Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

Jonathan Bailey, MD, MSc (CIP), FRCPC, EDRA

Assistant Professor

jon-bailey
Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine

Email: jon.bailey@dal.ca
Research Topics:
  • Regional anesthesia techniques
  • Pain management
  • Global Health

Administrative Roles

  • Medical Director, Serving and Engaging Communities
  • Fellowship Director, Global Health
  • Rwanda Lead, Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF)
  • Co-chair, Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) Steering Committee

Education

  • Fellowship, regional anesthesia (Dalhousie University)
  • MSc, Epidemiology and Community Health (Dalhousie University)
  • Residency, anesthesia (Dalhousie University)
  • Residency, general surgery (Dalhousie University)
  • MD (University of Saskatchewan)
  • BA, Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)

Selected Publications

  • Bailey JG, Hendy A, Neira V, Chedrawy E, Uppal V. Continuous serratus anterior block for sternotomy analgesia after cardiac surgery: a single-centre feasibility study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. Jan 24, 2025; Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.11.042
  • Kiberd MB, Brownbridge R, Mackin M, Werry D, Bird S, Barry G, Bailey JG. Feasibility of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in simulated microgravity: a proof-of-concept study for regional anaesthesia during deep space missions. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2024;133(6):1276-1283. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.07.034
  • Bailey JG, Mossenson A, Whynot S, Nyirigira G, Gower S, Livingston P (2024). A mixed methods cohort study evaluating the impact of a one-day wellbeing course for anesthesia providers working in low-resource settings. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 139(2), 375-384. doi: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006870
  • Bailey, JG & Uppal, V, Fascial plane blocks: moving from the expansionist to the reductionist era, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Volume 69, 1185–1190 (2022) doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02309-x
  • Bailey JG, Wong M, Bailey K, Banfield JC, Barry G, Munro A, Kirkland S, Leiter M. Pandemic-related factors predicting physician burnout beyond established organizational factors: cross-sectional results from the COPING survey, Psychol Health Med (October 2021) doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1990366
  • Mossenson A, Bailey JG, Whynot S, Livingston P. Qualities of effective Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) facilitators delivering simulation-based education in resource-limited settings, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Volume 133, Issue 1, 215-225 (2021) doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005584

Selected Teaching Presentations

  • Bailey JG, Mossenson A, Upadhye V,  Kwizera J, Poirier C, Nyirigira G, Nath G, Eltom N. VAST Wellbeing Facilitation and Implementation (2024). 18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA2024). Singapore, Singapore
  • Iqbal A, Bailey JG, Tuyishime E. Physician Burnout in High-, Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Global Phenomenon! (2024). CASIEF symposium. Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC
  • Raymond M, Bailey JG, Thorliefson M. Regional Anesthesia for Postoperative Management of Chest Surgery: Why, Which, When and How? (2024). Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC
  • Livingston P, Mossenson A, Bailey JG, Murray M, Nyirigira G. (2022) Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) SIMposium. Rwamagana, Rwanda.
  • Bailey JG, Colmar R, Finlay-Jones Amy, Livingston P, Mossenson A, Nyirigira G. (2022) Vital Anesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) Wellbeing. Rwamagana and Kigali, Rwanda

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