Dr. Niall Ferguson
Head - Critical Care Medicine | University Health Network
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Dr. Ferguson is Head of Critical Care Medicine at UHN
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Biography
Dr. Niall Ferguson is Head of Critical Care Medicine at the University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, and Associate Professor 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. Dr. Ferguson’s research, which is supported by local, provincial, and national granting agencies, 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 Critical Care Canada Forum, Canada’s premier critical care conference. He is a frequent invited-speaker at national and international meetings, having given over 250 such talks.
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Areas of Expertise (6)
Coronavirus
Mechanical Ventilation
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
Epidemiology
COVID-19
Education (4)
Madrid, Spain: Post-doctoral Fellowship, Canadian Lung-Association
University of Toronto: MSc, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research 2002
University of Toronto: Post-Graduate Training, Internal Medicine, Respirology, and Critical Care Medicine
University of Toronto: MD (Hons.), Medicine 1995
Affiliations (8)
- Critical Care Medicine Research Advisory Committee : Secretary
- University of Toronto Executive Committee : Research Committee Representative
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine : Reviewer
- Critical Care Medicine : Reviewer
- Intensive Care Medicine : Reviewer
- Medicina Intensiva : Editorial Board Member
- University of Toronto : Professor, Department of Medicine
- Toronto Research Institute
Articles (5)
Has mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome decreased over time? A systematic review
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2009-01-01
It is commonly stated that mortality from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) is decreasing. Objectives: To systematically review the literature assessing ARDS mortality over time and to determine patient-and study-level ...
Evolution of mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2008-01-01
Recent literature in mechanical ventilation includes strong evidence from randomized trials. Little information is available regarding the influence of these trials on usual clinical practice. Objectives: To describe current mechanical ventilation practices ...
Recruitment Maneuvers for Acute Lung Injury
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2008-01-01
There are conflicting data regarding the safety and efficacy of recruitment maneuvers (RMs) in patients with acute lung injury (ALI). Objectives: To summarize the physiologic effects and adverse events in adult patients with ALI receiving RMs. Methods: ...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Underrecognition by clinicians and diagnostic accuracy of three clinical definitions
Critical Care Medicine
2005-01-01
Objective: To determine and compare the diagnostic accuracy of three clinical definitions of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS):(1) the American-European consensus conference definition;(2) the lung injury score; and (3) a recently developed Delphi ...
Noninvasive Positive - Pressure Ventilation for Respiratory Failure after Extubation
The New England Journal of Medicine
2004-01-01
The need for reintubation after extubation and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation is not uncommon and is associated with increased mortality. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation has been suggested as a promising therapy for patients with ...
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