Biography

Dr Sana-Ara Ahmed is a practicing clinical Anesthesiologist, Interventional Pain & Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist in Canada. An avant-garde entrepreneur and visionary, her clinic known as the Ahmed Institute for Pain and Cannabinoid Research, provides integrative and compassionate chronic pain management to Canadians in Toronto and Calgary. She has a diverse practice that focuses on targeted pain control for diagnosis and opioid harm reduction. The successful incorporation of medical cannabis into her practice for treating chronic pain, anxiety, depression and functional sleep disorders has well established Dr Ahmed as an expert in the field.

She is a medical graduate from the University of Saskatchewan in 2006 and received her post graduate designation in Anesthesiology and Medicine from the University of British Columbia in 2011. An astute clinical educator, she is also a certified instructor in Simulation Medicine after completing her Medical Education Fellowship at the University of Toronto in 2013.

Dr Ahmed is a chronic pain patient advocate and champion for patient self-care. Her knowledge and passion for medical cannabis as a treatment modality for all Health Canada indications has made Dr Ahmed a renowned medical cannabis educator nationally & internationally.