St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)

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**St. Michael's Hospital**
Location


St Michael's Hospital from Queen and Victoria
Place	Downtown Toronto, Ontario, (Canada)
Organization
Care System	Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
Hospital Type	Teaching
Affiliated University	University of Toronto
Services
Emergency Dept.	Major Trauma centre
Beds	550
Speciality	Unknown
History
Founded	1892
Links
Website	Homepage
See also	Hospitals in Canada

St. Michael's Hospital is a teaching hospital in Downtown Toronto. It offers tertiary and quaternary care for patients throughout Ontario.

It is unique in many areas and offers services in cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, inner city health and therapeutic endoscopy (after absorbing the Wellesley endoscopy group, which had to relocate when Wellesley Hospital was closed).

The hospital is located near the intersections of Queen Street and Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, and because of its location, caters to a diverse population, that includes the posh condominium complexes in Harbourfront, the underprivileged of the inner city of Regent Park, and the gay and lesbian community in Church and Wellesley. The hospital has over 550 beds and extensive outpatient clinics.

The hospital is one of two major trauma centres in the Greater Toronto Area and is open 24 hours a day. The only other trauma centre is Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

The current Physician-in-Chief is Dr. Robert Hyland, the Surgeon-in-Chief is Dr. Ori Rotstein and the President is Jeffrey Lozon.

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Heart and vascular disease
Inner city health
Trauma and neurosurgery
Diabetes comprehensive care
Neurology and musculoskeletal disorders
Specialized Complex Care
Critical care
Obstetrics and gynecology
Psychiatry
Vitreoretinal Surgery

The hospital will be home to a research centre, the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, when it opens in 2009.

[edit] History

St. Michael's Hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1892, with a specific goal of taking care of the sick and poor of Toronto's inner city.

University of Toronto teaching hospitals edit
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