{"id":1156,"date":"2024-12-05T14:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/?page_id=1156"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:55:56","slug":"childrens-hospital-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/?page_id=1156","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Hospital London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>In a Canadian first, the two major pediatric hospitals join forces to offer orthopedic care closer to home and develop innovative teaching and research initiatives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Children\u2019s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (CH-LHSC) and Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada have announced a first of its kind affiliation agreement to improve care, research and education. Patients and families in southwestern Ontario will now have access to specialized pediatric orthopedic care closer to home, while Canada Shriners Hospital will continue to support \u2013 and improve access to \u2013 complex cases. This affiliation will also focus on advancements in pediatric research, further improvements in clinical care, and educating the next generation of physicians, healthcare providers and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren\u2019s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada have long worked together through informal clinical collaborations and referrals, but today we\u2019re excited to enter into a formal affiliation agreement that will have significantly more impact,\u201d said Nash Syed, Vice-President, Children\u2019s Hospital and Women\u2019s Program. \u201cThis is an exciting opportunity to create something unique and special for the patients we serve and their families, as well as for the staff, physicians, researchers and students vital to delivering this care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis affiliation is a dream come true developed in the true spirit of collaboration with the goal of improving pediatric orthopedic care in Canada. It will not only improve the lives of patients and their families, but will also advance research and teaching,\u201d said Jacques Boissonneault, Administrator, Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada. \u201cThis affiliation has allowed us to create an exceptional framework that has opened the door to more such collaborative projects across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Canadian first, the affiliation is based on three core pillars: clinical care, research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Clinical care:<\/strong> A new highly specialized monthly clinic at Children\u2019s Hospital called the Shriners Rare Bone Disease Clinic will offer treatment to children with complex bone disorders, such as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) and limb anomalies. This clinic will provide patients and families in southwestern Ontario, who in the past have had to travel hours to Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada in Montreal, an opportunity to receive some of their care at CH-LHSC instead. This will make management of these complex disorders significantly easier for patients and their families. In addition, as of next year, Children\u2019s Hospital plans to work with Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada to expand the program throughout the Children\u2019s Hospital catchment area, meaning Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada specialists will provide care at outreach clinics within regional hospitals throughout southwestern Ontario twice annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research:<\/strong> This fall, scientific teams from both hospitals will come together in a Joint Quarterly Conference to discuss ongoing research developments and future collaborative projects. In addition, a research grant will be awarded through an evaluation process to support innovative projects involving researchers from both hospitals. The proposed projects will need to show potential in improving the treatment of pediatric bone disease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Education:<\/strong> Joint Quarterly Education Rounds are already underway allowing surgical teams \u2013 including medical students, residents and fellows \u2013 to present, discuss, and find solutions to complex cases. Beginning in the summer of 2025, both hospitals will offer a two-year Joint Fellowship. The fellow will gain invaluable experience at Children\u2019s Hospital in trauma care, and experience at Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada in specialty orthopedic care with complex and rare bone diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The affiliation is funded by a $1.5 million grant over five years from Shriners Children\u2019s, which will be administered by Children\u2019s Health Foundation in London and the Philanthropy Office at the Canada Shriners Hospital and will be divided between both hospitals to improve clinical care, research and teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Canadian first, the two major pediatric hospitals join forces to offer orthopedic care closer to home and develop innovative teaching and research initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1156","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Affl-Text-Slider-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Affl-Text-Slider-600x460.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1156\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bruceshrineclub.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}