In this presentation, we will discuss the changing epidemiology of complications among premature neonates in NICUs and evolving demands of skillsets among neonatal clinicians. How these needs are fostering the growth of newer technologies, quality improvement initiatives, and research endeavors for the provision of better critical care in NICUs. Dr. Jain will describe from his own experience, with the aid of case histories, the emergence of neonatal hemodynamics and targeted neonatal echocardiography (TNE) as a neonatal sub-specialty, its utilization, and impact in acute complications among premature neonates. He will also talk about the development of local training programs and an upcoming international network of experts created with the vision of raising the bar of hemodynamic care provision in NICUs worldwide.
Dr. Amish Jain works as a staff neonatologist and clinician-scientist at the Sinai Health System/Tanenbaum-Lunenfeld Research Institute and as an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. He is also the site Director of the Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Program in the NICU at Mount Sinai Hospital, which he co-founded in the year 2011. During this time, Dr. Jain also completed a Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Physiology in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Jain’s specific research interests are in the field of critical care, neonatal cardiopulmonary physiology, and functional echocardiography, particularly in the assessment and management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function. Dr. Jain currently holds the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and SickKids Foundation’s (SKF) New Investigator Research Grant for the study of chronic pulmonary hypertension in preterm neonates, and Investigator-Initiated Research Grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals for establishing a Canadian national database for preterm neonates exposed to inhaled nitric oxide, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Ontario) Clinician-Scientist Phase 2 award for his research program titled “Improving Management of Pulmonary hypertension and Right heart function in NeonaTes (IMPRINT)”.
