Teams

The PANTHER Trial team includes doctors, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, and scientists from around the world with internationally recognized expertise in treating respiratory failure.

Collaborators

Prof Kenneth Baillie

BSc(Hons), MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FRCP, FFICM, FRSE, FMedSci

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Ms Janis Best-Lane

  • PANTHER International Trial Manager, Imperial College London
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Dr. Alexandra Binnie

MD, DPhil, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician and ICU Research Lead, William Osler Health System
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Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Laurent Brochard

MD

  • Director, University of Toronto
  • Clinician Scientist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Prof Victoria Cornelius

BSc, PhD

  • Chair , Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology
  • Director , Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Brian Cuthbertson

Mb, ChB, MD, FRCA

  • Attending Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr Emma Davenport

DPhil

  • Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Dr. Lorenzo Del Sorbo

MD

  • Attending Physician, University Health Network
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Jose Dianti

MD

  • Post-doctoral fellow, University of Toronto
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Dr. Eddy Fan

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Staff Intensivst, University Health Network
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Dr. Niall Ferguson

MD, MSc

  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health
  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Prof Anthony Gordon

MBE, FRCA, FMedSci

  • Chair in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Imperial College London
  • Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Taylor Kain

MD, FRCPC

  • PhD student IMS, University of Toronto
  • Attending physician (Locum Tenens) , Lakeridge Health
  • Attending physician, William Osler Health Systems
  • Attending physician, Scarborough Health Network
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Jun Kataoka

  • Attending physician, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo
  • Clinician scientist, St. Marianna University
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Dr John Laffey

MD, DSC

  • Director, University of Galway
  • Professor, Galway University Hospital
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Dr. Patrick Lawler

MD, MPH, FRCPC

  • Cardiologist, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
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Dr. John Marshall

MD, FRCSC, FACS FCAHS

  • Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Attending Surgeon and Intensivist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Prof Tom Martin

MD

  • Director of the Primary and Specialty Medicine Service Line, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair, University of Washington

Prof Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr. Maureen O. Meade

MD., MSc., FRCPC

  • Critical care consultant, Hamilton Health Sciences
  • Professor, McMaster University
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Dr. Laveena Munshi

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor, Sinai Health System
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dr Cecilia O’Kane

PhD, MB BCh

  • Clinician Scientist, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Dhruv Parekh

  • Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
  • Consultant , Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
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Dr Rachel Phillips

MSc, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
  • Head of Statistics, Imperial College London
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Dr Luis Felipe Reyes

MD, MSc, PhD

  • Professor, Universidad de La Sabana
  • Director, Universidad de La Sabana
  • Leadership, Clínica Universidad de La Sabana
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Dr. Bram Rochwerg

MD, MSc, FRCPC

  • Site Lead, Juravinski Hospital
  • Associate Professor, McMaster University
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Prof Matthew Rowland

  • Senior Clinical Development Medical Director, Novartis
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Dr Sarina Sahetya

MD, MHS

  • Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Director of Quality and Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Dr. Damon Scales

MD., MSc., FRCPC

  • Chief, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Senior Adjunct Scientist, ICES
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr Wesley Self

MD, MPH

  • Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Senior Vice President, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
  • Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
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Prof Manu Shankar-Hari

MSc, MD, PhD, FRSE

  • Chair , University of Edinburgh
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Dr. Michael Sklar

MD, FRCPC

  • Attending Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Dr. Arthur Slutsky

CM, FRSC, MASc, MD

  • Scientist, University Health Network
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Dr Johnny Stewart

  • Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Irene Telias

MD

  • Clinical and Research Fellow, University Health Network
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Dr. Jennifer Tsang

MD, PhD, FRCPC, ABOM Diplomate

  • Physician Research Lead, Intensivist, Niagara Health
  • Regional Deputy Research Director, McMaster University
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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Dr Ed Waddingham

MMath, MSc, PhD

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Dr. Ryan Zarychanski

MD MSc. FRCPC

  • Senior Scientist, CancerCare Manitoba
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Pharmacy and Community Health Sciences
  • Lyonel G Israels Research Chair, University of Manitoba
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Executive

The executive team provides strategic oversight, ensuring trials are properly resourced, and compliant with regulatory and ethical standards. 

