Richard Whitlock

Richard Whitlock is a Professor of Surgery at McMaster University and a practising cardiac surgeon at Hamilton Health Sciences, Canada. Previously, he held a full-time research appointment at the Population Health Research Institute. He completed his residency in cardiac surgery in 2007, a fellowship in critical care in 2008, and a research fellowship in 2012. He holds both an MSc and PhD in Health Research Methodology – Clinical Epidemiology from McMaster University. Dr Whitlock has published over 120 papers in journals including The Lancet, Circulation, Anesthesiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, and Thrombosis and Haemostasis.