Bio

Dr. Richard Greendyk obtained his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, the United States. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Columbia University in New York City. He joined the Medical Surgical ICU at Toronto General Hospital as a Clinical Associate in 2026. Dr. Greendyk is currently pursuing a PhD in Physiology at the University of Toronto, and his research focuses on mechanical ventilation during extracorporeal life support.

Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, University of Toronto

Honours and Awards

2024 – IDCCM Scholar

Significant Publications

  1. Boyle AJ, Greendyk RA, Rochwerg B, McAuley DF, Goligher EC. Optimizing endpoints in early phase clinical trials of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Aug 1;212(8):1702-1709.
  2. Greendyk RA, Abrams D, Agerstrand C. Weaning from venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: challenges and opportunities. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2026 Feb 1;32(1):68-74.
  3. Greendyk R, Abrams D, Agerstrand C, Parekh M, Brodie D. Extracorporeal Support for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Clin Chest Med. 2024 Dec;45(4):905-916. 
  4. Greendyk R, Kanade R, Parekh M, Abrams D, Lemaitre P, Agerstrand C. Respiratory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: From rescue therapy to standard tool for treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome? Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2024 Jul;119(Suppl 2):53-58.