Neonatology Academic Programs
Our programs
The Neonatal Transport Program team consists of over 30 nurses and respiratory therapists with specialized training in neonatal transport. They work in collaboration with a physician in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Montreal Children’s Hospital. This specialized team is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We work closely with Urgence-Santé and EVacuations Aéromédicales du Québec (EVAQ).
Thanks to its skills and state-of-the-art equipment, our team is able to offer the best care to newborns with multiple medical or surgical conditions that require transfer to a specialized center.
Approximately 500 newborns are transported each year from over 40 referring centers. Newborns requiring urgent stabilization are rapidly managed by our specialized team. Transfers from other institutions account for more than 40% of newborns admitted to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit each year.
Our team also ensures the repatriation of newborns to their region of origin once their condition has stabilized or their convalescence is complete.
A consultation service with a doctor specialized in neonatology for health professionals working with neonatal clients is also available at all times.
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Dr. François Olivier
Medical Director
Marie-Claude Proulx
Sector Manager, Support Services
Bao Tran Dang
Assistant Nurse Manager
Jean-François Trudel
RT, Technical Coordinator Respiratory Therapy
In response to a growing number of requests for advice from referring centers, the Outreach Teaching Program was created to support medical, nursing and respiratory therapy staff. Activities include consultation for the care of unstable neonates, on-site teaching, case discussion and conferences on congenital heart disease, respiratory distress, etc.
For additional information on the Neonatal Outreach program:
Dr. Bayane Sabsabi
Medical Director of the Neonatal Outreach Program
514-412-4452
[email protected]
Vanessa Kanaan
Assistant Nurse Manager
Jean-François Trudel
RT, Technical Coordinator Respiratory Therapy
Neonatology | Department of Pediatrics – McGill University
Residency program
The McGill training program in neonatology involves the Montreal Children’s, the Royal Victoria and the Sir M.B. Davis – Jewish General Hospitals.
Neonatal-perinatal medicine training is offered in the units of the Jewish General and the Royal Victoria Hospitals. Both hospitals deliver nearly 4,000 babies per year and have a very active high-risk antenatal referral program with a catchment area of over 12,000 deliveries for each hospital. The Montreal Children’s Hospital provides intensive care experience in all illnesses of the newborn infant, but especially in respiratory care, neonatal surgical problems and congenital heart diseases. It is a postnatal referral center for many hospitals in Montreal and surrounding communities.
The two-year program places a major emphasis on clinical and basic science research. Residents and NPM residents in the program are expected to develop investigative interests. Areas of particular research activity are developmental pharmacology and perinatal therapeutics, pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, including longitudinal studies of neonatal intensive care survivors, respiratory muscle function, control of breathing, nutrition, metabolism, management of very low birth weight infants and epidemiology. Residents and NPM residents in the joint program are encouraged to seek research mentors either within or outside the division of neonatology.
Length: 2 years
Program Director (interim)
Dr Nina Nouraeyan
Tel: (514) 412-4452
Fax: (514) 412-4356
[email protected]
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Neonatal Hemodynamics Clinical Research Fellowship
Neonatology is probably one of the youngest yet most advanced fields in Pediatrics. The numerous discoveries made through research have led to the most advanced and innovative treatments allowing preterm babies as young as 23 weeks gestation to survive and thrive. A graduating Neonatal Perinatal Medicine resident should be given the opportunity to obtain advanced training in neonatal echocardiography research methods, if he/she shows enthusiasm for neonatal cardiovascular research. In recent years, the evaluation of cardiovascular growth and adaptation to extra-uterine life has led to many discoveries and improved the care of newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Targeted neonatal echocardiography is an area of focused competence that is in the process of approval for certification through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Neonatal hemodynamics research describes the use of echocardiography (conventional and advanced) for research in the cardiovascular performance of the neonate and of previous graduate of the NICU. Echocardiography has a central role in neonatal hemodynamics research. Echocardiography can be used to assess cardiac function (left and right sided), pulmonary pressures, intracardiac and extracardiac shunts (e.g. atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus), central line position, assessment of pericardial fluid and structural defects.
Training in neonatal echocardiography by neonatologists has been actively done in neonatal units in Australia, Canada, and across Europe. Multiple guidelines for Neonatologist-performed echocardiography training have been published (1-4). However, few programs offer training for neonatologists in neonatologist-performed echocardiography that follow these recommendations.
The trainee will participate in a longitudinal program of training centered around a scholar project in neonatal echocardiography/hemodynamics.
The Neonatal Hemodynamics Clinical Research Fellowship Program is designed to be flexible to accommodate interests and timelines of good research projects in neonatal echocardiography/hemodynamics.
Length: 1 or 2 years
Program Director
Dr Gabriel Altit
Tel: (514) 412-4452
Fax: (514) 412-4356
[email protected]
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Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Scholar Fellowship
Neonatology is probably one of the youngest and one of the most advanced fields in Pediatrics. The numerous discoveries made through research have led to the most advanced and innovative treatments allowing preterm babies as young as 23 weeks gestation to survive and thrive. A graduating Neonatal Perinatal Medicine resident should be given the opportunity to obtain advanced training in research methods, if they show enthusiasm for neonatal research. These skills will not only lead to a genuine ability to study and appraise new interventions/treatments, it will also lead to better teachers of future clinicians and scientists. This fellowship is designed to be flexible so as to accommodate interests and timelines of good research projects.
The purpose of the Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Scholar Fellowship is to provide the Neonatal trainee with additional knowledge, skills and experience needed to begin training toward a potential career as an independent investigator.
Length: 1 or 2 years (depending on research project planned)
Program Director
Dr Marc Beltempo
Tel: (514) 412-4452
Fax: (514) 412-4356
[email protected]
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Neonatal Follow-up Fellowship Program
The program: based at the Montreal Children’s Hospital is designed for physicians who wish to develop clinical expertise in the field of medical and developmental follow-up of high-risk neonates. The program consists of training in clinical, neurodevelopmental evaluations, family support, interdisciplinary approach to care of infants and toddlers with complex medical problems. Extensive experience with multidisciplinary partners (rehabilitation, specialized developmental disabilities programs) is provided. A short clinical research project or systematic review is completed during the academic year. For a complete description of this fellowship, please check the following link: Neonatal Follow-up Fellowship Program.
Length: 12 months
Fellowship Director
Dr. Elise Couture, Training Coordinator
Tel: (514) 412-4302
[email protected]
Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NNPs) are nurses with graduate level studies in the specialty of neonatology. To become an NNP, the Order of Nurses require that a nurse obtains a master’s degree in this field, which comprises 75 credits obtained through courses and 950 hours stage hours, leading to a neonatal specialist certificate. This training consists of both a theoretical and practical component that includes internships. Training in advanced nursing practice has enabled nurses to deepen their expertise in nursing and acquire advanced knowledge in pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical assessment, health and disease management, activities to promote health and healthy lifestyles, as well as harm reduction approaches and public health. The competencies developed during their training allow nurses to practice autonomously in a context of interprofessional collaboration. In addition, the nurse has successfully completed an examination leading to a specialist certificate in neonatology. This program is well established since 2004.
Length: 2 years
Nursing Program Director: Philippe Lamer, NNP
Medical Program Director: Dr Elizabeth Hailu
Tel: 514-396-1684
[email protected]
Details to come.