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Brett Burstein

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor, 91直播
Clinician-Scientist, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Montreal Children's Hospital, 91直播 Health Centre
Department Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Brett Burstein
Contact Information
Address: 

1001 Decarie Blvd, BS1.4336
Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1
T: 514-412-4400 x24757

Email address: 
brett.burstein [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Division: 
Emergency Medicine
Area(s): 
Epidemiology
Degree(s): 

MDCM, Ph.D, MPH

Biography: 

Dr. Burstein is an Associate Professor at 91直播 in the Department Pediatrics and the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. He received his M.D/Ph.D degrees from 91直播 (2010) and MPH from Harvard (2018). He trained in General Pediatrics (2013) then Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2015) at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, and was subsequently appointed as Clinician-Scientist at the 91直播 Health Centre Research Institute. He is a Decision Editor for the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) consortium, the Board of Directors for the Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids (TREKK) network, the Research Committee of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), and is . He holds a Clinical Research Scholar career award (FRQ-S), and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, commentaries and book chapters with nearly 6000 career citations. His primary research interest is the emergency management of fever among infants in the first months of life, and he is the principal author of national guidelines from the Canadian Paediatric Society.

Areas of expertise: 
  • Febrile young infants
  • Invasive bacterial infections
Areas of interest: 
  • Shared decision-making
  • Quality improvement
  • Emergency Department resource utilization
  • Trauma
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