Bio
Hugh O’Brodovich, MD FRCP(C) is the Arline and Pete Harman Professor of Pediatrics (Emeritus) at the Stanford School of Medicine. He was the chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Adalyn Jay Physician in Chief at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital from January 2008 through June 2016. Prior to his arrival at Stanford University he was the Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and the Paediatrician in Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) during which time he was the inaugural President of the Pediatric Chairs of Canada. In 2010 he was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Stanford Child Health Research Institute. His laboratory has conducted research on how the lung’s airspaces become fluid filled (mechanisms of pulmonary edema) and how airspace fluid is cleared under both physiologic (fetal lung liquid at birth) and pathophysiologic (pulmonary edema) conditions. His recent research involved population-based studies to discover genetic influences on the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and the long term outcomes of neonatal lung disease. Dr. O'Brodovich has been the Chair of the Pediatric Pulmonology Sub-Board of the American Board of Pediatrics, an Associate Editor of the American Review of Respiratory Disease, Editor of Pediatric Research, member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology and President of the Fleischner Society. He served on the Council of the American Pediatric Society from 2011 to 2016. He has published 175 peer reviewed manuscripts and 23 book chapters. He has been elected as a Fellow of both the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Province of Ontario's Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of AIT Therapeutics. .
Academic Appointments
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Honorary Faculty Emeritus, Pediatrics - Operations
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Member, Child Health Research Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Chair of Pediatrics, University of Toronto (1996 - 2006)
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Paediatrician in Chief, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) (1996 - 2006)
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Director (Inaugural), Stanford Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University (2010 - 2016)
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Physician in Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (2008 - 2016)
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Chair of Pediatrics, Stanford University (2008 - 2016)
Honors & Awards
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Scientific Accomplishment Award, American Thoracic Society (2001)
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Inaugural President, Pediatric Chairs of Canada (2002-2004)
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Edwin L Kendig Award, American Academy of Pediatrics/American College of Chest Physicians (2005)
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Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2006)
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President, Fleischner Society (2007)
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Board of Directors, Province of Ontario's Central West Local Health Integration Network (2017 - Present)
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Member, Scientific Advisory Board, AIT Therapeutics (2013 - Present)
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Council Member, American Pediatric Society (2011 - 2016)
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Member, Board of Directors, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (2008 - 2016)
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President, Fleischer Society (2007 - 2008)
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Member of Advisory Board of Institute of Human Development, Child & Youth Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2003 - 2006)
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Member of Steering Committee of the Ontario Child Health Network, Ministry of Health & Long Term Care, Province of Ontario (2003 - 2006)
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Member of Specialized Pediatric Coordinating Council, Ministry of Health & Long Term Care, Province of Ontario (2002 - 2006)
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President (Inaugural), Pediatric Chairs of Canada (2002 - 2004)
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Member of the Board, Canadian Pediatric Society (2002 - 2003)
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Member of the Minister of Health's Specialized Pediatric Services Review, Ministry of Health & Long Term Care, Province of Ontario (2001 - 2002)
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Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology (Lung) (2000 - 2005)
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Executive Committee, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs Inc (AMSPDC) (2000 - 2004)
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Editor, Pediatric Research (1999 - 2001)
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Vice-Chair, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine Examination Board, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (1996 - 1998)
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Chair of the Sub-Board Pediatric Pulmonology, American Board of Pediatrics (1992 - 1995)
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Associate Editor, American Review of Respiratory Disease (now Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med) (1989 - 1994)
Professional Education
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FRCPC, Royal Coll Phys & Surg, Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (1989)
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FRCPC, Royal College Phys & Surg, Paediatrics (1980)
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MD, University of Manitoba, Medicine (1975)
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BSc, University of Manitoba, Science (1971)