Dr. Lawrence Leroux
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MD, FRCPC, MSc (c)

Lawrence Leroux

I am a clinician-scientist working at the intersection of anesthesiology, resuscitation science, and artificial intelligence. My mission is to improve neurologically intact survival from cardiac arrest through technology-driven innovation.

As a staff anesthesiologist at Hôpital Sacré-Cœur-de-Montréal and clinical researcher at Université de Montréal, I lead multiple projects spanning AI-guided defibrillation, prehospital ECPR systems, and hospital operations optimization.

I believe that the future of resuscitation lies in personalized, real-time decision support—systems that can analyze physiological signals during CPR and guide clinicians toward optimal interventions, even in the most chaotic prehospital environments.

Resuscitation ScienceMachine LearningECG/EEG Signal ProcessingClinical Trial DesignECPR/ECMOPoint-of-Care Ultrasound

Current Roles

Since 2025
Staff Anesthesiologist
Hôpital Sacré-Cœur-de-Montréal
Since 2024
Clinical Teaching Lead
Université de Montréal, Anesthesiology Dept.
Since 2024
Associate Researcher
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Since 2025
Medical Advisor, ECMO & Resuscitation
Urgences-santé (Montreal EMS)
Since 2021
Founder & CSO
Impack-CPR Inc.

Previous Experience

2024 - 2025
Staff Anesthesiologist
Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme
2016 - 2019
Emergency Department Physician
Various Quebec hospitals
2016 - 2019
ICU Physician (Family Medicine)
Various Quebec hospitals

Education

2025 - 2027 (In Progress)

M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence

Concordia University (INDI Program)

Thesis: Prediction of defibrillation outcome by ECG waveform analysis

Supervisors: Jamal Bentahar, Lyes Kadem, Yiorgos Alexandros Cavayas

2024

FRCPC Anesthesiology

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

2019 - 2024

Residency in Anesthesiology

Université de Montréal

2014 - 2016

Residency in Family Medicine

Université de Montréal

2009 - 2014

M.D. Doctor of Medicine

Université Laval

Grants & Funding

Research funding received as PI.

PIActive
VF-FM
ZOLL Foundation
$36,000 USD2025 - 2026
PIActive
VF-FM
Resuscitation Science Network (RSN)
$40,000 CAD2024 - 2026
PICompleted
Milritrac
ZOLL Foundation
$33,199 USD2021 - 2023
PIActive
Milritrac
Département d'anesthésiologie, Université de Montréal
$20,000 CAD2024 - 2025

Awards & Recognition

2023
Best Presentation - F.I.R.S.T Competition
European Resuscitation Council
2022
1st Prize Research Day
Dept. Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, UdeM
2022
Best Presentation
Department of Anesthesiology, UdeM

Get in Touch

Interested in collaboration, speaking opportunities, or joining the research team?

lawrence.leroux@umontreal.ca