Dr. Anna Gunz
Paediatric Critical Care
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 58052
Fax: 519.685.8766
Dr. Gunz is a paediatric intensive care doctor at Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Center and Associate Professor at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. She completed her medical degree and paediatric residency at McMaster University, before doing additional training in critical care medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Prior to medicine, she did a degree in geography at the University of Toronto, which focused on the ecological, social, economic and political aspects of climate change. Currently, she is establishing an interdisciplinary child environmental health service as Children’s Hospital, the Children’s Environmental Health Clinic – Ontario. In addition, she is involved in various advocacy and research endeavors in the field of Planetary Health, including health monitoring of climate change, increasing awareness that climate change is a health crisis, meaningful supports for youth with eco-distress and increasing community and healthcare facilities' understanding of necessary mitigation and adaptation measures.
Dr. Gunz has had numerous roles within Children’s Hospital and Western University, currently including Associate Program Director of the Paediatric Residency Program and Director of the Neonatal Paediatric Transport Team. Her interest in the field of paediatric critical care transport medicine is complemented by a research program in this area, and stems from a belief that all children should have equitable access to critical care serves, regardless of where they present.
