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Flavia Kessler Borges

Scientist

Flavia Borges is a Scientist in the perioperative and surgery research group at PHRI, and internist, and an Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (perioperative care; general internal medicine), McMaster University. Her research is focused on perioperative cardiac biomarkers, and perioperative strategies to improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

She undertook her Masters in Health Sciences and her PhD in Cardiovascular Sciences in Brazil, and a research and clinical perioperative vascular fellowship under the direction of PJ Devereaux at McMaster. She holds an Early Career Research Award from McMaster.

PJ Devereaux

Senior Scientist

PJ Devereaux is Senior Scientific Lead, Perioperative and Surgery, PHRI, Professor and University Scholar in the Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and Medicine at McMaster University, and Director of the Division of Cardiology at McMaster.

The focus of his clinic research is vascular complications around the time of surgery, leading several large, international RCTs and observational studies addressing this issue. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and more than 50 book chapters and editorials. He is supported by a Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair in Perioperative Medicine, and holds the Yusuf Chair in Cardiology at McMaster University.

Ana Claudia Tonelli

Research Fellow

Ana Claudia Tonelli is a Research Fellow at PHRI under the supervision of PHRI Scientist Flavia Kessler Borges. Ana will be involved in an international multi-centre randomized controlled clinical trial in perioperative care. Ana is an internal medicine physician at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, and an Associate Professor at Unisinos University.

She has a Master’s Degree in internal medicine and a Ph.D. in cardiology and cardiovascular sciences, conferred by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. The primary research related to this academic formation is related to hypertension. In 2012, she started her ultrasound point of care career as a fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since then, she has been a standard bearer for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Brazil, teaching medical students, residents, and practicing internists.

Valerie Harvey

Associate Program Manager

Valerie Harvey is an Associate Program Manager with more than 12 years’ experience in clinical research at PHRI. She currently coordinates and manages interventional trials and observational studies in Digital Health in the areas of perioperative medicine and cardiac surgery. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Biological Sciences from Brock University.