Newsletter

Continuing our series on our faculty members who have been recently promoted, Samir Grover was promoted to Associate Professor as of July 1, 2019. Congratulations, Samir!

The Division of Gastroenterology is focused on providing trainees with meaningful experiences in patient care and an optimal environment in which to develop research skills and techniques. One way we are achieving this is through an extended clinical research residency program that includes an additional third year of focused training. The program will help us attract top gastroenterology researchers and better prepare our graduates to enter and flourish in a competitive research environment. These funds will be used to provide salary support for the currently unfunded third year for our inaugural Research Track GI Resident (who will be the Dr. E Jan Irvine Research Resident).

Dr. Najma Ahmed, Interim Surgeon-in-Chief is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Blake Murphy as the Interim Division Head of Plastic Surgery beginning January 9, 2020.

Help out your colleagues by letting them know who you refer patients to for more general assessments by a community subspecialist. We have started an online resource and have already listed out community specialists for Dermatology and Neurology.

The Jeffrey C. Lozon Physician Leadership Award is given annually to a physician member of St. Michael’s Hospital who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills in promoting the mission and vision of the hospital. Nominations will be accepted from any member of St. Michael’s, including both medical and non-medical staff. Self-nominations are also accepted. The nominator must provide their own letter of nomination and two supporting letters.

As discussed at MAC, our new electronic medication reconciliation platform – eMedRec - launches in all inpatient units on July 30th. Designed in partnership with patients and tailor-built for St. Michael’s, it will optimize our ability to track the medications that patients are on at all vulnerable points of their care, enhancing patient safety. This tool is not only an important piece of meeting our accreditation requirements, but is also a key tool to improving the quality of our transitions of care.