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Faculty

Division Directors

Dr. Basil Petrof

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Division Director
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine
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Dr. Marta Kaminska

MUHC Division Director
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine

Dr. Jason Agulnik

JGH Division Director
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine

Dr. Marcel Baltzan

SMH Division Director
Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Health Centre [MUHC]

Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

faiz.ahmadkhan [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Tuberculosis Clinic (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Ahmad Khan works with Inuit communities and their leadership to improve access to and the quality of tuberculosis and respiratory health care in Nunavik, through research and joint collaboration.

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Deborah Assayag, MD, MAS

Associate Professor

deborah.assayag [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Clinic (MUHC – Montreal General Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Assayag’s clinical and research expertise is directed towards interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and autoimmune-related lung diseases. Her research is focused on the epidemiology, disease trajectory and prognosis of ILD patients, as well as gender-related disparities in their care.

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Ilan Azuelos, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

ilan.azuelos [at] mcgill.ca

  • Respiratory Division Site Director, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC – Montreal General Site)

Dr. Azuelos' clinical and research interests focus on interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). He works alongside rheumatologists in the combined Respiratory-Rheumatology clinic at the Montreal General Hospital and heads the multidisciplinary ILD rounds at the MUHC.

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Carolyn Baglole, PhD

Associate Professor

carolyn.baglole [at] mcgill.ca

  • Graduate Program Director, Department of Pathology, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Baglole's research interests focus on inhalational insults to the lung (eg., vaping, cigarette smoke and cannabis) as well as the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.

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Stéphane Beaudoin, MD

Associate Professor

stephane.beaudoin [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Pleural Care Lead (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Beaudoin's clinical and research interests include medical education, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, and the management of complex pleural diseases.

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Andrea Benedetti, PhD

Associate Professor

andrea.benedetti [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Benedetti's work is focused on advanced biostatistical methods and their application to clinical problems including tuberculosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Jean Bourbeau, MD, MPH

Professor

jean.bourbeau [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, COPD Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Bourbeau's clinical and research interests focus on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with a particular focus on pulmonary rehabilitation and home management.

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Jonathon Campbell, PhD

Assistant Professor

jonathon.campbell [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Campbell's research is directed at developing novel tuberculosis prevention and care strategies that maximize public health impact with minimizing health care costs.

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Maxime Cormier, MD

Associate Professor

maxime.cormier [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Respiratory Inpatient Services (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Cormier is a general respirologist whose particular clinical interests include asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic cough and occupational lung diseases.

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Ron Dandurand, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Dandurand’s main research interests are in airways disease and the use of forced oscillometry as a diagnostic tool.

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Nermin Diab, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

nermin.diab [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Diab’s interests are primarily focused on asthma and other obstructive lung diseases. Her clinical research program is particularly focused on how metabolic disorders impact asthma outcomes.

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Sandra Dial, MD

Assistant Professor

sandra.dial [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Respiratory and Weaning Intensive Care Unit (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Dial's interests include critical care and prolonged ventilator dependence. She works with the multidisciplinary team to optimize the care and promote successful liberation of patients from prolonged ventilator dependence, as well as to support the provision of non-invasive respiratory support in patients with chronic respiratory failure.

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Jun Ding, PhD

Assistant Professor

jun.ding [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Ding's research employs and develops advanced computational methods including machine learning, to study cellular dynamics at the single-cell level and gain new insights into disease pathogenesis and potential drug targets for multiple pulmonary disorders.

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Maziar Divangahi, PhD

Professor

maziar.divangahi [at] mcgill.ca

  • Associate Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Divangahi's work is focused on host-pathogen interactions in the lung, and particularly on the role of innate immune cell memory (trained immunity) as a potential protective as well as injurious mechanism.

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David Eidelman, MDCM, FCAHS

Professor

david.eidelman [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Eidelman’s research interests include pulmonary toxicology and machine learning applications in pulmonary transcriptomics.

