Christine Lamontagne

Dr Christine Lamontagne

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Dr Christine Lamontagne MDCM, FRCPC
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

MDCM – McGill University (1994)
Speciality Certification in Anesthesiology- FRCPC, McGill University(1999)

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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth road, Ottawa, ON


BIOGRAPHY

Dr Christine Lamontagne is a pediatric anesthesiologist, pain physician and clinical researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.  She is the Medical Director of the Chronic Pain Services where she has lead the creation of an interdisciplinary chronic pain service. She has Co-Chaired the development of the Ontario Pediatric Chronic Pain Network in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Health and continues to work at improving access to interdisciplinary chronic pain care for all children. She has developed national recognition for research in acute and chronic pain as collaborator on the CIHR funded strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Chronic Pain Network (CPN). Her current research focus is in the area of pediatric pain prevention and management and includes:

(1) Utilizing quality improvement methodology to improve pain outcomes  for chronic pain patients navigating the current health care system through patient engagement and transition to adult care (2) Identifying strategies to improve acute pain management in order to prevent the development of chronic pain by addressing one of the major risk factor: pain catastrophizing (3) Evaluating the role of different approaches (physical, psychological and pharmacological) in improving pain outcomes for chronic pain patients treated in an interdisciplinary context through the use of online resources and workshops. 4) Estimating the incidence of pediatric Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, describe the pain trajectories and evaluate best therapeutic approaches.

Appointments

2025- Member of scientific committee, Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society (CPAS)

2024- Member of scientific committee, Canadian Anesthesiolgy Society(CAS)

2024- Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

2022-Member of Scientific Affairs Committee, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society

2012- Clinician Investigator, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute

2007 to present-Medical Director of Chronic Pain Services and program development lead, CHEO

2005-2011- Medical Director and program lead for the Acute Pain Service, CHEO

2021-2019- Co-chair of Advisory Committee for MOHLTC’s Ontario Pediatric Chronic Pain Network

2004-Staff Anesthesiologist and pain physician, CHEO

Academic and Clinical Interests

  • Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia
  • Acute pain medicine
  • Transitional pain medicine
  • Chronic Pain medicine

Honours and Grants (2019-present)

YearGrants
2024University of Ottawa Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Scholarship Grant
2022Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Spring 2022  (co-investigator)
2022Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: COVID-19 Project Grant (co-investigator)
2020CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 May 2020 Rapid Research Funding  (co-investigator)
2020Operating Grant : COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery (co-investigator)
2017CIHR funded Chronic Pain Network Sub-project Chronic Pain Network (co-investigator)
2019Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) Empower award (co-investigator)

Selected Publications

  1. Greenough, M.J., Lewis, K.B., Bucknall, T., Jibb, L., Leese, J., Lamontagne, C., Squires, J.E. (2024). Triage decision-making in interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs. Pain management nursing: official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, S1524-9042(23)00227-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.003

  2. Greenough, M.J., Jibb, L., Lewis, K.B., Bucknall, T., Lamontagne, C., Demery Varin, M., Sokalski, A., Squires, J.E. (2023). A systematic review of the biopsychosocial dimensions impacted by chronic pain in children and adolescents: identifying reliable and valid pediatric multidimensional chronic pain assessment tools. . Pain reports, 8(6), e1099. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001099

  3. Hanzal, N., Yaraskavitch, J., Longmuir, P., McCormick, A., Lougheed, J., Lamontagne, C., Goulet, K., Ward, L., Katz, S., Robinson, M., Abbott, L., Kovesi, T., Reisman, J., Pohl, D., Alazem, H. (2023). Impacting Children’s Physical and Mental Health through Kinesiology Support in Clinical Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. Exercise Medicine. 7. 1. https://doi.org/10.26644/em.2023.001

  4. Zachariades, F., Maras, D., Mervitz, D., Martelli, B., Prayal-Brown, A., Hayawi, L., Barrowman, N., Lamontagne, C. (2023) Virtual psychoeducation for improvement of pain catastrophizing in pediatric presurgical patients and caregivers: a proof-of-concept study. Canadian Journal of Anesthesiahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-023-02583-3
  1. Killackey, T., Baerg, K., Dick, B., Lamontagne, C., Poolacherla, R., Finley, G. A., Noel, M., Birnie, K. A., Choinière, M., Pagé, M. G., Dassieu, L., Lacasse, A., Lalloo, C., Poulin, P., Ali, S., Battaglia, M., Campbell, F., Harris, L., Mohabir, V., Nishat, F., … Stinson, J. (2022). Experiences of Pediatric Pain Professionals Providing Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 9(2), 230.  https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020230

