Dr. Sutherland obtained her PhD in Experimental Medicine at UBC examining genetic susceptibility to severe infections and sepsis in critically ill patients. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto and a fellowship in Transitional and Chronic Pain at Toronto General Hospital. Her area of expertise is the prevention of chronic pain and opioid use in post-surgical patients. She is the Physician Lead for the Acute Pain Service, the Co-Physician Lead for the Transitional Pain Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital and the interim Vancouver Coastal Health/Providence Health Care Regional Pain Lead.
