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Congratulations, Dr. Gerald Fried!
November 30th, 2018 News Accolades The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) would like to congratulate its Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Gerald Fried, who was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) during the College’s …
Honouring Richard-Tomy Leboeuf-McGregor, an MUHC patient championing the fight against cystic fibrosis
December 6th, 2018 I met Richard about eight years ago when he was a patient at the Montreal Chest Institute of the MUHC. When we first met, Richard immediately expressed interest in becoming an advocate and joined our team to improve the quality of …
Another Medical Cold Case Cracked by the MUHC's 'Dr. House'
December 6th, 2018 Releases Research Montreal – A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) led by Dr. Donald Vinh, the RI’s so-called “Dr. House” because of his research into rare diseases, has discovered a new …
How does cancer spread?
December 10th, 2018 Releases Research Montreal - How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumour cells, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) found some answers to this crucial, yet so …
Personalized medicine: revealing the secrets of drug actions
December 12th, 2018 Research How can we benefit from a drug without having to deal with any undesirable side effects? That’s the idea behind the work that Dr. Stéphane Laporte is conducting in his laboratory at the Glen site of the Research Institute of …
Wound care revolution: Put away your rulers and reach for your phone
December 17th, 2018 Releases Monitoring a wound is critical, especially in diabetic patients, whose lack of sensation due to nerve damage can lead to infection of a lesion and, ultimately, amputation. New research from the McGill University Health Centre …
Suboptimal, inconsistent treatment for anaphylaxis due to unknown cause
December 20th, 2018 Releases Research MONTREAL, QC - A new Canadian study, led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is shedding light on anaphylaxis due to an unknown trigger (AUT)—an unpredictable and …
Québec Science honours a research team at the MUHC
January 5th, 2019 Releases Recent work by MUHC gyneco-oncologists Dr. Lucy Gilbert, Xing Zeng and Kris Jardon, along with American researchers, has been hailed as one of Québec Science 's top ten discoveries of the year 2018! Each year, this scientific …
MUHC responds to emergency situation
January 14th, 2019 Releases Montreal, 6 p.m - An emergency event occurred at des Découvreurs school in the Montreal borough of LaSalle leading the McGill University Health Centre to declare a Code Orange for multiple patients shortly before 12 noon at the …
RI-MUHC researchers among recipients of a $34M grant to fight cancer
January 23rd, 2019 Releases Researchers from McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal are part of a multinational team led by the University of California, San …