Linh Ly

Staff Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology 

Dr. Linh Ly is a neonatologist with expertise in neonatal follow-up. She joined the Division of Neonatology at SickKids in 2008 as staff neonatologist and was appointed Medical Director of the Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic in 2009 and Medical Director of the NICU in 2018. She leads and collaborates on a number of clinical and research initiatives focused on optimizing the care and outcome of the critically ill newborn.

Research

The focus of Ly’s research is neurodevelopmental outcomes of neonates with acquired brain injury, complex congenital heart disease or complex medical needs. She collaborates on a number of projects that involve a multi-disciplinary approach to help enhance our understanding of the determinants that contribute to neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Current appointments

• 2018–present: NICU Clinical Director, Neonatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2009–present: Medical Director, Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2008–present: Staff Neonatologist, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2008–present: Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2008–present: Staff Neonatologist, Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2008–present: Project Investigator, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Education

• 2015–2016: Master’s Equivalent. OMA CMA Physician Leadership Development Program, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2007–2009: MEd, Developmental Psychology and Education, OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2004–2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2001–2004: Paediatric Residency (PGY 1-3), Royal Victoria Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• 1997–2001: MD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• 1994–1997: B.Sc. with Greatest Distinction, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Achievements

• 2013–2015: Member, Newborn Advisory Committee, Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health, Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic Work Group

1. Co- Author.  Reuter MS, Chaturvedi RR, Liston E, Manshaei R, Aul RB, Bowdin S, Cohn I, Curtis M, Dhir P, Hayeems R, Hosseini SM, Khan R, Ly LG, Marshall CR, Mertens L, Okello JBA, Pereira SL, Raajkumar A, Seed M, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Scherer SW, Kim RH, Jobling R. The Cardiac Genome Clinic: Implementing genome sequencing in pediatric heart disease. Genetics in Medicine, 2020. Accepted: 2020 January 27. 
2. Co- Author.  Grass B, Crosdale B, Keyzers M, Deshpande P, Hahn C, Ly LG, McNamara PJ. Implementation of amplitude-integrated electroencephalography in tertiary Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Units—a longitudinal study. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2019 October; 1–7.  
3. Co- Author.  Cizmeci MN, de Vries LS, Ly LG, van Haastert IC, Groenendaal F, Kelly EN, Traubici J, Whyte HE, Leijser LM. Periventricular Hemorrhagic Infarction in Very Preterm Infants: Characteristic Sonographic Findings and Association with Neurodevelopmental Outcome at Age 2 Years. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 February; 217: 79-85. 2019 Nov 6. pii: S0022-3476(19)31319-8.  
4. Co-Author. Lim JM, Porayette P, Marini D, Chau V, Au-Young SH, Saini A, Ly LG, Blaser S, Shroff M, Branson HM, Sananes R, Hickey EJ, Gaynor JW, Van Arsdell G, Miller SP, Seed M. Associations Between Age at Arterial Switch Operation, Brain Growth, and Development in Infants With Transposition of the Great Arteries. Circulation. 2019 Jun 11; 139(24):2728-2738. 
5. Co-Senior Author. Leijser LM, Miller SP, van Wezel-Meijler G, Brouwer AJ, Traubici J, van Haastert IC, Whyte HE, Groenendaal F, Kulkarni AV, Han KS, Woerdeman PA, Church PT, Kelly EN, van Straaten HLM, Ly LG, de Vries LS. Post-Hemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation in Preterm Infants: When Best to Intervene? Neurology 2018. Feb 20; 90(8): e698-e706.