Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
S203 Medical Services Building
750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W2
Murdoch Leeies, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Cross appointments
Internal Medicine – Section: Critical Care Medicine
Leadership style
Dr. Leeies is the director of the Research Program for the Department of Emergency Medicine and is leading the development of an infrastructure to durably support research in emergency medicine in Manitoba.
In addition to research, Dr. Leeies is an advocate for health equity in his clinical and academic spheres. He serves as the director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Transplant Manitoba and is an active member of the Canadian Association of Emergency Medicine 2SLGBTQIA+ committee.
Dr. Leeies is the director of Equity, Diversity, Decolonization and Inclusion (EDDI) for the Canadian Critical Care Society and chairs the University of Manitoba Critical Care Medicine EDDI committee.
In these roles Dr. Leeies focuses on advocacy work leading to equitable health system policy revision and intervention development for equity-denied populations.
Teaching philosophy
Dr. Leeies loves working with learners and trainees, as well as colleagues seeking continuing medical education. He supervises medical students and resident physicians in both emergency medicine and critical care medicine during their clinical rotations.
Dr. Leeies leads the evidence-based medicine curriculum for the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is also leading the development and implementation of community-informed national curriculae in health and cultural humility for 2SLGBTQI+ populations with the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, the Community Based Research Centre, Canadian Blood Services and Egale Canada.
Research
Research summary
Dr. Murdoch Leeies leads a patient-oriented research program focused on health equity in organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Canada, aiming to improve access and outcomes through targeted interventions. The program centres a 2SLGBTQIA+ patient and caregiver advisory team. Other research interests include promoting equity and disrupting racism in emergency medicine, immunomodulatory therapies in septic shock, and advanced airway management.
Keywords
- Decolonization
- Diversity
- Equity
- Health equity
- Inclusion
- Social justice
- Trauma-informed care
Research affiliations
Director
- Director, research program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba
- Director of Equity, Diversity, Decolonization and Inclusion (EDDI), Canadian Critical Care Society
Chair
- Chair, University of Manitoba Critical Care Medicine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
- Chair, University of Manitoba Emergency Medicine Research, Educational Scholarship, and Quality Improvement Committee
Membership roles
Leadership style
Dr. Leeies is the director of the research program for the department of emergency medicine and is leading the development of an infrastructure to durably support research in emergency medicine in Manitoba. In addition to research, Dr. Leeies is an advocate for health equity in his clinical and academic spheres. He co-chairs an interdisciplinary committee on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for the department of emergency medicine and is an active member of the Canadian Association of Emergency Medicine 2SLGBTQIA+ committee. Dr. Leeies chairs the University of Manitoba Critical Care Medicine EDI committee and is the director of EDI for the Canadian Critical Care Society.
Teaching philosophy
Dr. Leeies loves working with learners and trainees, as well as colleagues seeking continuing medical education. He supervises medical students and resident physicians in both emergency medicine and critical care medicine during their clinical rotations. Dr. Leeies leads the research curriculum for the department of emergency medicine and is developing an equity, diversity and inclusion curriculum for interdisciplinary staff in emergency medicine and critical care medicine.
Biography
Dr. Murdoch Leeies is an assistant professor in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. He practices as an emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and organ donation specialist physician. Trained in clinical epidemiology, he serves as the research director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Manitoba. His research focuses on promoting health for equity-denied populations and disrupting systemic discrimination in organ and tissue donation and transplantation in Canada.
Education
Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, University of Manitoba (2019)
Medical Doctorate, University of Manitoba (2010)
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Manitoba (2005)
Awards
Doctors Manitoba Top 40 under 40 in Medicine Award (2023)
Contact us
Emergency Medicine
S203 Medical Services Building
750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2 Canada
204-272-3060