Rob Fowler

Rob Fowler is a critical care physician, H. Barrie Fairley Professor at the University of Toronto, and chief of the Tory Trauma Program at Sunnybrook Hospital, and immediate past chair of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Rob’s clinical and academic focus includes access and outcomes of care for acutely ill patients and infection-related illness. He is the lead for CIHR COVID-19 Network of Clinical Trials Networks, co-principal investigator of the Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE/BALANCE+) Trials. He tries to devote a portion of each year to clinical and academic mentorship in resource challenged settings and often assists the World Health Organization during infectious outbreaks.