In late 2023, Ontario anesthesiologist Dr. Viren Naik stepped into what he thought would be his last clinical shift at The Ottawa Hospital. He was ready for a new professional challenge as Chief Executive Officer at the Medical Council of Canada. But a year later, Ontario’s anesthesia human resource challenges pulled him back into the OR, demonstrating how this problem is now even impacting large, academic hospitals.

Learn about the Team-Based Anesthesia Care (TBAC) model and how investing more resources into it will benefit Ontario’s health-care system, including reducing the surgical backlog.