
MDCM, FRCPC, Pediatric Respirologist
Welcome to the Montreal Children's Hospital
Respiratory Medicine / Pulmonology
I love working with children and their families because kids keep me feeling young at heart.
University of Virginia
Medical Degree
McGill University
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
I was the mascot for the Washington Post and Domino’s Pizza at professional sporting events.
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia; Overlapping Ciliopathies; Idiopathic Bronchiectasis; Upper Airway Disease in Chronic Respiratory Illness; Nasal Nitric Oxide in Rare Diseases; Genetic Discovery in Rare Lung Disease; Cystic Fibrosis
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