Alisha Jamal

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Faculty

Dr. Alisha Jamal is a paediatric emergency medicine physician at The Hospital for Sick Children and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. She completed her Honours Bachelor of Science at the University of Western Ontario, followed by a Master of Science in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She went on to complete her paediatric residency and paediatric emergency medicine fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children, as well as advanced fellowship training in point-of-care ultrasound. Dr. Jamal is also Physician Lead for Paediatric Emergency Care at Trillium Health Partners, where she leads initiatives focused on quality, safety, and systems improvement in paediatric care. Her clinical, educational, and scholarly work is centred on paediatric emergency medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, quality improvement, and the advancement of safe, high-quality care for children across hospital and community settings.

Education and Experience

• 2020—2021: Advanced Training Fellowship, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Division of Emergency Medicine/ Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• 2018—2020: Clinical Fellowship, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine/Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• 2010—2014: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 

Achievements 

• 2024: Teaching Excellence Award, Recipient, University of Toronto MD Program, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2024: Professional Staff Excellence Award, Recipient, Trillium Health Partners, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2024: Trillium Health Partners Better Together Professional Staff Excellence Award, Division of Women and Children’s Health, Mississauga, ON, Canada
• 2019: Ludwig-Seidel Award, Recipient, American Academy of Pediatrics Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Research, Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine)

1. Jamal A, Finkelstein Y, Kuppermann N, Freedman SB, Florin TA, Babl FE, Dalziel SR, Zemek R, Plint AC, Steele DW, Schnadower D, Johnson DW, Stephens D, Kharbanda A, Roland D, Lyttle MD, Macias CG, Fernandes RM, Benito J, Schuh S. Pharmacotherapy in bronchiolitis at discharge from emergency departments within the Pediatric Emergency Research Networks: a retrospective analysis. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Aug;3(8):539-547. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30193-2. Impact Factor 11.288,
2. Jamal A, Ruse N, Welling T, McLean L. Outcomes of a Comprehensive Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV Insertion (USGPIV) Training Program in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2022 Oct 11. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2023.05.007. Impact Factor 1.489.
3. Kehar M, Grunebaum E, Jimenez-Rivera C, Mozer-Glassberg Y, Jamal A, Ng VL, Avitzur Y. Conversion from Tacrolimus to Sirolimus as a Treatment Modality in de novo Allergies and Immune-mediated Disorders in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 Sep; 24 (6): e13737. doi: 10.1111/petr.13737. Impact Factor 1.5,
4. Turgeon P, Chan G, Chen L, Jamal A, Yan MS, Ho JJD, Yuan L, Ibeh N, Ku KH, Cybulsky MI, Aird WC and Marsden PA. Epigenetic Heterogeneity and Mitotic Heritability Prime Endothelial Cell Gene Induction. J Immunol. 2020 Mar; 204:1173-1187. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900744 . Impact Factor 5.422. Trainee Publication; Graduate student work)
5. Weidman D, Scott O, Jewitt N, Jamal A, Harel-Sterling M, Au H, Punnett A. PedLER: Pediatric Longitudinal Experience with Residents, Can Med Educ J. 2019 Mar: 10 (1): E134-136.