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Nicole Ezer, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

  • Respiratory Division Site Director, Lachine Hospital (MUHC – Lachine Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Ezer’s clinical and scientific interests include lung cancer screening and treatment of early stage lung cancer, as well as health outcomes and health services research.

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Elizabeth Fixman, PhD

Associate Professor

elizabeth.fixman [at] mcgill.ca

  • Associate Director, Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Medicine
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Fixman's research seeks to understand how innate and adaptive immunity promote type 2 inflammation in the lung.

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Sean Gilman, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Tobacco Treatment Program (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Gilman's clinical interests include sleep disordered breathing and treatment strategies to achieve smoking cessation.

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Peter Goldberg, MD

Associate Professor

peter.goldberg [at] mcgill.ca

  • Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Goldberg's main interests are in the pathogenesis and treatment of respiratory failure.

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Anne V. Gonzalez, MD, MSc

Associate Professor

anne.gonzalez [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Director, Montreal Chest Institute Day Hospital (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Medical Director, Rapid Investigation Clinic for Lung Cancer (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Gonzalez works to improve lung cancer outcomes through efficient and accurate diagnosis and staging, with a particular expertise in the judicious use of novel interventional pulmonary techniques. She is also interested in evidence-based management of pleural diseases.

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Stewart Gottfried, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Gottfried's main interest is in clinical physiology.

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Ashvini H. Gursahaney, MD

Associate Professor

ashvini.gursahaney [at] mcgill.ca

  • Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions (MUHC – Montreal General Site)

Dr. Gursahaney's primary interest is critical care medicine.

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Sabah Hussain, MD, PhD

Professor

sabah.hussain [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Hussain's research is directed at understanding the molecular basis of skeletal muscle wasting in lung diseases and sepsis, with a particular focus on the role of autophagy.

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Marta Kaminska, MD

Associate Professor

marta.kaminska [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, MUHC Adult Respiratory Division
  • Director, Quebec National Program for Home Ventilatory Assistance (NPHVA/PNAVD)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Kaminska's clinical and research expertise is focused on sleep disordered breathing in neurological disorders. In particular, she studies the effect of sleep apnea on cognitive function and other outcomes in Parkinson's disease. In addition, she is interested in the care of patients with chronic ventilatory failure, including diagnostic tests and methods for non-invasive ventilation.

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John Kimoff, MD

Professor

john.kimoff [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Adult Clinical and Research Sleep Laboratories (MUHC - Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit and Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Kimoff's primary interest is in sleep-disordered breathing, including pathophysiologic mechanisms and cardiometabolic sequelae as well as innovative approaches to diagnosis and management.

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Arnold Kristof, MD

Associate Professor

arnold.kristof [at] mcgill.ca

  • Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Kristof's clinical and research activities are focused on lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) as well as acute lung injury, nutrition, and nosocomial infection in the ICU.

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Jennifer Landry, MD

Associate Professor

jennifer.landry [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Pediatric to Adult Transition and Orphan Lung Disease Clinic

Dr. Landry's interests include rare lung diseases such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), primary ciliary bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis and other pediatric diseases.

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Anne-Marie Lauzon, PhD

Professor

anne.lauzon [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Lauzon studies contractile protein regulation and function in airway smooth muscle to better understand the molecular basis of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma.

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Mara Ludwig, MD

Professor Emeritus

mara.ludwig [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Ludwig's primary interests are in asthma and faculty mentorship.

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Sharyn Mannix, MD

Assistant Professor

sharyn.mannix.med [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Dr. Mannix's main clinical interest is in the care of tuberculosis patients.

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James G. Martin, MD, DSc

Professor

james.martin [at] mcgill.ca

  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Martin's primary interest is the pathogenesis of asthma. His research ranges from studies of irritant asthma induced by chlorine exposure to the impact of viral infections during pregnancy.

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Elias Matouk, MD

Associate Professor

elias.matouk [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Matouk's interests include general clinical pulmonary medicine and cystic fibrosis.

