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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Provincial funding has been awarded to Sinai Health System, in partnership with e Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), to launch the Ontario Fetal Centre. e centre will further enhance the successful partnership between these institutions which together perform more than 100 in utero fetal surgeries and procedures each year. In 2017, combined clinical teams from both hospitals performed two ground- breaking surgeries: the first Canadian in utero repair of spina bifida and the repair of a specific congenital heart defect in a fetus a few weeks before birth. Based at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Ontario Fetal Centre will be a specialized provincial centre of excellence for fetal care, research and education and is the first of its kind in Canada. S C H WA R T Z / R E IS MA N E M E R G E N C Y C E N T R E : O P E N W H I L E U N D E R C O NS T R U C T I O N ! Construction to expand and redesign the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre — which serves close to 60,000 patients a year — began in March. Even though the scaffolding is up and exciting changes are afoot, it's still open and providing care to patients and their families as usual. For the time being, the east end of the emergency driveway is closed to vehicles, and the west end is restricted to ambulance and police vehicles only. For pedestrians, there are two passenger drop-off spots on University Avenue just north of the emergency driveway, and dedicated entrances on the University Avenue and Murray Street sides of the hospital provide direct access to the department. ere is additional access through the main hospital entrance on University Avenue (6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.) and, after hours, via the Murray Street entrance. Parking is available on Murray Street, opposite the hospital. Not only will this redesign nearly double the size of the department, but the new space will be more senior friendly, increase safety measures, increase infection control and leverage state-of-the-art technology. SINAI HEALTH AND SICKKIDS LAUNCH ONTARIO FETAL CENTRE Premier Kathleen Wynne with patients and staff at an event to launch the Centre. Dr. Ravi Retnakaran, Endocrinologist at the Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, based at Mount Sinai Hospital, has been appointed the inaugural Boehringer Ingelheim Chair in Beta-Cell Preservation, Function and Regeneration. Dr. Retnakaran is part of a diabetes research team at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, part of Sinai Health System, which ranks among the top in the world in diabetes research. e Chair will support ongoing advancements in research and treatment options. "We are honoured to be supporting Sinai Health System in the area of diabetes and provide researchers the opportunity to pursue innovations in this important area that will improve patient care," said Richard Mole, President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Left to right: Uli Broedl, VP, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.; Dr. Bernie Zinman, C.M.; Dr. Ravi Retnakaran; Howard Sokolowski, Co-Chair, Sinai Health Foundation; John Howse, Sinai Health System diabetes patient; Maximilian von Eynatten, Global Head Medical Affairs, Therapeutic Area Metabolism, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH.; David Cynamon, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Sinai Health Foundation; Brent Belzberg, Chair, Sinai Health System. I NA U G U RA L C HA I R S U P P O R T I N G D IA B E T E S R E S EA R C H MA D E P O S S I B L E B Y BO E H R I N G E R I N G E L H E I M 4 SHS News