Adrian Gelb, a man in a suit and glasses

Adrian Gelb, MBBS

Professor Emeritus

Biography

Adrian W Gelb is a Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He served as Professor & Chair of Anesthesia at Western University, Canada, before coming to UCSF as Vice Chair (2004 -2011). Dr Gelb has served as President of 4 international organizations and other leadership roles in multiple national and international Anaesthesia Societies. He is the Past President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and a patient safety leader. WFSA is an umbrella organization for 142 national anesthesia societies.
Working with WHO and other global groups, he is a strong advocate for the expansion of access to safe anesthesia. He is an active academic with > 300 publications (h-Index 70, citations >18,000) with a focus on clinical neurosciences and patient safety and has served on many international editorial boards. He is an accomplished communicator and has given over 400 invited lectures around the world, including 18 named lectureships. He has won awards for research, teaching, and mentorship.

Education

06/1980 - Pulmonary Research, Mayo Clinic
FRCPC, 06/1979 - Anesthesia, University of Toronto
MBChB, 1972 - School of Medicine, University of Cape Town

Publications

Naik V, Matsumoto E, Houston P, Hamstra S, Yeung R, Mallon J, Martire T, Zwack RM, Campbell DC, Breen TW, Yip RW, Roy JD, Girard M, Drolet P, Guay J, Bolis RS, LeDez K, Balatbat JT, Mukherji J, Ali MJ, Carroll J, Karski JM, Sui S, Cheng DC, Banner R, Yip R, Zondervan J, Chow V, McMillan D, Fisher J, Lattermann R, Carli F, Wykes L, Schricker T, Mazza L, Carli F, Danjoux G, Thomas D, Lennox PH, Henderson C, Martin L, Mitchell GW, Vaghadia H, Jassal R, Thomson IR, Hudson RJ, McGuire G, Manninen P, El-Beheiry H, Lozano A, Wennberg R, Archer DP, Tang TK, Staveley IR, Goldstein DH, VanDenKerkhof EG, Hall RI, Rocker GM, O'Connor JP, Dunham JI, Mikelberg FS, Dulovic G, Jenkins KL, Correa R, Wong DT, McGuire GP, Fayad AA, Paul J, Yang H, Sawchuk C, Brown KA, Bates JH, Edington R, Pridham J, Mukherji J, Karski JM, Balatbat J, Carroll J, Chun R, Cheng DC, Karski J, DeBrouwere R, Mathieu M, Carroll J, Feindel C, Cheng D, Clairoux M, Coutu S, McCluskey SA, Karkouti K, Ghannam M, Jewett M, Rampersaud R, Yau T, Quirt I, Carver ED, Kim P, Crawford MW, Finley GA, Breau LM, McGrath PJ, Camfield C, Mak PH, Hui TW, Irwin MG, Carli F, Trudel J, Belliveau P, Mayo N, Clunie ML, Crone LL, Klassen LJ, Yip RW, Hubert B, Radomski M, Blaise G, Renzi PM, Paradis MC, Martin R, Parent M, Parent P, Gagnon D, Tétrault JP, Prabhu AJ, Philip BK, Higgins PP, Blanshard HJ, van Rensselaer S, Chung FF, Caraiscos VB, MacDonald JF, Orser BA, Schreiber M, Georgieff M, Jin F, Chung F, Tong D, Reiz JL, Harsanyi Z, Miceli PC, Darke AC, Roy JS, St-Pierre J, Norman PH, Daley MD, Turner KE, Parlow JL, Tod DA, Avery ND, Nicole PC, Trépanier CA, Lessard MR, Marcoux S, Cowie DA, Gelb AW, Shoemaker JK, Baskett R, Lim BC, Dangor A, Morgan PJ, Cleave-Hogg D, Doyle DJ, Byrick R, Filipovi D, Cashin F, Chiu M, Kemp TJ, Bryson GL, Cleland MJ, Crosby ET, Harioka T, Nomura K, Ando N, Ikegami N, Aoki T, Maltby JR, Beriault MT, Watson NC, Liepert DJ, Fick GH, Maltby JR, Liepert D, Prabhu AJ, Correa RK, Wong DT, Chung F, Goyagi T, Bhardwaj A, Hum PD, Traystman RD, Kirsch JR, Bainbridge DT, Swaminathan M, McCreath BJ, Djaiani G, Grocott HP, Day F, Karski J, Djaiani G, Tan J, Cheng D, Wake PJ, Ali M, Karski J, Sui S, Guenther C, Mullen J, Bentley M, Koshal A, Finegan B, Murtha W, Fredrickson MJ, Luginbuehl IA, Bissonnette B, Granton JT, Platt H, Craen RA