Education & Mentorship

Teaching

Training the next generation of clinician-scientists through courses, workshops, and graduate student supervision.

Course Direction

Course Director
Annual Resuscitation Course
Université de Montréal, Anesthesiology

2-hour annual course on resuscitation for anesthesiology residents.

2020 - Present
Rotation Director
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Rotation
Université de Montréal, Anesthesiology

Clinical rotation in POCUS for anesthesiology residents, including hands-on training and certification preparation.

2019 - Present
Curriculum Lead
POCUS Curriculum Redesign
Université de Montréal, Anesthesiology

Complete redesign of the point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for the anesthesiology residency program.

2022 - Present

Workshops & Training Programs

Rescue TEE Workshop
Transesophageal echocardiography for resuscitation scenarios
Multiple Canadian sites, International venues
2020 - Present
Kids Save Lives
CPR education program for elementary school students
Montreal area schools
2023 - Present

Graduate Student Co-Supervision

All supervision completed as co-supervisor while completing MSc in AI.

Completed Students (6 MSc/PhD)

Maryam Valipour

PhD

Coronary perfusion pressure estimation during cardiac arrest by PPG waveform analysis

Co-supervised with: Jamal Bentahar

Completed 2024

Thesis

Kimia Nematikalkani

MSc

New generation of high fidelity cardiopulmonary resuscitation manikin

Co-supervised with: Lyes Kadem

Completed 2024

Zoé Lord

MSc

Cardiovascular Resuscitation Identification Simulator in Space (CRISiS)

Co-supervised with: Lyes Kadem

Completed 2024

François LaBerge

MSc

Blood pressure estimation by photoplethysmography waveform analysis

Co-supervised with: Jamal Bentahar

Completed 2023

Thesis

Andrea El-Khoury

MSc

Evaluation of CPR Performance: An in vitro study on a novel experimental setup

Co-supervised with: Lyes Kadem

Completed 2023

Thesis

Arijit Mandal

MSc

3-D Printing of Piezoelectric Sensors for Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring

Co-supervised with: Sampada Bodkhe

Completed 2023

Thesis

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Looking for motivated graduate students interested in AI/ML for resuscitation, signal processing, clinical research, or medical device development.

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