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Stephen Choi

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Stephen Choi

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Publications

722

Citations

h-index

112

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Education

BSc
MD
FRCPC
MSc

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Research

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Postoperative Cognitive Decline

Latest papers

Depressive symptoms, but not OSA severity, are associated with general fatigue in myasthenia gravis.
Sleep medicine · 2026
A survey-based needs assessment for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in rural and remote Canada.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026
Use of fascial plane blocks for traumatic rib fractures: a scoping review.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 69 publications

Latest funding

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$730,576
Perioperative Vitamin C to reduce persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (PROVISION): a multicentre randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The Sustained Mood Improvement with Laughing Gas Exposure (SMILE) Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$761,174

All 10 grants and awards

69 publications.

Depressive symptoms, but not OSA severity, are associated with general fatigue in myasthenia gravis.

Tchoudnovski D, Yang D, Ntale I, Xie H, Zinman L, Izenberg A, Choi S, Abrahao A, Katzberg H, Boulos MI

Sleep medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.108970 PMID: 42070450

A survey-based needs assessment for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in rural and remote Canada.

Xue Y, Orser BA, Choi S, Niazi AU

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03191-7 PMID: 42608622

Use of fascial plane blocks for traumatic rib fractures: a scoping review.

Niazi AU, Solish M, Moorthy A, Niazi F, Abate AH, Devion C, Choi S

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2024-106366 PMID: 40107733

Teaching ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using remote immersive virtual reality: a randomized controlled trial.

Moorthy A, Alam F, Choi S, Brenna CTA, Fan ZL, Zhang W, Niazi AU

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03089-4 PMID: 41874910

Use of Continuous Regional Anesthesia Infusion as an Opioid-Sparing Modality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Acute Traumatic Rib Fractures-A Retrospective Study.

Meng H, Niazi AU, Zhou L, Jivraj N, Sivanathan L, Choi S

Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/aas.70140 PMID: 41144812

Association between complications and mortality after cardiac surgery: Results from the VISION Cardiac Surgery prospective cohort study

Lamy A, Browne A, Whitlock RP, Chan MTV, Underwood MJ, Parlow JL, Allard RV, Lomivorotov VV, Marat A, Landoni G

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.056

Evaluation of the effect of erector spinae plane block catheter for traumatic rib fractures on patient experience: a quality assurance initiative.

Moorthy A, Perry-Nguyen D, Zhou L, Meng H, Choi S, Niazi AU

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2025

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2023-104549 PMID: 37474283

Significant new disability after major non-cardiac surgery in older adults aged 65 years and older in Canada: a multicentre prospective cohort study.

Wijeysundera DN, Alibhai SMH, Puts MTE, Xu K, Daza JF, Diep C, Ladha KS, Chesney TR, Mazer CD, Wei AC, Ehtesham S, Hladkowicz E, Pazmino-Canizares J, Choi S, Davis M, Dillane D, Duceppe E, Jacobsohn E, Lorello GR, MacDonald DB, MacDonell SY, Parotto M, Serrano PE, van Vlymen JM, McIsaac DI, FIT After Surgery Investigators

The lancet. Healthy longevity2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100789 PMID: 41317744

Effects of ketamine on postoperative cognition: a scoping review.

Brenna CTA, He XW, Liu D, Kaustov L, Choi S, Orser BA

British journal of anaesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.05.035 PMID: 40628582

Advancing education in interventional psychiatry: scoping review of simulation training and the future of virtual reality-based learning.

Giacobbe P, Tu A, Kaustov L, Choi S, Wiegelmann J, Alam F

Frontiers in psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1432314 PMID: 40421324

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Stephen Choi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Depressive symptoms, but not OSA severity, are associated with general fatigue in myasthenia gravis.

A survey-based needs assessment for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in rural and remote Canada.

Use of fascial plane blocks for traumatic rib fractures: a scoping review.

Teaching ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using remote immersive virtual reality: a randomized controlled trial.

Use of Continuous Regional Anesthesia Infusion as an Opioid-Sparing Modality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Acute Traumatic Rib Fractures-A Retrospective Study.

Association between complications and mortality after cardiac surgery: Results from the VISION Cardiac Surgery prospective cohort study

Evaluation of the effect of erector spinae plane block catheter for traumatic rib fractures on patient experience: a quality assurance initiative.

Significant new disability after major non-cardiac surgery in older adults aged 65 years and older in Canada: a multicentre prospective cohort study.

Effects of ketamine on postoperative cognition: a scoping review.

Advancing education in interventional psychiatry: scoping review of simulation training and the future of virtual reality-based learning.

Frequent collaborators

Philip Devereaux

Fahad Alam

James Paul

Hance Clarke

Norman Buckley

Emilie Belley-Cote

Michael McGillion

Jason Walter Busse

Shun Fu Lee

Angela Jerath

Jessica Spence

Richard Whitlock

Andre Lamy

Frances Chung

Ian Gilron

Clyde Matava

Naveed Siddiqui

Ki Chin

William McIntyre

Nicole Hodgson

Nathan Herrmann

Jon Barrett

Flavia Kessler Borges

Turlough O'hare

Alexis Turgeon

Ashraf Fayad

Colin McCartney

Diem Tran

Homer Yang

Peter MacDougall

Ronald George

Naheed Jivraj

Manoj Lalu

Raffael Zamper

Susan Lee

Muhammad Mamdani

Hance Clarke