Bio
Rob completed his medical training at McMaster University and his Family and Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Ottawa. He also holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University. He has been the Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital since 2005, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Critical Care Committee, and has been involved in the development of guidelines for the use of therapeutic hypothermia post-cardiac arrest and the management and treatment of severe sepsis in the emergency department. Research interests include severe sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department, MRSA and bacterial resistance, pneumonia, HIV point-of-care testing, and skin and soft tissue infections in the emergency department.
Education & Training
- MD, McMaster University
- Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Residency in Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
- PhD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McGill University
Location
Vancounver, Canada