The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), corporately branded as SickKids, is a major

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located on

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, Canada. Affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of the

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, the hospital was ranked the top pediatric hospital in the world by

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in 2021. The hospital's Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning is believed to be the largest pediatric research tower in the world, at .

History

The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

During 1875, an eleven-room house was rented for a year by a Toronto women's bible study group, led by Elizabeth McMaster. Opened on March 1, it set up six iron cots and "declared open a hospital 'for the admission and treatment of all sick children.'" The first patient, a scalding victim named Maggie, came in on April 3. In its first year, 44 patients were admitted to the hospital in its first year of operation, and 67 others were treated in outpatient clinics. In 1876, the hospital moved to larger facilities. In 1891, it moved from rented premises to a purposely-constructed building at

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and Elizabeth Streets. It would remain there for 60 years. The building, known as the

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, is now the Toronto area headquarters of

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. In 1951, the hospital moved to its present

location. On its grounds once stood the childhood home of the Canadian-born movie star

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. In 1972, the hospital became equipped with a rooftop helipad (CNW8). From 1980 to 1981, the hospital was the site of a series of baby deaths.

Contributions to medicine

The hospital was an early leader in the fields of

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and

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. In 1908, a pasteurization facility for milk was established at the hospital, the first in Toronto, 30 years before milk pasteurization became mandatory. Researchers at the hospital invented an infant cereal,

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. The research that led to the discovery of

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took place at the nearby

and was soon applied in the hospital by

Gladys Boyd Gladys Lillian Boyd (December 26, 1893 – October 24, 1970) was a Canadian paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She was a pioneer in the treatment of juvenile diabetes. A collaborator of Sir Frederick Banting, she was o ...

. Dr.

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, one of the researchers, had served his internship at the hospital and went on to become an attending physician there. In 1963,

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developed the Mustard surgical procedure to help correct heart problems in

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accessed 12 June 2015. In 1989, a team of researchers at the hospital discovered the gene responsible for

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accessed 20 June 2015 SickKids is a member of the

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(BIO), the world's largest advocacy organization representing the

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industry.

COVID-19 pandemic

During the

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, SickKids engaged in several campaigns to promote

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. SickKids received $99,680.00 from the

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for two projects through a grant program titled "Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada." The grant was jointly administered by the

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(NSERC), the

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(SSHRC), and the

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(CIHR). One of the funded proposals was titled “Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Educating the Educators.” The result was a promotional video titled “COVID-19 Vaccination Information for Education & Child Care Sector Staff” narrated by Dr. Danielle Martin. It was produced by

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, and distributed by the

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to school boards, private schools and child care centres to use in COVID-19 vaccination educational programs. A second proposal was titled “Stop COVID in Kids - School based vaccine education outreach to build trust and empower families”, which received additional funding in the form of a $440,000 grant from the

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's Immunization Partnership Fund.

Unqualified forensic testing

The hospital housed the Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory. At the request of various child protection agencies, 16,000 hair samples were tested from 2005 to 2015. The former Ontario Appeal Court judge Susan Lang reviewed Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory and determined that it was not qualified to do forensic testing. Lang also stated, "That SickKids failed to exercise meaningful oversight over MDTL's work must be considered in the context of the hospital's experience with Dr. Charles Smith." The 2008 Goudge Report found also that Dr. Charles Smith, whose forensic testimony led to wrongful convictions in the deaths of children, was not qualified to do forensic testing.

Future

The hospital is in its initial stages of expansion. In 2017, it established the "SickKids VS Limits" fundraising campaign, which will continue until 2022 to raise $1.5 billion for the expansion project. The funds will be used to build a patient care centre on University Avenue and a support centre on Elizabeth Street, to renovate the atrium, and to fund pediatric health research. To provide the required area for the buildings, demolition of existing structures was required. That included the removal of a

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spanning Elizabeth Street, the demolition of the Elizabeth McMaster Building at the northeast corner of Elizabeth Street and Elm Street, and the demolition of the laboratory and administrative building. Construction of the 22-storey Patient Support Centre administrative building will occur on the site of the Elizabeth McMaster Building and finish in 2022. The Peter Gilgan Family Patient Care Tower is expected to open in 2029, and the atrium's renovation is expected to be completed by 2031.

