Dr. Ayesha Zia
Dr. Ayesha Zia MD, FRCPC
Lecturer
Director of Undergraduate Electives and Chair of the Gender Equity Committee

MD, FRCPC

Room
EM206 - 1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Y4E9


Biography

Medical school

  • Ziauddin University (Pakistan) 

Residency

  • Emergency Medicine (FRCPC), University of Ottawa

Fellowship

  • Prehospital and Transport Medicine, University of Ottawa

Personal interests

  • Travelling
  • Board game enthusiast

Publications

  • Yeung, E.M., Zia, A. Facilitated peer mentoring to close the gender gap in academic emergency medicine. Can J Emerg Med (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-022-00331-y 
  • McIlveen-Brown, E., Morris, J., Lim, R., Johnson, K., Byrne, A., Bischoff, T., Hurley, K., Mann, M., Menchetti, I., Pardhan, A., Pham, C., Sheppard, G., Zia, A., Chan, T. Priority strategies to improve gender equity in Canadian emergency medicine: proceedings from the CAEP 2021 Academic Symposium on leadership. Can J Emerg Med 24, 151-160 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00245-1 
  • Ghaedi, B., Cheng, W., Ameri, S., AbdulKarim, K., Costain, N., Zia, A. and Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V. Performance of Single Serum Progesterone in the Evaluation of Symptomatic Pregnant Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Can J Emerg Med (2022) DOI: 10.1007/s43678-022-00332-x 
  • Zia, A., MacDonald, R., Moore, S., Ducharme, J. and Vaillancourt, C. (2019) Assessment of Pain Management During Interfacility Air Medical Transport of Intubated Patients. Air Medical Journal. 38(6):421-425 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2019.09.002
  • Atzema, C., Wong, A.Y., Masood, S., Zia, A., AL-Bulushi, S., Sohail, Q.Z., Cherry, A., Chan, F.S. (2018) The Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Who Make an Emergency Department Visit for Hypertension After Use of a Home or Pharmacy Blood Pressure Device. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 72(5):534-543

Abstracts

  • Zia, A., Moore, S., MacDonald, R., Ducharme, J. and Vaillancourt, C. June 2017. Assessment of Pain Management During Transport of Intubated Patients in a Prehospital Setting. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Conference, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
  • Zia, A., Moore, S., MacDonald, R., Ducharme, J. and Vaillancourt, C. January 2017. Assessment of Pain Management During Transport of Intubated Patients in a Prehospital Setting. National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Wong, A.Y., Zia, A. and Atzema, C. October 2015. The Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Who Make an Emergency Department Visit for Hypertension, By Use of a Pharmacy or Home Blood Pressure Device. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Zia, A., Wong, A.Y. and Atzema, C. June 2013. Comparing the characteristics and management of patients with hypertension at a community versus an academic emergency department. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Wong, A.Y., Zia, A. and Atzema, C. June 2013. Hypertension in the ED - Are blood pressure devices related to increased ED visits? Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Research interests

  • Prehospital and Transport Medicine
  • Gender Equity in Medicine