Biography

Dr. Steve Lin is an emergency physician, trauma team leader, and scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor and clinician-scientist in the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine with appointments at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics at Ryerson University. Dr. Lin’s translational research program aims to improve resuscitation and outcomes in cardiac arrest patients. He is the Co-PI of the Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network (c-scan.org) and of the CIHR-funded Epinephrine Dose: Optimal Versus Standard Evaluation (EpiDOSE) randomized controlled trial (NCT03826524).

Dr. Lin is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support medical director and instructor at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and is currently the medical director of the ACLS education program at Unity Health Toronto. He is an evidence reviewer for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation and a chapter author for the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Recent Publications

  1. Visanji, M, Allan, KS, Charette, M, Grunau, B, Roy, C, Goldstein, J et al.. Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Canada: Incidence and Survival. Can J Cardiol. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.11.017. PubMed PMID:39918517 .
  2. O'Neill, M, Cheskes, S, Drennan, IR, Keown-Stoneman, C, Lin, S, Nolan, B et al.. When will we finally listen? A statistical commentary on the inadequate management of missing data in trauma research. Acad Emerg Med. 2025; :. doi: 10.1111/acem.15112. PubMed PMID:39901308 .
  3. Grubic, N, Allan, KS, Ghamarian, E, Lin, S, Lebovic, G, Dorian, P et al.. In cidence and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Admitted to the Hospital in Canada from 2013 to 2017. CJC Open. 2025;7 (1):88-99. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.09.015. PubMed PMID:39872641 PubMed Central PMC11763608.
  4. O'Neill, M, Cheskes, S, Drennan, I, Keown-Stoneman, C, Lin, S, Nolan, B et al.. Injury severity bias in missing prehospital vital signs: Prevalence and implications for trauma registries. Injury. 2025;56 (1):111747. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111747. PubMed PMID:39054233 .
  5. Lordly, K, Karataş, AE, Lin, S, Umapathy, K, Mohindra, R. Effectiveness of a suction device for containment of pathogenic aerosols and droplets. PLoS One. 2024;19 (7):e0305842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305842. PubMed PMID:39046940 PubMed Central PMC11268607.
  6. Lin, S, Drennan, IR. Challenges in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial design. Resuscitation. 2024;201 :110317. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110317. PubMed PMID:39009273 .
  7. Darabi, F, Tan, NS, Allan, KS, Lin, S, Angaran, P, Dorian, P et al.. ICD Implantation Rates in Cardiac Arrest Survivors in Canada. CJC Open. 2024;6 (5):699-707. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.12.011. PubMed PMID:38846442 PubMed Central PMC11150952.
  8. Armour, R, Ghamarian, E, Helmer, J, Buick, JE, Thorpe, K, Austin, M et al.. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian emergency medical system management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective cohort study. Resuscitation. 2024;194 :110054. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110054. PubMed PMID:37992799 .
  9. Rahimi, M, Dorian, P, Cheskes, S, Lebovic, G, Lin, S. The Effect of Time to Treatment With Antiarrhythmic Drugs on Survival and Neurological Outcomes in Shock Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med. 2023;51 (7):903-912. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005846. PubMed PMID:37318289 .
  10. Myers, V, Mastoras, G, Lin, S, Gray, S. Just the facts: sodium bicarbonate usage in the emergency department. CJEM. 2023;25 (6):465-467. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00484-4. PubMed PMID:36967407 .
Search PubMed

Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Clinician-Scientist, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto