en Ontario de 2007 à 2023 : une étude au sein de la population.

Kaster TS, Campitelli MA, Babujee A, Huang A, Ladha K, Blumberger DM, Kurdyak P

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251371977 PMID: 40874588

Large language models and their current use in perioperative medicine: a scoping review protocol.

Mbadjeu Hondjeu AR, Zhao ZY, Newton L, Ajenkar A, Termos B, Shorr R, Ladha K, Wijeysundera D, McIsaac DI

JBI evidence synthesis2025

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-25-00003 PMID: 41017313

Large language models in perioperative medicine-applications and future prospects: a narrative review.

Mbadjeu Hondjeu AR, Zhao ZY, Newton L, Ajenkar A, Hladkowicz E, Ladha K, Wijeysundera DN, McIsaac DI

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02980-w PMID: 40490617

Oral ketamine for acute postoperative analgesia (OKAPA) trial: A randomized controlled, single center pilot study.

Dinsmore M, Nijs K, Plitman E, Al Azazi E, Venkatraghavan L, Ladha K, Clarke H

Journal of clinical anesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111690 PMID: 39577234

A Prospective Cohort Study of Acute Pain and In-Hospital Opioid Consumption After Cardiac Surgery: Associations With Psychological and Medical Factors and Chronic Postsurgical Pain.

Pagé MG, Ganty P, Wong D, Rao V, Khan J, Ladha K, Hanlon J, Miles S, Katznelson R, Wijeysundera D, Katz J, Clarke H

Anesthesia and analgesia2024

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006848 PMID: 38295119

Insurance-Related Disparities in Withdrawal of Life Support and Mortality After Spinal Cord Injury.

Shakil H, Essa A, Malhotra AK, Jaffe RH, Smith CW, Yuan EY, He Y, Badhiwala JH, Mathieu F, Sklar MC, Wijeysundera DN, Ladha K, Nathens AB, Wilson JR, Witiw CD

JAMA surgery2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2967 PMID: 39141362

Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and Income and Employment Status.

Jaffe RH, Coyte PC, Chan BC, Hancock-Howard RL, Malhotra AK, Ladha K, Wilson JR, Witiw CD

JAMA network open2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18468 PMID: 38916890

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Karim Ladha

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Treating pain and trauma: A systematic review of non-randomized studies of psychotherapeutic approaches.

Exclusion of psychiatric disorders in neuropathic pain research: a secondary analysis of 312 randomized controlled trials.

Canadian real-world evidence: observational 24-week outcomes for health care practitioner authorized cannabis.

Electroconvulsive Therapy Variability Across Ontario 2007-2023: A Population Level Study: Variabilit&#xe9; de la th&#xe9;rapie &#xe9;lectroconvulsive en Ontario de 2007 &#xe0; 2023 : une &#xe9;tude au sein de la population.

Large language models and their current use in perioperative medicine: a scoping review protocol.

Large language models in perioperative medicine-applications and future prospects: a narrative review.

Oral ketamine for acute postoperative analgesia (OKAPA) trial: A randomized controlled, single center pilot study.

A Prospective Cohort Study of Acute Pain and In-Hospital Opioid Consumption After Cardiac Surgery: Associations With Psychological and Medical Factors and Chronic Postsurgical Pain.

Insurance-Related Disparities in Withdrawal of Life Support and Mortality After Spinal Cord Injury.

Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and Income and Employment Status.

Frequent collaborators

Hance Clarke

Joel Katz

Akash Goel

James Khan

Tania Di Renna

Rachael Bosma

Francois Mathieu

Daniel Santa Mina

Fahima Dossa

Duminda Wijeysundera

Marcelo Cypel

Arjun Sahgal

Piotr Kozlowski

Christopher Witiw

Susan Abbey

Scott Duggan

Andrew Howard

Amanda Hall

Mandeep Singh

Stephen Choi

Maryse Fortin

Brian Kwon

Eve Tsai

Anuj Bhatia

Luciana Macedo

John Harlock

Daipayan Guha

Michael Fehlings

Teresa To

Albert Yee

Monica Parry

Marjolaine Roy-Beaudry

Paul Karanicolas

Geoffrey Anderson

Anand Govindarajan

Andrea Furlan

Andrea Doria

David Urbach

Keyvan Karkouti

Brian Kwon

Electroconvulsive Therapy Variability Across Ontario 2007-2023: A Population Level Study: Variabilité de la thérapie électroconvulsive en Ontario de 2007 à 2023 : une étude au sein de la population.