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Niranjan Kissoon, MD, MBBS, FRCP(C)

British Columbia's Children's Hosp., British Columbia, CAN

Professor Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB BS, FRCP(C), FCCM, FACPE, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics (Pediatrics and Surgery, Emergency Medicine), at the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dr. Kissoon is the Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Societies (www.wfpiccs.org) and currently serves as President of the Global Sepsis Alliance (global-sepsis-alliance.org). He is Co-Chair of the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Vice-President of the Canadian Sepsis Foundation. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of Sepsis Alliance USA and the African Sepsis Alliance, and he is the Chair of World Sepsis Day and the International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative. He is also a Founding Member of the Caribbean Sepsis Alliance.

Dr. Kissoon has been recognized globally for his outstanding contributions to pediatric critical care and sepsis advocacy. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Distinguished Career Award. In 2015, he received the BNS Walia PGIMER Golden Jubilee Oration Award for his major contributions to pediatrics in India and was also honored with the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Master in Critical Care Medicine Award, the highest distinction given by the SCCM. In 2018, he received the University of British Columbia Outstanding Academic Performance Award and the “Giving Back: Advancing Medical Excellence” Distinguished Service Award from the University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association Canadian Chapter, in recognition of his exceptional service in national and international pediatric critical care. In 2020, he was awarded the Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for sustained exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children globally. Most recently, in 2023, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of the West Indies.

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