Executive Report
Executive Summary | Transplants
Executive Summary
We are very proud of our Transplant Centre (TC) team’s accomplishments since the last report and pleased to report significant progress towards our vision of becoming the model of an international paediatric transplant centre.
Since official designation as a SickKids Centre of Excellence, we have raised almost $2 million in donations from the public and corporate sector. This money is now being invested in our academic pursuits. Through our strong commitment to the creation of new knowledge, recruitment of new team members, incorporation of GIFT, and increased interdisciplinary collaboration we have seen a significant growth in publications (Page 23).
Other notable achievements during the past two years include:
- International leadership in the edition of Pediatric Clinics of North America edition published in April 2010 “Optimization of Outcomes for Children after Solid Organ Transplantation”, co-edited by Vicky Ng and co-authored by many of our Transplant Centre staff
- Award of the first Canadian Transplant Society Research Fellow to Darren Yuen who will work in Dr. Lisa Robinson’s laboratory
- Launch of the Transplant Centre Biobank (Seema Mital), moving us towards our goal of leadership in personalized medicine
- Launch of the I-HOPE (Information on Health Outcomes and Pediatric Experience) information technology platform for GIFT and transplantation
- Establishment of the inaugural Transplant Centre International Symposium on Viral Diseases in Paediatric Transplantation (Upton Allen, Vicky Ng, July 2011)
- Recruitment of a Data Analyst (Chris Battiston) and Project Manager (Katie Breckhill) for the Transplant Centre
- Restructuring of the Centre to establish principles for working together; formal committees with objectives, greater opportunities for input by team membership, and improved communication
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