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Dick Menzies, MD

Professor

dick.menzies [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï International TB Centre
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Menzies is focused on the management of tuberculosis (TB). He conducts randomized trials in the treatment of TB infection and disease, systematic reviews, and individual patient data meta-analyses for diagnosis, treatment and complications of TB-related conditions, as well as epidemiologic and modeling studies in TB.

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Dao Nguyen, MD

Professor

dao.nguyen [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Nguyen's interests include respiratory infections, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis. Her research is focused on the molecular microbiology and host-pathogen interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other respiratory bacterial infections, cystic fibrosis lung disease, antimicrobial resistance, diagnostic and antimicrobial therapeutic innovations.

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Linda Marie Ofiara, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory (MUHC)
  • Sustainability Lead, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Respirology

Dr Ofiara's main interests include lung oncology, advanced bronchoscopy, medical education and planetary health.

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Ron Olivenstein, MD

Associate Professor

ronald.olivenstein [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Montreal Chest Institute Ambulatory Clinics (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Olivenstein's is interested in the pathophysiology of asthma and his clinical expertise includes the investigation and treatment of severe asthma.

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Sushmita Pamidi, MD, MSc

Associate Professor

sushmita.pamidi [at] mcgill.ca

  • Strategic Priority Leader of Clinical Trials, Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC)
  • Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) Co-Chair, RI-MUHC
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Pamidi’s main research interests include metabolic and pregnancy complications of obstructive sleep apnea, along with the impact of CPAP and other treatments.

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Basil J. Petrof, MD

Professor

basil.petrof [at] mcgill.ca

  • University Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Adult Respiratory Division (MUHC, JGH, and SMH Sites)
  • Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Petrof’s main clinical interests are in the areas of sleep-disordered breathing and neuromuscular disorders causing respiratory failure. His research program focuses on mechanisms of respiratory muscle pathology and weakness in the critically ill as well as in primary neuromuscular diseases affecting the diaphragm.

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Salman Qureshi, MD

Associate Professor

salman.qureshi [at] mcgill.ca

  • Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Qureshi's research focuses on host defense against pneumonia and sepsis, with particular expertise in cryptococcal infections.

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Barry Rabinovitch, MD

Assistant Professor

barry.rabinovitch [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Rabinovitch is a general respirologist with a particular interest in the care of tuberculosis patients.

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Bryan Ross, MD, MSc (Epi, Physiol)

Assistant Professor

bryan.ross [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, COPD and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinical Fellowship Training Program, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Co-Director, COPD Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (MUHC – Glen Site)
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Ross’s clinical activities and research program address the determinants and management of COPD, with a particular focus on acute exacerbations of the disease.

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Simon Rousseau, PhD

Associate Professor

simon.rousseau [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Canadian Respiratory Research Network
  • Co-Leader, Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program, Research Institute of the MUHC
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Rousseau's research seeks to understand intracellular signalling molecules and networks which promote pulmonary inflammation.

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Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH, FCAHS

Professor

kevin.schwartzman [at] mcgill.ca

  • Associate Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit

Dr. Schwartzman's research involves the evaluation of interventions addressing the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, with a focus on cost-effectiveness. He also chairs one of the four provincial worker compensation committees for respiratory diseases in Québec.

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Jason Shahin, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

jason.shahin [at] mcgill.ca

  • Chief, ICU and Critical Care Program (MUHC – Glen Site)

Dr. Shahin is an intensivist and pulmonologist. His academic interests include clinical prediction modelling, ethics at end of life, and ICU systems improvement.

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Benjamin Shieh, MD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Shieh’s primary interests are interventional respirology and lung cancer treatment.

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Benjamin M. Smith, MD, MSc

Associate Professor

benjamin.m.smith [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Research Institute of the MUHC
  • Director, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
  • Scientist, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit and Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Smith’s interests include respiratory epidemiology, physiology, and imaging. His research program focuses in particular on understanding determinants of COPD susceptibility with the goals of disease prevention and reversal.

