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Women's College Hospital began as Woman's Medical College in 1883. On June 13, 1883, Dr. Emily Stowe (1831–1903) [2] the second woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada – led a group of her supporters to a meeting at the Toronto Women's Suffrage Club, stating "that medical education for women is a recognized necessity, and consequently facilities for such instruction should be provided."
The Women's College Hospital in Toronto that Smillie helped found as the Ontario Medical College for Women. Jennie Smillie Robertson (February 10, 1878 – February 26, 1981), known throughout her career as Jennie Smillie, was the first Canadian female surgeon and also performed the country's first major gynecological surgery.
The network includes four hospitals – Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – West Park Healthcare Centre, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and The Michener Institute, a post-secondary institution granting diplomas and certificates in health sciences and leadership. In the 2019-2020 fiscal ...
The hospital merged with Women's College Hospital and the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital in June 1998 under the provisions of Bill 51, but Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre was deamalgamated in April 2006 to create Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the separate Women's College Hospital. [9]
Wellesley Hospital (1942–2001); Central Hospital 1957 as a private care centre and later became Sherbourne Health Centre in 2003. [1]The Doctor's Hospital (1953–1997) – merged with Toronto Western Hospital in 1996, merged again with Toronto General Hospital and closed in 1997; site at 340 College Street now home to Kensington Health, a long-term care facility and hospice for seniors. [2]
Simone Natalie Vigod is a Canadian scientist, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She focuses her research on perinatal mood disorders and has conducted some of the largest studies worldwide on maternal mental ...
Women’s College Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Jean Flatt Davey OC , OBE (March 16, 1909 – March 13, 1980) was a Canadian physician. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In August 1941, Davey joined the medical branch of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and became the first female doctor to be granted a commission in the ...
Her practicum in Internal Medicine was completed at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, and Toronto General Hospital. Between 1973 and 1974 at the University of Toronto , Pritchard focused on research into melanoma and tumor immunology , and then in 1977 began researching breast cancer in clinical trials as a research fellow at the ...