{{Short description|Canadian physician}} {{Infobox physician|name=Robert Arntfield|citizenship=[[Canada]]|known_for=|education=[[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], B.S. <br /> [[University of Western Ontario|Western University]], M.D.|specialism=Intensivist Cardiorespiratory Physiology Resuscitation|profession=Professor of Medicine <br /> Director of Critical Care Ultrasound Program & Fellowship|nationality=|occupation=Physician <br /> CEO|website=|birth_name=|birth_date=|honorific_suffix=|child=|work_institutions=[[Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai]] <br /> Western University}} '''Robert Arntfield''' is a Canadian [[intensivist]], [[Medical education|medical educator]], researcher, and entrepreneur. His specialty is in cardiorespiratory physiology, resuscitation, and the use of [[artificial intelligence in healthcare]]. He is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Critical Care Ultrasound Program & Fellowship at Western University's [[Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry]], and is the Medical Director of the Critical Care Trauma Centre at [[London Health Sciences Centre]].<ref name="Rob Arntfield">{{Cite web |title=Rob Arntfield |url=https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/criticalcare/people/bio/www.schulich.uwo.ca/criticalcare/people/bio/Arntfield,%20Rob.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.schulich.uwo.ca |language=en}}</ref> He is also the founder of the [[Health technology|medical technology]] company Deep Breathe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=Western prof develops AI-powered bedside lung ultrasound |url=https://news.westernu.ca/2023/03/western-prof-develops-ai-powered-bedside-lung-ultrasound/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Western News |language=en-CA}}</ref>

== Education == Arntfield received an undergraduate degree in [[computer science]] and [[biochemistry]] from Queen's University in 2000. He received his [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree from Western University in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Arntfield, MD - Founder and Chief Executive at Deep Breathe |url=https://theorg.com/org/deep-breathe/org-chart/robert-arntfield-md |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}</ref> He has been board-certified in [[emergency medicine]] and [[Intensive care medicine|critical care medicine]].

Following the completion of his medical degree, Arntfield completed an ultrasound [[Fellowship (medicine)|fellowship]] at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in [[New York City]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=Faculty |url=https://westernsono.ca/about-3/faculty/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Western Sono}}</ref>

Arntfield is a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and holds a diplomate in adult [[Fellowship (medicine)|echocardiography]] with the National Board of Echocardiography.<ref name=":0" />

== Career == Arntfield is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Critical Care Ultrasound Program & Fellowship at Western University, located in [[London, Ontario]]. He is also the Medical Director of the Critical Care Trauma Centre at [[London Health Sciences Centre]].<ref name="Rob Arntfield"/>

In May 2020, Arntfield began work with a research team at [[Lawson Health Research Institute]] to investigate how artificial intelligence systems can be used to diagnose [[COVID-19]] through patterns in lung scans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=London, Ont. researchers examining use of A.I. to diagnose COVID-19 through lung ultrasounds {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6964876/london-ont-researchers-ai-coronavirus/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=980 CFPL |language=en-US}}</ref> During the project, a study involved the real-time validation of a lung ultrasound learning model in intensive care units, demonstrating high accuracy in identifying [[Medical ultrasound#Lung ultrasound basics|B-line]] patterns in critically ill patients. This system also demonstrated high accuracy and surpassed physicians in detecting COVID-19 in lung ultrasounds.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arntfield |first1=Robert |last2=VanBerlo |first2=Blake |last3=Alaifan |first3=Thamer |last4=Phelps |first4=Nathan |last5=White |first5=Matthew |last6=Chaudhary |first6=Rushil |last7=Ho |first7=Jordan |last8=Wu |first8=Derek |date=2021-03-01 |title=Development of a convolutional neural network to differentiate among the etiology of similar appearing pathological B lines on lung ultrasound: a deep learning study |journal=BMJ Open |language=en |volume=11 |issue=3 |article-number=e045120 |doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045120 |issn=2044-6055 |pmid=33674378|pmc=7939003 |doi-access=free }}</ref> This system became the first product for his medical technology company, Deep Breathe, which he founded in 2021.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=De Bono |first=Norman |date=2023-03-09 |title=London doctor aims to bring AI technology to diagnosing lung woes |url=https://lfpress.com/business/local-business/london-doctor-on-mission-to-bring-ai-technology-to-diagnosing-lung-conditions |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=The London Free Press}}</ref>

Arntfield is the founder and CEO of the medical technology company Deep Breathe. He founded Deep Breathe on the premise of democratizing [[medical ultrasound]] through increased use of point-of-care diagnostics and artificial intelligence automation.<ref name=":1" /> The company provides artificial intelligence software to automate the interpretation of [[Medical imaging|medical images]].<ref name=":1" /> The intended use is in conjunction with handheld, [[Point-of-care testing|point-of-care]] lung ultrasound technology which the company purports can enable healthcare providers to diagnose various lung conditions with speed, accuracy, and objectivity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bieman |first=Jennifer |date=2021-03-22 |title=London-schooled AI is flawless at detecting COVID in lung ultrasounds |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-schooled-artificial-intelligence-is-flawless-at-detecting-covid-in-lung-ultrasounds-bests-trained-physicians |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=The London Free Press}}</ref> Currently, the software utilizes Deep Breathe's archive of lung ultrasound images, which is the largest in the world and spans over a decade of clinical research.<ref name=":1" />

== Publications == Arntfield co-authored the textbook ''Point of Care Ultrasound''. The book has received the [[British Medical Association]]'s President's Choice Award and was Highly Commended in Internal Medicine in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-20 |title=Pierre Kory, MD {{!}} St. George's University |url=https://www.sgu.edu/graduate-profiles/pierre-kory-md/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720021147/https://www.sgu.edu/graduate-profiles/pierre-kory-md/ |archive-date=2021-07-20 }}</ref> His research has been published by the [[American College of Chest Physicians]], [[Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America|''Emergency Medical Clinics of North America'']], and the [[Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America|''Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=robert arntfield [au] - Search Results - PubMed |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=robert+arntfield+%5Bau%5D |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=PubMed |language=en}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* {{URL|https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/criticalcare/people/bio/Arntfield,%20Rob.html}}

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