Pamela Angle

Dr. Angle has a keen research interest in obstetrical anesthesia. She has developed a multi-dimensional psychometric instrument to measure women’s experiences of labor and delivery pain. She has completed three validation studies to date which have shown high levels of instrument performance in this patient population. She is also the Principal Investigator of a project designed to develop a Multi-Attribute Health Index to measure the quality of labor analgesia. Further research interests include prevention and treatment of postdural puncture headaches, reduction of the psychological trauma women experience during cesarean sections, and establishment of an evidence-base for labor epidural doses.

Dr. Angle is the Director of the Obstetrical Anesthesia Research Unit. She is actively involved in educating residents rotating through the department and has been an invited speaker at national meetings on aspects of Obstetrical Anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Education

• BSc, 1983, Biochemistry, Trinity College, Washington, DC, USA
• MD, 1988, Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
• MSc, 2004, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
• MSc, 2013, Evidence-Based Health Care Programme, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
• PhD (candidate), Expected 2026, Evidence-Based Health Care Programme, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Appointments & Affiliations

• Director, Obstetrical Anesthesia Research Unit (OARU), Sunnybrook Research Institute,
• Associate Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, DAN Women and Babies Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute,
• Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,
• Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Research, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto,
• Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,