Gordon Rubenfeld is a Staff Physician, Tory Trauma Program at SHSC, Professor of Medicine at the UofT. Dr. Rubenfeld received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy & Comparative Literature at Johns Hopkins University; his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College; his internal medicine training at Duke University; & pulmonary & critical care training at the University of Washington. He received additional research training in clinical epidemiology as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCSF. He served on numerous professional committees for the ATS including the Bioethics, Critical Care Long Range Planning, Health Policy, & as Chair of the Critical Care Assembly. He directed the Advanced Clinical Research section of the Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical & Operations Research course administered by the ATS. His research focuses on the clinical epidemiology & outcomes of critical illness syndromes, the transfer of evidence into clinical practice, & end-of-life care issues in the ICU.