
Rob Fowler
MDCM, MSc(Epidemiology)
Senior Scientist, Intensive Care, Internal Medicine
rob.fowler@sunnybrook.ca
Phone: 416-480-6100x7471
Rob Fowler is critical care physician, chief of the Tory Trauma Program Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and H. Barrie Fairley Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a past Director for the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation Clinical Epidemiology Graduate Training Program and past Chair of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Rob’s clinical and academic focus includes access and outcomes of care for critically ill patients and infection-related critical illness.
Education
- Advanced Health Leadership Program, 2019, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto,
- Masters of Science (Clinical Epidemiology), 2002, Stanford University,
- Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, 2002, Stanford University,
- General Internal Medicine Fellowship, 1999, University of Toronto,
- Internal Medicine Residency, 1998, University of Toronto,
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Fellowship (Internal Medicine), 1999,
- American Board of Internal Medicine Board Certified Diplomate in Internal Medicine, 1998,
- American Board of Internal Medicine Board Certified Diplomate in Critical Care Medicine, 2001,
- M.D.C.M., 1995, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University,
- BSc. First Division, 1991, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick,
Appointments & Affiliations
- Chief, Tory Trauma Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences,
- Senior scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Tory Trauma Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute,
- Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto,
- Barrie Fairley Professor of Critical Care, University Health Network & Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Research Foci
- Clinical Trials and Observational Studies in caring for patients with critical and infection-related illnesses
Affiliated Labs & Programs
Selected Publications
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BALANCE Investigators, for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada Clinical Research Network, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, and the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (corresponding authors Daneman N, Fowler RA. Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404991. PMID: 39565030.
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Arabi Y, Balkhy HH, Hayden FG, Bouchama A, Luke T, Baillie JK, Al-Omari A, Hajeer AH, Senga M, Denison MR, Nguyen-Van-Tam J, Shindo N, Bermingham A, Chappell JD, Van Kerkhove MD, Fowler RA. Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). N Engl J Med 2017; 376:584-594. PMID: 28177862
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Bah EI, Lamah M-C, Fletcher T, Jacob ST, Brett-Major D, Sall AA, Shindo N, Fischer WA, Lamontagne F, Saliou SM, Bausch DG, Moumié B, Jagatic T, Sprecher A, Lawler JV, Mayet T, Jacquerioz FA, Baggi MFM, Valllenas C, Clement C, Mardel S, Faye O, Faye O, Soropogui B, Magassouba N, Koivogui L, Pinto R, Fowler RA. Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in Admitted to Treatment Centers in Conakry, Guinea. N Engl J Med 2014;372:40-47. PMID: 25372658
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Kumar A, Zarychanski R, Pinto R, Cook DJ, Marshall J, Lacroix J, Stelfox T, Bagshaw S, Choong K, Lamontagne F, Turgeon AF, Lapinsky S, Ahern SP, Smith O, Siddiqui F, Jouvet P, Khwaja K, McIntyre L, Menon K, Hutchison J, Hornstein D, Joffe A, Lauzier F, Singh J, Karachi T, Wiebe K, Olafson K, Ramsey C, Sharma S, Dodek P, Meade M, Hall R, Fowler RA; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group H1N1 Collaborative. Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA. 2009;302(17): 1872-9. PMID: 19822627
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Fowler RA, Lapinsky SE, Hallett D, Detsky AS, Sibbald WJ, Slutsky AS, Stewart TE, for the Toronto SARS Critical Care Group. Critically Ill Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). JAMA 2003;290:367-373. PMID: 12865378