A. Charles Bryan
January 23, 1928 - August 1, 2005

Dr. Bryan (Charlie, as he was known to generations of his research fellows from around the world) was a Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics at the University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children and long time member of the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute. In 1991 he became an Emeritus Professor in the Research Institute. His research was internationally renowned in the world of physiology and respiration and he achieved the rare distinction in 2003 of being honored with a Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society as an “individual who made outstanding contributions to the mission of the American Thoracic Society”. He made important contributions in the area of neonatal respiratory mechanics, particularly in the use of High Frequency Oscillation in Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine which he took from being a unique physiological insight to an important clinical innovation. Charlie said that “I retired in 1991, but continued research as a hobby” and he did till the end. He was born 1928 in Wales, UK.