Faculty

Jason Scott Agulnik, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-340-8205
jason.agulnik [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Respiratory Division, Jewish General Hospital

Dr. Agulnik’s interests include interventional bronchoscopy and thoracic oncology.

Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Tel: 514-934-1934
faizahmedkhan [at] mcgill.ca

Director, Tuberculosis clinical services, Montreal Chest Institute - MUHC Glen

Dr. Ahmad Khan is broadly interested in research addressing global health equity and aboriginal health. His specific interests include tuberculosis amongst the Inuit, and improving tuberculosis outcomes (including HIV-TB co-infection and drug-resistant TB) in resource-constrained areas.

Ilan Azuelos, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel: 514-934-1934
ilan. azuelos [at] mcgill.ca

Site Director, Respiratory - MUHC MGH 

Dr. Azuelos’ research interests focus on elucidating the molecular basis for the development and progression of pulmonary fibrosis, by examining the metabolism of fibrotic lesions in the lung.

Andrea Benedetti, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical Scientist
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU)
Tel.: 514-934-1934

andrea.benedetti [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Benedetti's primary interests are developing new bio-statistical approaches to large data sets including non-parametric regression and modeling of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis.

Stéphane Beaudoin, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
stephane.beaudoin [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Medical Education, MUHC Respiratory  

Dr. Beaudoin's interests are medical education, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, and management of pleural diseases. 

Jean Bourbeau, MD

Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
jean.bourbeau [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM), Research Institute MUHC

Dr. Bourbeau's interests include respiratory epidemiology, COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Ron Dandurand, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934

Director, Respiratory Division, Lakeshore General Hospital

Dr. Dandurand’s interests include asthma and COPD phenotypes, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, quantitative CT scanning and oscillometry.  He is also and a consultant at the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Veterans Hospital.

Sandra Dial, MD

Assistant Professor
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU)
sandra.dial [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Respiratory ICU, Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen 
Director, Respiratory Weaning Program, Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen 

Dr. Dial's interests are critical care and medical education.  As director of the respiratory weaning program, Dr. Dial is responsible for the development of approaches to weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. 

Alison Doucet, MD

Faculty Lecturer
Family Medicine
Tel.: 514-934-1934
alison.doucet [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

David Eidelman, MD

Professor
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-934-1934
david.eidelman [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Vice-Principal (Health Affairs)
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

Dr. Eidelman's interests include the pathophysiology of asthma and cystic fibrosis. He has a particular interest in the role of nitric oxide and oxidant stress.

Pierre Ernst, MD

Professor
Clinical Epidemiology
Tel.: 514-340-8222
pierre.ernst [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Ernst's interests include the epidemiology of asthma and occupational lung disease.

Nicole Ezer, MD. MPH

Elizabeth Fixman, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical Scientist
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-398-3864
elizabeth.fixman [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Fixman's research interest is airway smooth muscle. She is particularly interested in the signalling pathways responsible for airway smooth muscle proliferation.

Sean Gilman, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
sean.gilmanmd [at] gmail.com (Email)

Director, MUHC Smoking Cessation Program

Dr. Gilman's interests include sleep disorders and smoking cessation.

Peter Goldberg, MD

Associate Professor
Critical Care Division
Tel.: 514-934-1934
peter.goldberg [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Goldberg's interests are in critical care medicine with a specific interest in the clinical application of non-invasive ventilation. 

Anne Gonzalez, MD MSC

Assistant Professor
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU)
Tel: 514-934-1934
anne.gonzalez [at] mcgill.ca

Director: Day Hospital; Interventional Respirology; Lung Cancer Rapid Investigation Clinic - Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen

Dr. Gonzalez’s interests include the evaluation and use of interventional pulmonary techniques for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer and the management of pleural diseases. 

Stewart Gottfried, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
stewart.gottfried [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Gottfried's interests are in sleep disordered breathing and mechanical ventilation.

James M. Gruber, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934 
jim.gruber [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Gruber's interests include thoracic oncology and cystic fibrosis. 

Ashvini H. Gursahaney, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934 
ash.gursahaney [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Gursahaney's primary interest is critical care medicine.

Qutayba Hamid, MD, PhD

Professor, Medical Scientist
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
qutayba.hamid [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Hamid's main research interest is the immunology of asthma and other inflammatory airway diseases. 

Christina Haston, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical Scientist
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-398-3864
christina.haston [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Haston's research focuses on genetic determinants of respiratory disease with particular interest in cystic fibrosis and pulmonary fibrosis.

Andrew Hirsch, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-340-8275
andrew.hirsch [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Hirsch’s primary interest is pulmonary vascular disease, including pulmonary hypertension and thromboembolic disease.

Sabah Hussain, MD, PhD

Professor, Medical Scientist
Critical Care Division
Tel.: 514-934-1934
sabah.hussain [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, MUHC Pulmonary Function Laboratories

Dr. Hussain's research focuses on the mechanisms governing vascular regulation in skeletal muscle.

Marta Kaminska, MD

Assistant Professor
martaka [at] yahoo.fr (Email)

Director, National Program for Home Ventilatory Assistance (NPHVA) - Quebec

Dr. Kaminska's primary interest is sleep disordered breathing in neurological disorders. Specifically, she studies the effect of sleep apnea on cognitive function and other outcomes in Parkinson's disease. In addition, she has an interest in respiratory care in neuromuscular disease, including diagnostic tests and noninvasive ventilation.  

John Kimoff, MD

Associate Professor
Director of the  Respiratory Medicine Training Program
Tel.: 514-934-1934

john.kimoff [at] mcgill.ca

Director, Sleep Centre and Laboratories, MUHC Glen

Dr. Kimoff's primary interest is sleep disordered breathing. 

