Reshma Amin

Dr. Reshma Amin

Investigator

Director of Sleep Medicine and Long-term Ventilation, Respirologist and Sleep Physician, The Hospital for Sick Children | Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

Clinician Investigator, Senior Associate Scientist, Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute


NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 2: Clinical Research, Pillar 3: Clinical Practice Research, Theme 4: Knowledge Translation & Impact Assessment

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Biography

Dr. Reshma Amin is the Director of Sleep Medicine and Long-term Ventilation and a Clinician-Investigator at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. She is a Professor at the University of Toronto. She is also a Senior Associate Scientist in Child Health and Evaluative Sciences at the SickKids Research Institute. She is an expert pulmonologist experienced in the rehabilitation and care of children with neuromuscular disorders, particularly for impaired pulmonary function and assisted ventilation. She leads a clinical research program focused on program evaluation and innovative care delivery for children with neuromuscular disease as well as those requiring long-term ventilation at home. She was the lead author of the Canadian Thoracic Society’s Pediatric Home Ventilation Guidelines. She has more than 125 peer-reviewed publications and has been fortunate to be funded by CIHR with partnership funds from Muscular Dystrophy Canada, VHA Home Healthcare, Boehringer-Ingelheim, ProResp, Praxair and Cure SMA Canada.

Within NMD4C, she is working on the development of clinical care guidelines for NMDs and patient advocacy training modules for NMD and supports knowledge transfer to patients and other knowledge users.


Recent Publications

Munn, J, Zaltz, E, Izenberg, A, Dale, C, Ambreen, M, Hammash, N et al.. Understanding the experiences of adults with spinal muscular atrophy & their transition to an adult program: A mixed methods study. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2025. 22143602251377241 PMID:40953063

Amin, R, Zagorski, B, Pizzuti, R, Buchanan, F, Saskin, R, Gershon, AS et al.. Health Care Utilization and Costs in Ventilator-Dependent Children and Adults Receiving an eHealth Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Respir Care. 2025. PMID:40903182

Xiao, L, Djordjevic, D, Kang, S, Gonorazky, H, Chiang, J, Ambreen, M et al.. Disease-modifying therapies for spinal muscular atrophy: Family experience, ethical considerations, and the role of social determinants of health. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2025. 22143602251375561 PMID:40900034

Verma, R, Fishman, H, Jain, P, McRae, L, Flynn, K, Yau, I et al.. The prevalence of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing in children with refractory Epilepsy: A retrospective cohort study. Sleep Med. 2025.135 106790 PMID:40886654

Xiao, L, Sarbajna, R, Kuyntjes, S, Cithiravel, N, Amin, R, Chiang, J et al.. The association between insomnia, chronotype, and positive airway pressure adherence in children and adolescents. Sleep Med. 2025.135 106745 PMID:40865364

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