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Contact Information

Marta Berrio-Valencia

Clinician Investigator, ACR
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
University of Ottawa
Anesthesiologist
The Ottawa Hospital

Research Interests

  • Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Echocardiography
  • Anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
  • Care of older people
  • Perioperative outcomes research
  • Patient safety

Brief Biography

Dr. Marta Berrio is a cardiac and transplant-trained anesthesiologist and a faculty member of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Ottawa. She is also affiliated with the Vascular and POCUS teams. Dr. Berrio is a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE), certified in Point-of-Care Ultrasound by the American College of Chest Physicians, and recognized as a POCUS Local Mentor by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. 

Dr. Berrio is passionate about education and research on POCUS and TEE. She also holds a fellowship in knowledge translation, which provides her to conduct patient-oriented and perioperative outcomes research. Her primary research focuses on POCUS, echocardiography (TTE/TEE), and perioperative medicine, with a specific emphasis on older and high-risk populations.

Selected Publications

Diseases, conditions and populations of interest





Research and clinical approaches