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Mount Sinai Hospital achieves Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital Leadership Status
Mount Sinai Hospital, part of Sinai Health, has received the highest designation in the Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital program,…
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Sinai Health leadership team cutting the ribbon to mark the completion of the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre redevelopment.
Mount Sinai Hospital's Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre expands to accommodate patient capacity
TORONTO (November 20, 2024) Sinai Health is proud to announce the…
Photo of Dr. Michelle Nelson, a health services researcher at the Science of Care Institute at Sinai Health
Sinai Health researchers to trial support for stroke recovery
A stroke is often life-changing for patients and their families.
A picture of a lab-grown human brain organoid tissue.
Sinai Health’s $10M funding fuels creation of lab-grown organoids for disease research and drug discovery
In Drs. Jeff Wrana and Laurence Pelletier’s laboratories at Sinai Health,…
A collage of two images of Dr. Gingras, on the left is a headshot of a Caucasian woman with short hair, on the right she is pipetting in the lab wearing a face mask and lab coat
Sinai Health appoints Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras as Director of renowned Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and Vice President, Research
TORONTO (August 8, 2023) After an extensive international search, Sinai…
patient in bed in new modern ICU room
Designed for the future: New Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital opens
TORONTO (May 10, 2023) Today, the new Kimel Schatzky Intensive Care Unit (…
Sinai Health to rename Canada’s largest complex care and rehabilitation hospital in celebration of transformative $36 million gift
Sinai Health to rename Canada’s largest complex care and rehabilitation hospital in celebration of transformative $36 million gift
TORONTO (Oct. 27, 2021) – Toronto’s pre-eminent complex care and…
Doctors working and a critically ill mother in bed
World-first: Experts at UHN, Sinai Health and SickKids develop plan to save critically ill mother and her baby
TORONTO (October 3, 2021) – Medical experts from University Health Network…
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New research shows sarcoma’s origins could be decades in the making
Toronto scientists say they have pinpointed potential triggers of an…
Dr. Jim Woodgett
Distinguished Toronto scientist Dr. Jim Woodgett takes up leadership of Terry Fox Research Institute on August 1
Vancouver, BC – The Board of Directors of the Terry Fox Research Institute…
New research encourages light exercise following concussion
New research encourages light exercise following concussion
TORONTO (May 21, 2021) —The phrase ‘when in doubt, sit it out’ is the…
Dr. Christie Lee speaks with colleagues in the ICU.
Sinai Health receives $21 million gift to transform ICU, support research
Sinai Health has received a transformational $21 million gift that will…
A new state-of-the-art surgical room at Mount Sinai Hospital
New state-of-the-art surgical floor opens to support patients, families
TORONTO (March 29, 2021) — Today, Mount Sinai Hospital opens its new state…
We Are Magnet
Mount Sinai Hospital achieves Magnet® recognition again
TORONTO (February 19, 2021) — Mount Sinai Hospital attained Magnet…
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GTA hospitals support further lockdown measures
December 20, 2020 – Today, on behalf of our patients, health-care workers…
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Statement from Sinai Health on the death of the Right Honourable John N. Turner
On behalf of Sinai Health, our sincerest condolences to the family and…
Lab technician tests for COVID-19
Half-million COVID-19 tests completed at shared Sinai Health – University Health Network Microbiology Department
TORONTO (September 15, 2020) – With the largest COVID-19 testing capacity…
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New campaign from Sinai Health celebrates Champions of Care
Sinai Health Foundation is launching its first-ever public campaign with…
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Statement regarding an incident on EllisDon’s construction site at Mount Sinai Hospital
We have learned of a possible hate crime on the EllisDon construction site…
Mount Sinai Hospital confirms first case of COVID-19
Mount Sinai Hospital confirms first case of COVID-19
Mount Sinai Hospital received confirmation of a first positive test result…
Researchers discover new tool for investigating brain disorders, including dementia and depression
Researchers discover new tool for investigating brain disorders, including dementia and depression
A team of scientists from Canada, the UK and US has discovered a new…
Sinai Health scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Sinai Health scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
A tiny gene fragment may play a pivotal role in why some people with…
New study shows quality-improvement programs increase survival of preterm babies
New study shows quality-improvement programs increase survival of preterm babies
The rate of survival of very preterm babies in Canada increased 25 per…
Sinai Health researchers awarded grant to fight vision loss
Sinai Health researchers awarded grant to fight vision loss
Two Sinai Health scientists have their eyes set on a new prize.
Dr. Daniel Drucker honoured with 2020 Baxter Prize for diabetes impact
Dr. Daniel Drucker honoured with 2020 Baxter Prize for diabetes impact
An award-winning researcher whose work led to the development of two new…
RBC Pathway to Peers
Blue Monday and beyond: Sinai Health to host virtual event on youth mental health
Blue Monday may be synonymous with the seasonal blues, however the reality…
Dr. Shoo Lee
Neonatologist Dr. Shoo Lee named to the Order of Canada
Toronto, ON, December 27, 2019 – Dr. Shoo Lee, neonatologist and former…
Dr. Jacques Lee
SREMI Inaugural Research Chair in Geriatric Emergency Medicine announced
Research chair to be supported by $3 million in funding.
Man and woman with text "The Changing Face of Diabetes"
Type 1.5 diabetes: Growing epidemic leads to emerging grey area of disease
Specialists treating diabetes say the growing epidemic is leading to a…
Dr. Caroline Kramer with her black miniature Schnauzer in the park.
Sinai Health researcher finds dog owners may live longer
Dr. Caroline Kramer, Endocrinologist and Clinician Scientist at Mount…
Dr. Daniel Drucker in a blue dress shirt standing in a lab.
Sinai Health researcher awarded 2019 EASD-Novo Nordisk foundation diabetes prize for excellence
Dr. Daniel J. Drucker, a senior investigator at Sinai Health System’s…