Conall Francoeur, MD, MSc

Pediatric Critical Care / Neurocritical Care, McGill University / Montreal Children's Hospital

Montreal, QC, Canada

About

Pediatric intensivist and neurocritical care specialist at Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre. Published on pediatric neurocritical care and continuous EEG monitoring in critically ill children.

Research Interests

Pediatric Neurocritical CareContinuous EEG MonitoringStatus EpilepticusBrain Injury in Critically Ill Children

Publications(9)

Correlation of noninvasive near-infrared spectroscopy with outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

Gabriel ED, Kumar NK, Senthil K, Hejazi-Garcia C, Wang C, Lacoul A, Mazandi V, Wannasarnmetha M, Bhatia A, Tucker AM, Storm PB, Flanders TM, Heuer GG, Kennedy BC, Kirschen M, Topjian A, Francoeur C, Yuan I, Kim CT, Kilbaugh TJ, Huh JW, Lang SS

Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics (2026) · DOI → · PubMed

In reply: Hypoxic-ischemic spinal cord injury after cardiac arrest.

Francoeur C, Lehr A, Hornby L, Alkharusi A, Boyd JG, Saint Martin C, Poulin C, Slater F, Kirschen MP, Shemie SD

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (2026) · DOI → · PubMed

Spinal cord ischemia following pediatric cardiac arrest: An unexplored complication of hypoxic ischemic injury.

Loaec M, Vossough A, Francoeur C, Graham K, Morgan RW, Topjian AA, Kirschen MP

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (2026) · DOI → · PubMed

Severe Pediatric Neurological Manifestations With SARS-CoV-2 or MIS-C Hospitalization and 1-Year Outcomes

Francoeur C, Alcamo AM, Robertson CL, Wainwright MS, Appavu B

JAMA Netw Open (2024) · PubMed

COVID-19Neurocritical Care

A Comparison of Ketamine and Midazolam as First-Line Anesthetic Infusions for Pediatric Status Epilepticus

Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS

Neurocrit Care (2023) · DOI → · PubMed

Status EpilepticusNeonatal

A Survey of Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship Training in North America

Hong SJ, Wainwright MS, Abend NS, Appavu BL, Francoeur C, Erklauer JC, Guerguerian AM, Guerriero RM, Guilliams KP, Lee-Eng J, Loeb J, Lovett ME, Murphy SA, Pardo AC, Pineda JA, Ruzas CM, Topjian AA

Pediatr Neurol (2023) · DOI → · PubMed

Neurocritical CareEEGSurveyEducation

Ketamine for Management of Neonatal and Pediatric Refractory Status Epilepticus.

Jacobwitz M, Mulvihill C, Kaufman MC, Gonzalez AK, Resendiz K, MacDonald JM, Francoeur C, Helbig I, Topjian AA, Abend NS

Neurology (2022) · DOI → · PubMed

SeizuresEpilepsyStatus EpilepticusNeonatalNeurocritical Care

A Survey of Neuromonitoring Practices in North American PICUs

Kirschen MP, LaRovere K, Balakrishnan B, Erklauer J, Francoeur C, Ganesan SL, Jayakar A, Lovett M, Luchette M, Press CA, Wolf M, Ferrazzano P, Wainwright MS, Appavu B

Pediatr Neurol (2022) · PubMed

NeuromonitoringSurveyNeurocritical Care

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Neurologic Manifestations in Hospitalized Children Diagnosed with Acute SARS-CoV-2 or MIS-C.

Fink EL, Robertson CL, Wainwright MS, Roa JD, Lovett ME, Stulce C, Yacoub M, Potera RM, Zivick E, Holloway A, Nagpal A, Wellnitz K, Czech T, Even KM, Brunow de Carvalho W, Rodriguez IS, Schwartz SP, Walker TC, Campos-Mino S, Dervan LA, Geneslaw AS, Sewell TB, Pryce P, Silver WG, Lin JE, Vargas WS, Topjian A, Alcamo AM, McGuire JL, Dominguez Rojas JA, Munoz JT, Hong SJ, Muller WJ, Doerfler M, Williams CN, Drury K, Bhagat D, Nelson A, Price D, Dapul H, Santos L, Kahoud R, Francoeur C, Appavu B, Guilliams KP, Agner SC, Walson KH, Rasmussen L, Janas A, Ferrazzano P, Farias-Moeller R, Snooks KC, Chang CH, Yun J, Schober ME

Pediatr Neurol (2021) · DOI → · PubMed

COVID-19

Conference Abstracts(2)

Variability in Pediatric Brain Death Protocols in the United States

Kirschen M, Francoeur C, Weiss M, Macdonald J, Press C, Greer D, Berg R, Morrison W, Topjian A

American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting (2021) · poster

Neurocritical Care

Variability in the Neurologic Determination of Death in Pediatric Institutions in the United States

Francoeur C, Weiss M, MacDonald J, Press C, Berg R, Topjian A, Morrison W, Kirschen M

50th Critical Care Congress (2021) · poster

Neurocritical Care