MUHC in the media- June 19, 2023

Dr. Jean-Philippe Pelletier, interim chief of Interventional Cardiology, Dr. Marco Spaziano, interventional cardiologist and Dr. Jeremy Levett, cardiac surgery resident, spoke with TVA and Profession Santé about Stenoa, a cloud-based platform that streamlines critical care coordination, secure communication and real-time analytics across the healthcare system, from pre-hospital settings to tertiary and quaternary hospitals.

A new father diagnosed with rare cancer gets to see the birth of his child and live alongside his family at the MUHC. Dr. Ramy Saleh, medical oncologist, and Sophia Kapellas, advanced practice nurse, help tell this remarkable story of strength and tenderness to CTV.

Nephrologist, Dr. Laura Horowitz, explains how the dialysis unit at the Montreal General Hospital was able to successfully accommodate Cree patients from Chibougamau, forced to evacuate to Montreal due to their city's poor air quality resulting from the ongoing forest fires. TVA, Journal de Montreal

Dr. Jamil Asselah, medical oncologist at the MUHC and researcher at the RI-MUHC, talks about advances in cancer treatment, and more specifically, about the hope offered by a new breast cancer drug, ribociclib. According to the preliminary results of a clinical trial, this drug taken in combination with hormone therapy would reduce the number of relapses by 20% to 25% in patients with an early form of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Radio-Canada Ici Première, La Presse

Lee Hill, a postdoctoral fellow at the RI-MUHC who was a cold-water swim coach in South Africa before moving to Canada, spoke to the American Heart Association about cold plunging. His warnings about the dangers of cold water are featured in a New York Post article.