Dr. Robert Fowler, MD, MS, FACP, F.R.C.P.(C)
Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine,
Sunnybrook & Women’s
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Fowler completed his medical degree from McGill University in 1995. He undertook four years of residency training in general internal medicine at the University of Toronto, finishing in 1999. In addition, he completed three years of clinical fellowship in critical care medicine at Stanford University and subsequently a Masters in Science in Clinical Epidemiology, also at Stanford University.

Dr. Fowler joined the Department of Medicine and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine of the University of Toronto in 2003 and has been located at Sunnybrook & Women’s. He serves as a staff physician on the Critical Care Medicine Service and the Internal Medicine Inpatient Service. He is also a member of the Clinical Epidemiology Research Program, and an Associate Scientist at Sunnybrook & Women’s.

Dr. Fowler is a clinician, teacher and supervisor for medical students, residents and clinical fellows. He has an active research program focused upon clinical outcomes of critically ill patients. He has published many research papers and received a number of grants in support of his academic work

Dr. Fowler has major areas of research interest including:

Blood Conservation for Critically Ill Patients
Infectious illness in Critically ill Patients - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Ventilator-associated pneumonia - Sepsis
Economic Evaluation of Therapies for Critically Ill Patients
Clinical Trials Methodology
Patient Safety Research
Clinical Epidemiology
Evidence Based Medicine