Professor
British Columbia Children's Hospital, Canada
Professor Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB BS, FRCP(C),FCCM, FACPE is the University of British Columbia BC Children’s Hospital (UBC BCCH) Endowed Chair in Acute and Critical Care Global Health. He is also the Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Critical and Intensive Care Societies (www.wfpiccs.org) and Professor, Pediatrics and Surgery (Emergency Medicine) Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. He is the President of the Global Sepsis Alliance and co-chair or the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign as well as Vice-President of the Canadian Sepsis Foundation; Advisory Board Member of Sepsis Alliance USA and the African Sepsis Alliance. He is the Chair of World Sepsis Day, the International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative. Dr. Kissoon is the recipient of the 2020 Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for his sustained exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children and the Society of Critical Care Master in Critical Care (their highest award) and the American Academy of Pediatrics Distinguished Career Award.