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Department of Paediatrics 5 year Report 2009-2013

Perspectives magazine is an annual glossy supporting the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary, Mount Sinai Hospital and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute.

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22 Vision for the Future Vision for the Future The Department of Paediatrics has built a firm foundation for further development as the premier neonatal department in Canada, and an international leader in clinical care, research, and training. Our plans for the future include: Creating Our Own Identity We are working with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to re-brand ourselves as the Toronto Perinatal Centre at Mount Sinai. This will allow us to create and market our own public identity, as befits Canada's premier perinatal centre. We have already integrated our obstetric and neonatal programs into a single business unit (Women's and Infant's Health Program), and are now proceeding with creating alignment in clinical care, research and education, as well as a single website, marketing plan, and communications and fund raising strategy. Setting the Gold Standard for Clinical Care Completion of the new state-of-the-art NICU in 2014, equipped with a fully electronic health information and data system that is linked with the antenatal and delivery services, and with neonatal follow-up, will set Mount Sinai apart from all other NICUs in Canada today. Future recruitment of neonatologists will focus on developing specific competencies in neonatal cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, and developmental care, in order to elevate clinical care to the next level. Building upon our success in leading quality improvement initiatives nationally and internationally, we will aim to set the gold standard for neonatal outcomes globally. Mount Sinai now has the most cost-efficient NICU in Toronto; we will work to further improve efficiency and establish standards for resource allocation and use. We will work to re-design the perinatal care system in Canada to improve outcomes and efficiency. Leading the Future Wave of Neonatal Research Our strategy is to transform our current highly successful research clusters to lead the future wave of neonatal research. We will link neonatal with obstetric and developmental research, to create a true continuum of perinatal research. We will collaborate with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute to evolve the developmental biology and physiology cluster into a leader in developmental origins of disease, regenerative medicine, and imaging. We will transform the patient- oriented research cluster beyond the NICU to become a leader for both international and community-based neonatal research. We will consolidate Mount Sinai's position as a world leader in patient- and family-centred care, and develop new models for further engaging patients and families in clinical care and family support. We will expand MiCare to include researchers from the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Obstetric Anesthesia and strengthen research mentorship. We will lead the establishment of a Clinical Research Centre at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, with MiCare as the core. We are working with the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation to build a donor base to support our efforts. Training the Leaders of the Future We will continue to contribute to the training of clinicians, researchers, and educators in our existing programs. We will build upon our successful Clinician-Scientist Training Program to train the clinical and research leaders of the future for Canada and internationally. We will grow our international training programs to increase the profile of Mount Sinai and increase opportunities for collaboration internationally. e greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it Michelangelo

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