Chantal Mercier Laporte, MD, is a new faculty member at the UNMC department of anesthesiology.
Hometown: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Title and department at UNMC: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Education & Professional Experience:
• MD, University of Montreal, 2011
• Anesthesiology, University of Montreal, 2016
• Vascular anesthesiology, University of Ottawa, 2017
• Perioperative echocardiography, UNMC, 2018
• Masters in education in the Health Profession from John Hopkins, in progress
• Assistant professor at UNMC, 2018-2019
• Assistant professor at the Universite de Montreal in Quebec, Canada 2019-2023
• Involvement in the cardiac anesthesia, thoracic and lung transplant, and liver transplant team
• In charge of residents rotating through the department of anesthesiology Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal
Professional Memberships:
• American Society of Echocardiography
• Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
• Association of Anesthesiology of Quebec
What drew me to anesthesiology:
The combination of broad medical and physiology knowledge and technical, hands-on approach.
Three things people may not know about me:
• I lived in Japan for a year when I was a teenager.
• I finished 4th place at Ontario’s provincial collegiate fencing tournament (epee) during my vascular fellowship.
• I enjoy long-distance backpacking and rock climbing.