Hugh McMillan
Investigator
Professor, Pediatric Neurology, University of Ottawa
Pediatric Neurologist and Neuromuscular specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 2: Clinical Research
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Dr. McMillan is a Pediatric Neurologist with specialization in Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Clinical Research Chair (Level 2) at the University of Ottawa and is a Clinical Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute
He has been an author of over 125 publications in peer-review journals and was a co-editor of a Pediatric Electromyography textbook. He is also a leader in clinical and translational research in pediatric neurology & neuromuscular medicine.
Dr. McMillan completed a Neuromuscular and Neurophysiology Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University and the Lahey Clinic, Tufts University; a Pediatric Neurology Residency at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa and a Pediatric Residency at McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University.
Recent Publications
Ahmadiharchegani, F, Tobin, RA, Degan, C, Naveed, A, Guglieri, M, Jiménez-Requena, A et al.. Circulating protein biomarkers identified in two independent clinical trial cohorts of glucocorticoid-naive Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Sci Rep. 2025.15 (1)39997 PMID:41238663
Proud, CM, Kichula, EA, Matesanz, SE, Kumar, A, Saito, K, Laverty, CG et al.. Onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy for treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy: Updated real-world practical considerations. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2025. 22143602251391258 PMID:41212681
Dussah, N, McKim, DA, Mah, JK, McMillan, HJ, Campbell, C, Bijelić, V et al.. Patterns of Adherence to Lung Volume Recruitment Therapy Amongst Individuals With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Secondary Analysis of the STEADFAST Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025.60 (10)e71357 PMID:41147267
Phung, K, Rauch, D, Jackowski, S, Scharke, M, Koujok, K, Matzinger, MA et al.. Automated bone age calculation is an independent predictor of vertebral fracture burden in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Osteoporos Int. 2025.36 (11)2287-2297 PMID:41120763
Schiava, M, Dang, UJ, Wood, C, Wong, SC, Ward, LM, Lofra, RM et al.. Height, weight, and body mass index trajectories and their correlation with functional outcome assessments in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2025. PMID:40887311
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