Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School with an interest in craniofacial, orthopedic and neurosurgery. She has expert knowledge in blood conservation methods, coagulation disorders and pharmacokinetic research. Her clinical expertise and research is innovative as it provides clinical guidelines into optimizing blood management in pediatrics and in particular on the antifibrinolytic use for non-cardiac surgery.
She shares expertise in the field of blood management at international meetings and publishing original research, reviews, chapters and editorial views pertaining to Blood Conservation Techniques in Pediatric Surgery. She is an Executive Editor for Anesthesia and Analgesia and section editor for Pediatric Anesthesia and a regular reviewer for major anesthesia journals Anesthesia and Analgesia, and British Journal of Anesthesia. She serves on the research committees of the SPA, IARS and CAS. She is Director of the BCH Pharmacokinetics Laboratory. She is the chair of the International Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery Perioperative Group and the past chair of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management research committee. She is an internationally recognized expert, and investigator on several large multicenter trials in the area of Pediatric Patient Blood Management.