Felix Ratjen

Dr. Felix Ratjen is the Division Chief of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children, Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute in the Translational Medicine research program. He also co-leads the Cystic Fibrosis Center at SickKids and serves as Medical Director of the Clinical Research Unit.

Dr. Ratjen completed the majority of his medical education in Germany and at the Children's Hospital in Boston, MA. He later worked at the University of Essen, wherein in 1998 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Department of Pediatrics and in 2001 appointed Professor of Pediatrics. He served as The Chief Executive of the Scientific Board of the German Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and currently serves on the following organizing committees: American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, and the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. He also contributes to multiple grant review panels and is a member of several editorial boards including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Thorax, Pediatric Pulmonology, and the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.