Martin Chapman

Affiliate scientist
Martin.Chapman@sunnybrook.ca
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 416-480-6100 ext. 61708
Fax: 416-480-4999

Please note: Dr. Chapman is not hiring summer students for 2025.

The focus of Dr. Chapman’s research is on developing neurocritical care services and management of brain injury, particularly brain trauma. He has several ongoing research projects.

Education

  • B.M., 1989, University of Southampton, U.K.
  • F.R.C.A., 1996, London, U.K.
  • F.R.C.P.C., 2005, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Tory Trauma Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Attending physician, department of critical care medicine and department of anesthesiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Assistant professor, University of Toronto

Research Foci

  • Neurocritical care
  • Traumatic brain injury

Publications

Affiliated Labs & Programs

Selected Publications

  1. Angriman F, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan BK, Dragoi L, Lopez Soto C, Chapman M, Scales DC. Antiepileptic drugs to prevent seizures after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2019 May;50(5):1095–1099. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.024380.

  2. Margarido C, Ferns J, Chin V, Ribeiro T, Nascimento B, Barrett J, Herer E, Halpern S, Andrews L, Ballantyne G, Chapman M, Gomes J, Callum J. Massive hemorrhage protocol activation in obstetrics: a 5-year quality performance review. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2019 May;38:37–45. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Nov 3. doi: 1016/j.ijoa.2018.10.004.

  3. Schwartz M, Yeung R, Huang Y, Lipsman N, Krishna V, Jain J, Chapman M, Lozano A, Hynynen K. Skull bone marrow injury caused by MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for cerebral functional procedures. J Neurosurg. 2019;130(3):758­–762. doi:10.3171/2017.11.JNS17968

  4. Chapman MG, Tarshis J. Letter to the Editor: Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for Parkinson's disease. J Neurosurg. 2018;128(1):322–323.

  5. Bethune, A, Scantlebury, N, Potapova, E, Dinn, N, Yang, V, Mainprize, T, Fazl M, Pirouzmand F, da Costa L, Chapman M, Phan N. Somatosensory evoked potentials after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury. J Clin Monit Comput. 2018 Oct;32(5):881–887. doi: 10.1007/s10877-017-0083-2. Epub 2017 Nov 30.