Dr. Akash Goel

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Akash Goel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto and is a clinician-investigator and attending anesthesiologist specializing in interventional pain medicine at St. Michael's Hospital. He obtained his MD from McMaster University and completed anesthesiology training at the University of Toronto. Goel further enhanced his expertise with fellowship training in interventional and multidisciplinary pain medicine at Stanford University. He also holds a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. His research primarily focuses on the perioperative management of substance use disorders, utilizing systematic reviews, retrospective analyses of administrative databases, and Delphi analyses. He has contributed to international guidelines for the perioperative management of buprenorphine and cannabis, establishing himself as a recognized expert in the field. His academic work has been published in prestigious journals such as Anesthesiology, the British Journal of Anesthesia, and the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Goel's clinical practice employs advanced pain therapeutics and neuromodulation techniques, with an emphasis on fluoroscopic guided neuroablative therapies for managing craniofacial pain.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology