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
Mekhuri, S, Munn, J, Buchanan, F, Hammash, N, Ambreen, M, Ahola Kohut, S et al.. Digital Peer Support Intervention for Family Caregivers of Individuals With Neuromuscular Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2026.28 e86021 PMID:42490551
Dannenberg, VC, Amin, R, Anagnostopoulos, G, Adeleye, A, Bendiak, GN, Kolski, H et al.. Establishing polysomnographic criteria for initiation of non-invasive ventilation in children with neuromuscular diseases. J Clin Sleep Med. 2026.22 (1) PMID:42469579
Mekhuri, S, Orkin, J, Munn, J, Cohen, E, Keilty, K, Chu, S et al.. Education Program for Family Caregivers of Children With Medical Complexity in the Transition to Home. Hosp Pediatr. 2026. PMID:42425548
Fishman, H, Wen, E, Massicotte, C, Narang, I, Chiang, J, Bola, S et al.. A comparison of therapeutic oxygen versus medical air for the treatment of central sleep apnea in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome; A proof-of-concept randomized crossover trial. Sleep Med. 2026.146 109079 PMID:42287973
Munn, JS, Cohen, E, Hodgkinson, V, Lochmüller, H, Osman, H, Jewett, G et al.. Advancing neuromuscular disease research through real-world data: Challenges and lessons learned. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2026. 22143602261456016 PMID:42261210
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