Dr. Laveena Munshi
MD, MSc, FRCPC
- Assistant Professor, Critical Care Physician, Sinai Health System

Bio
Laveena Munshi is an Assistant Professor and Critical Care Physician at Sinai Health System in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto. She has research interests in critical care of the immunocompromised and oncologic patient populations with a focus on acute respiratory failure, the impact that a cancer diagnosis has on critical care outcomes, and the impact of critical illness on future oncology care and outcomes. She has completed her Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. She was supported by a Canadian Institute for Health Research fellowship award during her graduate work and the Eliot Phillipson Clinician Scientist Training program. She is the co-founder of the Critical Care Oncologic Investigative Network – a local initiative established to improve quality of care between Oncology and Critical Care. She has been a member of the American Thoracic Society Mechanical Ventilation clinical practice guideline committee. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Committee.