Marat Slessarev, Western University

Research

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Educational Resource Development Ethics Ethics Analysis Implementation Innovation Normothermic Regional Perfusion Organ Donation Organ Transplantation

Latest papers

When Death Is Contested: Building Frameworks of Trust and Caring Through Conflict.
Critical care medicine · 2026 · first author
Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.
Critical care medicine · 2026
Sustainability of medical assistance in dying provision: Provider perspectives.
Palliative & supportive care · 2026

All 107 publications

Latest funding

Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$745,872
The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$684,676
Exploration of brain function at the end of life: a multidisciplinary patient-oriented approach.
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$273,175

All 5 grants and awards

107 publications.

01

When Death Is Contested: Building Frameworks of Trust and Caring Through Conflict.

Slessarev M

Critical care medicine2026First author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006971 PMID: 41334953

02

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Walser E, Goldstein CE, Shaw JF, Geres H, Iansavitchene A, Menon K, Pupulin S, Slessarev M, Taljaard M, Weijer C

Critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007340 PMID: 42704256

03

Sustainability of medical assistance in dying provision: Provider perspectives.

Byrne C, Yakoub D, Sibbald R, Papanayotou D, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Winberg C, Ball I

Palliative & supportive care2026

DOI: 10.1017/s1478951526102120 PMID: 41969123

04

Pathway-level profiling of the sepsis proteome reveals immune and transcriptional dysregulation.

Van Nynatten LR, Tweddell D, Daley M, Cepinskas G, Basmaji J, Slessarev M, Fraser DD

Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2026

DOI: 10.1186/s10020-026-01469-6 PMID: 41928087

05

Can large language models approximate the results of meta-analyses in critical care? A meta-research study.

Pratte M, Thirukumar S, Zhang C, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Prager R

Journal of critical care2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155358 PMID: 41265262

06

Characterizing the molecular landscape of venous congestion.

Van Nynatten LR, Nabieva K, Barber G, Moroniti JJ, Iansavitchene A, Prager R, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Leligdowicz A

World journal of critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.122062 PMID: 42707838

07

Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect by Molecular Endotype in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

Van Nynatten LR, McChesney C, Basharat M, Fraser DD, Bosma KJ, Leligdowicz A, Ball I, Slessarev M, Basmaji J

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2026

DOI: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag287 PMID: 42730647

08

Early Identification of Recovery Potential After Acute Brain Injury Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Kolisnyk M, Kazazian K, Gupta G, de Jeu J, Abdalmalak A, Novi SL, Gonzalez-Lara LE, Slessarev M, Gofton TE, Norton L, Debicki DB, Owen AM

Neurocritical care2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12028-026-02605-0 PMID: 42498895

09

Sedative medications: a potentially modifiable risk factor for improving neurocognitive outcomes after critical illness in infants and children.

GaHyun Byeon A, Mir M, Jerath A, Slessarev M, Lalgudi Ganesan S, McKinnon NK

Frontiers in pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1874293 PMID: 42548638

10

The molecular ICU: a primer on omics, informatics and the future of precision critical care.

Van Nynatten LR, Raheel H, Basmaji J, Slessarev M, Fraser DD

Critical care (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-026-06169-5 PMID: 42410654

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E; Lingard, Lorelei A; Slessarev, Marat; Weiss, Matthew

Keywords: Educational Resource Development; Ethics; Ethics Analysis; Implementation; Innovation; Normothermic Regional Perfusion; Organ Donation; Organ Transplantation; Qualitative Research

$745,872

The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gofton, Teneille E; Dhanani, Sonny; Meade, Maureen O; Slessarev, Marat

Keywords: Propsective

$684,676

Exploration of brain function at the end of life: a multidisciplinary patient-oriented approach.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Slessarev, Marat

Keywords: end of life care; critical care; organ donation ; brain function ; bioethics; law; philosophy

$273,175

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Ting-Yim

Keywords: Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Blood Flow; Brain Injury; Hypothermia; Inflammation; Neuronal Viability; Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest; Vortex Tube

$543,152

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Ting-Yim

Keywords: Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Blood Flow; Brain Injury; Hypothermia; Inflammation; Neuronal Viability; Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest; Vortex Tube

$100,000

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

Co-authors at Western University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Gediminas Cepinskas

Department of Medical Biophysics

15 shared papers, latest 2026

Marat Slessarev

Anesthesiology

13 shared papers, latest 2026

Bram Rochwerg

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

13 shared papers, latest 2025

Ian Ball

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

10 shared papers, latest 2026

Angela Jerath

Anesthesiology and Pain Management

10 shared papers, latest 2026

Teneille Gofton

Critical Care Medicine

8 shared papers, latest 2023

Karen Burns

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

5 shared papers, latest 2026

John Muscedere

Critical Care Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Markus Selzner

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Gordon Guyatt

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Anton Skaro

Department of Surgery

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Shane English

Regenerative Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Laveena Munshi

Critical Care Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Karim Soliman

Critical Care Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

James Duffin

Department of Physiology

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Dave Nagpal

Department of Surgery

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Nicole McKinnon

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Michael Sklar

Anesthesiology and Pain Management

1 shared papers, latest 2025

David Maslove

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Andrew Seely

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Educational Resource Development Dear Professor Slessarev, 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 "When Death Is Contested: Building Frameworks of Trust and Caring Through Conflict." (2026), 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 "Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada" (2024), 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]

Marat Slessarev

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

When Death Is Contested: Building Frameworks of Trust and Caring Through Conflict.

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Sustainability of medical assistance in dying provision: Provider perspectives.

Pathway-level profiling of the sepsis proteome reveals immune and transcriptional dysregulation.

Can large language models approximate the results of meta-analyses in critical care? A meta-research study.

Characterizing the molecular landscape of venous congestion.

Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect by Molecular Endotype in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

Early Identification of Recovery Potential After Acute Brain Injury Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Sedative medications: a potentially modifiable risk factor for improving neurocognitive outcomes after critical illness in infants and children.

The molecular ICU: a primer on omics, informatics and the future of precision critical care.

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

The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study

Exploration of brain function at the end of life: a multidisciplinary patient-oriented approach.

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Selective Brain Hypothermia via Intranasal Cooling to Limit Brain Injury Post Cardiac Arrest

Frequent collaborators

Gediminas Cepinskas

Charles Weijer

Marat Slessarev

Bram Rochwerg

Claudio Martin

Maureen Meade

Ian Ball

Kimia Honarmand

Angela Jerath

Andrew Healey

Sonny Dhanani

Teneille Gofton

Kimberley Lewis

Karen Burns

John Muscedere

George Isac

Markus Selzner

Gordon Guyatt

Lisa Burry

Anton Skaro

Sangeeta Mehta

Matthew Weiss

Paul Kim

Frederick D'Aragon

Darin Treleaven

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Shane English

Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Laveena Munshi

Saptharishi Lalgudi Ganesan

Karim Soliman

James Duffin

Dave Nagpal

Nicole McKinnon

Michael Sklar

David Maslove

Matthew Weiss

Michael Verret

Sonny Dhanani

Andrew Seely