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Dr. Maher Awni Taher Shahroor, MD, RCPSC is a neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto, with clinical appointments at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada. He specializes in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, with particular interests in premature infants, neonatal transport, neonatal respiratory care, neonatal hemodynamics, and quality improvement in neonatal intensive care.
Dr. Shahroor received his medical degree from Cairo University Faculty of Medicine in 2012, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
His early clinical career included work at Al Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem, where he progressed through pediatric residency training and subsequently worked as a general pediatrician. He also completed an internship at Al Makassed Hospital and previously worked as a general practitioner.
He subsequently moved to Canada for advanced postgraduate training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Toronto. His training included a Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children from 2017–2019, followed by a fellowship with the Acute Care Transport Service (ACTS) from 2019–2020.
He obtained certification in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), effective January 2021, and his Ontario pediatric specialty certification became effective in July 2022.
Dr. Shahroor currently holds academic and clinical roles including:
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario lists hospital privileges for Dr. Shahroor at both Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and The Hospital for Sick Children.
His clinical expertise includes:
He is also involved with the Lung Health Group of the Evidence-Based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) initiative. In the 2026 EPIQ/CNN-CPTBN meeting, he served as a moderator for presentations addressing neonatal lung health.
Dr. Shahroor is an active clinician-scientist with research spanning neonatal intensive care, prematurity, neonatal respiratory disease, transport medicine, neonatal nutrition, and quality improvement.
His research has included international collaboration through the International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes (iNeo) of neonates. In a large international survey published in Neonatology, he and colleagues examined variations in healthcare-professional availability for extremely preterm infants born at less than 29 weeks' gestation.
He has also studied the Golden Hour bundle for extremely preterm infants. His research evaluated compliance with evidence-based care delivered by specialized neonatal transport teams compared with teams at non-tertiary centers.
One of his recent publications examined necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a serious gastrointestinal disease affecting premature and critically ill newborns.
In a 2024 study published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Shahroor and colleagues investigated the characteristics, progression, management, and outcomes of NEC in a retrospective cohort. The research was conducted through the Division of Neonatology at the University of Toronto and involved collaborators from SickKids and the University of Toronto.
Dr. Shahroor is also involved in research examining respiratory support in premature infants. He is listed as the study contact for a clinical trial investigating nasal CPAP versus NIPPV and diaphragm electrical activity in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
This reflects his broader interest in optimizing respiratory support while minimizing complications in vulnerable premature infants.
Dr. Shahroor is actively involved in Evidence-Based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) and the Canadian Neonatal Network, participating in national quality-improvement initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for newborns.
In 2026, he was involved with the EPIQ Conference/CNN-CPTBN Meeting and served as a moderator for the Lung Health Outcome Group.
He also participates in the Canadian Neonatal Network's Lung Health Group, working with neonatal clinicians across Canada on improving respiratory care and outcomes for premature infants.
Publicly available research profiles list more than 20 publications and approximately 485 citations. His publications cover neonatal intensive care, prematurity, respiratory support, neonatal transport, nutrition, genetics, and neonatal gastrointestinal disease.
His publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals including:
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