Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium 2022 QIPS

September 16, 2022

A virtual CPD Conference will be held on Thursday, October 20th, 2022.  Target audience includes physicians, nurses, students/residents, physician assistants, allied healthcare workers, and administrators.

Dr. Salim Yusuf is Honoured With Killam Prize

March 18, 2022

Dr. Yusuf is the third McMaster University professor to receive this award, which began in 1982

Dr. Hertzel C. Gerstein, Recipient of 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award

March 18, 2022

Dr. Gerstein pioneered and firmly established international long-term patient-important cardiovascular outcomes trials as the norm for clinical diabetes research.

Dr. Alim Pardhan Receives College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario 2022 Council Award

March 18, 2022

"Dr. Pardhan exemplifies the physician you’d want to care for someone you love if they were sick."

Department of Medicine Research Excellence and Discovery Day

March 14, 2022

The Jack Hirsh Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and the William Walsh Award for Outstanding Educational Achievement will be presented. at the ceremony.

Dr. Dawn Bowdish, the Principal Investigator, Bowdish Lab

March 14, 2022

Dr. Bowdish and her team's expertise in the aging immune system and infections/vaccinations allowed her team to quickly pivot to understanding infection & vaccination responses to COVID-19.

HHS Medical Grand Rounds: What happened to Monday?

March 11, 2022

The Grand Rounds explored challenges of neurological presentations in rheumatology diseases.

Dr. Ronald Ramos Appointed Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology

March 10, 2022

Dr. Ramos has a keen interest in acute neurological care, and optimal treatment strategies for patients with brain tumors.

FHS Women's Symposium 2022: Building Alliances for the Future

March 7, 2022

The 2022 Women’s Symposium will be a venue where we can bring together all individuals to consider how we might close the persistent gender gap within our work environments.

Dr. Salim Yusuf Receives World Heart Award

March 4, 2022

The award is given to individuals and organizations that go above and beyond in the quest to fight cardiovascular disease and promote heart health around the world.

Chair's Medical Grand Rounds: Developing Platforms for Integrative Clinical Research on Addiction

March 4, 2022

Speakers were Dr. James MacKillop, Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Dr. Leslie Martin, Assistant Professor & Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program and Dr. Tim O'Shea, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine.

Dr. Sameer Sharif Wins Early Career Award

March 2, 2022

The award is intended to foster academic excellence and advance educational, QIPS and research innovation in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Chair's Medical Grand Rounds, March 3

February 25, 2022

The topic for the Chair's Grand Rounds will be "Developing Platforms for Integrative Clinical Research on Addiction".

Dr. Matt Sibbald Wins CAME Award

February 25, 2022

The Award, named in honour of Dr. Meridith Marks, recognizes individuals in the first phase of their professional career who have made a significant contribution to medical education.

Antimalarial-induced cardiomyopathy

February 25, 2022

A key objective of the grand rounds was to describe the clinical and structural/functional/histopathological characteristics of antimalarial-induced cardiomyopathy based on a case presentation.

Medical Grand Rounds on Five Things Every Internist Should Know About Anticoagulants

February 25, 2022

The objective was to describe ways to minimize the risk of bleeding on anticoagulant therapy, among other objectives.

Virtual Care and Remote Automated Monitoring After Hospital Discharge Post-Surgery

February 22, 2022

The objective of the Medical Grand Rounds was to gain insights into virtual care and remote automated monitoring technologies.

MAC Experts Lead a Survey on Cuff Leak Test

February 22, 2022

Dr. Lewis and Dr. Alhazzani will lead the “Cuff Leak Test and Airway Obstruction in Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients (COSMIC): A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial”.

Dr. Jill Rudkowski Appointed Assistant Secretary of the CACMS & CACME

February 18, 2022

Dr. Rudkowski is an Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine. She is the inaugural Competency Committee Chair for the McMaster Postgraduate Medicine Critical Care program.

Charles Juravinski: Honouring the life and legacy of a hometown champion of health research and health care

February 16, 2022 by McMaster Daily News

Scientists complete diagnostic algorithm study and honour late professor

February 15, 2022

A successful diagnostic algorithm developed by McMaster University researchers that can both detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and reduce the need for ultrasound scans, has been published in The BMJ.

Transcending Borders To Enhance Global Health

February 15, 2022

Through the Global Health program, the Department is building strong partnerships in LIC including Uganda, Guyana and Namibia, and now also in Afghanistan, Syria, Tanzania, Kenya, and Tajikistan.

MIRC is in the News With a New Next-Generation Trivalent SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

February 11, 2022

The vaccine may prove to be a next generation COVID-19 strategy to induce broad mucosal immunity against current and future VOC with high efficacy in human trials.

Dr. Teresa Chan Wins AFMC Award

February 11, 2022

The AFMC award recognizes exceptional faculty members who demonstrate vision, innovation and leadership in faculty development in their faculty of medicine.

Dr Helen Neighbour and Dr. Diana Ahmed Appointed to UGME Leadership Positions

February 11, 2022

Dr. Neighbour will be responsible for overseeing the planning and delivery of the Clerkship Curriculum, Dr Ahmed will work to improve the service learning opportunities and experiences of medical students.