Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon

Tex is the current President of the Global Sepsis Alliance and a Professor at BC Children’s Hospital and UBC Global Child Health, Department of Paediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of British Columbia. He is the Past President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) and professor of pediatric and surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. Tex holds the UBC BC Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Acute and Critical Care for Global Child Health, International Pediatric Sepsis Initiative, and the Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guideline Committee.

In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Career Award by the AAP for his contribution to society and discipline; in 2015 he was awarded the SCCM Master of Critical Care Medicine Award and the BNS Walia PGIMER Golden Jubilee Oration Award in India. In 2016, Tex received the UBC Canada Distinguished Achievement Award for Overall Excellence and in 2019, he has for the 8th time received a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the Society. In 2018, he received the UWI Distinguished Service Award and is also the Recipient of the 2020 Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for exemplary and pioneering achievements in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children.