Research
Dr. Whitehead is a clinical professor of medicine at McMaster University. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine and Respirology in Hamilton in 1992. Between 2005 and 2014, she was the Program Director for the McMaster Respirology Residency Training Program. Dr. Whitehead is Chair for the Specialty Committee in Respirology at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is Past President of the Hamilton Academy of Medicine and serves as a delegate to council for the Ontario Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association.She is the Chair of the National Senior Respiratory Fellows Symposium, an annual event supported by the Canadian Thoracic Society. Dr. Whitehead is the Medical Lead for the Regional Tuberculosis Clinic based at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. Her clinical areas of interest include tuberculosis, lung cancer and pediatric asthma. Throughout her career, Dr. Whitehead has received many awards for her academic, teaching, clinical and community activities. Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program Consultant, Respirology
Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.
13 publications.
Metastatic Non‐Small‐Cell Lung Cancer in the Setting of Unilateral Agenesis of the Left Pulmonary Artery: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review
Agzarian J, Kadlec J, Whitehead L, Shargall Y
Air Filtration for Childhood Asthma: A Pilot Randomized Trial
McDonald E, Clarke F, Freitag A, Cox G, Whitehead L, Keith P, Waserman S, Newman T, Cook D
Validation of the Asthma Control Questionnaire in Children
McDonald E, Clarke F, Zhou Q, Freitag A, Cox G, Whitehead L, Keith P, Waserman S, Newman T, Cook D
Adverse events associated with pyrazinamide and levofloxacin in the treatment of latent multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Papastavros T, Dolovich LR, Holbrook A, Whitehead L, Loeb M
Epstein-Barr virus infection in paediatric liver transplant recipients: detection of the virus in post-transplant tonsillectomy specimens
Meru N, Davison S, Whitehead L, Jung A, Mutimer D, Rooney N, Kelly D, Niedobitek G
Epstein-Barr virus infection in paediatric liver transplant recipients: Detection of the virus in posttransplant tonsilectomy specimens
Meru N, Davison S, Whitehead L, Jung A, Mutimer D, Rooney N, Kelly D, Niedobitek G
Quantitation of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in the blood of adult liver transplant recipients
Mutimer D, Kaur N, Tang H, Singhal S, Shaw J, Whitehead L, Rickinson A, Niedobitek G
A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Airways Inflammation in Adult Cigarette Smokers
Cox G, Whitehead L, Dolovich M, Jordana M, Gauldie J, Newhouse MT
The use of glycopyrrolate in a case of intermediate syndrome following acute organophosphate poisoning
Choi PTL, Quinonez LG, Cook DJ, Baxter F, Whitehead L
EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS (EBV) INFECTION IN INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS: VIRUS LATENCY, REPLICATION AND PHENOTYPE OF EBV‐INFECTED CELLS
NIEDOBITEK G, AGATHANGGELOU A, HERBST H, WHITEHEAD L, WRIGHT DH, YOUNG LS
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Andy Freitag
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Mark Loeb
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