Andrew Baker

Dr. Andrew Baker is the Chief of the Departments of Critical Care and of Anesthesia, and the Medical Director of the Surgery and Critical Care Program at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. He is the inaugural Cara Phelan Chair of Critical Care Medicine and a Professor and the Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is currently the Incident Commander of the GTA Hospitals IMS Command Centre as well as the Incident Commander of Ontario Critical Care COVID Command Centre.  He has been involved in provincial organizations, such as Trillium Gift of Life Network as a director for ten years, and as a subject matter expert for Critical Care Services Ontario on ethical issues of access.  Andrew directs a brain injury laboratory in the Keenan Research Centre and is involved in biomarker studies in brain injury and critical illness.  He publishes and speaks internationally on his clinical and laboratory research.

Other Appointments & Affiliations

• Scientific Director, Critical Care Pillar of Excellence, Unity Health Toronto
• Chief Commander, Ontario Critical Care Covid-19 Command Centre
• Incident Commander, GTA Hospital IMS
• Chief, Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
• Chief, Department of Critical Care, St. Michael's Hospital Medical, Unity Health Toronto
• Medical Director, Surgery and Critical Care Program, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
• Professor, Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery, University of Toronto