Newsletter

Continuing our series on our faculty members who have been recently promoted, Jeff Perl was promoted to Associate Professor as of July 1, 2017. Congratulations, Jeff!

After more than eight years as chief medical officer and vice-president of Programs at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dr. Doug Sinclair will be stepping down at the end of March.

On behalf of the board of directors for the network bringing together Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital, I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Tim Rutledge as our new President and CEO, effective March 19, 2018.

St. Michael’s Hospital announced plans to build the world’s leading treatment and research centre for multiple sclerosis.

The BARLO MS Centre will occupy the entire top two floors—about 25,000 square feet—of the hospital’s new 17-story Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower under construction in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Continuing our series on our faculty members who have been recently promoted, Rashida Haq was promoted to Associate Professor as of July 1, 2017. Congratulations, Rashida!

The foundation of the University of Toronto Department of Medicine is the strength of the excellent clinicians who provide outstanding patient care and serve as role models for others. We are launching the Academy of Master Clinicians to promote the value of excellence in patient care by honouring faculty who have demonstrated consistent outstanding clinical performance and the highest standard of patient care.  In particular, we want to recognize and celebrate those individuals whom we aspire to be like, who inspired us in our specialty training, or whom we look to for help in managing the challenging clinical cases.

Beginning dialysis at just 21-years old, Catherine was crying and feeling hopeless when she first met Dr. Marc Goldstein. Leading up to Catherine’s kidney transplant in 1974 and afterwards through her pregnancy, Dr. Goldstein supported Catherine as she became the first person to give birth post-transplant at St. Michael’s.

Continuing our series on our faculty members who have been recently promoted, Warren Lee was promoted to Associate Professor as of July 1, 2017. Congratulations, Warren!