Dr. Kenneth R. Chapman
Alpha-1 Canada Medical Advisory Board Chairperson

Titles

M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC, FACP, FCCP

Current Positions

• Director of the Asthma and Airway Centre of the University Health Network
• Past-President of the Canadian Network for Asthma Care
• Director of the Canadian Registry for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto
• Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Toronto Western Hospital - March 1992 to the present
• Active Staff, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Health Network. July 1, 1990 to the present.

Education and Training

• School of Graduate Studies (Institute of Medical Science), University of Toronto. September 1981 to December 1983. Thesis "Thoracoabdominal responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia; the effect of posture". Degree obtained: Master of Science
• University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. September 1973 to May 1977. Degree obtained: Doctor of Medicine

Honours

• Governor, American College of Chest Physicians, Province of Ontario, 1995 to 1999
• Listed, Canadian Who's Who, 1991, Vol. XXVI to present
• Dr. Henry Beatty Scholarship, 1985 to 1986
• Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada, 1982 to 1985
• Lange Medical Book Publications Award, 1977
• Ontario Kidney Foundation Fellowship, 1975
• Medical Research Council Summer Fellowship, 1974
• Burnside Memorial Scholarship, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1971 to 1973
• Wm. W. Fraser Award, Trinity College, University of Toronto, 1971

Accomplishments

• Internationally respected researcher in the field of asthma and airway diseases
• Presented research to medical audiences throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa
• Chaired Canada’s first Consensus Conference to establish Canadian guidelines for the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Active participant in guideline development processes for asthma and COPD.

Publications

• Authored more than 400 publications in the field of respiratory diseases in journals ranging from the Canadian Medical Association Journal to the New England Journal of Medicine