Dr Niall Ferguson MD, FRPCPC, MSc

Dr. Niall Ferguson is Head of Critical Care Medicine at the University Health Network and Sinai Health System, and full Professor in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto, with appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

He is a Senior Scientist in the Toronto General Research Institute, and the Critical Care Lead for the Toronto-Central Local Health Integration Network.  He received his M.D. with honours from the University of Toronto, and went on to complete post-graduate training in Internal Medicine, Respirology, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Ferguson completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the University of Toronto and subsequently undertook a CIHR Post-doctoral Fellowship in Madrid, Spain.

He receives research funding from local, provincial, and national agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Ferguson’s research, which is published in high-impact journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, focuses on:

1. mechanical ventilation (epidemiology; weaning and liberation; extubation and tracheostomy);
2. acute respiratory distress syndrome (definitions; ventilatory management; trial design); and
3. novel modes of mechanical ventilation, including extra-corporeal life support. Dr. Ferguson is the Scientific Programme Chair for the Critical Care Canada Forum, Canada’s premier critical care conference. He is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings, having given over 300 such talks.