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Bernard Segal (PhD)

Academic title(s): 
  • Associate Professor, Otolaryngology, º£½ÇÉçÇø 
  • Director Research, Otolaryngology, º£½ÇÉçÇø 
  • Graduate Program Director, Otolaryngology, º£½ÇÉçÇø 
Bernard Segal (PhD)
Department: 
Otolaryngology
Division: 
Surgical and Interventional Sciences
Degree(s): 

BSc, BEng, MEng (McG.), PhD (McG.) 

Location: 
Jewish General Hospital
Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Data Science
Clinical Interests: 

Dr. Segal’s research is directed toward minimising wireless-electromagnetic-interference risks in hospitals, using wireless informatics to improve health care delivery, and, recently, toward assessing workflow in health care and how wireless information technology might best improve it. 

Areas of interest: 

Electromagnetic compatibility 

Biography: 

Bernard Segal is a highly inter-disciplinary research engineer (Electrical Engineering, with a Master’s in Biomedical Engineering, and a PhD in Neurophysiology). He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology of º£½ÇÉçÇø. He is the Director of Research in Otolaryngology at º£½ÇÉçÇø, and at the Jewish General Hospital. He is the Director of Graduate Studies in Otolaryngology at º£½ÇÉçÇø. He has fostered safe wireless communion in health care by promoting safe wireless-interference-free co-existence (electromagnetic compatibility - EMC) of wireless sources and medical equipment. His efforts have stemmed from the collaborative research of his multi-centre (º£½ÇÉçÇø, Concordia, University of Montreal), multi-disciplinary (engineering, medicine, rehabilitation medicine) research team. He heads the º£½ÇÉçÇø Biomedical Group on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He has contributed to many medical EMC standards, policies, and recommendations. He has organized over 30 national and international conferences, workshops, and teaching sessions on EMC and wireless in health care.  

Selected publications: 

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