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Amaryllis Ferrand

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology

Amaryllis Ferrand
Contact Information
Address: 

Jewish General Hospital

Email address: 
amaryllis.ferrand [at] mcgill.ca
Division: 
Neonatology
Area(s): 
Patient-oriented research
Prematurity
Degree(s): 

MD, PhD (Cand)

Biography: 

Dr. Ferrand is a neonatologist at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, a clinician-scientist and associate clinical professor at 91ɬÂþ. She is currently completing a PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Ethics option at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Dr Eric Racine. Dr. Ferrand studied Biomedical Sciences and Psychology at the University of Ottawa. After graduating from Medical School at the University of Ottawa in 2011, she completed a residency in Pediatrics at at the University of Western Ontario from 2011-2014, followed by a fellowship in neonatology and a fellowship as a clinical investigator at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal from 2014-2017. During her fellowships Dr. Ferrand did a masters in Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Ethics option at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Dr Antoine Payot.

Dr Ferrand was awarded the Clinician-Researcher Scholarship of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal in 2016. She was awarded the FRQS doctorate award in 2018 and is the current holder of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship since 2019.

Her research interests include prognostication of high-risk pregnancies, predictions of future quality of life of NICU infants, Patient-partners in neonatal-perinatal medicine and improving trainee’s education of antenatal consultations.

Areas of expertise: 
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Pragmatic Health Ethics
  • Neonatology
  • Qualitative research
  • Mixed Methods research
  • Participative Research
Areas of interest: 
  • Antenatal consultations
  • Limit of viability of extreme preterm infants
  • Cognitive biases in prognosis
  • Quality of life and resilience
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Royal College Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine fellowship (2014-2016)
  • Royal College Clinician-Scientist fellowship (2017-current)
  • Doctoral trainee in Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (2018-2023)
  • Vanier Doctoral Scholarship recipient – IRSC (2019-2025)
  • FRQS Doctoral Scholarship recipient « Bourse de formation doctorale pour les détenteurs d’un diplôme professionnel », (2018-2019)
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