Brigitte Lemyre MD, FRCPC

Biography

Dr. Brigitte Lemyre received her medical degree in 1993 and completed her residency in pediatrics in 1997, both at the Université de Sherbrooke. She worked as a community pediatrician in Québec for 18 months before completing her subspecialty training in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton in 2000. Dr. Lemyre is a clinical investigator at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute and at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She is also an academic neonatologist at CHEO and The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Lemyre has been involved in clinical trials in the field of neonatal pulmonology. She is the author of several systematic reviews on non-invasive ventilation in preterm infants. Other clinical and research interests include  therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy and shared decision making at the limit of viability.