Mark Boulos
Dr. Boulos serves as Medical Lead for the Sunnybrook Sleep Laboratory and Program Director for the Sleep Neurology Fellowship Program at the University of Toronto. Dr. Boulos oversees a highly productive research program that investigates the association of sleep disorders with stroke as well as examines home sleep monitoring, sleep data, and novel treatment interventions for managing sleep disorders.
In 2020, Dr. Boulos was awarded by the American Academy of Neurology the Wayne Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in Sleep Science research. Dr. Boulos has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles in many high impact journals such as Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Medicine Reviews, Neurology, Chest, and Sleep. In addition, he has secured funding on 36 grants, of which 16 were as the Primary Investigator, approximating more than 1.4 million dollars in funding. Dr. Boulos’ research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation, RLS Foundation, Branch Out Neurological Foundation, the Innovation Fund of the Academic Health Sciences Centres of Ontario, and several industry partners.
Dr. Boulos has delivered more than 50 invited lectures with 8 at the international level, including presentations at the World Stroke Congress, the World Sleep Congress, the Mayo Clinic and numerous presentations at the Canadian Sleep Society Conference and the Canadian Stroke Congress. His work has also led to appearances with many major media outlets such as Yahoo!, CTV news, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, as well as podcasts with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the CBC.
He has been a mentor to many trainees. Since starting at Sunnybrook, he has supervised nearly 90 research trainees at all levels of training, from undergraduates to post-doctoral candidates. His outstanding teaching has been recognized by teaching awards, and he was promoted to being a full member of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Boulos has leveraged his research, clinical, and teaching interests in his role as the Physician Lead of the electronic medical record for the Divisions of Neurology and Respirology. His visionary leadership has led to seamless integration of the divisional EMR with Sunnybrook’s in-house IT software.