Profile (Overview)
A medical facility and teaching hospital, St. Michael's Hospital is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1892 by the Sisters of St. Joseph with the primary objective of providing care for the ill and underprivileged residents of Toronto's inner city. The hospital offers tertiary and quaternary services in inner city health, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, and therapeutic endoscopy. In Greater Toronto, along with the bigger Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, it is one of two Level 1 adult trauma centres. Both St. Michael's and Sunnybrook have helipads for use as trauma centres. It is one of many teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and is a facility of the Unity Health Toronto hospital system. The hospital could accommodate 300 patients by 1912, and a five-room surgical suite was also erected. The original 26-bed institution was extended physically over time, most notably in the 1960s, to reach 900 beds. St. Michael's School of Nursing graduated 81 classes between 1892 and 1974, totaling 5,177 graduates. When nursing courses were transferred to the province's community college system in 1974, the institution was forced to close. After then, the hospital became the first in Canada to open a school for medical record librarians and took part in the training of nutritionists, X-ray technicians, and laboratory techs. The hospital changed its name to simply St. Michael's in March 2010 to reflect its expanding involvement in medical research.
Hospital (Infrastructure)
It is one of two Level 1 adult trauma centers in Greater Toronto, the other being the larger Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Helipads are available at Sunnybrook and St. Michael's for usage as trauma centers. By 1912, the hospital could house 300 patients and had built a five-room surgical suite. Over time, most notably in the 1960s, the original 26-bed facility underwent physical expansion to accommodate 900 beds.
Hospital Location
36 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada
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Facilities
Private Rooms, Translator, Nursery / Nanny Services, Personal Assistance / Concierge, Free Wifi, International Cuisine, Phone in Room, Private Driver / Limousine Services, Post operative follow-up, Mobility Accessible Rooms, Rehabilitation, Cafe, TV in room, Car Hire, Health Insurance Coordination
Hospital Awards
- Innovative Medicines of Canada: Health Research Foundation Diversity & Equity in Research Award
- 2024 University of Toronto President's Impact Awards
- CIHR Other: Travel Awards – Institute Community Support
- Temerty Medicine Research Excellence Award
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DOCTORS
Dr. Al-Hesayen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and was hired in July 2005 as a Clinician-Investigator in Heart Failure at St. Michael's Hospital. He is an expert in complex hemodynamic evaluation for cardiomyopathy and valvular heart disease. His catheterization laboratory activities, aside from coronary angiography, are mostly focused on renal denervation for resistant hypertension and screening for candidature to MitraClip therapy for severe mitral regurgitation. View Profile
Dr. Bisleri holds the positions of Investigator at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Cardiac Surgeon-Entrepreneur at St. Michael's Hospital, and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bisleri is a board-certified adult cardiac surgeon with extensive experience in the full range of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He has focused particularly on creating less invasive methods for cardiac valve replacement and repair as well as cutting-edge reconstruction techniques (he has developed a novel technique for ischemic and degenerative mitral valve repair). Additionally, Dr. Bisleri is a crucial component of the Structural Heart Program at St. Michael's Hospital and actively participates in the percutaneous management of valve dysfunction. Dr. Bisleri is the only surgeon currently offering this approach in Canada. He also performed the largest number of Cox Cryo-Maze procedures in the country. In 2005, he pioneered the total endoscopic treatment of atrial fibrillation. He also helped to introduce the hybrid approach and combined epicardial/endocardial advanced mapping in collaboration with the Arrhythmia team. View Profile
Dr. Henry Ahn is an orthopaedic surgeon and an Associate Scientist at St. Michael's Hospital's Li Ka Shing Knowledge Center. He earned his Doctorate in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Toronto's Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME). His clinical work focuses on the treatment of polytrauma patients who have suffered substantial spinal cord injuries, orthopaedic injuries, and complex adult spinal disorders. Dr. Ahn is a Lead Investigator of the Rick Hansen Registry and a member of the University of Toronto Spine Center. His areas of interest include huge databases, prospective cohort studies, randomised control trials, and the therapy of spinal cord injury as well as the epidemiology of spinal cord injury. View Profile
For more than 20 years, Michael D. Cusimano, MD, MHPE, FRCSC, PhD, FACS, has been one of the top craniobase neurosurgeons in North America. He was the first to describe the totally endoscopic bi-nasal approach to the cranial base and was recognised as Canada's top surgical educator. He is well-known for his teaching style and clinical abilities as the first surgeon in the world to be a practising surgeon with a PhD in education. Several of the current trends in biology, education, prevention, and quality of life were not yet in existence when he conducted his vast, inventive, and ground-breaking study. View Profile
In the University of Toronto's Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Dr. Farcas holds the positions of Assistant Professor and Surgeon-Investigator. She is a surgeon who subspecializes in endourology, robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and renal transplantation at St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Farcas earned her MD and urology residency training at the University of Toronto after earning her master's degree in engineering from McGill University. After that, she finished a two-year clinical residency with the Endourological Society at St. Michael's Hospital. Her areas of interest in research include surgical innovation, the creation of surgical devices, and surgical simulation. View Profile
Dr. Phil McFarlane is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and a clinical investigator in the Division of Nephrology at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. He serves as the Chief Nephrologist for the Live Kidney Donor Program at St. Michael's Hospital as well as the Medical Director of Home Dialysis. He belongs to the Canadian Society of Nephrology, the Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Canadian Hypertension Education Program. At the Institute for Medical Sciences (IMS) at the University of Toronto, he earned his PhD in health economics. Health economics and outcomes studies are among his areas of interest. He presently serves as the provincial medical lead for home hemodialysis and access to dialysis. View Profile
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Following are some of prominent doctors serving St Michaels Hospital Toronto: 1- Henry Ahn: Orthoepdic Surgeon 2- Abdul Al-Hesayen: Cardiologist 3- Nasser AlOhaly: Neurologist 4- Gianluigi Bisleri: Cardiovascular Surgeon 5- John Blondal: Haematologist/Oncologist 6- Michael Cusimano: Neurosurgeon 7- Monica Farcas: Urology surgeon 8- Philip McFarlane: Nephrologist
Following are some of the top procedures performed at St Michaels Hospital Toronto: Endovascular neurosurgery, aneurysm coiling, carotid stenting and vascular malformation management, removal of cancerous tumors of the breast, liver, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, colon, and rectum, Mohs micrographic surgery, tendon and nerve repair, aesthetic surgery, breast reconstructive surgery, and reconstructive procedures of the ear, glaucoma, strabismus surgery, and treatment for uveitis (ocular inflammation), hip and knee arthroplasty, shoulder, knee, and foot and ankle surgery, hip and knee replacement, sinus surgery, nasal septal surgery, tonsillectomies/adenoidectomies, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hyperhidrosis, and congenital chest wall deformities, and treatment for cancerous (malignant) and noncancer.
