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Dan Poenaru

Academic title(s): 

Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery

Dan Poenaru
Contact Information
Email address: 
dan.poenaru [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-412-4400 x25243
Biography: 

Dan is a professor of paediatric surgery and researcher at the Montréal Children’s Hospital and Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. He has earned Masters degrees in both Health Professions Education and International Development, and a doctorate in Health Strategy & Management. He is a FRQS- and CIHR-funded investigator in patient-centred surgical care, head of the McGill CommiSur Lab, director of the Jean-Martin Laberge Fellowship in Global Pediatric Surgery and founding member of the Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery (GICS). He has published over 140 scientific papers and several book chapters, and supervises multiple Masters’ and PhD students from Canada and across the world. His research in digital health includes use of ML models for clinical predictive tools in acute appendicitis, NLP in the EHR and for abstract mining, AI-based precision communication patient-centred apps, and VR for trauma simulation training.

Current research: 

AI Predictive Models, VR Simulation, Telemedicine

Selected publications: 

Nguyen N , Leveille E , Guadagno E , Kalisya LM , Poenaru D, Use of mobile health technologies for postoperative care in paediatric surgery: A systematic review., Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 1357633X20934682 (2020)

Division: 
Experimental Surgery
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