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Sheldon Cheskes

MD, CCFP (EM), FCFP

Scientist

Email: sheldon.cheskes@sunnybrook.ca
Tel: 416-996-4567

Research Programs

Biography

Dr. Sheldon Cheskes is an Associate Professor with the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the Medical Director for the Regions of Halton and Peel with the Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine. He is one of the principal investigators for the Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) and is a recognized international authority in the area of CPR quality and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Dr. Cheskes has published over 100 manuscripts in high impact journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, CMAJ and Resuscitation that have changed resuscitation practice around the world.

He is the principal investigator of the DOuble Sequential External Defibrillation in Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation (DOSE VF) trial. This study will be the first cluster randomized trial to clinically evaluate two novel therapeutic defibrillation strategies (double sequential external defibrillation and vector change defibrillation) against standard practice for patients remaining in refractory ventricular fibrillation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. He is also studying methods to improve public access defibrillation in rural and remote areas through the use of community responder programs and drone delivery of automated external defibrillators.

Recent Publications

  1. Grunau, B, Asamoah-Boaheng, M, Lavoie, PM, Karim, ME, Kirkham, TL, Demers, PA et al.. A Higher Antibody Response Is Generated With a 6- to 7-Week (vs Standard) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccine Dosing Interval. Clin Infect Dis. 2021; :. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab938. PubMed PMID:34849655 .
  2. Lapalme, C, Kaw, S, Drennan, I, Cheskes, S. Non-sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by modified Valsalva in a pregnant patient with supraventricular tachycardia: A case report. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2021; :1-6. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2021.1999543. PubMed PMID:34709116 .
  3. Stoesser, CE, Boutilier, JJ, Sun, CLF, Brooks, SC, Cheskes, S, Dainty, KN et al.. Moderating effects of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest characteristics on the association between EMS response time and survival. Resuscitation. 2021;169 :31-38. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.10.014. PubMed PMID:34678334 .
  4. Grunau, B, Kawano, T, Rea, TD, Okubo, M, Scheuermeyer, FX, Reynolds, JC et al.. Emergency medical services employing intra-arrest transport less frequently for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have higher survival and favorable neurological outcomes. Resuscitation. 2021;168 :27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.09.004. PubMed PMID:34509554 .
  5. Cheskes, S, Drennan, IR. No flow time, bystander low flow time and EMS system response time: Are we looking at two sides of the same coin?. Resuscitation. 2021;167 :412-413. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.08.033. PubMed PMID:34461204 .
  6. Crickmer, M, Drennan, IR, Turner, L, Cheskes, S. The association between end-tidal CO2 and return of spontaneous circulation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with pulseless electrical activity. Resuscitation. 2021;167 :76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.08.014. PubMed PMID:34416306 .
  7. Fernando, SM, Di Santo, P, Sadeghirad, B, Lascarrou, JB, Rochwerg, B, Mathew, R et al.. Targeted temperature management following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of temperature targets. Intensive Care Med. 2021;47 (10):1078-1088. doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06505-z. PubMed PMID:34389870 .
  8. Heidet, M, Hubert, H, Grunau, BE, Cheskes, S, Baert, V, Fraticelli, L et al.. Rationale, development and implementation of the ReACanROC registry for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in France and Canada. Emerg Med J. 2021; :. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-211073. PubMed PMID:34083429 .
  9. Cheskes, L, Cheskes, S, McLeod, S. Correction to: Is there a role for ECMO‑facilitated resuscitation for the management of out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF)?. CJEM. 2021;23 (4):574. doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00142-7. PubMed PMID:34009537 .
  10. Cheskes, S, Drennan, IR. Airborne to meet the guidelines: Does physician experience matter?. Resuscitation. 2021;163 :193-194. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.04.006. PubMed PMID:33887401 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Medical Director, Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine
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