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.
News
Publications
A Crossover Trial of Hospital-Wide Lactated Ringer’s Solution versus Normal Saline
2025-08-14 Go to publicationLiberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
2025-03-13 Go to publicationAnemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
2023-08-01 Go to publicationFLUID 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 publicationShort- and Long-term Health Care Resource Utilization and Costs Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage
2021-08-10 Go to publication