Shane English

Shane English

Senior Scientist, Acute Care Research

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Bio

Dr. English is an Adult Intensivist and Neuro-Intensivist, an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Critical Care) at the University of Ottawa and an Associate Scientist at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He completed undergraduate medical education at the University of Ottawa. He began his Internal Medicine training at the University of Calgary before returning to Ottawa, where he served as a Chief Resident in 2008. Also at the University of Ottawa, he has completed fellowships in General Internal Medicine and Adult Critical Care. With a particular interest in the neuro-critically ill, Dr. English pursued fellowship training in NeuroCritical Care in the UK at Cambridge University Hospital Addenbrooke's NeuroCritical Care Unit. Subsequently, he completed an M.Sc in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's Clinical Investigator Program.

Dr. English's research interests lie in Neurocritical Care, particularly in subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury with current programs of research in secondary neurologic injury prevention in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Research methodologies of particular interest include systematic reviews, observational and interventional studies. Clinically, Dr. English practices Critical Care Medicine at the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital.


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Publications

A Crossover Trial of Hospital-Wide Lactated Ringer’s Solution versus Normal Saline

2025-08-14 Go to publication

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

2025-03-13 Go to publication

Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

2023-08-01 Go to publication

FLUID trial: a hospital-wide open-label cluster cross-over pragmatic comparative effectiveness randomised pilot trial comparing normal saline to Ringer’s lactate

2023-02-01 Go to publication

Short- and Long-term Health Care Resource Utilization and Costs Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage

2021-08-10 Go to publication

04/2014-03/2015
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-Red Blood Cell Transfusion Association with Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Principal: Shane English
Funding: Division of Critical Care Seed Grant
Funds Awarded: $10,000 (1 year)

06/2013-05/2014
Ancillary Testing for Diagnosis of Brain Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Principal: Dean Fergusson and Claudio Martin, Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Knowledge Synthesis Grant)
Funds Awarded: $98,447 (1 year)

03/2011-04/2012
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Ottawa Hospital Experience, A Pilot Study
Principal: Shane English
Funding: Division of Critical Care Seed Grant
Funds Awarded: $7704.96 (1 year)

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