Dr. Frances Chung is a Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University Health Network and University of Toronto. She is the ResMed Chair of Anesthesiology, Sleep and Perioperative Medicine. She is a co-founder and past president of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine. Also, she is a Past President for the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. 

In total, she has 257 publications with an h-index of 57 and over 11,000 citations. She has presented and lectured at many national and international meetings, including over 400 invited lectures. Her research work has been recognized through multiple awards including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s McLaughlin-Gallie Visiting Professorship; the Research Recognition Award from the Canadian Anesthesiologist’s Society; Research Award from the Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto; Fellow Teaching Award, University Health Network; and the Distinguished Services Award from the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. To celebrate 2017 World Anesthesia Day, her work "High STOP-Bang score indicates a high probability of sleep apnea" (http://www.stopbang.ca). was chosen to be among the Top 25 Most Important Articles in the History of Anesthesia by British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Dr. Frances Chung’s research interests are in several areas:

  • sleep apnea
  • patient safety
  • monitoring
  • perioperative medicine
  • pain
  • morbid obesity
  • enhanced recovery after surgery
  • nausea and vomiting
  • ambulatory anesthesia

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Associated Program(s)
Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) Consensus Statement on Perioperative Smoking Cessation.
Anesth Analg. 2019 Nov 18;:
Wong J, An D, Urman RD, Warner DO, Tønnesen H, Raveendran R, Abdullah HR, Pfeifer K, Maa J, Finegan B, Li E, Webb A, Edwards AF, Preston P, Bentov N, Richman DC, Chung F
In Response.
Anesth Analg. 2019 Oct 31;:
Urman RD, Chung F, Gan TJ
High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Improves Safe Apnea Time in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Anesth Analg. 2019 Oct;129(4):1130-1136
Wong DT, Dallaire A, Singh KP, Madhusudan P, Jackson T, Singh M, Wong J, Chung F
Unrecognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients Undergoing Surgery-Reply.
JAMA. 2019 09 24;322(12):1211-1212
Chan MTV, Chung F, Postoperative Vascular Complications in Unrecognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea (POSA) Study Investigators
Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure to Determine Eligibility for Treatment with Sacubitril/Valsartan: Insights from a Veterans Administration Healthcare System.
Pharmacotherapy. 2019 Sep 09;:
Han J, Chung F, Nguyen QL, Mody FV, Jackevicius CA
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review.
BMC Neurol. 2019 Aug 15;19(1):195
Mubashir T, Abrahamyan L, Niazi A, Piyasena D, Arif AA, Wong J, Osorio RS, Ryan CM, Chung F
Pulse-ox paradox: potential versus pitfalls of pulse oximetry monitoring in surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Can J Anaesth. 2019 Jul 30;:
Suen CM, Chung F
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Ambulatory Surgery: Who Is Truly at Risk?
Anesth Analg. 2019 Aug;129(2):327-329
Urman RD, Chung F, Gan TJ
Characterization of respiratory compromise and the potential clinical utility of capnography in the post-anesthesia care unit: a blinded observational trial.
J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Jun 07;:
Chung F, Wong J, Mestek ML, Niebel KH, Lichtenthal P
Utilizing Patient E-learning in an Intervention Study on Preoperative Smoking Cessation.
Anesth Analg. 2018 05;126(5):1646-1653
Wong J, Raveendran R, Chuang J, Friedman Z, Singh M, Patras J, Wong DT, Chung F

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Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Senior Staff Anesthesiologist, University Health Network-Mount Sinai Hospital