
MDCM, FRCPC, Pediatric Respirologist
Welcome to the Montreal Children's Hospital
Respiratory Medicine / Pulmonology
I love working with children and their families because they inspire me even during serious illness.
Associate Professor, McGill University
Pediatric Asthma Clinic Director
Training Program Director, Pediatric Respirology
Pediatric Medical Director, Programme National d’assistance ventilatoire à domicile (PNAVD)
University of Manitoba
Medical Degree
University of Manitoba
Memorial University of Newfoundland
McGill University
I love to run, bike, play hockey and golf.
Home Ventilation, Pediatric Tuberculosis
Neuromuscular Disease
1.Diallo T, Adjobimey R, Trajman A, Sow O, Obeng Baah, Marks GB, Long R, Elwood K, Zielinski D, Gninafon M, Wulandari DA, Apriani L, Valiquette C, Fregonese F, Hornby K, Li PZ, Schwartzman K, Benedetti A, Menzies D. Safety and Side Effects of Rifampin versus Isoniazid in Children. N Engl J Med. 2018 Aug 2; 379(5) 454-463
2.Mazi A, Lands LL, Zielinski D. Methacholine Challenge Test: Comparison of Tidal Breathing and Dosimeter Methods in Children. Pediatric Pulmonology. 2018 Feb;53(2):174-180.
3.*Amin R, *MacLusky I, *Zielinski D, Adderley, R, Carnevale, F, Chiang J, Cote A, Daniels C, Daigneault P, Harrison C, Katz S, Keilty K, Majaesic C, Moraes T, Price A, Radhakrishan D, Rapoport A, Spier S, Thavagnanam S, Witmans M. Pediatric Home Mechanical Ventilation: A Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline executive summary. Can J Resp Crit Car Sleep Med; 2017; 1(1); 7-36 * Co-first authors
4. Oskoui M, Ng P, Liben S, Zielinski D. Physician Driven Variation in the care of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 1. Pediatr Pulmonol; 2017; 52(5) 662-668
5. Delisle M, Seguin J, Zielinski D, Moore DL. Paediatric abdominal tuberculosis in developed countries: case series and literature review. Arch Dis Child; 2016; 101(3) 253-8.
Book Chapters
1. Pasterkamp H, Zielinski D (2018). The History and Physical Examination. In Kendig’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children 9th Ed. Elsevier; 2-25;