Notable patients

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's patient Elsie Needham was the first child to return from a diabetic coma after she had been given insulin. *Furious Pete, Peter Czerwinski (born 1985), competitive eater known as "Furious Pete"; admitted as a teen while battling anorexia *Mel Hague (born 1943), author and country singer; admitted at 9 for

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(now known as

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) *

Morgan Holmes Morgan Holmes is a Canadian sociologist, author, and a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario. She is also an intersex activist and writer, and former member of Intersex Society of North America. Holmes participated in the first public ...

, sociologist; had a clitorectomy at 7 * Peter G. Kavanagh (1953-2016), radio and television producer; was treated for paralytic poliomyelitis in infancy and childhood *

Aqsa Parvez Aqsa "Axa" Parvez ( ur, ; April 22, 1991 – December 10, 2007) was the victim of a murder in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. During the murder trial, Superior Court Justice Bruce Durno acknowledged the slaying as an honour killing, stating, tha ...

(1991-2007), murder victim; died at the hospital * Leonard Thompson (1908-1935), the first diabetic patient to be treated with insulin; received treatment as a teen *

Peter Woodcock David Michael Krueger (March 5, 1939 – March 5, 2010), best known by his birth name, Peter Woodcock, was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist and diagnosed psychopath. He gained notoriety for the murders of three young children in Toronto in ...

(1939-2010), serial killer; was treated extensively throughout his childhood

Notable staff

* Benjamin Alman, professor and head of the division of orthopedic surgery, senior scientist in developmental and stem cell biology *

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(born 1937), member of the Board of Trustees *

Harry Bain Harry William Bain, (1921 – December 21, 2001 ) was a Canadian pediatrician. He was raised in Cache Bay, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944. He was a paediatrician at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from ...

(1921-2001), paediatrician (1951-85) *

(1891-1941), resident surgeon * Sonia Baxendale, member of the Board of Trustees * Jalynn Bennett (1943-2015), member of the Board of Directors *

Zulfiqar Bhutta Zulfiqar A. Bhutta trained as a physician in Pakistan in the early stages of his career. He holds titles across various organizations in diverse geographies. Professor Bhutta is the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Women and Chi ...

, co-director of the centre for global child health *

(1894-1969), paediatrician, head of endocrine services *

Susan Bradley Susan Jane Bradley (born 1940) is a Canadian psychiatrist best known for her work on gender identity disorder in children. She has written many journal articles and books, including ''Gender Identity Disorder and Psychosexual Problems in Childre ...

(born 1940), head of the division of child psychiatry and psychiatrist-in-chief *

Manuel Buchwald Manuel Buchwald, (born June 7, 1940) is a Canadian geneticist and academic. Born in Lima, Peru, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree ''summa cum laude'' in 1962 from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in 1967 from Brandeis University. He was a memb ...

(born 1940), staff geneticist, scientist, senior scientist, and director of the research institute *

Kevin Chan Kevin Chan is the Chair of Pediatrics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Clinical Chief of Children's Health at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland where he also works as an emergency physi ...

, emergency physician * Jim Coutts (1938-2013), member of the board and foundation * A. Jamie Cuticchia (born 1966), director of bioinformatics * Arlington Franklin Dungy (????-2016), chief of paedodontics * John Taylor Fotheringham (1860-1940), staff member * Julie Forman-Kay, scientist *

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, postdoctoral researcher * Anna Goldenberg, senior scientist * William A. Goldie (1873-1950), chief of the infection division *

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, therapeutic clown *

Mary Jo Haddad Mary Jo Haddad is a Canadian nurse and health care executive. After spending 10 years as the President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children, Haddad became the first female Chancellor at the University of Windsor. Early life and education Ha ...

, president and CEO for ten years *

Mark Henkelman R. Mark Henkelman is a Canadian biophysics researcher in the field of medical imaging, now retired, who was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2005) and the Order of Canada (2019) in recognition of his pioneering contributions to ...

