SickKids Neonatal Neurocritical Care
Dedicated to the care of infants with brain injury, the SickKids Neonatal Neurocritical Care Unit’s multidisciplinary team of professionals provide exemplary clinical service for patient’s and their families, work to advance novel, cutting-edge research, and provide specialized outreach and education for trainees and staff.
Clinical Service
We provide advanced neurocritical care service to infants with:
- Preterm Brain Injury including intraventricular hemorrhage, white matter injury and post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
- Neonatal Encephalopathy
- Acute Symptomatic Seizures
- CNS Infection
- Stroke
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Brain malformations
Education
The Hospital for Sick Children Divisions of Neonatology and Neurology offer a one- or two-year Neonatal Neurology Fellowship. The position offers comprehensive training in Neonatal Neurology with emphasis on clinical evaluation, bedside monitoring tools (e.g. amplitude-integrated EEG and continuous EEG, Near Infra-red Spectroscopy), and advanced MRI techniques.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact neonatal neurology fellowship directors Dr. Emily Tam (emily.tam@sickkids.ca) and Dr. Amr El Shahed (amr.elshahed@sickkids.ca).
Research
Our team is using advanced magnetic resonance (MR) and neurophysiological techniques to understand the causes of brain injury and promote optimal neurodevelopment in high-risk newborns.
Examples of publications can be found in this link Neonatal Neurosciences – SickKids.
Meet our Team
Co-Founders
Clinical Co-Directors
Dr. Hilary Whyte, Neonatology
Dr. Steven Miller, Neurology
Dr. Mehmet Cizmeci, Neonatology
Dr. Emily Tam, Neurology
Research Co-Directors
Education Co-Directors
Dr. Brian Kalish, Neonatology
Dr. Emily Tam, Neurology
Dr. Amr El Shahed, Neonatology
Dr. Vann Chau, Neurology
Program Leads
Staff Members
Diane Wilson, NNP, Neonatal Neurocritical Care
Vanna Kazazian, NNP, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Care
Dr. Linh Ly, Neonatology
