Alexander Amir MDCM, FRCPC
Associate Professor
BSc, MDCM, FRCPC
Peri-operative Echocardiography
Transesophageal Echocardiography
ECMO
Thoracic Anesthesia
Trauma Anesthesia
Acute and Chronic Pain Medicine
• Vongchaiudomchoke, W., Vaillancourt, J., Baldini, G. Amir, A. et al. Bedside rectus femoris ultrasound to evaluate sarcopenia in surgical patients: an observational study. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 71, 1429–1430 (2024).
• https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-024-02839-6Maxwell, S. Shatenko, H. Braund, R. Phelan, A. M. Ho, Canadian Anesthesiology Pocus Consortium Competencies for proficiency in basic point-of-care ultrasound in anesthesiology: national expert recommendations using Delphi methodology..Can J Anaesth 2024 Vol. 71 Issue 7 Pages 967-977 Accession Number: 38632162 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02746-w https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38632162
• Perlman, R., Lo, J., Po, J., Baldini G., Amir, A., & Zhang, V. (2022). Trauma and the Anesthesiologist: An International Perspective. Current Anesthesiology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40140-021-00507-9
• Schmid, S., Kaafarani, M., Baldini, G., Amir, A., Costescu, F., Shafiepour, D., Cools-Lartigue, J., Najmeh, S., Sirois, C., Ferri, L., Mulder, D., & Spicer, J. (2021). Implication of a novel postoperative recovery protocol to increase day 1 discharge rate after anatomic lung resection. Journal of Thoracic Disease
• Denault, A., Canty, D., Amir, A., Azzam, M., & Gebhardt, C. (2019). Whole body ultrasound in the operating room and the intensive care unit. Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 72(5), 413-428. doi: 10.4097/kja.19186
• Denault, A., Canty, D., Amir, A., Azzam, M., & Beaubien – Sousigny, W. (2018). Whole Body Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit – Bedside ultrasound of the whole body. ICU Management and Practice, 18(4)