Tetyana Kendzerska
Associate Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Respirology
University of Ottawa
Sleep Physician, The Ottawa Hospital Sleep center
The Ottawa Hospital
Research Interests
Brief Biography
Dr. Kendzerska is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology at the University of Ottawa, a clinical co-director and a sleep physician at the Ottawa Hospital Sleep Center, and a sleep physician at the West Ottawa Sleep Centre. She is also an Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and an adjunct scientist at ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), with a cross-appointment as an Associate Professor at the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa. She completed her PhD, clinical training in sleep medicine, and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and obtained the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) Certificate as a Somnologist, Expert in Sleep Medicine in 2018. Since March 2017, as a faculty member at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Kendzerska has focused on the epidemiology of sleep-disordered breathing and its adverse health consequences, as well as the role of sleep disorders in modulating the health consequences of chronic diseases. In June 2025, she received a Tier 2 Clinical Research Chair Award (Chair in The Population Health Program in Sleep Medicine in Ontario).
Selected Publications
- Tetyana Kendzerska, Robert Talarico, Marcus Povitz, Kenneth Blades, Constance Mackenzie, Andrea S. Gershon, Najib T. Ayas, Marta Kaminska, Mark Fenton, Kerry A. McBrien, Steven Hawken, Diana Ratycz, Robert L. Owens, Sachin R. Pendharkar Association between a Recalled Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Device and Obstructive Lung Disease: A Province-Based Study. CHEST. Accepted on May 2, 2025. Articles in Press: May 16:S0012-3692(25)00577-X. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.05.008.
- Tetyana Kendzerska, Sachin R. Pendharkar, Robert Talarico, Kenneth Blades, Connie MacKenzie, Andrea S. Gershon, Najib Ayas, Marta Kaminska, Mark Fenton, Kerry A. McBrien, Steven Hawken, Diana Ratycz, Vadym Lishchenko, Robert L. Owens, Marcus Povitz. Association between a Recalled Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Device and Incident Cancer: A Population-Based Study. European Respiratory Journal 2024; 64(5): 2400560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00560-2024
- Tetyana Kendzerska, Marcus Povitz, Andrea S Gershon, Clodagh M Ryan, Robert Talarico, Mouaz Saymeh, Rebecca Robillard, Najib T Ayas and Sachin R Pendharkar. Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)-related healthcare: a province-based study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Volume 11, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002476
- Tetyana Kendzerska, Dhenuka Radhakrishnan, Reshma Amin, Indra Narang, Addo Boafo, Rebecca Robillard, Robert Talarico, Henrietta Blinder, Naomi Spitale, Sherri Lynne Katz. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Mental Health Disorders in the Pediatric Population: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Apr 26. Volume 21, Issue 9 doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202311-933OC. Online ahead of print. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Provisionally accepted on Apr 22, 2024; now officially accepted on Apr 25, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202311-933OC; PubMed: 38669619
- Tetyana Kendzerska, Marcus Povitz, Andrea Gershon, Clodagh Ryan, Robert Talarico, Dennys Andrea Franco Avecilla, Rebecca Robillard, Najib T. Ayas, Sachin Pendharkar. Association of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea with risks of contracting COVID-19 and serious COVID-19 complications: a retrospective population-based study of health administrative data. Thorax. 2023 Sep;78(9):933-941. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2022-219574
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