Andre Amaral
Research Assistant:
The focus of Dr. Amaral’s research is on improving quality of care for critically ill patients. Dr. Amaral works within two streams to improve quality: communication, to prevent errors and improve efficiency; and quality assurance, which involves measuring quality and developing novel models for implementing evidence-based medicine.
His work in communication focuses on transitions of care, a necessary, but fragile link in the heath care system, and on teamwork during interdisciplinary rounds.
His work in implementation science involves a novel collaboration across Ontario for large-scale quality improvement in a partnership of community and academic intensive care units.
Education
- MD, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1998
Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate scientist, Tory Trauma Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Intensivist, Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Research Foci
- Communication: handovers
- Communication: interdisciplinary rounds
- Implementation Science
- Quality metrics
Affiliated Labs & Programs
Selected Publications
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Mehta S, Yarnell C, Pinto R, Amaral ACKB; Toronto Intensive Care Observational Registry. Sex-based Differences in the Use of Best Practices in Mechanically Ventilated Adults in the Intensive Care Unit: An Analysis of the Toronto Multicenter iCORE Database. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Dec;21(12):1751-1758. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202403-227OC. PMID: 39163578.
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Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral AC, Hill AD, Pinto R, Fu L, Morinville A, Heckman G, Hébert P, Hirdes J. The effects of acute care hospitalization on health and cost trajectories for nursing home residents: A matched cohort study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Oct 14;101(41):e31021. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031021. PMID: 36254032; PMCID: PMC9575775.
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Taran S, Angriman F, Pinto R, Ferreyro BL, Amaral ACK; Toronto Intensive Care Observational Registry. Discordances Between Factors Associated With Withholding Extubation and Extubation Failure After a Successful Spontaneous Breathing Trial. Crit Care Med. 2021 Dec 1;49(12):2080-2089. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005107. PMID: 34259451.
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Angriman F, Pinto R, Friedrich JO, Ferguson ND, Rubenfeld G, Amaral ACK. Compliance With Evidence-Based Processes of Care After Transitions Between Staff Intensivists. Crit Care Med. 2020 Mar;48(3):e227-e232. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004201. PMID: 31913986.
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Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral AC, Barros BS, Barros CC, Innes C, Pinto R, Rubenfeld GD. Nighttime cross-coverage is associated with decreased intensive care unit mortality. A single-center study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun 1;189(11):1395-401. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201312-2181OC. PMID: 24779652.