Unity Health Toronto’s November Honour Roll
Every month, staff, researchers, physicians, learners and teams across Unity Health Toronto celebrate important honours, achievements and awards. Congratulations to all who’ve been recognized in November!
Congratulations to the St. Michael’s Hospital Stroke Program for having the best median door-to-needle time and median door-to-puncture time in Ontario. These are two important metrics that measure how quickly a patient receives life-saving interventions. Stroke is a time-sensitive condition, where the faster a patient receives care, the more likely they will have a better recovery with fewer neurological deficits. Well done to all of the teams who contributed to this fantastic achievement!
Unity Health Researchers Drs. Laurent Brochard, Sidney Kennedy, Lawrence Leiter, John Sievenpiper, Arthur Slutsky, Andrea Tricco and Subodh Verma have been named among the world’s most highly cited researchers globally in 2024 by Clarivate. Each researcher who makes the Clarivate list has authored multiple highly cited papers, which rank in the top 1% of citations for their field. Well done to all!
Drs. Claudia dos Santos, Mikaela Gabriel, Stephen Hwang, Eno Hysi and Andrea Tricco have been selected as new Canada Research Chairs. Dr. Sharmistha Mishra has had her Canada Research Chair renewed. The Canada Research Chairs program recognizes research excellence in the health sciences, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It aims to support highly-accomplished researchers and advance research that leads to groundbreaking discoveries and innovations.
Dr. Najma Ahmed, surgeon-in-chief at St. Michael’s Hospital, was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. This medal is presented to those who have made significant contributions to Canadian society. Ahmed was praised for her leadership and advocacy in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis in Canada.
Dr. Najma Ahmed
Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri, St. Michael’s cardiac surgeon, has been named the inaugural Joseph Vitale and TLN Media Group Chair in Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery. The new donor-funded chair at the University of Toronto will advance the study and delivery of novel surgical techniques that can reduce the physical, mental and emotional toll of heart surgery.
Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri
Dr. Aaron Nauth, St. Michael’s orthopaedic surgeon, has been appointed to the McGraw Family Professorship in Fracture Care Research for a five-year term. Congratulations!
Dr. Aaron Nauth
Dr. Andrea Tricco, scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, has been named the new executive director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Tricco has a wealth of expertise in knowledge synthesis research and is a research powerhouse, having published more than 370 peer-reviewed articles. In addition to being an impactful member of Unity Health’s research community for the last 14 years, she was recently awarded a prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.
Dr. Andrea Tricco
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