Luis Teodoro da Luz

Dr. da Luz`s clinical research program broadly encompasses two major arenas: 1) Clinical and scientific advancement in the early assessment and management of severely injured trauma patients (focusing on management of bleeding and coagulopathy, trauma team performance, and quality improvement); 2) Methodologic expertise and interest in knowledge translation, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis. In addition, Dr. da Luz has interest in clinical trials assessing interventions in severely bleeding and coagulopathic trauma patients. He has recently completed a multicenter RCT assessing the use of clotting factors concentrates in trauma and is currently co-investigator in the SWIFT Trial Canada, the first multicenter trial in the country assessing the use of whole blood in this patient population.

Dr. da Luz has published several systematic reviews and meta-analysis assessing knowledge gaps in the management of severely bleeding and coagulopathic trauma patients. These reviews contributed importantly to establish the foundation for conducting clinical trials assessing the use of clotting factors concentrates, whole blood, and in the near future, assessing efficacy and safety of other interventions such as freeze dried plasma.

Dr. da Luz is the inaugural Chair of the Trauma Team Leaders (TTLs) Committee at the Trauma Association of Canada (TAC). The Committee sets the education, research, and quality improvement agendas for TAC, which is then disseminated to trauma centers across the country. In addition, Dr. da Luz is Co-Director of the Trauma Resuscitation Fellowship at Sunnybrook, to be launched in July 2025.

Education

• MD, 1996, Faculdade de Medicina da Fundacao do ABC, Brazil
• General Surgery, Faculdade de Medicina da Fundacao do ABC, Brazil
• Trauma Surgery, 2010, University of Toronto, Canada
• Critical Care Medicine, 2014, University of Toronto, Canada
• Acute Care Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada
• MSc, 2015, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
• MSc, 2020, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations

• Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Tory Trauma Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Staff Physician, Division of General Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Head Trauma Team Leader, Tory Trauma Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Chair, Trauma Team Leaders Committee, Tory Trauma Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Co-Chair, Code Transfusion / Code Transfusion Obstetrics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
• Collaborator, FIRST-60 – Prehospital, Trauma and Resuscitation Sciences, Canada
• Member, Research and Quality Working Group – Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN), Ontario, Canada
• Chair, Trauma Team Leaders Committee, Trauma Association of Canada, Canada
• Member, Canadian Transfusion Trials Group (CTTG), Canada