Queen's medical students are offering their support to our physicians during this difficult time. They are offering services such as childcare, pickups/drop-offs, errands, etc.
You can sign up using the Online Staff Form and they will do their best to connect you with an available student in a timely manner. Please note: while this initiative is organized by Queen's medical students, it is NOT officially affiliated with Queen's University.
On March 11, Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences issued travel and event protocol, effective immediately. For full details and continued updates, please visit the FHS COVID-19 information page.
More information is also available on the Queen's COVID-19 information page.
The Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery Study
SEAMO received 49 applications spanning 12 departments and 26 specialties, valued at $8M for 2019-20 Innovation Fund competition. This year SEAMO is able fund 11 projects because of a significant increase to our Innovation Fund budget. We now receive $1.2M annually to support projects that aim to transform healthcare delivery in Ontario. Thank you to everyone that applied and congratulations to the 11 SEAMO Innovation Fund award winners!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jane Philpott will join SEAMO as our new CEO and Dean of Queen’s Faculty of Health Sciences on July 1, 2020.
After successfully completing an eVisit Pilot Program in 2018, Dr. Ramana Appireddy, stroke neurologist and medical director at KHSC’s Stroke Prevention Clinic, advocates for the benefits of digital health.
Since the inception of the Ontario eConsult Program in February 2017, primary care providers (PCPs) and specialists in the South East region have helped expand the service into a thriving enterprise.
Who’s On Board?
As of December 2019, 148 primary care providers were actively engaging in eConsult (active users are those who have sent at least three eConsults over the last six months). The South East region is second only to the Waterloo-Wellington region in the percentage of active PCPs.
If you’ve ever been to Heritage 2 at Providence Care Hospital, chances are you’ve run into Dr. Greg Patey.
For almost 10 years now, Dr. Agata Szlanta has been providing exceptional person-centred care.
Dr. Romith Naug joined Providence Care Hospital in July, as part of the Division of Hospital Medicine.