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About Steven L Dain

Steven Dain MD, FRCPC is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and cross-appointed in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science at the Western University in London, Ontario Canada. He practices clinical anesthesia at University Hospital of the London Health Sciences Centre and at St Josephs’ Healthcare London where he is the Director of Anesthesia Informatics.
In 2001 Dr. Dain was a recipient of a US National Library of Medicine Scholarship in Health Informatics at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
For over 15 years, Dr. Dain has participated in the writing and development of Canadian National and International Standards for medical equipment and design and construction of healthcare facilities. He is currently the Chair of the Canadian Advisory Committee for the International Organization for Standardization ISO/TC121 - Anaesthetic Equipment and Medical Breathing Machines, 2 other CSA Committees and a member of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society Standards of Care Committee and Patient Safety Committee
In 2008 he was been appointed as Chair of ISO Technical Committee 121, Subcommittee 4 Anesthesia Vocabulary. Dr. Dain is a member of the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organization SNOMED CT Anesthesia Special Interest Group, a member of the CSA Healthcare Technology Steering Committee and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute Innovation Advisory Committee.
Dr. Dain is a member of the IHE (Integrating the Health Enterprise) Patient Care Devices Committee, developing medical device communications protocol for anesthesia equipment and critical care ventilators.
He is also a member of the MD Plug and Play Group at CIMIT in Cambridge, MA
Dr. Dain lectures widely on his particular interests of Anesthesia Technology, Usability Engineering, Medical Alarm Systems, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Design and construction of Healthcare Facilities, Acute Pain, E-Learning and Health Informatics.
Specialties
Anesthesia Technology, Usability Engineering, Medical Alarm Systems, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Design and construction of Healthcare Facilities, Acute Pain, E-Learning and Health Informatics

Positions

Present Associate Professor, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Western University
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Present Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario
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Present Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Contact Information

sdain (at) uwo.ca

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