Jason T Maynes, PhD/MD is the Chief of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the Associate Chief of Perioperative Services (Research) at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is also the holder of the Curtis Joseph and Harold Groves Chair in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Dr. Maynes completed his graduate degree in Biophysics and has undergone doctoral and post-doctoral training at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Alberta, University of California Berkeley, Los Alamos National Weapons Lab, and Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical training was completed at the University of Alberta, Stanford University, and Washington University in St. Louis before moving to Toronto in 2012.

Dr. Maynes' research focuses on finding new ways to quantify drug action, both therapeutic and toxic, with a particular interest in improving the clinical effect of anesthetics and pain medications. His lab has developed new therapies for heart failure, modeled cardiac function using stem-cell derived tissue, and created platform technologies that measure cardiomyocyte function for the purpose of drug discovery. He holds patents and intellectual property around new therapies for heart failure, novel methods for quantifying cardiomyocyte function, and anti-viral small molecule therapies.

Dr. Maynes' laboratory is currently receiving funding from various organizations, including the CIHR, NSERC, Canada Foundation for Innovation, The Ontario Research Fund, as well as pharmaceutical and venture capital groups. In addition, he has served on the scientific boards of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Dr. Maynes is also a member of the CIHR College of Reviewers, having been selected to evaluate research proposals, and he serves as a member of the CIHR College of Reviewers.

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