Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jamie Feusner as Chief, Department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for a five-year term, effective September 8, 2026 Dr. Feusner is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Neurosciences & Clinical Translation at the University of Toronto and is joining Sunnybrook from the Centre of Addiction and Men...

Anastasia will never forget the moment her daughter was finally placed on her chest, a few days after being born 15 weeks early. “It finally felt real, being able to hold her close,” says Anastasia of ‘kangaroo care’, the skin-to-skin contact that offers significant benefits for both baby and parent. She and her husband spend any opportunity they have to hold Avalina…

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It wasn’t her first pregnancy loss, at roughly five and half weeks, that hit Victoria Coletta hard. “I had an ‘oh my gosh, I knew miscarriages were common, but I never expected it to happen to me’ moment,” says Victoria, who was aware that one in five pregnancies end in loss. Then came four more early losses. Her experience typically started with bleeding and pain…

It’s like any other day – you’re at work, home or commuting – and then everything changes. “A car or bike collision, a fall or a workplace injury can happen in the blink of an eye. It’s unexpected, and it’s a shock for the injured person and their support system,” explains social worker Illana Perlman, who has worked at Sunnybrook for over three decades. Social workers serve ...

Sunnybrook is treating more patients than any other hospital in Ontario using a robotic surgical approach for mitral regurgitation, irregular heartbeats and heart tumours. For surgeons like Dr. Derrick Tam, it’s gratifying to see patients have shorter hospital stays (three to four nights instead of six to eight nights), shorter recovery times and a speedy return to work and n...