Arnold Kristof, MD

Associate Professor
Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Department of Critical Care
Tel.: 514-934-1934
arnold.kristof [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Kristof's research is focused on the clinical and molecular aspects of acute lung injury and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

Jennifer Landry, MD

Assistant Professor
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU)
Tel.: 514-934-1934
jennifer.landry [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Ambulatory Clinics, Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen 

Dr. Landry's interests include bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis and other pediatric diseases as patients make the transition to adult life.

Larry Lands, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
larry.lands [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Lands specializes in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine.

Denny Laporta, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-340-7500
dlaporta [at] po-box.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Laporta's interests include critical care teaching and the clinical application of respiratory physiology to the bedside of critically ill patients.

Anne-Marie Lauzon, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical Scientist
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-934-1934
anne-marie.lauzon [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Lauzon's interests are in molecular mechanics and the biophysics of smooth muscle.

Mara Ludwig, MD

Professor
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-934-1934
mara.ludwig [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Ludwig's areas of interest are extra-cellular matrix and lung diseases characterized by remodeling, such as asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.

Sharyn Mannix, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934

Dr. Mannix's interests include TB and HIV.

James G. Martin, MD

Professor
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-934-1934
james.martin [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr Martin's primary interest is the pathophysiology of asthma. 

Eli Matouk, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934 
elias.matouk [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Medical Director, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen

Dr Matouk's interests include clinical pulmonary medicine and cystic fibrosis. 

Richard May, MD

Assistant Professor
Family Medicine

Dick Menzies, MD

Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934 
dick.menzies [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Menzies' interests include the epidemiology and clinical aspects of tuberculosis syndrome. 

Dao Nguyen, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel: 514-934-1934
dao.nguyen [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Nguyen's interests are in respiratory infections, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis. Her research is focused on the molecular microbiology and epidemiology of chronic respiratory infections.

Andy (Anh Tu Duy) Nguyen, MD

Faculty Lecturer
Tel: 514-843-1568
NGUYEN_ATD [at] YAHOO.COM (Email)

Linda Ofiara, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-8488
linda.ofiara [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Ofiara's interests incude lung oncology and medical education.  T

Ron Olivenstein, MD

Assistant Professor
Telephone: 934-1934
ronald.olivenstein [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Respiratory Acute Care Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, MUHC Glen

Dr. Olivenstein's interests include critical care medicine and the pathophysiology of asthma.

Madhukar Pai, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical Scientist
Tel: 514-398-5422
madhukar.pai [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Pai's interests are tuberculosis control, evaluation of diagnostic tools, epidemiologic research on tuberculosis.

Mark Palayew, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-340-8205
mpalayew [at] pne.jgh.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Palayew’s interests include tuberculosis and sleep disorders. He is the Co-Director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic and the Sleep Laboratory at the Mount-Sinai Hospital Center as well as the Co-Director of Jewish General Hospital's Tuberculosis Clinic.

Sushmita Pamidi, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934

sushmita.pamidi [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), MUHC Glen 

Dr. Pamidi’s research interests are in metabolic and pregnancy complications of obstructive sleep apnea, CPAP treatment and gestational diabetes.

Carmela Pepe, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-340-8275

Dr. Pepe’s expertise is in clinical research and the treatment of lung cancer. She is currently conducting research in lung cancer in the elderly.

Basil J. Petrof, MD

Professor
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-934-1934

Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories

Dr Petrof's interests include sleep disordered breathing, respiratory muscle physiology and gene therapy.

William S. Powell, PhD

Professor, Medical Scientist
Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Tel.: 514-398-3864
bill.powell [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr Powell's research is focused on the role of arachidonic acid metabolites in the pathogenesis of asthma and other pulmonary diseases.

Salman Qureshi, MD

Associate Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934
salamn.qureshi [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Qureshi's research is focused on the molecular biology of host defense and sepsis. Dr. Qureshi is the Director of Inhalation Therapy.

Barry Rabinovitch, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934

Jason Shahin MD Msc

Assistant Professor
Tel: 514-934-1934 
jason.shahin [at] mcgill.ca

Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH

Professor
Tel.: 514-934-1934 
kevin.schwartzman [at] mcgill.ca

Director, Respiratory Division, McGill University and McGill University Health Centre

Dr. Schwartzman's interests include the epidemiology of tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases, and cost effective analyses. 

David Small, MD

Associate Professor
Jewish General Hospital - Pulmonary Division
Tel.: 514-340-8203
dsmall [at] pne.jgh.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Small is actively involved in many administrative, teaching, and research activities at both the JGH and McGill University.  He is active in the teaching program for pulmonary fellows and internal medicine residents at the JGH and McGill University. He coordinates and oversees all research studies carried out at the JGH-McGill University.

Benjamin M. Smith, MD, MSc

Assistant professor
Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU) 
Tel.: 514-934-1934
benjamin.m.smith [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Smith’s interests include the epidemiology and physiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, and medical education with a major focus on lung cancer and obstructive lung disease.

Paul Warshawsky, MD

Assistant Professor
Tel.: 514-340-8203
pwarshaw [at] icu.jgh.mcgill.ca (Email)

Director, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU) and Division of Critical Care, Jewish General Hospital

Norman Wolkove, MD

Associate Professor
nwolkove [at] pne.jgh.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Wolkove’s interests include asthma, obstructive lung disease, and rehabilitation. He is Director of Pulmonary Services at the Mount-Sinai Hospital Center.

Arnold Zidulka, MD

Associate Professor
arnold.zidulka [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr Zidulka's interests include sleep disordered breathing, critical care medicine and medical devices.