Basil Petrof

Dr. Basil Petrof received his MD degree from Laval University, and then completed specialty training in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at McGill University, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After obtaining a Clinician-Scientist Award from the Medical Research Council of Canada, he pursued post-doctoral research training at the Center for Respiratory Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania, working in the areas of respiratory muscle biology and sleep medicine. Since joining the faculty at McGill, he received the FRSQ Chercheur National Award, was Vice-President of the Quebec Respiratory Health Network, and currently serves as Director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories and Director of the Program for Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases at the McGill University Health Centre Research Institute.