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SickKids The Hospital for Sick Children Company Profile

02:24 EDT 24th May 2013 | BioPortfolio

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children's health in the country. As innovators in child health, SickKids improves the health of children by integrating care, research and teaching.
With a staff that includes professionals from all disciplines of health care and research, SickKids provides the best in complex and specialized care by creating scientific and clinical advancements, sharing knowledge and expertise and championing the development of an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system.

In 2003/2004 SickKids saw over 300,000 clinic, medical day care and diagnostic visits, nearly 50,000 emergency visits, and performed nearly 12,000 operating room cases.

Location

555 University Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
M5G 1X8
Canada

Contact

Phone: 416-813-1500
Email: erin.devaney@sickkids.ca


News Articles [ 2037 Associated News Articles listed on BioPortfolio]

U of T and SickKids first to grow lung cells using stem cell technology

Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are paving the way towards individualized medicine for patients with cystic fibrosis. 

SickKids, Life Technologies partner to advance pediatric genomic research on Ion Proton Sequencer

Life Technologies Corporation today announced it has partnered with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to advance pediatric genomic research on the Ion Proton Sequencer.

Driving Front Line Innovation In Health Care

By David Duncan Jennifer Stinson was a nurse at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto who enjoyed brainstorming new ideas for improving care, especially for the kids with cancer she tre...

Population Diagnostics Aids Identification of Autism CNVs

Bio-IT World | A small biotech company, Population Diagnostics (PDx), has collaborated with researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto (SickKids) to provide a potentially major step...

SAMY Supports Leading Charities

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  MobileBits Corporation, (OTCBB: MBIT) announced today that it has partnered with two prominent children's health charities, SickKids Foundation an...

Gifts for sick children stolen

Christmas presents destined for sick youngsters at Great Ormond Street Hospital have stolen by thieves.

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children Selects Ion Proton in Whole Genome Sequencing Push

Bio-IT World | Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children will feature the Ion Proton sequencer as part of a major push into whole-genome sequencing at a new center for genetic medicine, aiming to sequenc...

Altering Gut Microbes Protects Against Disease, Supporting The 'Hygiene Hypothesis'

Early life exposure to normal bacteria of the GI tract (gut microbes) protects against autoimmune disease in mice, according to research published on-line in the journal Science. The study may also ha...

Clinical Trials [ 3366 Associated Clinical Trials listed on BioPortfolio]

An Investigation for the Optimal Timing of a Cleft Palate Repair

The effect of timing of cleft palate repair on speech development, velopharyngeal functioning, and facial growth remains unknown. The objective of this study is to determine the effective...

Use of Local Anesthetic (0.25% Bupivacaine) for Pain Control in Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization

In the Cardiac Diagnostic and Interventional Unit (CDIU) at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), minimally invasive procedures are performed to diagnose and treat a variety of congen...

Maintenance Intravenous Fluids in Children

Hyponatraemia arises in between 20% and 45% of sick hospitalized children. An important reason for this high incidence could be use of hypotonic fluids in sick children for maintenance flu...

Brace Versus Casting in Pediatric Low Risk Ankle Fractures

Acute ankle fractures are common in children. Most of these are stable and have a low risk of problems in the future. Even though these fractures are benign, these injuries are often cast...

Pacing of the Atria in Sick Sinus Syndrome Trial Preventive Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation

The purpose of this study is to determine which of 4 lead positions is most effective for pacemaker patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome in order to avoid development of atrial fibrillation.

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