He conducted postgraduate work in Europe and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (M.R.C.S.)
Upon his return to Toronto he was appointed Chair of Physiology at Trinity and retained that position at the new amalgamated Department of Medicine when Trinity joined the University of Toronto in 1904, remaining with the institution until 1912.
[2] From 1893 to 1910, Sheard was also Toronto's chief medical officer and head of the city's Department of Health.
He was also a member of the Orange Order and an Anglican as well as an owner of several prominent Toronto business corners.
[3] Sheard lived at 314 Jarvis Street, a Beaux Arts home built in 1865.