Dr. Damon Scales

MD., MSc., FRCPC

  • Chief, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Senior Adjunct Scientist, ICES
  • Professor, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Bio

Dr. Scales conducts epidemiological and health services research examining system-level factors that influence the outcomes of critically ill patients. He has conducted several cluster randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of large-scale quality improvement interventions. He is currently conducting several RCTs funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Research: The PITSTOP RCT investigating a prehospital sepsis intervention (PITSTOP; NCT03068741); the PROTEST RCT (NCT03559114) evaluating early versus late anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis for patients with traumatic brain injury; and the HONOUR RCT (NCT05078034) comparing the effectiveness of helmet non-invasive ventilation versus high flow nasal oxygen for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.