Ivy Cheng

Dr. Ivy Cheng’s current areas of research include emergency department crowding, improving the care of older persons and learning health systems. She is the Ontario co-lead and site investigator for the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Registry which is transitioning to the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network. This network is considered to be the third largest COVID-19 registry by WHO. She is also a member of Sunnybrook’s NeuroCOVID research network. Dr. Cheng has provided her expertise on emergency department crowding to the Canadian Institute of Health Information, Canadian Drug Agency, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and Canadian Climate Institute. For 2024-25, Dr. Cheng has been appointed as the Ganz Investigator to evaluate initiatives to improve the care of older persons in the emergency department.

Education

• MD, 1994, Faculty of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
• MSc, 2013, Mountain Medicine-Clinical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
• PhD, 2016, Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Sodersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Appointments & Affiliations

• Associate Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Integrated Community Research, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Affiliate of Orebro University, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
• Affiliate of Monash University, Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Fellow Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCP), Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
• Diplomate of American Board of Emergency Medicine (dABEM), Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
• Fellow of Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM), Emergency Medicine, Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Diplomate of Sports Medicine (DipSM), Sports Medicine, Canadian Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine
• Diplomate of Mountain Medicine (DiMM), United Kingdom