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null Douglas Slobod, MDCM, PhD, FRCPC

Investigator, RI-MUHC, Glen site

Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program

Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

 

Keywords

cardiopulmonary interactions • mechanical ventilation • acute respiratory distress syndrome • right ventricle

Research Focus

My research focuses on the interaction between the respiratory and cardiovascular systems in critically ill patients. In particular, I study the impact of mechanical ventilation on the right ventricle. I also study mechanisms of lung injury and means to personalize respiratory support to optimize lung physiology in patients with acute respiratory failure. I am also an intensivist in the Critical Care Medicine Program at the McGill University Health Centre.

Selected Publications

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  • Slobod D, Yusuff H, Zochios V; Protecting the Right Ventricle network (PRORVnet). Right ventricular-protective ventilation in ARDS: thinking beyond lung protection. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s00134-026-08421-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41944862.

  • Slobod D, Assanangkornchai N, Magder S. Comparison of Right Ventricular Loading by Lung Inflation During Passive and Assisted Mechanical Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023;208(1):108-110. doi:10.1164/rccm.202211-2187LE.

  • Slobod D, Spinelli E, Crotti S, et al. Effects of an asymmetrical high flow nasal cannula interface in hypoxemic patients. Crit Care. 2023;27(1):145. Published 2023 Apr 18. doi:10.1186/s13054-023-04441-6.

  • Slobod, Douglas et al. Right Ventricular Hemodynamics in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Monitoring and Implications for Clinical Management. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 10.1164/rccm.202505-1125CI. PMID: 40802599.

  • Slobod D, Assanangkornchai N, Alhazza M, Mettasittigorn P, Magder S. Right Ventricular Loading by Lung Inflation during Controlled Mechanical Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022;205(11):1311-1319. doi:10.1164/rccm.202111-2483OC.