Dr. Amit Mukerji

Associate Director

Dr. Amit Mukerji, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and is a staff neonatologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital. He has a Master of Science degree in clinical epidemiology (2017) from the University of Toronto and has completed a certificate program in quality improvement (2020) through the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at University of Toronto. His main area of clinical and research expertise is non-invasive respiratory support towards improved lung health outcomes in preterm neonates. He has received an Early Career Award (2019-2021) from Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation to support his research. He has published >30 articles in peer-reviewed journals as first/corresponding author, mostly in the realm of neonatal respiratory support/management and outcomes. He formed and chairs’ the PRVENT-BPD working group at MCH NICU aimed at standardizing practices towards preventing BPD, is the respiratory lead physician for the MCH NICU and is the Associate Director of the Canadian Neonatal Network.