Marta Berrio

Marta Berrio

MD, MSc, FASE

Clinician Investigator, Acute Care Research

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

University of Ottawa

Anesthesiologist

The Ottawa Hospital

Bio

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.

Research Goals and Interests

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

Publications

Temporal trends in postoperative outcomes after major abdominal surgery: a population-based cohort study

2025-10-01 Go to publication

Adherence to prehabilitation in adult surgical patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression, and qualitative synthesis

2025-09-01 Go to publication

The knowns and unknowns of glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists and perioperative care.

2024-03-14 Go to publication

Speaking Up in the Operating Room: Escalating Concerns

2023-07-07

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