, senior scientist emeritus *

Lisa Houghton Lisa Anne Houghton is a New Zealand-based scientist, professor and head of the Department of Human Nutrition at the University of Otago. Academic career Houghton graduated from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada with a MSc (1996) for ...

, worked at the hospital *

Sanford Jackson Sanford Jackson was a Canadian biochemist. Jackson graduated from the University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the gro ...

, research biochemist and biochemist-in-chief * Monica Justice, program head of genetics and genome biology * Lewis E. Kay (born 1961), senior scientist in molecular medicine * Shaf Keshavjee, became a director of the Toronto lung transplant program in 1997 and later a scientist in 2012 *

Gideon Koren Gideon Koren, FACMT, FRCP(C) ( he, גדעון קורן; born August 27, 1947 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-Canadian pediatrician, clinical pharmacologist, toxicologist, and a composer of Israeli folk music. He was a doctor at the Hospit ...

(born 1947), doctor * Arlette Lefebvre (born 1947), child psychiatrist *

Kellie Leitch Khristinn Kellie Leitch (born July 30, 1970) is a Canadian surgeon and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe—Grey from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. She was first elected in t ...

(born 1970), orthopaedic pediatric surgeon *

James MacCallum James Metcalfe MacCallum (1860–1943) was a Canadian ophthalmologist and one of the most important patrons of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Biography He was born in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, but due to his father, a Methodist ...

(1860-1943), ophthalmologist *

Sabi Marwah Sarabjit (Sabi) Singh Marwah (born July 12, 1951) is a former member of the Canadian Senate. He is a former vice chairman and chief operating officer of Scotiabank, retiring in 2014 after 35 years with the bank where he began his career as a fin ...

(born 1951), board member * Michael McCain (born 1958), member of the Board of Trustees * Kathryn McGarry, critical care nurse *

Pleasantine Mill Pleasantine Mill is a cell biologist and group leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh. She won the 2018 British Society for Cell Biology Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal. Early life and education Mill com ...

, cell biologist who worked at the hospital * Freda Miller, developmental neurobiologist *

Caroline Mulroney Caroline Anne Mulroney Lapham (born June 11, 1974) is a Canadian businesswoman, lawyer and politician who currently serves as the Ontario Minister of Transportation and Minister of Francophone Affairs. Born in Montreal, Quebec, she is the dau ...

(born 1974), board member * Edward G. Murphy (1921-2020), senior staff member * Aideen Nicholson (1927-2019), social worker *

Isaac Odame Isaac Odame is a Ghanaian academic and physician who specialises in sickle cell disease. He is a professor of Hematology and Oncology at the Paediatrics department of the University of Toronto. He holds the Alexandra Yeo Chair in Hematology at th ...

, staff physician * Edmund Boyd Osler (1845-1924), trustee * Blake Papsin (born 1959), otolaryngologist *

Rulan S. Parekh Rulan S. Parekh is an American-Canadian clinician-scientist and nephrologist. She is the vice president of research, education and innovation at Women's College Hospital and former senior scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences and Associa ...

, former senior scientist in child health evaluative sciences and associate chief of clinical research *

Tom Pashby Thomas Joseph Pashby (March 23, 1915August 24, 2005) was a Canadian ophthalmologist and sport safety advocate. He spent 46 years improving the safety of hockey helmets to prevent injuries in ice hockey, by developing visors and wire face mask ...

, former senior staff ophthalmologist and sport safety advocate; *

Debra Pepler Debra Pepler is a Canadian psychologist known for her research and advocacy within the field of childhood aggression and bullying. She is currently a distinguished research professor at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Career Pepler comp ...

, senior associate scientist *

Audrius V. Plioplys Audrius V. Plioplys is a Canadian artist, neurologist, neuroscientist and public figure of Lithuanian descent. Early life Plioplys was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to immigrants from Lithuania. His father was from Pliopliu Kaimas, Kaz ...

, chief resident of child neurology *

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(1828-1896), assistant physician * Lisa Robinson, former head of the division of nephrology * Edward S. Rogers III (born 1969), director * Johanna Rommens, senior scientist emeritus *

Miriam Rossi Miriam Rossi (born Miriam Frances Senhouse) (31 January 1937 – 11 July 2018) was emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto, and a pediatrician in the division of Adolescent Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. She ...