  1. Greenough, M., Bucknall, T., Jibb, L., Lewis, K., Lamontagne, C., Squires, J. E. (2022). Attaining expert consensus on diagnostic expectations of primary chronic pain diagnoses for patients referred to interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain programs: A delphi study with pediatric chronic pain physicians and advanced practice nurses. Frontiers inpainresearch (Lausanne,Switzerland), 3,1001028. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.1001028

  1. Forgeron, P. A., Dick, B. D., Chambers, C., Cohen, J., Lamontagne, C., & Finley, G. A. (2022). Are They Still Friends? Friendship Stability of Adolescents With Chronic Pain: 1-Year Follow-Up. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 2, 767236. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2021.767236

  1. Baerg, K., Tupper, S. M., Chu, L. M., Cooke, N., Dick, B. D., Doré-Bergeron, M. J., Findlay S., Ingelmo P. Lamontagne, C., Mesaroli G., Oberlander T., Poolacherla R., Spencer A., Stinson J & Finley, G. A. (2022). Canadian surveillance study of complex regional pain syndrome in children. Pain, 163(6),1060-1069

    https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002482

  2. Forgeron, P.A., Chambers, C., Dick, B.D., Cohen, J., Finley, G.A. and Lamontagne, C. (2021), Dyadic analysis of adolescent friendships behaviours during pain: Comparison of those with chronic pain versus those without chronic pain. European Journal of Pain. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1869

  3. Birnie, K., Dib, K., Ouellette, C., Nelso, K., Patayken, D., Baerg, K., Chorney, J., Forgeron, P., Lamontagne, C., Noel, M., Poulin, P., Stinson, J. (2019). Partnering for pain: A priority setting partnership to identify patient-oriented research priorities for pediatric chronic pain in Canada. CMAJ Open, 7(4) E654-E664.https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190060

  4. Longmuir, P., Jackson J., Ertel, E., Bhatt, M., Doja, A., Duffy, C., Gardin, L., Jurencak, R., Katz, S., Lai, L., Lamontagne, C., Lee, S., Lougheed, J., McCormick, A., McMillan, H., Pohl, D., Roth, J., Theoret-Douglas, C., Watanabe Duffy, K., Wong, D., Zemek,R. (2018). Sensitivity, Specificity and Reliability of the Get Active Questionnaire for Identifying Children with Medically Necessary Special Considerations for Physical ActivityAppl Physiol Nutr Metab. 44(7),736-743.  https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2018-0314.

  5. Forgeron, PA, Chambers, C., Cohen, J., Dick, B., Finley, G., Lamontagne, C. (2018). Dyadic differences in friendships of adolescents with chronic pain compared with pain-free peers. Pain, 159(6), 1103-11.

    https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001191

  6. Lai, L., Keely, E., Liddy, C., Afkham, A., Kurzawa J.,Abdeen,N., Audcent, T., Bromwich, M., Brophy, J., Carsen, S., Fournier, A., Gandy, H., Johnston, D., Kardash, S., Keely, K., Kontio, K., Lamontagne, C., Major, N., O’Connor, M., Radhakrishnan, D., Reisman, J., Robb, M., Samson, L. , Sell, E., Splinter, W., Van Stralen, J. , Venkateswaran, S., Murto, K. (2018). The impact of eConsult on a Tertiary Care Pediatric Specialty Referral system. PLoS One, 13(1), e0190247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190247

  7. Murto, K., Lamontagne, C., McFaul, C., MacCormick, J., Ramakko, K., Aglipay, M., Rosen, D., Vaillancourt, R. (2015). Celecoxib pharmacogenetics and pediatric adenotonsillectomy: a double-blinded randomized controlled study. Can J Anaesth, 62(7), 785-97. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12630-015-0376-1

  8. Harrison, D., Joly, C., Chretien, C., Cochrane, S., Ellis, J., Lamontagne, C., Vaillancourt, R. (2014). Pain prevalence in a pediatric hospital: raising awareness during Pain Awareness Week. Pain Res Manag, 19(1), e24-30. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/737692

  9. Forgeron, P. A., Chambers, C., Cohen, J., Dick, B., Lamontagne, C., Finley, A. (2014). Socially Engaged or Home Alone: A pilot study to assess feasibility of a 2-week online daily diary to capture daily pain, social functioning, and friendship interactions. 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Pain Society: Abstracts. Pain Res Manag, 19(3), e31.

  10. Lamontagne, C., Sewell, J., Vaillancourt, R., Kuhzarani, C. (2012). Rapid Resolution of Chronic Back Pain with Magnesium Glycinate in a Pediatric Patient. J Pain Relief, 1:1  https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-0846.1000101