Sarah McMullenMSc, MD, FRCPC

Assistant professor

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Email: sarah.mcmullen@nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-473-3486
Mailing Address: 
Suite 377, Bethune Bldg
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9
 
Research Topics:
  • Ultrasonography in intensive care
  • QA QI initiatives
  • Perioperative medicine

 

Education

  • Critical Care (Adult) Fellowship (Dalhousie University)
  • Internal Medicine Residency (McMaster University)
  • MD (McMaster University)
  • MSc (Carleton University)
  • BSc (University of New Brunswick)

Professional appointments

  • Program Director, Adult Critical Care Subspeciality Training Program

Professional interests

Dr. McMullen’s interests lie in patient safety and the delivery of quality health care through collaborative initiatives. Clinical interests include perioperative medicine and the implementation of ultrasonography in critical care, including development of the Critical Care Trainees’ Bedside Echocardiography Program curriculum. Her goals include the development of a formal Perioperative Medicine Program.

Selected publications

  • McMullen SM and Patrick WD.  (2013) Cyanosis.  The American Journal of Medicine.  26 (3): 210-212, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.11.004).
  • McMullen SM, Meade M, Rose L, Burns K, Mehta S, et al. (2012) Partial Ventilatory Support Modalities in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 7(8): e40190. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040190.
  • McMullen SM, Henzler D, Macdonald M, Gilles A, Julien L. Mechanical Ventilation Parameters Associated with Assisted Breathing in Intubated Adult Intensive Care Patients. Am J Resp Crit Care Med.. 2010; 181 Suppl:A3002.
  • McMullen SM.  Preface from the Editor-in-Chief. McMaster University Medical Journal, 2004; 2:3.
  • McMullen SM. Dr. Emily Howard Jennings Stowe: A battle half-won. McMaster University Medical Journal, 2003; 1:33-7.