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Congratulations to 2018-2019 Innovation Fund Recipients!

The Department of Pediatrics is happy to announce the 2018-2019 recipients for Innovation Fund AwardsThis annual $100,000 opportunity is meant to provide support for five projects formulated by membership targeting efforts in clinical innovation.

Published: 1 Mar 2018

Promotions!

Please join the Department of Pediatrics in congratulating the following Faculty Members on their promotion to Associate Professor. Each richly deserve this recognition of personal accomplishment.

Published: 8 Feb 2018

Dr. Saylor Appointed as Director of Indigenous Health Professions Education

Dr. Kent Syalor has been appointed as the Faculty of Medicine's Director of Indigenous Health Professions Education.

This appointment is a natural recognition of Dr. Saylor's long involvement in promoting both First Nations' participation and subject content in the formation of future health professionals. No doubt this will make a long term impact not only on the participants in his innovative efforts, but on the health of our First Nations population.

Published: 18 Jan 2018

Dr. Larry Lands Re-Appointed Division Director of Respirology

Dr. Larry Lands has been re-appointed as the Division Director of Respirology, in the Department of Pediatrics.

Published: 18 Jan 2018

Welcome to New Faculty!

Dr. Gabriel Altit, Assistant Professor, Division of Neonatology

Published: 10 Nov 2017

Dr. Thérèse Perreault re-appointed Division Director of Neonatology

Dr. Thérèse Perreault has been re-appointed as the Division Director of Neonatology. Dr. Perreault is the inaugural Director of this Division that was formed through the amalgamation of the Montreal Children's Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital legacy NICUs in advance of the move of both hospitals to our present Glen site.

Published: 2 Nov 2017

Dr. Julia von Oettingen Awarded the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research

Dr. Julia von Oettingen of Endocrinology, Assistant Professor in the Department of pediatrics, has been selected as one of this year’s recipients of the 2017-2018 Dr. Donald A.

Published: 25 Oct 2017

Dr. Patricia Fontela Appointed Associate Chair of Research

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Dr. Patricia Fontela was appointed the Department's Associate Chair for Research effective September 1, 2017.

Dr. Fontela is an attending in our Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and runs an innovative research program focusing on nosocomial infections. She has been most successful at securing external salary and operational support funding.

Published: 8 Sep 2017

Dr. Ronald Gottesman Appointed Inaugural Wendy MacDonald Chair in Pediatric Medical Education

The Department of Pediatrics is happy to announce the appointment of Dr. Ronald Gottesman as the inaugural Wendy MacDonald Chair in Pediatric Medical Education, starting August 1, 2017 for a five year term.

Published: 17 Jul 2017

Congratulations to CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

The Department of Pediatrics would like to congratulate Drs. Geneviève Bernard, Nancy Braverman, Lily Hechtman, Laurent Legault, Maryam Oskoui, and Aimee Ryan on being awarded 2017 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants!

Published: 30 May 2017

2016 Annual Report for the Department of Pediatrics Now Available

"The calendar year 2016 represented our first full year on the new Glen site. Not only did we experience a cycle of seasons, we also experienced the entire academic cycle. It was thus a year of numerous ‘firsts’ however defined and relentless novelty. It was also a year of adaptations and adjustments to a new geography.

Published: 18 May 2017

Women in Leadership Task Force Final Report Now Available

To date, there are disproportionately fewer women than men in leadership positions in the McGill Department of Pediatrics especially in the roles of Division Directors, Associate Chairs, Vice-Chair, Department Chair, Head of the Montreal Children's Hospital Child Health Research and designation of "professor".

Published: 18 May 2017

Dr. Robert Sternszus Appointed Director of Pediatrics Residency Program

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to inform our community that starting June 1, 2017 Dr. Robert Sternszus, Assistant Professor, will assume leadership of the Pediatric Residency Training Program as its Program Director. Though but a few years on staff, Dr. Sternszus has established himself as one of the Department's many rising and established stars in medical education.

Published: 31 Mar 2017

Dr. Larry Lands Appointed Chair of Cystic Fibrosis Canada Research Advisory Council

Dr. Larry Lands, Professor and Division Director of Respiratory Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, was recently awarded a grant from the US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of $192,000 over 2 years to continue his work on rhinovirus infection in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells. For more information on Dr. Lands research please visit Meakins-Christie Laboratories.

Published: 27 Mar 2017

Welcome to the New Pediatric Chief Residents!

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Dr. Aris Hadjinicolaou and Dr. Matthew Magyar will be the new Chief Residents for the Pediatrics Residency Program, effective March 13, 2017.  They are both superb residents and leaders and we are delighted that they will be assuming this important role.

Published: 19 Jan 2017

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