Faculty & Staff   

Building:Montreal General Hospital
Room: E-19, 133
Phone: 514-934-8558
Fax:514-934-8096

E-mail: yoram.shir@muhc.mcgill.ca

Research Area:

Mechanisms of dietary analgesia in rodents,
Human pain modification by nutritional changes,
Opioids in acute and chronic pain conditions

Research Description:

Selected Publications:

Lamb L, Pereira JX, Shir Y: Nurse case management program of chronic pain patients treated with methadone. Pain Management Nursing 8;130-8:2007

Sloman R, Rosen G, Rom M, Shir Y: Nurses’ Assessment of Pain in Surgical Patients. J Adv Nurs 52;125-32:2005

Pérez J, Ware MA, Chevalier S, Gougeon R, Shir Y: Dietary omega-3 fatty acids could be associated with increased neuropathic pain in nerve-injured rats. Anesth Analg 101;444-8:2005

Pérez J, Ware MA, Chevalier S, Gougeon R, Bennett GJ, Shir Y: Dietary fat and protein interact in suppressing neuropathic pain-related disorders following a partial sciatic ligation injury in rats. Pain 111;297-305:2004