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DocTalks Podcast: Season 4, Episode 24 - Heart health in women with Dr. Ashlay Huitema
Chest pressure, burning sensation, jaw or neck pain - did you know these could be signs of a heart attack in women? Sometimes women ignore these symptoms, thinking they may be because of other illnesses. In this episode of the DocTalks Podcast, host Ian Gillespie chats with Dr. Ashlay Huitema a...
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Breaking down barriers
In an innovative partnership, victims of sexual assault in Oxford County are able to receive specialized follow-up care close to home. Considered the first agreement of its kind in the province, the Oxford County Community Health Centre (OCCHC) is collaborating with the Regional Sexual Assault and...
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Global initiative aims to prevent falls in older adults
Chaired by Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, a group of 96 experts from 39 countries and 36 societies and agencies in Geriatric Medicine and Aging have come together to develop the “ World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults: A...
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Champions of all that sets St. Joseph’s apart
They fill very different roles yet all stand out to their colleagues as inspirational, passionate, transformative, ingenious, empowering and a champion of all that sets St. Joseph’s apart. These are just some of the descriptives of this year’s Sisters of St. Joseph Awards for Excellence recipients...
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Growing partnerships
St. Joseph’s Food and Nutrition Services recently teamed up with Urban Roots London to create a pilot garden at Parkwood Institute. The collaboration is part of St. Joseph’s Nourish Project, with the goal of harnessing the power of food to build health for people and the planet. Snow might be in the...
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New community hub to ease trauma of abuse for children and youth
Creating a safe space for children and youth who have been abused, where they only have to tell their story once, is the goal behind a new partnership in London and the upcoming opening of the Beacon House Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC). St. Joseph’s is a proud partner in the initiative...
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A Lifetime of Achievement
Dr. John Denstedt, renowned surgeon at St. Joseph’s Health Care London has been chosen to receive the Endourological Society Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019, which is presented to a urologist who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of endourology. Given to a...
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Our People: Meet Dr. Tim Doherty, MD, PhD, FRCPC
What do you know about the people you pass in the hall or see in the cafeteria every day? What do they do at St. Joseph’s? Here we will introduce you to a member of the St. Joseph’s family, recognizing their contribution to respect, excellence and compassion. Dr. Tim Doherty, Chief physiatrist at...
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Exemplary leadership earns Ting-Yim Lee medical physics Gold Medal
Medical physicist Ting-Yim Lee still isn’t sure exactly what interviewers saw in him when they recruited him in 1988 to work in radiology research at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. But he’s honoured they saw and cultivated that kernel of possibility. Lee is now recognized as an innovative imaging...
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