Gabriel Altit
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology;
Associate Member to the Division of Experimental Medicine and to the Department of Epidemiology
MDCM, MSc, FRCPC, FAAP
- Doctorate, Medicine (MDCM) and Med-P program. 91社区, Quebec, Canada. Supervisors: Joyce Pickering, M.D., Associate Dean. Dean鈥檚 honor list. September 2005-May 2010
- Diploma, Pediatrics Residency (PGY 1-3); Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Quebec, Canada. Program director: Dr Olivier Jamoulle. Dean鈥檚 honor list. July 2010-June 2013
- Diploma, Neonatology (PGY 4-5), Residency in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Canada. Program Director: Dr Ahmed Moussa. Claude Roy Award (Highest achievement in research during residency at the CHU Sainte-Justine among general and subspecialty graduating residents) and Luc Chicoine Award (Best clinician). Dean鈥檚 honor list. July 2013-June 2015
- Post-doctorate, Pediatric Respirology Research, Echocardiography; 91社区, Canada. Program Director: Dr Louis Beaumier. Alan Ross Academic Award (55,000$); July 2015-June 2016
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Neonatal Echocardiography Research, Pediatric Cardiology-Echocardiography; Stanford University, California, United States. Supervisor: Dr Theresa Tacy, Dr Krisa Van Meurs. Bourse en Jumelage de Fonds du CHU Sainte-Justine / Bourse Irma Levasseur - Competitive award given to pursue exceptional training for post-graduate medical education. - 30,000 (Canadian dollar). Detweiler Travelling Scholarship - Competitive Award. Awarded based on application for Research Fellowship at Stanford University - 21,000 (Canadian dollar) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; October 2016-September 2017
- MSc, Epidemiology, 91社区, Quebec, Canada. Supervisors: Dr Olga Basso, Dr Gilles Paradis. Funding sources: 1) MSc Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree Award, Fonds de recherche 厂补苍迟茅 Qu茅bec (FRQS) - Foundation of Stars (61, 146$ CAD) 2) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Award Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master鈥檚 (CGS M) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); (17, 500$ CAD; declined 鈥� mutually exclusive); September 2017-June 2020听
Dr. Gabriel Altit completed his medical school at 91社区, followed by his Pediatric and Neonatology residencies at Universit茅 de Montr茅al. He pursued his training at 91社区 (Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital [MUHC]) in echocardiography scanning. Following that, he did a post-doctoral research training in the pediatric ECHO laboratory at Stanford University. He completed a MSc in Epidemiology at 91社区 (2017-2020). He joined back 91社区 and the Montreal Children's Hospital as a Neonatologist in October 2017. Since his appointment as clinician- scientist at the MUHC-RI, he has created the NeoCardioLab (). In 2020, he launched the Neonatal Hemodynamics Clinical Research Fellowship at 91社区, for which he is the program director, with ECHO techniques applied to research questions. Further, the NeoCardioLab application is now available on iPhone, iPad and Android. It offers numerous educational resources and is used by experts in the field daily, throughout the world.听
- Echocardiography听
- Pulmonary Hypertension听
- Near Infrared Spectroscopy听
- Lung Ultrasound听
- Neonatal Hemodynamics听
- Congenital heart defect听
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia听
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia听
- Neonatology听
- Prematurity听
- Epidemiology听
- Biostatistics听
- Application / Website building听
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cardiac mechanics
- Cardiac imaging
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- Creation of the NeoCardioLab website and applications
- Knowledge Translation/Expertise: I am a member of the Fetus and Newborn committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Neonatal Network/EPIQ and a consultant for INESSS, allowing me to participate in the development of national guidelines (such as inhaled nitric oxide for newborns, pulse oximetry screening and ductus management).