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Prof Victoria Cornelius

BSc, PhD

  • Chair , Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology
  • Director , Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Prof Anthony Gordon

MBE, FRCA, FMedSci

  • Chair in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Imperial College London
  • Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Prof Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Biobanking

The Biobanking team manages the collection, processing, storage, and distribution of biological samples like blood and tissue. 

Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Dr Emma Davenport

DPhil

  • Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Dr. Lorenzo Del Sorbo

MD

  • Attending Physician, University Health Network
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dr Cecilia O’Kane

PhD, MB BCh

  • Clinician Scientist, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Dhruv Parekh

  • Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
  • Consultant , Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
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Prof Manu Shankar-Hari

MSc, MD, PhD, FRSE

  • Chair , University of Edinburgh
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ECR

Early career researchers (ECRs) are in the initial stages of their research careers. ECRs play a vital role in advancing scientific knowledge and innovation, often bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas to their fields. 

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Anna Heath

MMath, PhD

  • Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
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Jun Kataoka

  • Attending physician, Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo
  • Clinician scientist, St. Marianna University
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Funding

The funding team ensure the trial has the necessary financial resources to run smoothly and efficiently.

Dr. Niall Ferguson

MD, MSc

  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, Sinai Health
  • Head of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Network
  • Professor, University of Toronto
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Intervention Prioritisation

This committee meets quarterly to consider new proposals, update the prioritisation of accepted interventions, and to review emerging evidence for interventions that have been previously rejected but which remain under review. 

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Dr. Carolyn Calfee

MD, MAS

  • Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California
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Prof Anthony Gordon

MBE, FRCA, FMedSci

  • Chair in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Imperial College London
  • Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Dr. Patrick Lawler

MD, MPH, FRCPC

  • Cardiologist, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
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Dr. John Marshall

MD, FRCSC, FACS FCAHS

  • Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
  • Attending Surgeon and Intensivist, St. Michael’s Hospital
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Prof Tom Martin

MD

  • Director of the Primary and Specialty Medicine Service Line, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair, University of Washington

Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dr Cecilia O’Kane

PhD, MB BCh

  • Clinician Scientist, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Prof Matthew Rowland

  • Senior Clinical Development Medical Director, Novartis
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Prof Manu Shankar-Hari

MSc, MD, PhD, FRSE

  • Chair , University of Edinburgh
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Methodology

The methodology team designs the study, develops protocols, analyses data, ensures quality control, provides methodological support, and reports findings accurately. Their work ensures the trial is scientifically sound and the results are reliable and reproducible.

Dr Lieuwe Bos

  • Pulmonary-intensive care, Amsterdam UMC
  • Associate professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Co-chair, Laboratory of experimental intensive care and anesthesiology (LEICA)
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Prof Victoria Cornelius

BSc, PhD

  • Chair , Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology
  • Director , Imperial Clinical Trials Unit
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Dr. Ewan Goligher

MD, PhD, FRCPC

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Clinician-Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
  • Attending Physician, Toronto General Hospital
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Prof Anthony Gordon

MBE, FRCA, FMedSci

  • Chair in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Imperial College London
  • Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Dr. Anna Heath

MMath, PhD

  • Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • Honorary Research Fellow, University College London
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Prof Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr Rachel Phillips

MSc, PhD

  • Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
  • Head of Statistics, Imperial College London
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Dr Ed Waddingham

MMath, MSc, PhD

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PPI involvement

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) involves patients and the public in the research process. They help develop protocols, improve recruitment and retention, ensure ethical standards, and assist in disseminating results.

Prof Danny McAuley

FMedSci, FRCP, MD

  • Professor, Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Consultant, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Dr. Alistair Nichol

MD, BCh, BAO, PHD, FJFICMI, FCICM, FCARCSI

  • Senior Intensivist, St Vincents University Hospital
  • Professor / Chair Critical Care Medicine, Director, University College Dublin
  • Professor / Dept Director, Monash University
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Dhruv Parekh

  • Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
  • Consultant , Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
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Dr Johnny Stewart

  • Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen’s University of Belfast
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Operations

They provide operational expertise on clinical trials. They ensure that clinical trials run safely and according to protocols and guidelines.

Ms Janis Best-Lane

  • PANTHER International Trial Manager, Imperial College London
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Outcomes

The outcomes team will ensure that we have long term follow up data from patients. 

There are no team members at this time.