Dr. Rishi Ganesan is a paediatric critical care physician-researcher at the Children's Hospital - LHSC, and an Assistant Professor in the Depts. of Paediatrics and Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London (ON), Canada. Dr. Ganesan has completed unique clinical-research training in paediatrics, critical care, neurology and neurocritical care. He is passionate about improving our understanding of altered states of cognition and consciousness in critically ill patients. His research program aims to improve long-term functional outcomes in critically ill children through the testing and validation of advanced electrical and functional neuroimaging tools for prediction and detection of pathological brain states. This line of work will empower bedside critical care providers with the tools, knowledge, and skills to identify evolving brain pathologies quickly and determine prognosis objectively in high-risk critically ill children with acquired brain injury.