Harnessing Technology Advances from COVID-19 and Sepsis
Recorded On: 06/23/2021
Webinar Description:
This closing session will review key learnings of the presentations from the two-day conference. In addition, the clinical, economic, equity, and data perspectives of COVID-19 and sepsis will be discussed related to innovation. Strategic innovation considerations and solutions from a global vantage point will be explored.
This course was originally recorded in June 2021 as part of Sepsis Tech & Innovation.
Target Audience:
Industry leaders, Public Policy Experts, Health and hospital Leadership (C-Suite, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, CIOs), Health quality and decision support leaders, Health Investors and VCs, Health and Technology Media, Health Advocates, Health Advisors, Health Educators, Health Marketers.
Niranjan "Tex" Kissoon, MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, MCCM, FACPE
UBC and BCCH Professor in Acute and Critical Care - Global Child Health Investigator, BCCH Research Institute | President, Global Sepsis Alliance
Institute for Global Health | BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre
Professor Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MBBS, FRCP(C), MCCM, FACPE, is the University of British Columbia BC Children’s Hospital (UBC BCCH) Endowed Chair in Acute and Critical Care Global Health. He is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics (Pediatrics and Surgery, Emergency Medicine) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Prof. Kissoon is the Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Societies (www.wfpiccs.org) and currently serves as President of the Global Sepsis Alliance (global-sepsis-alliance.org). He is Co-Chair of the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Vice- President of the Canadian Sepsis Foundation. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of Sepsis Alliance and the African Sepsis Alliance, chairs World Sepsis Day and the International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative, and is a founding member of the Caribbean Sepsis Alliance.
Prof. Kissoon has been recognized globally for his outstanding contributions to pediatric critical care and sepsis advocacy. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Distinguished Career Award. In 2015, he received the BNS Walia PGIMER Golden Jubilee Oration Award for his major contributions to pediatrics in India and was honored with the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Master in Critical Care Medicine Award, the highest distinction given by the SCCM.
In 2018, he received the University of British Columbia Outstanding Academic Performance Award and the “Giving Back: Advancing Medical Excellence” Distinguished Service Award from the University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association Canadian Chapter, in recognition of his exceptional service in national and international pediatric critical care. In 2020, he was awarded the Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for sustained exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children globally. In 2023, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award and was conferred an Honorary Doctorate (DSc) in 2025 by the University of the West Indies.