Philip M. Sherman
Scientific Director, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Philip M. Sherman, MD, FRCPC is Professor of Paediatrics, Microbiology, & Dentistry at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto where he has been on faculty since 1984. Phil completed medical school at the University of Calgary and training in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Training in gastroenterology and research was completed at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, DC.

Phil is a Past-President of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and a Past-President of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. He is the recipient of a Canada Research Chair (tier 1) in Gastrointestinal Disease. His research program is funded by support currently provided by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). His research interests focus on epithelial cell signal transduction responses to pathogenic, commensal, and probiotic bacteria.

In 2010, Phil was awarded the prestigious 2010 Shwachman Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN).  The award recognizes significant and lifelong scientific or educational contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, and awardees must also hold a record of advocacy for child digestive diseases and demonstrate exemplary service to the field.