Dr Amal Bessissow awarded the Douglas G. Kinnear Award 2020
Dr Amal Bessissow was awarded the Douglas G. Kinnear Award 2020, nominated by the MGH residents for exceptional skill in teaching clinical medicine.
Dr Khue Ly won the Department of Medicine Phil Hill Award 2020
Dr Khue Ly won the Department of Medicine Phil Hill Award 2020 in recognition of excellence in teaching clinical medicine.
Dr Mat Hannouche named CFMS Champion
Dr Mathew Hannouche was named the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) Champion for his contribution to a positive learning environment at McGill. He made a meaningful difference in the life of a medical student and he was recognized as part of the CFMS Mistreatment Task Force 1st Annual Advocacy Campaign to promote positive change in medical education.
Dr Blair Schwartz showcases the Jewish General Hospital ICU on CBC
Inside the battle to keep COVID-19 patients alive at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital.
After 3 months of experiments and ad-hoc consultations, ICU team now has a grip on what works, what does not.
CBC News Report
Clinical Innovation Competition Winners
Winners of the Marika Zelenka Roy Innovation Prize!
This year, two teams tied for this prestigious prize, GyroClear and MedSafer.
Dr Emily McDonald, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Dr Todd Lee, Division of Infectious Diseases, lead the MedSafer team.
Clinical Innovation Competition Finalists
Dr Stella Daskalopoulou and her PLAKK team were finalists in the competition for the M14 Innovation Prize!
Dr Ning-Zi Sun appointed Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ning-Zi Sun as the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, effective July 2020, for a 4-year term. Dr Sun is a member of the Attending Staff of the MUHC, Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), and Assistant Professor in the McGill Department of Medicine.
Dr Michelle Elizov appointed Associate Dean
Congratulations to Dr Michelle Elizov for her appointment to the role of Associate Dean, Faculty Development, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, effective June 1.
Dr Elizov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Jewish General Hospital (JGH). She replaces Dr Miriam Boillat, who has held the role of Associate Dean, Faculty Development for the past nine years.
Dr Stella Daskalopoulou receives the largest CIHR grant at McGill University
Ranked 1st, Dr Daskalopoulou, Principal Investigator, received the largest grant at McGill University, which was in the top 2% of the total grant value of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2019 Competition. She received more than $1.8 m to support her project, early Prediction of preeclampsia Using arteriaL Stiffness in high-risk prEgnancies; a multinational study (PULSE). This study aims to determine the ability of arterial stiffn
CMAJ article by Dr Natalie Dayan, et al in top 25!
Dr Natalie Dayan, et al's article, Infertility treatment and risk of severe maternal morbidity: a propensity score--matched cohort study, was listed as one of the 25 most read articles in CMAJ in 2019.
Dr David Hornstein in La Presse for his ICU Diaries Project
Humanizing Patient Care
Dr David Hornstein's ICU Diaries Project appeared in La Presse on 22 December. Read more!
Dr David Hornstein on CBC Radio The Sunday Edition : The Bridge Program in Intensive Care Units
Dr David Hornstein was on The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio to explain The Bridge Program, which he initiated in Intensive Care Units.
See and hear the full story here:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-for-decembe...
Dr Emily McDonald organizes the 2019 McGill Department of Medicine High Value Care Symposium
Dr Emily McDonald has organized the 2019 McGill Department of Medicine Clinical Research Symposium on High Value Medical Care that will take place on Friday 15 November in the Research Institute Auditorium, ES1.1129.
Learning Objectives:
Drs Natalie Dayan and Louise Pilote collaborate with Wendy Wray, RN, Cardiology, in organizing the Women's Heart Health Symposium
One in three women die of ischemic heart disease or stroke. Yet most women remain unaware of the risks they face: they are under-diagnosed, under-treated and under-researched.
Our learning objective is to increase awareness and knowledge about heart disease in women amongst healthcare professionals.
This symposium will include presentations by experts on sex and gender differences in heart disease.
Drs Emily McDonald and Todd Lee's article in JAMA Internal Medicine is in the news
Dr Emily McDonald and Dr Todd Lee were in the media for their article in JAMA Internal Medicine, that looked at reductions in the acquisition of common multidrug-resistant organisms and nosocomial infections in 100% single-pati