Dr. Sana-Ara Ahmed is a specialist in Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine in private clinical practice in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia. She received her M.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in 2006 & completed her Anesthesiology residency training in 2011 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Dr. Ahmed has worked as Staff Anesthesiologist at both St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver & St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and also completed a Fellowship in Medical Education from the University of Toronto in 2013. Dr. Ahmed has spent many hours teaching crisis resource management to physicians and had the opportunity to direct University of Toronto residents at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Simulation lab in Toronto. A budding entrepreneur, Dr. Ahmed decided to undertake Interventional Chronic Pain training in 2015 and has expanded her clinical practice to include a holistic approach to chronic pain management. Her passion to educate and share knowledge has established Dr. Ahmed as an expert in the use of medical cannabis for pain management in Canada. She is an established CME medical educator for physicians and allied health professionals regarding medical cannabis use.