Marc Beltempo

Dr. Marc Beltempo is a staff neonatologist and scientist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (Montreal). His research focuses on evaluating how the organization of work affects outcomes of infants and identifying best care practices to improve care. Using clinical and administrative databases, he evaluates the effects of different healthcare delivery models (nursing ratios, physician staffing), resource allocation (unit occupancy, nursing overtime) and interventions on quality of care and efficiency in the neonatal intensive care unit. As the Director of the Canadian Neonatal Network, Dr. Beltempo is leading several studies that aim to improve quality of care in the neonatal intensive care unit. He holds funding from the CIHR, Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Neonatal Foundation, FRQ-S and the Ministry of Health. The overarching goal is to improve quality of care and improve efficiency in the delivery of care.