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

Amin, R, Campbell, B, Green, M, Rajani, R, Wright, M, Whitaker, J et al.. Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of focal atrial tachycardia originating from right atrial appendage anomaly. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2024.10 (6)381-386 PMID:38983889

Amin, R, Verma, R, Bai, YQ, Guttmann, A, Cohen, E, Gershon, A et al.. Healthcare Utilization and Costs in Children Receiving Home Mechanical Ventilation in Ontario: A 14-Year Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024. PMID:38959407

Escobar, NS, Lim, AYL, Amin, R. The latest on positive airway pressure for pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2024. 1-13 PMID:38949916

Mekhuri, S, Shahil-Feroz, A, Pitch, N, Ambreen, M, Chu, S, Keilty, K et al.. Family caregivers of children transitioning hospital to home receiving nasogastric feeding: descriptive qualitative study. Pediatr Res. 2024. PMID:38750294

Kendzerska, T, Radhakrishnan, D, Amin, R, Narang, I, Boafo, A, Robillard, R et al.. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Mental Health Disorders in the Pediatric Population: A Retrospective Population-based Cohort Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024. PMID:38669619

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