Dr. Tim St. Amand knows change can be challenging. The largest technological transformation in Niagara Health’s history is no exception for the Emergency Department Site Lead at the Marotta Family Hospital in St. Catharines.
Amr Almasri and Keira Parr each took unconventional paths to get into the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine – Niagara Regional Campus. They’re ready to bring their own special experiences to healthcare, the classroom and even a few taste buds along the way.
Julia Becevel started as a co-op student on the Hospital Information System project and has since been hired full-time to help with this generational shift in technology that will improve patient care.
Many people are understandably frustrated by long wait times in the ED. The truth is, the pressures hospitals face are bigger than what we can fix within our walls.
Whether it’s groundbreaking research or establishing faster, more efficient patient care, the work of Leanne Kent and Dr. Danielle de Sa Boasquevisque offers new hope for stroke patients in Niagara and beyond.
For several years, immunization against RSV was only available to preterm, vulnerable babies with one injection a month during respiratory illness season (November to April). That’s now changing.
While in nursing school, Devan MacCulloch didn’t know what he wanted to specialize in, but cardiology could have been a fitting choice.
The translational research conducted by a Niagara Health Knowledge Institute summer student will help rural and community hospitals, regardless of location, participate in pivotal research that could transform standards of care worldwide.
This week is Canadian Critical Care Week. Learn how critical care physician Dr. Natasha Ovtcharenko supports patients and families during challenging times.
Stroll through the toy section of any dollar or department store and you’re likely to see them: wiggly, jiggly, sensory-type toys with soft spikes, tentacles and offshoots. Whether they’re on your shopping list or not, it’s almost impossible to walk by and not touch them. As an expert in infection prevention and control (IPAC), it’s a little easier not to.
