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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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
Abdul, NS, Shivakumar, S, Muralidhar, NV, Amin, R, Franco, R, Marrapodi, MM et al.. IMPAIRED ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2025.25 (1)102055 PMID:39947780
Jain, S, Manimegalai,, Purohit, B, Amin, R, Arun, R, Pai, DR et al.. Evaluation of the Effect of Functional Contouring of the Palatal Vault of Maxillary Complete Denture on Clarity of Speech Sounds in Edentulous Patients: An In Vivo Study. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024.16 (Suppl 4)S3512-S3514 PMID:39926830
Sidhu, VK, Nath, S, Debbarma, H, Lahiri, B, Amin, R, Chakraborty, S et al.. Evaluation of the Efficiency of Ultrasonography and Color Doppler in Diagnosis of Intraosseous Jaw Lesions: An In Vivo Study. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2024.25 (10)963-967 PMID:39873258
Sunkonkit, K, Hurvitz, M, Defante, A, Orr, J, Chakraborty, A, Amin, R et al.. Factors associated with lower forced vital capacity in children and adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy using non-invasive ventilation: a multicenter analysis. Sleep Breath. 2025.29 (1)68 PMID:39775224
Mekhuri, S, Dussah, N, Quet, J, Sampson, M, O'Hearn, K, Loree, S et al.. Complications that arise with nasogastric tubes after hospitalization in the pediatric population: A mixed methods systematic review. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024. PMID:39731304
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