Dr. D’Souza is a specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. His clinical focus is on medical disorders in pregnancy, particularly heart disease, and his research interests include the conduct of experimental and observational studies aimed at reducing postpartum hemorrhage, increasing the success of labour induction and improving pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease. More recently, he has been focussing on the elicitation and incorporation of patient preferences into obstetric decision-making and the development of core outcome sets for studies on high-risk pregnancies. His recent achievements include a Canadian Operating Grant to address knowledge gaps for the use of tranexamic acid in obstetrics, the International Lee-Lusted Award for his work on patient-preferences and an elevation to the fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists UK, for his contribution to women’s health.

Project Involvement: All COS project

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Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: Perinatal Researcher, National Perinatal Epidemiology & Statistics Unit, University of NSW, Sydney Australia; Vice President, International Vasa Previa Foundation

Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: Doctoral candidate and Midwifery Researcher at the Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: Clinical Research Specialist at Applied Health Research Centre St. Michael’s Hospital
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)

Affiliation: Chair of the University of Toronto’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE), Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: President, International Vasa Previa Foundation
Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto; co-editor-in-chief for the journal of Obstetric Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Critically ill Obstetric patients (COSCO)

Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto; Clinician-Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Co-Director of the Hematology in Pregnancy Program
Project Involvement: Core outcome set for studies on Iron Deficiency Anemia in pregnancy (IDeA), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE), Core Outcome set for Perinatal Sickle cell disease (COPSickle), Core Outcome Set for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (COSIThroP)

Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician and Division Head at Mount Sinai Hospital
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Affiliation: Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto; Associate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP), Core Outcome Set for studies on Invasive Placentation (COSIP), Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)

Affiliation: Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physican at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Lead of the Women’s & Infants’ Centre of Excellence
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: Cardiology at Toronto General Hospital, Health of Obstetric Medicine Division at Mount Sinai Hospital and Research Director and the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Schulic School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western Univeristy
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: Internist-Intensivist, Department of Medicine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Critically ill Obstetric patients (COSCO)

Affiliation: Clinical Research Fellow, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS), Core Outcomes In Neonatology (COIN)

Affiliation: Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Mount Sinai Hospital
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Affiliation: MSc. (PhD direct transfer 2019) Institute of Medical Science (Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health), University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Affiliation: MSc Student, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: First year of MSc. at the Institute of Medical Science (Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health), University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS)

Affiliation: First year of MSc. at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto with a collaborative specialization in Women’s Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; Sunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Women and Babies Program
Title: Senior Research Project Manager
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Invasive Placentation (COSIP)

Affiliation: Research Assistant, OROS Project, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Affiliation: First Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP)

Affiliation: Third Year Biomedical Science Student, York University
Project Involvement: Core outcome set for studies on Iron Deficiency Anemia in pregnancy (IDeA)

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic issues in COS development

Affiliation: First year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic Issues in COS Development

Affiliation: Final year, Medicine, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry (Scotland)
Project Involvement: Composite Adverse Obstetric Outcome Study (CAOOS), Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Affiliation: First year, Master’s Translational Research, Univeristy of Toronto Institute of Medical Science
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: First year, Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Project Involvement: Methodologic Issues in COS Development

Affiliation: University of Toronto, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for Perinatal Venous ThromboEmbolism (COSPVenTE)

Affiliation: First Year Medical Resident, Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the University of Toronto
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP)

Affiliation: Second Year, Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
Project Involvement: Core Outcome set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP)

Affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McMaster University
Project Involvement: Core Outcome Set for studies on Vasa Previa (COVasP), Core Outcome Set for studies on Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy (COSCarP), Core Outcome Set for studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP), Core Outcome Set for studies on Critically Ill Obstetric Patients (COSCO)