Robert Chen, MD, is a staff anesthesiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Chen received his medical degree from McMaster University in 1992. He completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Toronto and fellowships in trauma anesthesiology at the Ryder Trauma Center (University of Miami) and St. Michael’s Hospital (University of Toronto). He also received further training in transesophageal echocardiography.