Jumana Samara, MD, Neonatololgist, Neonatal Critical Care, Calgary

Dr Jumana Samara

MD,CABP (PEDIATRICS), RC affiliate NPM, MSc(Microbiology)
Pronouns: She/her

Affiliations

Staff Neonatologist

University of Calgary

Contact information

Email

Phone number

cell: 5878300023

Location

NICU : Rockyview General Hospital 5A225

Background

Credentials

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada , Medical Council of Canada, 2013

Subspecialist Affiliate of the RCPSC in Neonatal- perinatal Medicine , RCPSC, 2017

Royal College Pediatrics Exam , RSCPSC, 2023

Speciality Practice in Pediatrics/Neonatology , College of Physician and surgeon of Alberta, 2023

Speciality Practice in Pediatrics/Neonatology , College of Physician and surgeon of Nova Scotia, 2023

Speciality Practice in Pediatrics/Neonatology , College of Physician and surgeon of Manitoba, 2020

4. College of Physician and surgeon of Alberta, Provisional Register - Postgraduate Trainee July 2015- June 2018 , CPSA, 2015

Educational Background

MD Medicine , University of Aleppo, 2000

Residencey and Master's Pediatrics , Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Syria, 2003

Certificate of Arab Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics , Arab Board, 2004

Fellowship Neonatal Perinatal medicine , Univestiy of Calgary , 2018

MSc Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , Univerisy of Calgary , 2022

Resume

Publications

  • Probiotic Supplementation Accelerates Gut Microbiome Maturation in Extremely Preterm Infants. (2021)
  • 2. Effects of Probiotics on Feeding Tolerance and Intestinal Microbiota in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized-Controlled Trial. (2022)
  • 3. The gut microbiome of premature infants: an ecological analysis of a probiotic intervention study, master's thesis, University of Calgary. (2021)
  • Contribution of fungal microbiome to intestinal physiology, early-life immune development and mucosal inflammation in mice. Nature Communications. (2020)
  • Rare Presentation of Infantile Fibrosarcoma. (2018)
  • Improving the Quality of transportation call in Southern Alberta Neonatal transportation program. (2017)
  • Risk Factors Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) among Infants born < 33 Weeks’ Gestation Managed on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) during the First Week of Life. (2017)
  • Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern of Common Community-Acquired Uropathogens in Children in a Saudi Tertiary Care Hospita. (2012)
  • Tuberous Sclerosis, the Diagnostic Criteria in Children. (2003)