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Dr. Yoram Shir

Academic title(s): 

Professor

Dr. Yoram Shir
Contact Information
Email address: 
yoram.shir.med [at] ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Phone: 
(514) 934-8558
Office: 
A5-140
Location: 
Montreal General Hospital
Hospital title: 
The Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit
Degree(s): 

MD

Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Areas of expertise: 

Pain Medicine

Current research: 

The role of the gut microbiome in chronic pain conditions

Clinical Interests: 

Pain Medicine

Areas of interest: 

Gut microbiome, opioids in chronic pain, pain preventions

Courses: 

Various in medical school and McGill

Selected publications: 

The gut microbiota promotes pain in fibromyalgia.
Cai W, Haddad M, Haddad R, Kesten I, Hoffman T, Laan R, Westfall S, Defaye M, Abdullah NS, Wong C, Brown N, Tansley S, Lister KC, Hooshmandi M, Wang F, Lorenzo LE, Hovhannisyan V, Ho-Tieng D, Kumar V, Sharif B, Thurairajah B, Fan J, Sahar T, Clayton C, Wu N, Zhang J, Bar-Yoseph H, Pitashny M, Krock E, Mogil JS, Prager-Khoutorsky M, Séguéla P, Altier C, King IL, De Koninck Y, Brereton NJB, Gonzalez E, Shir Y, Minerbi A, Khoutorsky A.
Neuron. 2025 Jul 9;113(13):2161-2175.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.03.032. Epub 2025 Apr 24.

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