Dr. John T. Granton

University Appointments

Associate professor of medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Hospital Appointments

University Health Network - Consultant in pulmonary and critical care medicine

Clinical Activities

Director, pulmonary hypertension program, UHN
Director, exercise laboratory TGH

Educational Activities

Program Director, Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto
Chair, Scientific program committee Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium
Chair, pulmonary hypertension national meeting 2004

Current Local, Provincial, National and International Activities

Nucleus committee, critical care, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Research Interests

Nitric oxide
Acute lung injury
Septic Shock
Thrombosis
Pulmonary Hypertension
Right heart function
Sympathetic nervous system activity in pulmonary hypertension
Eisenmenger Syndrome - therapies and thrombosis
Parmacotherapies

Current Grant Support

Health related quality of life in advanced lung disease and transplantation.
PI Lianne Singer
CIHR
5 years
$96,667

PROTECT. Prophylaxis of thromboembolism in critical care
PI Deborah Cook
CIHR
3 years
$4,880,437

Remote monitoring project
PI Bill Sibbald
Bell Research Labs
1 year
$60,000

Tele-homecare technology for the chronically-ill patient: telemonitoring, usability and patient communication
PI Chris Chan
Bell research labs
3 years
$ 40,000 per year

Selected Recent Publications

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Non-peer reviewed publications:
Mukherjee A, Granton J. Pulmonary hypertension. The importance of right heart function. Respirology Rounds. 2004

Chapters and Monographs

Granton JT, Slutsky AS. Ventilator induced lung injury. in Principles of Critical Care. eds. Hall JB, Schmidt GA, Wood LDH. McGraw-Hill Inc. New York. Submitted for 2004 edition.
Principal author

Scales D, Granton JT. Care of the critically ill transplant patient. in Principles of Critical Care. eds. Hall JB, Schmidt GA, Wood LDH. McGraw-Hill Inc. New York. Submitted for the 2004 edition
Senior responsible author

Granton JT, Lapinsky S. Approach to the critically ill SARS patient. In Pulmonary Physician in Critical Care, eds. Mark Griffiths, Timothy Evans, British Medical Journal Books, London, England. Submitted
Senior responsible author