Dr. Kenneth R. Chapman
M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC, FACP, FCCP
Chairperson
Current Positions
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Dr. Kenneth R. Chapman
M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC, FACP, FCCP
Chairperson
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Publications
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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