Teams

The PRACTICAL platform team includes doctors, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, and scientists from around the world with internationally recognized expertise in treating respiratory failure.

Platform Steering Committee

Dr. Alexandra Binnie

MD, DPhil, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician and ICU Research Lead, William Osler Health System
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Dr. Laurent Brochard

MD

  • Director, University of Toronto
  • Clinician Scientist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Dr. Brian Cuthbertson

Mb, ChB, MD, FRCA

  • Attending Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Lorenzo Del Sorbo

MD

  • Attending Physician, University Health Network
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Dr. Eddy Fan

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Staff Intensivist, University Health Network
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Dr. Niall Ferguson

MD, MSc

  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health
  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Robert Fowler

MDCM, M.Sc.

  • Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Professor, University of Toronto
  • Director, University of Toronto
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Dr. Anna Heath

MMath, PhD

  • Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
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Dr. Carol Hodgson

PhD FACP FAHMS BAppSc(PT) MPhil PGDip(Cardio)

  • Division Head, Monash University, Australia
  • Deputy Director, Monash University, Australia
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Dr. Patrick Lawler

MD, MPH, FRCPC

  • Cardiologist and Clinician-Scientist , McGill University Health Centre
  • Cardiologist and Clinician-Scientist , Toronto General Hospital
  • Associate Professor, McGill University
  • Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. John Marshall

MD, FRCSC, FACS FCAHS

  • Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Attending Surgeon and Intensivist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr. Laveena Munshi

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor, Sinai Health System
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PhD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University, Australia
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Dr. Bram Rochwerg

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Site Lead, Juravinski Hospital
  • Associate Professor, McMaster University
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Dr. Sarina Sahetya

MD, MHS

  • Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Director of Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Dr. Damon Scales

MD., MSc., FRCPC

  • Chief, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Senior Adjunct Scientist, ICES
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Michael Sklar

MD, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Arthur Slutsky

CM, FRSC, MASc, MD

  • Scientist, Unity Health Toronto
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Dr. Danny Talmor

MD, MPH

  • Edward Lowenstein Professor and Chair, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Professor, Harvard Medical School
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Dr. Bijan Teja

MD, MBA, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Jennifer Tsang

MD, PhD, FRCPC, ABOM Diplomate

  • Physician Research Lead, Intensivist, Niagara Health
  • Regional Deputy Research Director, McMaster University
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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Dr. Steve Webb

MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRACP, FCICM, FAAHMS

  • Professor, Monash University, Australia
  • Group Director of Research, St John of God Health Care
  • Visiting Medical Officer, St John of God Hospital Subiaco and Mount Hospital
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Dr. Christopher Yarnell

MD, PhD

  • Intensivist and Researcher, Scarborough Health Network
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Dr. Fernando Godinho Zampieri

MD, PhD

  • Intensivist, University of Alberta Hospital
  • Assistant Professor , University of Alberta
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Dr. Ryan Zarychanski

MD, MSc., FRCPC

  • Senior Scientist, CancerCare Manitoba
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Pharmacy and Community Health Sciences
  • Lyonel G Israels Research Chair, University of Manitoba
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Executive Committee

Dr. Lorenzo Del Sorbo

MD

  • Attending Physician, University Health Network
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Dr. Eddy Fan

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Staff Intensivist, University Health Network
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Dr. Niall Ferguson

MD, MSc

  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health
  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Dr. Anna Heath

MMath, PhD

  • Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
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Dr. Laveena Munshi

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor, Sinai Health System
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Dr. John Muscedere

MD, FRCPC

  • Professor and Clinician-Scientist, Queen’s University, Ontario
  • Intensivist, Kingston Health Sciences Center
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Dr. Anastasia (Annie) Newman

PhD, P.T.

  • Assistant Professor, McMaster University
  • Physiotherapist, McMaster University
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Dr. Bram Rochwerg

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Site Lead, Juravinski Hospital
  • Associate Professor, McMaster University
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Dr. Sarina Sahetya

MD, MHS

  • Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Director of Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Dr. Bijan Teja

MD, MBA, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Irene Watpool

Coordinator Representative, Ottawa Hospital

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Trial Management Team

Ms. Lindsay Bond

CCRP

Senior Clinical Trials Manager, Ozmosis

  • Senior Clinical Trials Manager, Ozmosis Reseach Inc.
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Ms. Cathy Chau

BMath, C.I.M., C. Mgr.

Platform Project Manager, University Health Network

  • PRACTICAL Platform Project Manager, University Health Network
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Ms. Zoë Levi

MHSc

Platform Ethics Coordinator

  • PRACTICAL Platform Ethics Coordinator, Toronto General Hospital
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Dr. Charissa Oosthuysen

PhD

Platform Scientific Officer, University Health Network

  • Scientific Officer and Grant Specialist, University Health Network
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Ms. Georgiana Roman-Sarita

BPHE, RRT, CHT

Registered Respiratory Therapist

  • Registered Respiratory Therapist, Toronto General Hospital
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Worldwide PM/Coordinators

Kathy Brickell

  • Country Lead Research Coordinator, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin

Arooj Fatima

  • Research Program Manager, Johns Hopkins University, US

Eileen Gilder

  • Country Lead Research Coordinator, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Gemma Gomà

  • Country Lead Research Coordinator, Parc Tauli, Spain

Leanne Marie Hays

  • Country Lead Research Manager, Irish Critical Care-Clinical Trials Network, Ireland

Felwa Bin Humaid

  • Country Lead Clinical Research Coordinator, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Niamh Mahon

  • Country Lead Project Manager, University College Dublin, Ireland

Rebecca Morgan

  • Country Lead Project Manager, Monash University, Australia

TBC

  • Country Lead Research Coordinator, National University Health System, Singapore

Antonella Vasami

  • Country Lead Research Manager, Mario Negri, Italy