Hance Clarke

Dr. Clarke is a staff anesthesiologist, Director of Pain Services, and the Pain Research Unit at the Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Clarke is currently the knowledge Translation Chair for the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain and an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He currently holds the GoodHope Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Chair in Translational Medicine. He has been recognized internationally for his research productivity and improvements to patient care, such as the development of the Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service. Dr. Clarke has also played a leading role in educating the Canadian public about pain control, risk factors for chronic opioid use, alternatives to opioids as a pioneering strategy at TGH, misconceptions about opioid use, and the need for further studies on understanding the beneficial and adverse effects of cannabis. He is the president of the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids. He has authored over 170 peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to speak on pain control, cannabis and the opioid crisis to the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada and elsewhere around the world. In the spring of 2024, he will assume the role of president of the Canadian Pain Society.