Esther Lee
(she/her)
BSc, MD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Pediatrician and Palliative Medicine Specialist, BC Children's Hospital
Journal of Family Nursing
Vanessa C. Fong and Jennifer Baumbusch and Koushambhi Khan and Esther Lee and Sacha Bailey and Karma MacDonald and Angela Clancy
DOI: 10.1177/1074840725139360802 / 2026
Child Care Health and Development
Diaczun, T. and Kuan, M. and Crozier, T. and Nowak, A. and Vallance, C. and Lee, E.
DOI: 10.1111/cch.70093Annals of Family Medicine
Tseng, O.L. and Kim, G. and Ho, W.Y. and Lee, E.J. and Chang, H. and Lacaille, D. and Newton, C. and Vasarhelyi, K. and Poureslami, I. and Liow, E. and Mitton, C.
DOI: 10.1370/afm.240118Child Care Health and Development
Baumbusch, J. and Fong, V. and Lee, E. and Bandara, N. and Khan, K.
DOI: 10.1111/cch.70068British Columbia Medical Journal
08 / 2024
Frontiers in Public Health
Smith, N. and Donaldson, M. and Mitton, C. and Lee, E.
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1229738British Columbia Medical Journal
So, J. and Vallance, C. and Lee, E.
Esther Lee
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/fczm407 / 2023
Research Square
Jibb, L.A. and Pomeroy, B.C. and Carriere, C. and Hashemi, E. and Zaffino, I. and Panesar, P. and Hwang, K. and Mitchell, M. and Hildenbrand, A. and Coleman, M. and Lee, E.J.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2507214BMJ Open
Tseng, L.O. and Newton, C. and Hall, D. and Lee, E.J. and Chang, H. and Poureslami, I. and Vasarhelyi, K. and Lacaille, D. and Mitton, C.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067576Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Hoang, T.T. and Maroo, S. and Lee, E.J. and Dewan, T. and Heran, M. and Avinashi, V.
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000003615BMC Pediatrics
Diskin, C. and Buchanan, F. and Cohen, E. and Dewan, T. and Diaczun, T. and Gordon, M. and Lee, E. and MooreHepburn, C. and Major, N. and Orkin, J. and Patel, H. and Gill, P.J.
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-022-03549-yEsther J. Lee and Simone Stenekes and Michael Harlos
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.12.2015228007 / 2020
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Michael S Salman and Esther J Lee and Anindita Tjahjadi and Bernard N Chodirker
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.1208102 / 2013
Paediatrics & Child Health
Quynh Doan and Mercedes Chan and Vicki Leung and Esther Lee and Niranjan Kissoon
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.8.50310 / 2010
Study with H. Perry (Resp) and T. Dewan (U of C). Retrospective study to see if positional therapy is effective for children with neurological impairment and secretion/aspiration concerns - in progress.
Multisite study - Nora Fayed (PI-McMaster), Eyal Cohen, Joan Tranmer, Amal Khalil, Myla Moretti, Michael Sidra, Esther Lee, Francine Buchanan, Samantha Noyek, . The objective of this project, is to select which specific outcomes should be the basis of a learning system of wellbeing for pediatric complex care in Canada. Norman Saunders Complex Care Award $40,000 CAD.
Knowledge synthesis review on this topic. Funded by Society for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance and partnered with lab of Craig Mitton (UBC)- Neale Smith and Meghan Donaldson.
Patient oriented research project with Beverley Pomeroy (FHA Department of Evaluation and Research Services and parent) and Mary Coleman (MSW, RSW, counsellor Canuck Place). 2020-onwards.
Prospective trial with Drs. Jennifer Carlisle and Tammie Dewan. Pending publication.
Retrospective study. Co-I with Thomas Hoang (UBC), Sanjay Maroo (IR), Manraj Heran (IR), Tammie Dewan (U of C), Vishal Avinashi (GI). To be presented as a poster to Canadian Digestive Diseases Week (CDDW) 2021 conference.
An Essential Subset of Good Outcome for Complex Care. Co-I for a multisite study - Nora Fayed (PI-McMaster), Norman Saunders Complex Care Award $40,000 CAD.
Principal Investigator (PI) for “Improving support for staff affected by critical incidents in hospital” with Dr. Theresa Newlove - Awarded $49,650 by the Medical Staff Association (MSA) of Children’s Women’s Hospital of BC via Medical Allied Staff Engagement Society (MASES). 2017-2019.
Principle investigator for "Enhanced communication and care planning: Responding, supporting, and planning with family in the NICU". QI project with Dr. Emily Kieran and Camara Van Breemen (NP). Awarded $20000 by the Medical Staff Association (MSA) of Children’s Women’s Hospital of BC via Medical Allied Staff Engagement Society (MASES). 2020-2021.
UBC Sauder Physician Leadership Program (Cohort 14, 2020)
Hudson Scholar in Pediatric Medicine - BC Children's Hospital. 2 year scholarship for health improvement science learning and experience. 2020-2022.
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