Dr. Sonny Dhanani

Dr. Sonny Dhanani

Dr. Sonny Dhanani, MD, FRCPC is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. He is the chief of the pediatric intensive care unit at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa. He has recently been the chief medical officer-donation for Trillium Gift of Life, Ontario’s organ procurement. He is Chair of the newly formed Canadian Donation Physician Network, and is Chair of Canadian Blood Services’ national Deceased Donation Advisory Committee. Dr. Dhanani is Associate Director for donation research for the CIHR-funded Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program. His own area of focus is leading international research pertaining to practices and standards for determining death after circulatory arrest for the purposes of organ donation.