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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Michael Smith Health Research BC Health-Professional Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Neonatologist, BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver
MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC, DRCPSC

Biography

Dr. Souvik Mitra is a staff Neonatologist at the BC Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia and Clinician-Scientist at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada. He completed his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from McMaster University and his PhD in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research from Dalhousie University, Canada. He holds a Diplomate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Neonatal Hemodynamics and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography.

His research program, supported by the Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional Investigator award, aims to improve outcomes of the smallest and sickest newborns through multicenter, multinational clinical trials and by incorporating the principles of ‘evidence-based medicine’ in their care. 

He is the Chair of the Fetus and Newborn Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society, member of the Institute Advisory Board, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) and the College of Reviewers, CIHR. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Cochrane Neonatal Group and co-chairs the Academic Committee of the Neonatal Hemodynamic Research Centre. Additionally, he is the Research Director for the Division of Neonatology and co-Program Director of the Neonatal Hemodynamics and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography program at BC Women’s Hospital Vancouver.

Presentation

Medical treatment of the PDA: How can we apply the current evidence to practice?

Wednesday 25 November 12.00