Mount Sinai Annual Report 2007/2008

	Mount Sinai renowned for fetal care Mount Sinai Hospital’s Lawrence and Frances Bloomberg Centre for Women’s and Infants’ Health is Canada’s largest and most comprehensive maternity centre, renowned for superb care, its focus on complicated and high risk pregnancies, and for bringing... Read More
	Digestive disease care puts Mount Sinai on the map Mount Sinai is recognized for its program in gastrointestinal and digestive medicine. Patients come from across the country to benefit from this program, which aligns innovative procedures... Read More
	Mount Sinai's surgical oncology team is second to none Mount Sinai Hospital is a premier centre for surgical oncology, and the program is anchored by a team of outstanding experts who care for patients with a range of cancers, including cancers of the bone and tissue, breast, and many others. Dr. Jay Wunder, who heads the... Read More
	Mount Sinai doctor saved by ICU team As a staff pathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Richard Kirsch is accustomed to seeking answers to medical questions. But in January 2007, Dr. Kirsch found himself as the patient. The next few weeks of his life were a harrowing descent from feeling “a bit ill” to being on life support. Read More
	Physicians help their teams shine For Dr. Jeremy Freeman, being a surgeon is a lot like playing on a basketball team. “It requires a lot of hard work and training, teamwork, technical skill, coordination, and precise judgment” says Dr. Freeman, Otolaryngologist-in-Chief at Mount Sinai and head of the Hospital’s Medical Advisory Committee... Read More
	NICU children thrive Kristen Christie’s daughters have come a long way. Emma was brought into the world in 2004 at Mount Sinai Hospital weighing just 2 pounds. Her younger sister, Sloane, was delivered weighing 3 pounds, 14 ounces in 2007. Read More
	Nurses are key members of the health-care team Her hope was to be a surgical nurse upon graduation in 1975, but when Donalda MacDonald was offered a one-year nursing contract in oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital, it was an offer she couldn’t refuse. MacDonald never became a surgical nurse, but 33 years later, she is still... Read More
	Turning frowns upside down Lysa Toye helps children work through their grief. She ensures that they don’t have to carry the weight of their fears and feelings alone. “There isn’t a lot of help and support for grieving people, especially children, in the community,” says Toye, Counsellor, Max and Beatrice Wolfe Centre... Read More
	Nurses provide a human touch John Santiago’s best day on the job was last year when he spent 20 minutes talking to a patient who didn’t answer him. “He had just been admitted to Mount Sinai after a stroke,” Santiago explains, a registered nurse who works in general medicine. “He was aphasic so the only sounds he could make were incomprehensible.” Read More
	Patients find their strength at Mount Sinai Nadine Russell used to be afraid of the sound of a ringing phone. And it’s no wonder. In November 2005, two of her triplets died at birth, and the fate of her daughter, Sianna-Lee – born at 24 weeks weighing 520 grams – was touch and go. A phone call could signal more bad news. Read More
	Protecting Mount Sinai from infectious disease Drs. Don Low and Allison McGeer and their teams have been keeping Mount Sinai safe from infectious disease for almost 20 years. In fact, their expertise has enabled Mount Sinai to have one of the lowest MRSA and VRE infection rates in the country. Read More
	Surgical nurse stands by her patients Heather Stewart gets her hand squeezed a lot in her job at Mount Sinai. In fact, that’s what makes her aware of how much help she is giving patients as she takes them into the operating room. “People are vulnerable and scared when they’re in a hospital. It’s really important that they know they have an advocate and that the only things that will happen... Read More
	Donors put their hearts in giving John Daniels taps his chest and says, “I exist here with six stents, which keep me alive.” His heartfelt connection to cardiac care, coupled with his more than 30 years as a Mount Sinai Hospital board member inspired Mr. Daniels, founder and CEO of Daniels Corporation, and his wife Myrna to support research into the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Read More
	A gift with great meaning In 2007, Isadore and Rosalie Sharp made another large donation to Mount Sinai Hospital in the name of a cause that is very dear, and always near to their hearts: the Christopher Sharp Centre for Surgery & Oncology. Named for their son, who passed away in 1978 after battling melanoma, the Centre will align new surgical technology with human expertise. Read More
	Leaving a legacy When Hy Isenbaum was introduced to Mount Sinai Hospital in the 1950s, it was, he said, the start of “a wonderful story.” The young accountant became board treasurer, and in 1986, was named chairman of the board of directors. He remained passionately interested in the Hospital until his death in April, 2008.The first year of Mr. Isenbaum’s chairmanship... Read More
	Research Creates the Best Medicine The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the world’s top biomedical research centres. Research here has a far-reaching impact on the health of the local and international community. Read More
	Searching for cures Much like a detective, Dr. James Dennis tracks down answers to great medical mysteries.In a recent study, Dr. Dennis and colleagues made a breakthrough discovery in understanding how genes interact and are implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Read More
	Big thinking leads to big discoveries Dr. Rayjean Hung has to think ‘big picture.’ As an epidemiologist, she studies big groups of people to get to the little details. Details that lead to discovery. Dr. Hung, a Principal Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, along with a group of international researchers, identified the genetic region associated with lung cancer... Read More
	Research that hits home Dr. Isabella Caniggia’s younger sister has spent her life in a wheelchair. There was nothing Caniggia could do about it, until she came to Mount Sinai. As an associate scientist at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Caniggia’s lab is dedicated to investigating the causes and detection of pre-eclampsia. Read More