Turning a page: Librarians find new homes for JGH book collections
As the Health Sciences Library prepares to move, staff has been diligently sifting through historical volumes The medical books are like testaments to a…
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Appointment of Bessy Bitzas – Nursing
Congratulations to Vasiliki (Bessy) Bitzas, who on February 25 became Associate Director of Nursing. With more than 20 years of management experience at the…
Lucie Tremblay and Céline Gélinas named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing
One of the top honours in Canadian nursing has been bestowed upon Lucie Tremblay and Céline Gélinas, with their induction on October 14 as…
Dr. Haitham Baghlaf joins Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Haitham Baghlaf has joined the JGH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, where he will pursue his interests in fetal echocardiograms, detailed early anatomy…
Preceptor Recognition Event: Congratulations to our winners!
In a virtual ceremony, eight of our CIUSSS’s nurses were recognized by the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University. The ceremony honoured nurses,…
JGH physician honoured for media interviews about COVID-19
After being featured in more than 400 media interviews about COVID-19 over the past year, Dr. Matthew Oughton, a JGH specialist in infectious diseases,…
JGH Dental Clinic to be named in honour of Dr. Mervyn Gornitsky
Major recognition for former Chief who was Montreal’s first oral surgeon If you’ve received a dental implant in Montreal sometime in the past 35…
JGH Zoom presentation on COVID-19 draws over 500 participants from Quebec hospitals
In the best-attended Medical Grand Rounds ever at the JGH, more than 500 healthcare professionals from across Quebec recently viewed a webinar presentation on…
CIUSSS West-Central teams up with McGill University for new series of education capsules
Clinical and academic life can be incredibly busy, making opportunities for continuing education challenging. A new partnership between our CIUSSS’s Academic Affairs Directorate and…
“Dear diary: The situation is still serious, but there’s hope… ”
“Mr. Plevritis is in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit now?” a surprised Olivia Frank asks. “This must have been super-recent.” The secretary at the…
Amina Talib, Associate Director, Human Resources
It was as an assistant to the Executive Director of the Jewish General Hospital that Amina Talib entered the health and social services field…
Dr. Suzanne Levitz, Associate Director of Professional Services
Dr. Suzanne Levitz has accepted the position of Associate Director of Professional Services following nearly three decades of practice at Mount Sinai Hospital. “I…
Patient safety—we’re all on the same team
To provide care within a safe and secure environment—it is one of the key values of our CIUSSS. When patient safety lapses do arise,…
Student volunteers embrace emotional intensity of Intensive Care
One summer day last year, Rabbia Akhtar-Tariq, a McGill University psychology student, was volunteering in the JGH’s Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU), when she…
A BRILLIANT rehab project to boost mobility and autonomy
The BRILLANT (Biomedical Research and Informatics Living Laboratory for Innovative Advances of New Technologies) research project was recently awarded a $5 million grant from…
Let’s celebrate the successes of Academic Affairs
The Academic Affairs Directorate coordinates six main components of its mission: teaching, research, leading practices, knowledge transfer and integration, evaluation of technology and modes…
The CIUSSS wants “U”!
Academic retreat investigates how to strengthen ‘U’ in CIUSSS When a retreat is hosted by the Academic Affairs directorate, is it any wonder that…