Newsletter

The Department of Medicine has been an important lead funder to various campaigns at St. Michael’s including the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and Inspire 2018 Campaigns.  Recently, the focus for St. Michael’s Foundation has shifted from major capital campaigns to mini-campaigns, which will support a number of priority projects and initiatives identified within the Hospital.  In 2017, the Department of Medicine established the Department of Medicine Priorities Fund through which disbursements will be made to support priorities of the Department.

Call for the 2019-2020 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Research and Development Grant (link - due Oct 30) and call for applications by the University of Toronto’s Instructional Technology Innovation Fund (link - due Nov. 8)

The Department of Medicine is delighted to welcome Dr. Jennifer Watt, Dr. Alberto Goffi, Dr. Seema Marwaha and Dr. Yin Ge to the active medical staff at St. Michael’s.

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

Jackie Duffin’s book on the medical expedition to Easter Island, which she presented at Medical Grand Rounds last year, is now available on amazon.ca.

Laura is joining the Department of Medicine as a clinician teacher and Lecturer in the Division of General Internal Medicine as of July 1, 2019.

Dear Colleagues,

You may remember some months ago I forwarded to you a plea from our colleague, Dr. Margaret Herridge for a liver donor for her husband, Dr. Rob Stewart, after he developed liver failure.  Many of you also know Rob as a colleague in the urology division at St. Mike’s.

In Canada, one in ten patients currently admitted to hospital is suffering from a healthcare associated infection.  These infections are devastating to patients already struggling to cope with their illness, as they increase morbidity, mortality and length of stay.  If the infection is the result of a multidrug resistant bacterial pathogen, the outcomes are even worse.