Sam Shemie
Title:
Full Professor
Department:
Department of Pediatrics
Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH)
Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC)
Fields:
Health
Medical / Pharmaceutical
Pediatrics
Areas of expertise:
Brain death; cardiac death; definition of death; determination of death; devastating brain injury; end-of-life care; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); intensive care; organ donation.
Language(s) spoken:
English
French
Language(s) written:
English
Media availability:
Print
Radio
Television
Interviews:
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Canadians waiting for organ transplants feel ‘defeated’ during coronavirus pandemic, Global News, April 19, 2020
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Canadian MDs to restart hearts of the recently dead as new source of donor hearts, National Post, June 10, 2019
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Medical debate over defining death has implications for organ donors, CBC News, March 21, 2014
