Cheryl Laratta, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC (Sleep Disorder Medicine)
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
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Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
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Area of Study / Keywords
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease asthma obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation non-invasive ventilation
About
Dr. Cheryl Laratta is currently appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Cheryl Laratta is a respirologist, sleep subspecialist. She completed her MD at the University of British Columbia, General Internal Medicine residency and Respiratory Medicine subspecialty training at the University of Alberta, followed by fellowship training in Sleep Disorder Medicine at the University of British Columbia. After completion of a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Alberta in 2024, she has been developing a research program in the epidemiology of sleep-related breathing disorders in patients with COPD and implementation research for non-invasive ventilation for restrictive and obstructive lung diseases. She has active involvement in the Canadian Home Mechanical Ventilation Research Network and is the site lead for the University of Alberta in the 3TLA study. She has policy and leadership experience as the Medical Director for the University of Alberta Hospital Sleep Disorders Laboratory and the Department of Medicine Sleep Clinics. Within the Canadian Thoracic Society, she is a past member of the Sleep Disordered Breathing Steering Committee as the Early Career Member.
Featured Publications
Cheryl Laratta, Lakshmi Puttagunta, Steven Meyer, Jason Weatherald
CJC Open. 2026 September; 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.08.011
Cheryl R. Laratta, Linn Moore, Scott W. Kirkland, Nana Owusu M. Essel, Sandra M. Campbell, Rachel Jen, Joanna E. MacLean, Sachin R. Pendharkar, Brian H. Rowe
European Respiratory Review. 2026 April; 10.1183/16000617.0231-2025
Tetyana Kendzerska, Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Mouaz Saymeh, Ranjeeta Mallick, Christopher Carlsten, Najib T. Ayas, Cheryl R. Laratta, Juma Orach, Robert Dales
Journal of Sleep Research. 2024 December; 10.1111/jsr.14183
Khadija Rashed Alzahrani, Erik Gomez‐Cardona, Vivek D. Gandhi, Nami Shrestha Palikhe, Cheryl Laratta, Olivier Julien, Harissios Vliagoftis
The FASEB Journal. 2024 March; 10.1096/fj.202300828RRR
Cheryl R. Laratta, Linn E. Moore, Rachel Jen, Sandra M. Campbell, Joanna E. MacLean, Sachin R. Pendharkar, Brian H. Rowe
PLOS ONE. 2023 July; 10.1371/journal.pone.0287887
Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2023 January; 10.1080/24745332.2022.2156936
EClinicalMedicine. 2023 January; 10.1016/J.ECLINM.2022.101755
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2023 January; 10.1513/ANNALSATS.202209-789OC
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 January;
Chest. 2022 January; 10.1016/J.CHEST.2022.07.017
Journal of Internal Medicine. 2022 January; 10.1111/joim.13427
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 January;
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. 2022 January; 10.5664/jcsm.9776
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 January;
Lisa Cameron, Nami Shrestha Palikhe, Cheryl Laratta, Harissios Vliagoftis
Clinical Therapeutics. 2020 June; 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.05.001
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 January;
Chest. 2020 January; 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.596
ERJ Open Research. 2020 January; 10.1183/23120541.00141-2020
Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. 2019 January; 10.1186/s13223-019-0343-4
Najib T. Ayas, Cheryl R. Laratta, John M. Coleman, Anthony G. Doufas, Matthias Eikermann, Peter C. Gay, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Indira Gurubhagavatula, David R. Hillman, Roop Kaw, Atul Malhotra, Babak Mokhlesi, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Sairam Parthasarathy, Satya Krishna Ramachandran, Kingman P. Strohl, Patrick J. Strollo, Michael J. Twery, Phyllis C. Zee, Frances F. Chung
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 February; 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201711-888WS
CMAJ. 2018 January; 10.1503/cmaj.69278
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2018 January;
Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. 2017 January; 10.1186/s13223-017-0200-2
CMAJ. 2017 January; 10.1503/cmaj.170296
Journal of Sleep Research. 2017 January; 10.1111/jsr.12465
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016 January;
The Serological Response Of Asthmatics To The 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (ppsv23)
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016 January;
Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2016 January; 10.1111/cea.12741
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016 January;
Transplantation Proceedings. 2015 January; 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.10.038
Gastroenterology. 2015 January;
PLoS ONE. 2015 January; 10.1371/journal.pone.0144500
Canadian Respiratory Journal. 2015 January; 10.1155/2015/456139
BioMed Research International. 2014 January; 10.1155/2014/528789
Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. 2014 January; 10.1186/1710-1492-10-S2-A50
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Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.