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Sana Swaleh, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Internal Medicine Residency Program (MUHC - Montreal General Site)

Dr. Swaleh’s main clinical and research interests are related to cystic fibrosis and other causes of bronchiectasis.

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Joshua Taylor, MD

Assistant Professor

  • Associate Director, Adult Clinical and Research Sleep Laboratories (MUHC - Glen Site)

Dr. Taylor's primary interest is in sleep-disordered breathing and other sleep disorders.

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Darcy Wagner, PhD

Professor

darcy.wagner [at] mcgill.ca

  • Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Lung Regenerative Medicine
  • Scientist, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr. Wagner's research program seeks to combine stem cell biology with materials science, including 3D printing, to build and validate functional lung tissue which can be used clinically for purposes of lung regenerative medicine.


Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital [JGH]

Jason Scott Agulnik, MD

Associate Professor

jason.agulnik [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, JGH Pulmonary Division

Dr. Agulnik’s interests include interventional bronchoscopy and thoracic oncology.

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Mathew Cherian, MD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Cherian’s primary interests are in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation.

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Pierre Ernst, MD

Professor

pierre.ernst [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Ernst's main interests are severe asthma and pharmacoepidemiology.

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Andrew Hirsch, MD

Associate Professor

andrew.hirsch [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Hirsch’s primary focus is pulmonary vascular disease, particularly acute and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. He also has an interest in interstitial lung disease and connective tissue-associated lung diseases.

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Thomas Jagoe, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

thomas.jagoe [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Jagoe’s primary research interest is cancer cachexia and in particular the mechanisms and clinical management of this syndrome. He leads the ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Cancer Nutrition Rehabilitation clinic at the JGH as well as doing general pulmonary clinics.

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Mark Palayew, MD

Assistant Professor

mark.palayew [at] mcgill.ca

  • Co-Director, Sleep Disorders Clinic and Sleep Laboratory (JGH/Mount Sinai Hospital Centre)
  • Co-Director, Tuberculosis Clinic (JGH)

Dr. Palayew’s interests include tuberculosis and sleep disorders.

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Carmela Pepe, MD

Assistant Professor

carmela.pepe [at] mcgill.ca

  • Associate Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine (JGH)

Dr. Pepe’s primary expertise is in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

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Nathalie Saad, MD

Associate Professor

nathalie.saad [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Saad’s main interests are in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary rehabilitation. She is particularly focused on how to make pulmonary rehabilitation more accessible using tele-medicine. Dr. Saad also holds administrative positions at the university (undergraduate medical education) and provincial levels.

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Lama Sakr, MD, BPharm, MSc

Assistant Professor

Dr Sakr’s clinical interests include ultrasound-guided diagnostic bronchoscopy, pleural procedures, and pulmonary oncology. She is involved in medical education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research interests include management of pleural infections as well as lung cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.

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David Small, MD

Associate Professor

david.small [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Small is interested in general pulmonary and sleep medicine.

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Paul Warshawsky, MD

Assistant Professor

paul.warshawsky [at] mcgill.ca

  • Chief, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU) and Division of Critical Care (JGH Site)

Dr. Warshawsky is interested in general critical care medicine.

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Nan Zhao, MDCM, BSc

Assistant Professor

nan.zhao [at] mcgill.ca

  • Adult Respirology Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) Program Director, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï

Dr. Zhao specializes in complex airway diseases and eosinophilic lung conditions. Her work focuses on the use of biologic therapies in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with a strong interest in disease endotyping to better tailor treatments to individual patient profiles.


St Mary’s Hospital [SMH]

Marc Baltzan, MD, MSc, FAASM

Associate Professor

marc.baltzan [at] mcgill.ca

  • Director, St. Mary's Hospital Respiratory Division
  • Associate Scientist, St. Mary's Research Centre

Dr. Baltzan’s fields of interest include sleep disorders and respiratory epidemiology.

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