David Patterson Archer

Positions

Professor - Medicine

Cumming School of Medicine

Associate Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Contact information

darcher@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 944-2439

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Chemistry, Bishop's University, 1971

Doctor, Med & Master Surgery Medicine, McGill University, 1975

M.S. Surgical Specialties, McGill University, 1986

Biography

Member of the College of Reviewers, CIHR.

Research

Areas of Research

Activities

Research: Anesthetic outcomes in neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology. Translational research for preclinical studies of traumatic brain injury and stroke (meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.). Neuro-pharmacology - anesthetic exposure and cognitive outcomes in children and pre-term infants. Meta-analysis of interventions for prevention of Chronic Post-surgical Pain.

Teaching: Senior resident seminars coordinator.

Awards

award, 2011
Clinical Teacher of the Year Canadian Anesthesiologists Society, 2011
Clinical Teacher of the Year Professional Association of Residents of Alberta, 2010
award, 2009
Best Doctors in Canada, 2007
Outstanding Clinician, Foothills Medical Staff. 2007
The Extra Mile Award -Anesthesia Residency Program, 2003
Honour Certificate, 2002
Canadian Institutes for Health Research Grant 2001 (with Professor Sheldon H. Roth), 2001
Excellence In Teaching - Clinical Clerks, 2001
Excellence In Teaching - Clinical Clerks, 2000
Excellence In Teaching - Clinical Clerks, 1998
CAS-Burroughs-Wellcome Research Award, $10,000, 1995
Specialty License, Anaesthesia, Province of Alberta, 1988
Canadian Anaesthetist's Society Research Award $20,000, 1986
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada, 1983
Specialty Qualifications, Corporation des Specialistes, Province de Quebec, 1983
Bishop's University Alumni Scholarship, 1971
Chemical Institute of Canada Award, Bishop's University, 1971