Dr Andrew JE Seely MD PhD FRCSC
Andrew JE Seely is doctor and scientist, practicing thoracic surgery and intensive care medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. He is Professor at the University of Ottawa and Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He currently holds a Tier I Clinical Research Chair in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa (2020-2025). He is Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Surgery at the University of Ottawa (2013-2021), Director of Research for the Ottawa Division of Thoracic Surgery (2006-present), and President of the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (2018-2021).
He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Therapeutic Monitoring Systems Inc.
Dr. Seely’s education includes undergraduate honors physics at Carleton University (Ottawa), followed by medical school, general surgery training, and a doctoral degree in basic science from McGill University (Montreal), and thoracic surgery and critical care medicine training at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Seely’s scholarly interests include: (1) theoretical research exploring the clinical insights of complex systems science (e.g. emergence, uncertainty, variability and entropy production); (2) physiologic understanding of complex physiologic variability; (3) applied research monitoring multiorgan variability during exercise, infection and critical illness; and (4) quality improvement research focussed on adverse events after thoracic surgery.
Dr. Seely has supervised graduate and medical students, has published over 145 peer-reviewed papers, presents annually at international meetings and has been awarded over $8.7M in competitive grant funding.
He shares his life with Kathy Patterson and their daughters Phoebe and Ruby in Ottawa.
Administrative Assistant: Kelly White (kwhite@toh.ca)
Office: 613-737-8845
Work E-mail: aseely@toh.ca
Tier I Clinical Research Chair
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Full Professor of Surgery, Divisions of Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
University of Ottawa
Vice-Chair Research, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Scientist
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Director of Research
Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital
President
Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons
Founder and Chief Science Officer
Therapeutic Monitoring Systems Inc.
