Pr. Laurent Brochard is Director of the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada. He holds the Keenan Chair in Critical Care. He is Clinician Scientist, Critical Care, at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto.
He obtained his MD degree from University Paris V in 1986 followed by residency training in Hopitaux de Paris. He became head of the ICU of Geneva University Hospital, in Switzerland (2010-2013) before coming to Toronto.
He has been Editor-in-Chief of Intensive Care Medicine and is currently Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He created the clinical research network on mechanical ventilation REVA. He leads an international group on respiratory physiology (PLUG) and leads the Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation in Toronto.
He mentored and directed >20 PhD, many of whom are leaders in Critical Care. He published over > 600 peer-reviewed publications (H-index 105).