Melany Gaetani

Melany Gaetani is a staff physician in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. She completed medical school in Dublin, Ireland at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed her paediatric residency training at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., USA. She trained in paediatric critical care at SickKids in Toronto, Canada, followed by an additional year of training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. She is currently completing a PhD in clinical epidemiology at the University of Toronto.

Education and experience

• 2020–present: PhD, Clinical Epidemiology, IHPME, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• 2021–2022: Fellow, Paediatric Critical Care,The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• 2018–2021: Fellow, Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• 2009–2014: MB, BCh, BAO, Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
• 2014–2018: Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital,Washington, DC, USA.

Achievements

• 2024: Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships 2020: John Laffey award for excellence in clinical research Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (Critical Care, 2020) Trainee award across 7 critical sites for distinction in critical care research.
• 2020: Postgraduate Medical Trainee Leadership Award, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto Department of Medicine, Toronto, Canada. Trainee award across >2000 trainees for outstanding initiatives and contributions to the program
• 2020: SickKids Critical Care Unit Academic Showcase Day 2020, 2nd place, best abstract overall, Toronto, Canada. (Critical Care, 2020) Trainee award across 20 different trainees and presentations for distinction in critical care research.
• 2019: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Art Slutsky Research Day, Best Quality Improvement Poster, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (Critical Care, 2019)
• 2018: Georgetown University Department of Pediatrics Research day, 3rd place trainee award, Melany,
  Gaetani best abstract presentation, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA. (Pediatrics, 2018) Trainee award amongst >30 presentations for
  paediatric research.
• 2017: Georgetown University Department of Pediatrics Research day, 2rd place trainee award, best abstract presentation, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA. (Pediatrics, 2017) Trainee award amongst >30 presentations for paediatric research.
• 2014: Psychiatry Essay medal, Faculty of Medicine,
  Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Best overall student submission award amongst
  approximately 300 candidates.
• 2011: Kane Medal in Neurobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Highest overall marks in neurobiology amongst approximately 300 candidates.

Research

Dr. Gaetani's research interests are in the fields of pharmacotherapy and drug administration, error recognition, utility and analysis and sustainability science.

1. Gaetani M, Maratta C, Akinkugbe O, Ginter D, Baleilevuka-Hart M, Helmers A, Guerguerian AM, Mtaweh H. Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Pediatric Critical Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Jul 1;14(7):573-583. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-007733. PMID: 38864108.
2. Gaetani M, Mazwi M, Balaci H, Greer R, Maratta C. Artificial intelligence in medicine and the pursuit of environmentally responsible science. Lancet Digit Health. 2024 Jul;6(7):e438-e440. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00090-6. Epub 2024 May 29. PMID: 38816299.
3. Gaetani M, Uleryk E, Halgren C, Maratta C. The carbon footprint of critical care: a systematic review. Intensive Care Med. 2024 May;50(5):731-745. doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07307-1. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38416200.
4. Gaetani M, Parshuram CS, Redelmeier DA. Furosemide in pediatric intensive care: a retrospective cohort analysis. Front Pediatr. 2024 Jan 16;11:1306498. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1306498. PMID: 38293664; PMCID: PMC10824983.
5. Gaetani, M., See, E., Satkumaran, S. et al. Edema description in pediatric critical care: terms, patterns, and clinical characteristics. Intensive Care Med. Paediatr. Neonatal 1, 15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44253-023-00016-z