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How the genetics team inspired Melanie to pursue a career with CHEO
Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2024 09:00 AM
Meet Melanie Laffin Thibodeau, Project Manager - Inpatient Medicine and IMCU, CHEOWorks
Melanie’s connection to CHEO started 20 years ago when her nephew was born with multiple complications. The CHEO team took him under their wing and began treatment including a complicated surgery on his liver. Melanie gave her nephew one of the greatest gifts – a liver transplant, which was done at SickKids in Toronto. He went on to receive regular checkups from CHEO for several years. This was just the start...
New program brings surgeries closer to home, tackles wait-list
Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2024 01:02 PM
A new initiative brings day surgery closer to eastern Ontario families, supported by the expertise of medical teams at CHEO and regional hospitals, while also targeting the longstanding surgical wait-list.
Working through the Kids Come First health team, this new program sees surgeries like a tonsillectomy and appendectomyconducted at the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital and the Brockville General Hospital approximately four times per month.
Surgeries have begun at each hospital. The program aims to complete 300
Family-centred care is what makes CHEO so special
Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2024 01:31 PM
Meet Katelyn Ruggiero, Scheduling Officer for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
13 years ago, when Katelyn Ruggiero (Katy), was 37 weeks pregnant, her whole life shifted. Her family, including her husband and 2.5-year-old son, Luca, were in a severe car accident. Her son absorbed the brunt of the hit and was airlifted to CHEO. Meanwhile, her husband received care for his injuries and Katy started going into labour. During the early stages of labour, Katy remembers receiving a call from Luca’s neurosurgeon – he
CHEO staff saved Nicole's life 50 years ago
Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2024 09:00 AM
In 1974, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (now CHEO) was merely an infant, six months old and filling up with children transferred from adult hospitals in the region.
When on Grey Cup Sunday, Nov. 24, 15-month-old Nicole Gibeau arrived in an ambulance from Arnprior, just west of Ottawa.Nicole wasn’t eating or sleeping and her parents, Terry and Beth, were told an ambulance would take her to CHEO.
The young couple had never heard of it. The ambulance driver, when told to take Nicole to CHEO, had...
The journey from paleontologist to CHEO’s first respirologist
Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 08:30 AM
Meet Dr. Tom Kovesi, Pediatric Respirologist
As a child, Dr. Tom Kovesi was determined to be a paleontologist. Hoping to inspire him to become a doctor, his parents took him to visit CHEO’s open house in 1974 – offering the unique opportunity to peek inside Eastern Ontario’s first children’s hospital before the doors opened. He remembers being impressed with the Radiology Department – the high-tech equipment and the greenish grey equipment – but it wasn’t enough to convince him – yet!
Years later, his uncle had