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Michael Sklar

ResearcherAnesthesiology and Pain ManagementUniversity of Toronto

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Michael Sklar

Researcher

Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Extracorporeal Life Support Mechanical Ventilation Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Airway Management Anesthesia Complications Critical Care Epidemiology

Latest papers

Development and implementation of a severe accidental hypothermia resuscitation pathway in an urban Canadian emergency department: a quality improvement initiative.
CJEM · 2026
Induction Agents for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Chest · 2026
Multi-center randomized superiority clinical trial in the early phase of mechanically ventilated patients to preserve diaphragm thickness using non-invasive magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation: STIMIT ACTIVATOR 1 pivotal trial.
Trials · 2025

All 12 publications

Latest funding

IMPACT-CC: Increasing Meaningful Participation and Access to Critical Care Trials in Community Intensive Care Units
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure during Extracorporeal Life Support for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: the PEEP in ECLS Randomized Clinical Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$455,793
Effects of an Open Lung protective protective EXTubation strategy compared to a conventional extubation strategy on postoperative pulmonary complications after general anesthesia as part of a comprehensive lung protective ventilation strategy: a multicenter pilot randomized controlled trial (OLEXT-3 study)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$401,625

All 11 grants and awards

12 publications.

Development and implementation of a severe accidental hypothermia resuscitation pathway in an urban Canadian emergency department: a quality improvement initiative.

Dell E, Vaillancourt S, Warsi F, Sklar M, Yanagawa B, Alli A, Mok G

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01193-4 PMID: 42323787

Induction Agents for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

McDougall G, Forestell B, Sadeghirad B, Kuriyama A, Sivananathajothy P, Flindall H, Choi J, Centofanti J, Myatra SN, Prakash J

Chest2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.07.5239

Multi-center randomized superiority clinical trial in the early phase of mechanically ventilated patients to preserve diaphragm thickness using non-invasive magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation: STIMIT ACTIVATOR 1 pivotal trial.

Schreiber AF, Subirà C, Sklar M, Santos M, Ko M, Panelli A, Schaller SJ, Theodore D, Rowley DD, Watson D, Bonde P, Baedorf Kassis EN, Talmor DS, Ranieri M, Goligher EC, Slutsky A, Brochard LJ

Trials2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-08838-2 PMID: 40500715

High-flow nasal Oxygen with or without alternating helmet Non-invasive ventilation for Oxygenation sUpport in acute Respiratory failure (HONOUR): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Angriman F, Ferreyro BL, Rochwerg B, Sklar M, Adhikari N, Bagshaw SM, Brochard L, Cuthbertson B, Del Sorbo L, Fowler R

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111526

The association between nutritional risk index and ICU outcomes across hematologic malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure.

Kundu R, Seeger R, Elfassy MD, Rozenberg D, Ahluwalia N, Detsky ME, Ferreyro BL, Mehta S, Law AD, Minden M, Prica A, Sklar M, Munshi L

Annals of hematology2023

DOI: 10.1007/s00277-022-05064-7 PMID: 36542101

Machine learning approaches to the human metabolome in sepsis identify metabolic links with survival.

Kosyakovsky LB, Somerset E, Rogers AJ, Sklar M, Mayers JR, Toma A, Szekely Y, Soussi S, Wang B, Fan CS, Baron RM, Lawler PR

Intensive care medicine experimental2022

DOI: 10.1186/s40635-022-00445-8 PMID: 35710638

Cognitive Impairment and Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Major Head and Neck Surgery.

Goldstein DP, Blasco M, de Almeida J, Su J, Xu W, Cohen M, Sklar M, Alibhai S

Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2022

DOI: 10.1177/01945998211045293 PMID: 34546809

Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.

Orzell S, Verhaaren BFJ, Grewal R, Sklar M, Irish JC, Gilbert R, Brown D, Gullane P, de Almeida JR, Yu E, Su J, Xu W, Alibhai SMH, Goldstein DP

The Laryngoscope2022

DOI: 10.1002/lary.29782 PMID: 34383321

Trials directly comparing alternative spontaneous breathing trial techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Burns KEA, Soliman I, Adhikari NKJ, Zwein A, Wong JTY, Gomez-Builes C, Pellegrini JA, Chen L, Rittayamai N, Sklar M

Critical Care201787 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1698-x

Different Definitions of Lung Recruitment by Computed Tomography Scan.

Chen L, Sklar M, Dres M, Goligher EC

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2016

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201601-0157le PMID: 27248592

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Extracorporeal Life Support Dear Professor Sklar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Development and implementation of a severe accidental hypothermia resuscitation pathway in an urban Canadian emergency department: a quality improvement initiative." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Positive End-Expiratory Pressure during Extracorporeal Life Support for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: the PEEP in ECLS Randomized Clinical Trial" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Michael Sklar

Research

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Development and implementation of a severe accidental hypothermia resuscitation pathway in an urban Canadian emergency department: a quality improvement initiative.

Induction Agents for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Multi-center randomized superiority clinical trial in the early phase of mechanically ventilated patients to preserve diaphragm thickness using non-invasive magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation: STIMIT ACTIVATOR 1 pivotal trial.

High-flow nasal Oxygen with or without alternating helmet Non-invasive ventilation for Oxygenation sUpport in acute Respiratory failure (HONOUR): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

The association between nutritional risk index and ICU outcomes across hematologic malignancy patients with acute respiratory failure.

Machine learning approaches to the human metabolome in sepsis identify metabolic links with survival.

Cognitive Impairment and Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Major Head and Neck Surgery.

Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.

Trials directly comparing alternative spontaneous breathing trial techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Different Definitions of Lung Recruitment by Computed Tomography Scan.

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Sangeeta Mehta

Laveena Munshi

John de Almeida

Sameer Sharif

Karen Burns

Akira Kuriyama

Robert Fowler

Brian Cuthbertson

Shabbir Alibhai

Arthur Slutsky

Neill Adhikari

Behnam Sadeghirad

Mark Minden

Bobby Yanagawa

Andrew Seely

Laurent Brochard

Ken Parhar

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