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In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North York General Hospital (NYGH) serves as a teaching facility. It provides acute care, ambulatory and long-term services over a number of locations, primarily servicing the North York district as well as southern York Region. It is one of Canada's leading community academic hospitals and is linked with the University of Toronto. One of the three hospitals that make up the Peters-Boyd Academy of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine is New York General Hospital (NYGH). In 1968, North York General Hospital opened on the corner of Leslie Street and Sheppard Avenue. Friends of North York General (later to become the North York General Hospital Foundation), the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE), a philanthropic organization for Canadian women, the Missionary Health Institute, and Volunteer Services were the four founding partners. The North Metropolitan Hospital Association was founded in 1960 by a group of neighbourhood residents to investigate the possibility of constructing a hospital to serve North York's expanding population. Plans for a 70-bed community hospital at the intersection of Leslie and Sheppard were developed, and money was obtained, under the direction of Colonel Clifford Sifton. Land on the Leslie site was acquired by November 1962. A total of 3,000 volunteers raised $3.2 million towards the new hospital's $8.6 million price tag. Premier John Robarts formally dedicated North York General Hospital on March 15, 1968.
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Dr. Beaulieu treats children up to the age of 18 who have both basic and complicated cardiac problems and abnormalities. He also treats expecting women who may be worried about potential heart issues in their unborn child. View Profile
Pediatric neurologist Dr. Dragos Nita also has extra training in electroencephalography (EEG), epilepsy, and brain trauma. Dr. Nita received her neurology training at the University of Toronto before completing her clinical epilepsy fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children. He has EEG certification from the Canadian Association of Clinical Neurophysiologists and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Medicine of Canada. Also, Dr. Nita has a Doctorate in Neuroscience from Laval University with an emphasis on brain injuries. He belongs to the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Dr. Nita performs work at SickKids and Boomerang Health in addition to serving as a consultant neurologist at North York General Hospital and participating in the University of Toronto's medical student and resident education programme. View Profile
After finishing her undergraduate studies in Physiology at McGill University, Dr. Laura Betcherman went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto. In The Hospital for Sick Children, she finished both her paediatrics residency and paediatric nephrology fellowship. Pediatric nephrology and medical urology are two of her clinical specialties. She is passionate about community paediatrics and medical education. She likes to spend her free time outside and with her Scotch fold kitty. View Profile
The Canadian Society for Medical Education has presented a 2018 Award of Excellence to Dr. Rick Penciner, Director of Medical Education at North York General Hospital (NYGH) (CAME). In Canadian medical schools, faculty members who are dedicated to medical education are recognised with the CAME Certificate of Merit award for their work in teaching, evaluating, leading, and organising courses. At the University of Toronto, Dr. Penciner holds the positions of Associate Professor and Co-Leader for Faculty and Professional Development in the Department of Family and Community Medicine's Division of Emergency Medicine. View Profile
