Alan Tinmouth

Alan Tinmouth

MD, FRCPC, MSc (Clin Epi)

Senior Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Director, OHRI Centre for Transfusion Research

Clinical Epidemiology Program

Head, Benign Hematology & Transfusion Medicine

Division of Hematology

Contact

613-737-8899 x73914

501 Smyth Rd, Box 201a Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6

Bio

Dr. Tinmouth received his M.D. from the University of Calgary in 1994 and a MSc (Clinical Epidemiology) from the University of Toronto in 2003. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Hematology at the University of Western Ontario (1994-1999). Subsequently he completed a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at the Canadian Blood Services and the University Health Network in Toronto (1999-2001). Dr. Tinmouth’s research is supported by the Canadian Blood Services and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Dr. Tinmouth is an Associate Professor in Medicine (Hematology) at the University of Ottawa and Associate Staff at the Ottawa Hospital since September 2002. Dr. Tinmouth is the Head of General Hematology and Transfusion Medicine. He is also a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Director of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute's Centre for Transfusion Research. Dr. Tinmouth previously served as Associate Medical Director at the Canadian Blood Services Toronto Centre in 2001-2002 and continues to work as medical consultant to the Canadian Blood Services in Ottawa.

Research Goals and Interests

My principal areas of research interest are;
-in the use of blood products, specifically frozen plasma and platelets, as hemostatic agents to achieve or maintain hemostasis,
-knowledge transfer research in transfusion medicine, specifically the use of interventions to change physician transfusion practice,
-the use of administrative and clinical databases as research tools to assess changes in transfusion practice. 
-collaboration with the BEST(Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion) research group on monitoring the use of blood products by transfusion medicine research services.


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