Biographical Sketch
| University
of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
B.A.Sc. (cum laude) |
1970 |
Engineering
Science |
| University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | M.A.Sc. | 1972 | Industrial
Engineering | | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | M.D. | 1976 | Medicine |
| Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont. Canada | Residency | 1976-78 | Internal
Medicine | | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA | Fellowship | 1978-80
| Pulmonary/Crit Care |
| 1989-present |
ASCI, member |
| 1989-1993 | Chairman,
Steering committee for Warm Heart Surgery randomized clinical trial (study published
in Lancet (ref 131 below)) | | 1994-1996 | ATS Long Range
Planning Committee, Critical Care Section, Chairman | | 1996-present | DSMB
member for ARDSNet trials (NIH-sponsored ARDS Network trials) | | 1994-2002 | FDA:
Chairman of Anesthesiology & Respiratory Devices Advisory Panel | | 1994-1996 | MRC
Respiratory System Study Section member | | 1994-1998 | Chairman,
Steering committee for Lung Protective Ventilation RCT (study published in New
England Journal of Medicine (see ref 179 below)) | | 1998 | NIH/NHLBI
Review Committee for Specialized Centers of Research for ARDS, Member |
| 2000-present | U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Expert Committee member |
| 2001-present | CIHR, Institute of Health Services, Policy Research:
Member, Institute Advisory Board (IAB) | | 2001-present | Gairdner
Foundation, Medical Review Panel member |
Editorial board
member (past or present): Critical Care Medicine; Critical Care; New Horizons;
Sepsis; Canadian Respiratory Journal; MD Consult Respiratory and Critical Care;
Current Opinion in Critical Care; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical
Care Medicine; Journal of Applied Physiology
Research Interests
Ventilator-induced lung injury
Acute lung injury
Non-conventional methods of mechanical ventilation
Translational research
Current Grant Support
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Biotrauma: From basic science to clinical implications (2004-2009): $645,000 over 5 years
NIH Research Consortium for Out of Hospital Resuscitation (2004-2009): $2.2 million (US)
Selected Recent Publications
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