(1937-2018), pediatrician in the division of adolescent medicine * James Rutka (born 1956), subspecializes in pediatric neurosurgery * Robert B. Salter (1924-2010), surgeon * Harry Schachter (born 1933), head of the division of biochemistry research *

Chandrakant Shah Chandrakant Shah, OOnt, is a Canadian doctor, researcher and social activist. Shah is the clinical coordinator of Anishnawbe Health Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shah has been a staff physician since 1996, providing primary health care to ...

(born 1936), honorary staff *

Louis Siminovitch Louis Siminovitch (May 1, 1920 – April 6, 2021) was a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs explor ...

(1920-2021), helped establish the department of genetics and became geneticist-in-chief * Sheila Singh, neurosurgeon * Charles R. Smith, head forensic pathologist *

Valerie Speirs Valerie Speirs is a Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Aberdeen. Her research aims to identify biomarkers of breast cancer to inform diagnosis and treatment. Education Speirs studied zoology at the University of Aberdeen. She ...

, professor *

Ambrose Thomas Stanton Sir Ambrose Thomas Stanton (14 November 1875 – 25 January 1938) was a Canadian surgeon, entomologist and health administrator who helped to identify the cause of beri-beri. He later became Chief Medical Adviser to the British Secretary of State ...

(1875-1938), house surgeon *

Martin J. Steinbach Martin Jeffrey Steinbach (October 23, 1941–June 24, 2017)Martin Jeffrey Steinbach, Ph.D. Oct 23, 1941- June 24, 2017. (2017). The Globe and Mail. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=martin-jeffrey-steinbach&pid=1900 ...

(1941-2017), senior scientist in department of ophthalmology *

Anna Taddio Anna Taddio (born 1967) is a Canadian pharmacist. She is a professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and adjunct senior scientist and clinical pharmacist at SickKids Hospital. Early life and education Taddi ...

(born 1967), adjunct senior scientist and clinical pharmacist * Kathleen P. Taylor (born 1957), member of the Board of Trustees *

Ahmad Teebi Ahmad Said Teebi ( ar, أحمد سعيد طيبي, 22 July 1949 – 22 July 2010) was a Palestinian, born in Lebanon, clinical geneticist who studied and practiced in several countries, ending his career in Canada and the United States. Biogra ...

(1949-2010), clinical geneticist * John M. Thompson (born 1949), vice chairman of the Board of Trustees * Margaret W. Thompson (1920-2014), genetics researcher *

Richard M. Thomson Richard Murray Thomson, (born August 14, 1933) is a Canadian banker. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He joined t ...

(born 1933), member on the Board of Directors * James Thorburn (1830-1905), physician of the boys' home *

Frederick Tisdall Frederick Fitzgerald Tisdall (3 November 1893– 23 April 1949) was one of three Canadian pediatricians who developed the infant cereal Pablum. He first started working at The Hospital for Sick Children in 1921. In 1929 he was made Director of t ...

(1893-1949), pediatrician * James Marshall Tory (1930-2013), chairman of the board *

Lap-Chee Tsui Lap-Chee Tsui (; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. Personal life Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Kowloon, Hong Kong and at ...

(born 1950), member of department of genetics *

Norma Ford Walker Norma Ford Walker (September 3, 1893 – August 9, 1968) was a Canadian scientist who pioneered the development of medical genetics as a research field. Though she began her academic career as an entomologist, working as an invertebrate zoologist ...

(1893-1968), first director of the department of genetics *

Prem Watsa Prem Watsa (born 5 August 1950) is an Indian-Canadian billionaire businessman who is the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings, based in Toronto. He has been called the "Canadian Warren Buffett." He was awarded th ...

(born 1950), member of the Board of Trustees * Bryan R.G. Williams, held various positions at the hospital * Ronald Worton (born 1942), director of the diagnostic cytogenetics laboratory * Stanley Zlotkin, clinical nutritionist

References

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Footnotes

External links

The Hospital for Sick Children website

SickKids Foundation website
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