St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
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{{Infobox Hospital
| Name = St. Michael's Hospital
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| Image = St mikes hosp1 south.jpg
| Caption = St Michael's Hospital from Queen and Victoria
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| Location = Downtown
| Region = Toronto
| State = Ontario
| Country = Canada
| HealthCare = Medicare
| Type = Teaching
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| Emergency = [[Level I trauma center|Level I]] [[trauma centre]]
| Affiliation= [[University of Toronto]]
| Beds = 550
| Founded = 1892
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| Website = http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/
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'''St. Michael's Hospital''' is a Catholic [[teaching hospital]] in [[Downtown Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It offers tertiary and quaternary care for patients throughout [[Ontario]].
It is unique in many areas and offers services in [[cardiovascular surgery]], [[neurosurgery]], inner city health and therapeutic [[endoscopy]] (after absorbing the Wellesley endoscopy group, which had to relocate when [[Wellesley Hospital]] was closed).
The hospital is located near the intersection of [[Queen Street (Toronto)|Queen Street]] and [[Yonge Street]] in Downtown Toronto, and because of its location, caters to a diverse population, that includes the posh [[condominium]] complexes in [[Harbourfront]], the underprivileged of the inner city of [[Regent Park]], and the [[Gay village|gay and lesbian community]] in [[Church and Wellesley]]. The hospital has over 550 beds and extensive outpatient clinics.
The hospital is one of two major trauma centres in the [[Greater Toronto Area]] and is open 24 hours a day. The only other trauma centre is [[Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre|Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]].
The current Physician-in-Chief is Dr. Robert Hyland, the Surgeon-in-Chief is Dr. Ori Rotstein and the President is [[Jeffrey Lozon]].
The Hospital also has a large team of volunteers that contribute their skills and caring to help achieve the Hospital's commitment to healing.
St. Michael’s Hospital is the site of a groundbreaking experiment partnering media and medicine. Until Dec. 2007, award-winning documentary filmmaker Katerina Cizek will team up with frontline health care workers in the National Film Board of Canada's [http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence Filmmaker-in-Residence] project.
[[Image:SMH 0832b.JPG|thumb|right|150px|St. Michael's Hospital - Bond Street entrance.]]
==Services==
* Heart and vascular disease
* Inner city health
* Trauma and neurosurgery
* Diabetes comprehensive care
* Neurology and musculoskeletal disorders
* Specialized Complex Care
* Critical care
* Obstetrics and gynecology
* Psychiatry
* Vitreoretinal Surgery
The hospital will be home to a research centre, the '''Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute''', when it opens in [[2009]]. It is also the home of the Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group, a world renowned group of scientists and physcians that perform research in platelet and bleeding disorders.
==History==
St. Michael's Hospital was founded by the [[Sisters of St. Joseph]] in [[1892]], with a specific goal of taking care of the sick and poor of [[Toronto|Toronto's]] inner city.
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[[Category:Hospitals in Toronto]]
[[Category:University of Toronto]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in Canada]]
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