Anil Adisesh

Anil Adisesh is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick, and Chief Medical Officer at Canadian Health Solutions. He is a UK-registered specialist physician (since 1997) and President of the Occupational Medicine Specialists of Canada.

Education:

• University of Liverpool (UK): Medical degree
• King’s College London (UK): Specialist training in occupational medicine
• University of Manchester (UK): Doctoral studies on respiratory health effects of occupational organic dust exposures

Research Interests:

• Developing Occupational Health Informatics to implement technologies for occupational health advancement
• Respiratory health impacts of organic dust exposures and occupational asthma
• Medical education innovations in occupational health
• Advising workers’ compensation authorities and industry sectors

Professional Leadership:

• Chair, WHO Global Working Group on Occupational Health for ICD 11 Revision
• Co-Chair, ILO Working Group on diagnostic/exposure criteria for occupational diseases
• Inaugural JD Irving Limited Research Chair in Occupational Medicine (Dalhousie University, 2013)
• Associate Professor & Division Director, University of Toronto (2019-2022)

Contact:

• Email: anil.adisesh@unb.ca