Biographical Sketch
Graduated from the University of Essen medical school in Germany in 1992 earning his MD, followed by a PhD in 1995. Following his initial training in paediatrics and a post doctoral training in biochemistry, he came to the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston , Harvard medical school for a research fellowship in Respiratory Medicine. He later returned to Germany in 2000 to complete his paediatric training at the Children's Hospital in Essen , where he was appointed Assistant Professor in 2002 before joining the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in 2005.
University Appointments
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Hospital Appointments
Staff Physician, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Scientist, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children
Clinical Activities
Paediatric Respirologist - Asthma, PCD, general Chest, Lung Transplant
Research Interests
Research interests include airway nitric oxide and its role in the pathophysiology of paediatric respiratory diseases, constitutive NO synthases (NOS1 and NOS3) in asthma and cystic fibrosis, genetic modifiers of disease manifestations in cystic fibrosis and lung disease in sickle cell patients
Current Grant Support
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Time Period: 2007-2013
Title: The Canadian Health Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study.
Investigator Status: Co-Investigator
Amount: $12,000,000
Agency: SickKids Foundation & Institute of Human Development, Child & Youth Health-CIHR
Time Period: 2008-2011
Title: Young infants with acute recurrent wheezing- To puff or not to puff? A randomized controlled trial.
Investigator Status: Principle Investigator
Amount: $130,000
Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - John Hopkins University Centre for Clinical Trials
Time Period: 2008-2011
Title: Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP)- Continuation Study CAMP-CSIII.
Investigator Status: Principle Investigator
Amount: $370,633
Agency: Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF)
Time Period: 2009-2011
Title: Functional relevance of altered L-arginine metabolism in cystic fibrosis lung disease.
Investigator Status: Principle Investigator
Amount: $170,000
Selected Recent Publications
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