Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation

Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation

  • The little things

    The little things

    Nearly four years ago, Ginger was diagnosed with aggressive, stage 3 breast cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes. She was 34 years old, newly married — and 28 weeks pregnant with Henry.

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  • Reconstruction & recovery

    Reconstruction & recovery

    This year, an estimated 4,300 Canadians will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer, a number that is on the rise, particularly for thyroid cancer and cancers of the tonsils and tongue base.

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  • A family affair

    A family affair

    When Mauro and his brother came under the care of Dr. Zane Cohen, director of the ZCC, both brothers had polyps, a precursor to colon cancer, throughout their large intestines.

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  • Targeting tumours

    Targeting tumours

    Under the microscope, two bladder or prostate tumours may look identical but one may be deadly while the other is more easily managed.

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  • Life & limb: A survival story

    Life & limb: A survival story

    “I still remember the look on my mother’s face when I told her I had cancer,” says Tony. “Telling my family was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”

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  • Investing in the future of research

    Investing in the future of research

    Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the Sinai Health System’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) is among the world’s top 10 biomedical research institutes

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  • How Treating My Cancer Became a Journey to Motherhood

    How Treating My Cancer Became a Journey to Motherhood

    At 36 years of age, a breast cancer diagnosis was the last thing I was expecting.

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  • Nancy Pencer, a woman who gives with style and grace

    Nancy Pencer, a woman who gives with style and grace

    Helping others comes naturally to Nancy; one of her most impactful contributions to Mount Sinai has been the complete renovation and outfitting of the Gerry & Nancy Pencer Endoscopy Centre.

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  • Introducing the Sinai Health System

    Introducing the Sinai Health System

    Mount Sinai Hospital, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and Circle of Care are coming together to create a premier exemplar of an integrated health system.

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  • Baby's First Comforts

    Baby's First Comforts

    Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the largest birthing centres in Canada with approximately 7,000 babies born at the hospital every year. Although a baby's arrival is a happy addition for most, it can

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  • 6 tips for a safe and healthy summer

    6 tips for a safe and healthy summer

    Summer is finally in full swing and with the warm weather come trips to the cottage and other outdoor adventures. Unfortunately, summer adventures sometimes lead to injuries.

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  • "The happy needle” that saved Paul’s life

    "The happy needle” that saved Paul’s life

    Four years ago, Paul’s family doctor found two cancerous growths on Paul’s liver.

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  • 5 tips to help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

    5 tips to help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

    Dementia is a loss of memory and cognitive ability commonly related to aging, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Follow these tips to help you maintain good health.

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  • Mount Sinai researcher discovers the gene that triggers cancer pain

    Mount Sinai researcher discovers the gene that triggers cancer pain

    A recent study led by a Mount Sinai oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. David Lam, reports the discovery that a gene called TMPRSS2 is linked to the most severe forms of cancer pain.

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  • Major investment in medical imaging from the Kimel family

    Major investment in medical imaging from the Kimel family

    Sinai Health System is pleased to announce a new $5 million investment in medical imaging by Warren and Debbie Kimel and Ron and Vanessa Kimel and their respective families.

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  • Shining a light on brain function

    Shining a light on brain function

    Imagine this scenario: You push your chair back from your desk at work, stand, and walk down the hall, dodging swiftly to your right to avoid colliding with a colleague as you turn the corner on your

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  • Unmasking IBD

    Unmasking IBD

    Studying first- and second-generation immigrants living in Canada may be the key to identifying the underlying mechanisms of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), a cluster of digestive diseases (also kn

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  • Getting ahead of the curve

    Getting ahead of the curve

    “Breast cancer isn’t one disease, it is many diseases,” says Dr. Pamela Goodwin, director of the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre, the Marvelle Koffler Chair in Breast Research and a senior investigator

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  • Unraveling the mysteries of high-risk pregnancy

    Unraveling the mysteries of high-risk pregnancy

    When Dr. Isabella Caniggia was two years old, her mother was diagnosed with gestational diabetes as well as pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy complication in which a mother’s blood pressure

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  • Dual perspectives

    Dual perspectives

    Dr. Bernard Zinman, C.M., and Dr. Daniel Drucker have been colleagues at the LTRI since 2006, where they are part of a diabetes research team that is among the most influential in the world.

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