Department of Critical Care

Academic Support

Chong-How 'Edmund' Tan, MD

Assistant professor

Edmund Tan
Department of Critical Care , Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine

Email: cetan@dal.ca
Phone: 902-473-3608
Mailing Address: 
Suite 377, Bethune Bldg
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9
 
Research Topics:
  • Emergency airway management
  • Point of care ultrasound
  • High fidelity simulation based medical education

Education

  • Adult Critical Care Subspecialty (Dalhousie University)
  • Anesthesia Residency (Dalhousie University)
  • MD (Dalhousie University)
  • BSc (Dalhousie Univerity)

Professional Appointments

  • Co-Director, Critical Care Research
  • Ultrasound Education Lead, Critical Care

Professional/Research Interests

  • point of care ultrasound and its application in the diagnosis and management of critically ill patients
  • use of high fidelity medical simulation in training medical students and residents as well as multidisciplinary medical simulation
  • emergency airway management

Current Research Projects

  • Apneic oxygenation via nasal cannulae: 15 L/min vs. high flow
  • PreOxygenation for EndoTracheal Intubation: High Flow versus Conventional PreOxygenation Therapy