Robert Porter

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Chair of the Janeway Research Advisory Committee MD, MSc, CCFP (EM), FCFP

Pediatrics Emergency Medicine


Clinical Interests:

• Emergency medicine

Education Interests:

• Teaching core emergency medicine cognitive and psychomotor skills through simulation

Research Interests:

• Pain in children
• Quality improvement in emergency medicine
• Pediatric orthopedic conditions in the emergency department

Publications:

Schuh S, Zemek R, Plint A, Black KJ, Freedman S, Porter R, et al. Magnesium use in asthma pharmacotherapy: a Pediatric Emergency Research Canada study. Pediatrics 2012 May;129(5):852-9.*

Porter R, O'Reilly H. Pulmonary hemorrhage: a rare complication of opioid overdose. Pediatr Emerg Care 2011 Aug;27(8):742-4.*

Freedman SB, Gouin S, Bhatt M, Black KJ, Johnson D, Guimont C, et al. Prospective assessment of practice pattern variations in the treatment of pediatric gastroenteritis. Pediatrics 2011 Feb;127(2):e287-e295.*