Meet our faculty.

Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty, MD FRCSC FACS

• Director, Manitoba Firefighters Burn Unit

• Professor, Department of Surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Child Health, Sections of Surgery & Plastic Surgery

After graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science and M.D in 1990, Dr. Logsetty obtained his Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Toronto in 1996.  Dr. Logsetty completed the Surgical-Scientist Program at University of Toronto in 1994-1996.  He continued his training in fellowships in Acute Burn Care & Reconstructive Surgery at Ross Tilley Burn Centre in Wellesley Hospital in Toronto, Ontario (1996-1998) and in Critical Care of Burns at Harborview Medical Centre in Seattle, Washington (1998-1999).

He was appointed to the position of Associate Director of the Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit at the University of Alberta Hospital in 1999.  In 2007 he was recruited by the University of Manitoba and the Health Sciences Centre to take on the position of Director of the brand new Burn Unit located at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.  He is currently Professor (Cross appointed to Surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Children’s Health) at the University of Manitoba. 

Dr. Logsetty holds certifications with The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the American Board of Surgery.  Dr. Logsetty holds memberships in many Medical and Scientific organizations and is widely published in many topics, including Burns and trauma, his chosen areas of interest. Research by Dr. Logsetty, his students, and burn team have won numerous national and international awards, and have led to changes in clinical care. He is Chair of the Canadian Burn Network and a founding member and President-elect of the Canadian Burn Association. As well he has been an active member of the American Burn Association, sitting on a number of committees over the years. He is an active ATLS instructor and led the revision of the burn chapter for the current edition.