Wallace Wee
MHSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Investigator and Pediatric Respirologist, BC Children's Hospital
ERJ Open Research
Wallace B. Wee and Brandon Zanette and Samal Munidasa and Rachel L. Eddy and Jonathan H Rayment and Teresa To and Felix Ratjen and Giles Santyr and Sharon D. Dell
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.01105-202510 / 2025
Pediatric Radiology
Munidasa, S. and Alam, F. and Zanette, B. and Li, D. and Wee, W. and Braganza, S. and Woods, J. and Ratjen, F. and Santyr, G.
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-025-06390-4Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Munidasa, S. and Zanette, B. and Dumas, M.-P. and Wee, W. and Braganza, S. and Li, D. and Ratjen, F. and Santyr, G.
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30299Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
Horani, A. and Wee, W. and Omran, H. and Ferkol, T.
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000001212Biorxiv
Wu, Y. and Tavares, E. and Liang, B. and Wee, W. and Mennella, V. and Feng, H. and Cao, J. and Zheng, J. and He, M. and Stephenson, K. and Hanan, L. and Li, J.M. and Dell, S.D. and Heon, E. and Liu, Z.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.13.643176Pediatric Pulmonology
Wee, W.B. and Bashi, L.M. and Jensen, R. and Rayment, J.H. and To, T. and Ratjen, F. and Santyr, G. and Dell, S.D.
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.71107ERJ Open Research
Wee, W.B. and Gatt, D. and Seidl, E. and Santyr, G. and To, T. and Dell, S.D.
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00989-2023ERJ Open Research
Seidl, E. and Gatt, D. and Grasemann, H. and Wee, W.B. and Wilson, D. and Ratjen, F.
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00611-2023Chest
Kaspy, K.R. and Dell, S.D. and Davis, S.D. and Ferkol, T.W. and Rosenfeld, M. and Sagel, S.D. and Milla, C. and Olivier, K.N. and Barber, A.T. and Wee, W. and Lin, F.-C. and Li, L. and Rampakakis, E. and Zariwala, M.A. and Knowles, M.R. and Leigh, M.W. and Shapiro, A.J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.12.005Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Wee, W.B. and Shapera, S. and To, T. and Chiu, P.P.L. and Dell, S.D. and Fisher, J.H.
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202304-306OCPediatrics
Wee, W.B. and Kinghorn, B. and Davis, S.D. and Ferkol, T.W. and Shapiro, A.J.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-063064Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Seidl, E. and Licht, J.-C. and Wee, W.B. and Post, M. and Ratjen, F. and Grasemann, H.
DOI: 10.1513/ANNALSATS.202302-165RLKendig and Wilmott S Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children
Dell, S.D. and Wee, W.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-82915-1.00049-7Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Munidasa, S. and Zanette, B. and Couch, M. and Grimm, R. and Seethamraju, R. and Dumas, M.-P. and Wee, W. and Au, J. and Braganza, S. and Li, D. and Woods, J. and Ratjen, F. and Santyr, G.
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29566Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Gatt, D. and Shaw, M. and Wee, W. and Solomon, M. and Dell, S.D. and Ratjen, F.
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202210-858OCPediatric Pulmonology
Wee, W.B. and Kaspy, K.R. and Sawras, M.G. and Knowles, M.R. and Zariwala, M.A. and Leigh, M.W. and Dell, S.D. and Shapiro, A.J.
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25853Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
Lapinsky, S.C. and Wee, W.B. and Penner, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.10.016BMJ Case Reports
Wee, W. and Mehta, K.D.
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-252257Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Wee, W.B. and Leigh, M.W. and Davis, S.D. and Rosenfeld, M. and Sullivan, K.M. and Sawras, M.G. and Ferkol, T.W. and Knowles, M.R. and Milla, C. and Sagel, S.D. and Zariwala, M.A. and Pullenayegum, E. and Dell, S.D.
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202202-116OCJournal of Clinical Immunology
Psarianos, P. and Kwan, J.Y.Y. and Dell, S. and Wee, W.B. and Rey-McIntyre, K. and Chen, H. and Dissanayake, D. and Laxer, R.M. and Shum, A. and Liu, F.-F. and Yip, K.W.
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-021-01082-8European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Cordovani, D. and Russell, T. and Wee, W. and Suen, A. and Cooper, R.M.
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000901Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Wee, W.B. and Tavernini, S. and Martin, A.R. and Amirav, I. and Majaesic, C. and Finlay, W.H.
DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2016.1309Case reports in neurological medicine
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5240274 PubMed: 2729392805 / 2016
Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Wee, W.B. and Leung, K. and Coates, A.L.
DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2012.0984Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Lai, B. and Gurari, M. and Wee, W. and Lilge, L.
DOI: 10.1117/12.806913This is a multi-center clinical trial assessing the utility of hyperpolarized 129-xenon MRI (Xe-MRI) in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Specifically, this PCD study aims to (i) evaluate the feasibility of Xe-MRI, (ii) evaluate the same-day repeatability of VDP and (iii) explore the relationship between VDP and other lung function measures (i.e. lung clearance index and forced expiratory volume in 1-second).
Research Methods: clinical trials, clinical epidemiology, measurement theory, biostatistics, medical biophysics, pulmonary imaging
Patient population: rare disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia, pediatrics
2021 – 2022: Professional Development Grant, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
2020 – 2023: Early Career Investigator Award, Genetic Diseases of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation
2024 - Beverley Antle Award, SickKids CHES
2024 - ‘PCD On The Move’ Case Reports – Oral Presentation Award, PCD Foundation
2024 - 2nd Place, Lung Health Foundation, 3-MT Thesis Competition
2024 - Better Breathing Student Travel Awards, Lung Health Foundation
2022 – 2023 - CRRN Scholarship, Canadian Respiratory Research Network
2022 - ATS PAR Abstract Scholarship
2021 - SickKids RTC Travel and Education Award
2021 – 2023 - PAL-STAR Award, Canadian Child Health Clinical Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
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