Sarvesh Logsetty, MD, FRCS(C) FACS

After graduating from the University of Alberta with a bachelor of science and MD in 1990, Dr. Logsetty obtained his diploma in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto in 1996. Dr. Logsetty completed the surgical-scientist program at University of Toronto in 1994-1996. He continued his training in fellowships in acute burn care and reconstructive surgery at Ross Tilley Burn Centre in Wellesley Hospital in Toronto (1996-1998) and in critical care of burns at Harborview Medical Centre in Seattle, Washington (1998-1999).

He was appointed to the position of associate director of the firefighters burn treatment unit at the University of Alberta Hospital in 1999. In 2007 he was recruited by the UM and the Health Sciences Centre to take on the position of director of the new burn unit located at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg. He is currently a professor of surgery, psychiatry and children’s health) at UM.

Dr. Logsetty holds certifications with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Logsetty holds memberships in many medical and scientific organizations and is widely published in many topics, including burns and trauma, his chosen areas of interest. Research by Dr. Logsetty, his students and burn team have won numerous national and international awards and have led to changes in clinical care.

He is chair of the Canadian Burn Network and a founding member of the Canadian Burn Association. As well he has been an active member of the American Burn Association, sitting on several committees over the years. He is an active Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor and led the revision of the burn chapter for the tenth edition.

Education

• Critical Care of Burns, Harborview Medical Centre University of Washington (1999)
• Acute Burn Care and Reconstructive Surgery, Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Wellesley Hospital University of Toronto (1998)
• Medical Doctorate, University of Alberta (1990)
• Bachelor of Medical Sciences, University of Alberta (1988)

Awards

• Dr. John Embil Publication Prize. University of Manitoba (2020)
• 2020 ABA/Shriners Best Pediatric Burn Paper Award, BSc med student Adam Padalko. American Burn Association (2020)
• Best in Category Poster, BSc med student Adam Padalko. American Burn Association (2019)
• Best Trainee Presentation, BSc med student Dominic Chung. Trauma Association of Canada (2019)
• Bronze award, Plenary Presentation, BSc med student Dominic Chung. Department of Surgery Research Day, University of Manitoba (2019)

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