Welcome to the Montreal Children's Hospital

Gianluca Bertolizio

Anesthesia

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I enjoy working with children and their families because they constantly teach me new ways to be resilient and positive.

Hospital information

Academic appointments

Assistant professor, McGill University

Fellow coordinator

Other appointments

Site Chief, Department of Anesthesia- Shriners Hospital for Children

Community Involvement

Doctors Without Borders

Education

University

Faculty of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Parma

Medical Degree

Faculty of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Parma

Residency

Residency in Anesthesia, Università degli Studi di Parma

Fellowship(s)

Pediatric Anesthesia, Montreal Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital

Fun fact about me

I am learning downhill longboarding.

Anesthesia

Research

Research interests

Brain physiology, Pediatric airway, Pain, Virtual Reality, Perioperative anesthesia

Selected publications

Daniel Sam SJ, Bertolizio G, McHugh T. Airway ultrasound: point of care in children – the time is now. Paediatr Anaesth. 2020 Mar;30(3):347-352.

Bertolizio G, Otis A, Tam K, Aswar S, Garbin M, Ingelmo P. Multimodal analgesic plan for children undergoing chimeric 14.18 immunotherapy. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 Jan 17.

Garbin M, Portela DA, Bertolizio G, Garcia-Pereira F, Gallastegui A, Otero PE. Description of ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block technique and evaluation of injectate spread in canine cadavers. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2020 Mar;47(2):249-258.

Bertolizio G, Saint-Martin C, Ingelmo P. Cervical instability in patients with trisomy 21: the eternal gamble. Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 Oct;28(10):830-833.