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John Kildea

John Kildea

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate professor of Medical Physics at McGill University, FRQS dual chair in AI and Digital Health, co-founder and director of the Opal Health Informatics Group

  • Education

    • Queen's University Belfast

      1994 - 1998
      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Phyiscs with Astrophysics

    • McGill University

      2008 - 2010
      Master of Science (MSc) Medical Physics

      Specialisation in Radiation Oncology physics

    • University College Dublin

      1998 - 2003
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) High-energy astrophysics

      Phd thesis: Studies of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar at TeV Energies

    • Alaska Pacific University

      1996 - 1997
      Visiting scholar Business Administration and Management, General

      Activities and Societies: Northern Ireland Business Education Initiative Scholar

  • Experience

    • McGill University

      Jan 2003 - Nov 2006
      Postdoctoral Fellow

      Researcher working in high-energy astrophysics with the VERITAS and STACEE collaborations.

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

      Nov 2006 - Aug 2008
      Postdoctoral Researcher

      Postdoctoral researcher with the VERITAS collaboration. Director of the Whipple 10 m gamma-ray telescope.

    • Centre universitaire de santé McGill et IR-CUSM | McGill University Health Centre and RI-MUHC

      Dec 2009 - now
      Clinical Medical Physicist

    • Opal Health Informatics Group

      May 2015 - now
      Director

      Co-creator of the Opal patient portal, lead of the Opal Health Informatics Research Group.

    • Quebec SmartCare Consortium - Consortium québécois de soins intelligents

      Jun 2021 - now
      Principal Investigator

      The Quebec SmartCare Consortium believes in a future where all healthcare interactions in Quebec will be digitally-enabled and all healthcare data will be fully accessible to patients and clinicians, and, with appropriate governance structures in place, to researchers and industry partners.

    • McGill University

      Sept 2021 - now

      Associate Professor (Medical Physics), Gerald Bronfman Dept. of OncologyInvestigator, Cancer Research Program, RI-MUHCLead of the Opal Health Informatics Group at the RI-MUHCAssociate member, Medical Physics UnitAssociate member, Dept. of PhysicsAssociate member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

      • Associate Professor

        Jun 2023 - now

      • Assistant Professor

        Jan 2017 - Jun 2023

      • Interim Co-Director, Medical Physics Unit

        Sept 2021 - Mar 2023

    • Queen's University Belfast

      Sept 2024 - now
      Visiting Scholar

      Sabbatical year at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Membership of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

      CCPM The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine/Le Collège canadien des physiciens en médecine
      Jul 2012

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to John Kildea
      Dual Chair in AI and Digital Health Fonds de recherche Québec - Santé Jun 2023 Co-chair with Prof. Amal Zouaq at Polytechnique Montréal
    • Awarded to John Kildea
      Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence McGill University - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences May 2023
    • Awarded to John Kildea
      Prix Banque Nationale – Innovation et soutien à la communauté 2020 The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation Mar 2020 Innovation award for the Opal patient portal.
    • Awarded to John Kildea
      Québec eHealth Solution of the year - 2019 Le Point santé et services sociaux Nov 2019 Award for the Opal app as co-lead of the Opal Health Informatics Group
    • Awarded to John Kildea
      The Trottier-Webster Award for Innovation The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Nov 2019 Awarded to the Opal Health Informatics Group for the PARTAGE project for data donation
    • Awarded to John Kildea
      Prix d’excellence 2019 - Coup de coeur des ministres La ministre de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec May 2019 The highest award for healthcare achievement in the Quebec healthcare system. Awarded to the Opal Health Informatics Group for the Opal patient portal.