Experts
Our experts
The McGill University Health Centre has a multitude of experts who can provide factual information or elaborate on topics ranging from neonatology to emergency medicine. Here is a list of some of our experts who can be available for interviews with members of the media. To speak with any of them, send your request to: [email protected].
Dr. Sharon Abish
Pediatric Oncologist
Pediatrics
Dr. Holly Agostino
Program director, eating disorders program
Pediatrics
Dr. Ilana Bank
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics
Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan
Pediatric Allergist and Immunologist
Pediatrics
Dr. Alice Benjamin
Obstetrics and gynecology
Pediatrics
Ms. Marie-Josée Bourassa
Head Nurse, Women's Health
Birthing Centre Postpartum Women's Health
Dr. Bernard Brais
Co-director of the Rare Neurological Diseases Group
Rare diseases
Dr. Richard Brown
Obstetric
Pediatrics
Dr. Alain Dagher
Neurologist and neuroscientist
Addiction Obesity Parkinson’s
Dr. Dan Deckelbaum
Critical Care Specialist
Global Surgery Critical Care Risk-taking Trauma
Dr. Simon Ducharme
Neuropsychiatrist
Alzheimer's Clinical trials Dementia Frontotemporal dementia Neuropsychiatry
Mrs. Biagina-Carla Farnesi
Program coordinator, Centre of Excellence in Adolescent Severe Obesity
Pediatrics
Dr. Liane Feldman
Surgeon-in-Chief, MUHC
Dr. Lesley Fellows
Neurologist, cognitive neuroscientist
Cognition Decision making
Ms. Liane Fransblow
Trauma Program Coordinator, Montreal Children's Hospital
Pediatrics
Ms. Debbie Friedman
Trauma Program Director, Montreal Children's Hospital
Pediatrics
Dr. Angela Genge
Director of The Neuro’s Clinical Research Unit
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinical trials
Dr. Shuvo Ghosh
Developmental-Behavioural Pediatrician
Pediatrics
Dr. Peter Goldberg
Head of Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital
Critical Care Intensive Care
Mrs. Amelia Joucdar
Nurse manager, pediatric surgical services
Pediatrics
Dr. Jacqueline Joza
Cardiac electrophysiologist and specialist in hereditary arrhythmias
Cardiac arrest Cardiac devices Electrophysiology Hereditary heart conditions
Dr. Christos Karatzios
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
Pediatrics
Dr. Kosar Khwaja
Critical Care Specialist
Minimally Invasive Surgery Risk-taking Trauma
Dr. Larry Lands
Director, pediatric respiratory medecine
Pediatrics
Dr. John Mitchell
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Pediatrics
Dr. Tuong-vi Nguyen
Perinatal Psychiatrist
Pediatrics
Dr. Jesse Papenburg
Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Microbiologist
Immunity Infectious diseases Public Health Viruses
Pediatrics
Dr. Laurie Plotnick
Medical Director, Emergency Department, Montreal Children's Hospital
Pediatrics
Dr. Alain Ptito
Director of the MUHC’s Psychology Department
Brain trauma Concussion
Dr. Tarek Razek
Associate Director, Surgical Services, Montreal General Hospital
SURGERY Critical Care Risk-taking Trauma
Dr. Earl Rubin
Pediatric Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiologist Specialist
Immunity Infectious diseases Public Health
Pediatrics
Dr. Gordon Samoukovic
Intensivist, head of adult ECMO program
ECMO Intensive Care
Dr. Guilherme Sant'Anna
Neonatologist
Pediatrics
Dr. Wissam Shalish
Neonatologist
Pediatrics
Mr. Stefano Stifani
Associate Director of the Azrieli Centre for Autism Research
Autism
Dr. Jeanne Teitelbaum
Co-Director of the Acute Stroke Service and Program Director for Neurocritical Care
Stroke
Dr. Raymond Tellier
Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Microbiologist
Blood-borne infections Viral infections of the immunodeficient Respiratory medicine Medical microbiology Molecular microbiology Pandemics and epidemics Viruses
Dr. Jean-Marc Troquet
Medical Director, Emergency Department, Royal Victoria Hospital
Common Injuries Critical Care Emergency Room Wait times
Dr. Togas Tulandi
Chief of Obstetrics
Pediatrics
Dr. Donald Vinh
Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Microbiologist
Genetic Diseases Immunity Infectious diseases Public Health Viruses