Reshma Amin
Staff Respirologist
Respiratory Medicine
SickKids
Canada
Biography
Dr. Reshma Amin joined The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in July 2010 as a clinical investigator in the Division of Respiratory Medicine and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Amin completed a degree in Biology at the University of Western Ontario prior to graduating from medical school at the University of Toronto in 2002. She completed her paediatric residency training in Toronto. This was followed by a two-year respiratory medicine fellowship at SickKids. She subsequently completed a Master’s of Science degree in a graduate program in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto concurrently with a research fellowship. She completed a three month observership in Sleep Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Research Interest
• Paediatric Pulmonology • Complex Respiratory Care and the Home Ventilation Program • Sleep disordered breathing in children
Publications
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Amin R, Subbarao P, Jabar A, Balkovec S, Jensen R, Kerrigan S, Gustaffson P, Ratjen F. Hypertonic Saline improves the LCI in paediatric CF patients with normal lung function Thorax 2010; 65:379-383
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Amin R, Lam M, Dupuis A, Ratjen F. The Effect of Early Pseudomonas aeruginosa Treatment on Lung Function in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis (in submission to Pediatric Pulmonology)
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Amin R, Subbarao P, Liou W, Jabar A, Balkovec S, Jensen R, Kerrigan S, Gustaffson P, Ratjen F. The Effect of rhDNase on Ventilation Inhomogeneity in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis (in press ERJ July 2010)
