Dr. Niranjan 'Tex' Kissoon

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Dr. Kissoon is Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) and Professor in Pediatric and Surgery at UBC in Vancouver, Canada. He is President of the Global Alliance for Sepsis (GSA), and Co-Chair of the World Sepsis Day, International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative, and the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline Committee.

As the President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, Dr. Kissoon has been instrumental in lobbying the World Health Assembly of the United Nations to adopt a resolution on sepsis which has recently been passed in May 2017 at the World Health Assembly.

In recognition of his achievements, Dr. Kissoon was awarded the UBC Canada Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence in 2016.

Tex Kissoon

Contact

Dr.Niranjan 'Tex' Kissoon

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

https://www.bcchr.ca/tkissoon

First Nations land acknowledegement

Action on Sepsis operates on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples — xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We invite everyone to reflect on the traditional territories and land that they currently work and live on.

Action on Sepsis Research Cluster

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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