平特五不中

Dr Judith Marcoux completed her medical degree in 1997 at Universit茅 de Montr茅al, where she then underwent her residency training in Neurosurgery, as well as pursuing a Masters in Neuroscience on spinal cord injury and recovery. After successfully passing her Royal College exam in Neurosurgery in 2003, she went on to the听 University of California in Los Angeles to complete one extra year of training听and research in neurotrauma and neurocritical care, becoming听the first Canadian neurosurgeon to be trained in neurotrauma. She returned to Montreal in 2004 to work听as a听neurosurgeon at the 平特五不中 Health Centre, and Assistant Professor at 平特五不中. Her practice has been centered mainly on the care of traumatic brain injury patients. She teaches neurosciences and neurotrauma at all levels of education in medicine, from first year students to senior residents. She was a member of the core committee for the Royal College examination for six years and听is a member of the Neurosurgery Residency Program Committee at 平特五不中. She is also an Associate Researcher at the MUHC-Research Institute (RI), primarily focusing her research on听severe traumatic brain injury. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles on subjects related to seizure prophylaxis compliance, venous thromboembolic event prophylaxis timing with associated complications and effectiveness, accuracy of ventricular catheters insertion with the development of a new method to increase the accuracy, decompressive craniectomy implementation, management of anti-platelets and anti-coagulants in the setting of an acute traumatic subdural hematoma, factors influencing the performance of care in urgent trauma craniotomies, and more. Since 2017, she is also co-chair of the Research Ethics Committee for Neuroscience at the MUHC.