1.8.2 Hospitals

McGill University Teaching Hospitals

The teaching hospital network of McGill University is an integral part of the research, teaching, and clinical activities of the Faculty of Medicine. By agreement and tradition, the administration, medical staff, and scientific personnel of these institutions are closely integrated with McGill University and form the basis for the clinical departments of the Faculty of Medicine:

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) /
Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM)

is a merger of five teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University--the Montreal Children's, Montreal General, Royal Victoria, and Montreal Neurological Hospitals, as well as:

The Montreal Children's Hospital

2300 Tupper Street

Montreal, Quebec

H3H 1P3

Telephone: (514) 412-4400

The Montreal General Hospital

1650 Cedar Avenue

Montreal, Quebec

H3G 1A4

Telephone: (514) 934-1934

The Royal Victoria Hospital

687 Pine Avenue West

Montreal, Quebec

H3A 1A1

Telephone: (514) 934-1934

The Montreal Neurological Hospital

3801 University Street

Montreal, Quebec

H3A 2B4

Telephone: (514) 398-6644

The Montreal Chest Institute

3650 St-Urbain

Montreal, Quebec

H2X 2P4

Telephone: (514) 934-1934

Each year the MUHC receives almost one million ambulatory visits, 40,000 in-patient stays, and trains approximately 2,000 medical and surgical residents, nurses and students.

The MUHC has over 1,300 physicians and 10,000 health care and other personnel, working within the organization's six clinical missions-The Montreal Children's Hospital, Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Women's Health.

The Research Institute of the MUHC is a world-renowned biomedical and health-care hospital research centre. The institute supports over 500 researchers, nearly 1,000 graduate and post-doctoral students and operates more than 300 laboratories devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental and clinical research. The Research Institute operates at the forefront of knowledge, innovation and technology and is inextricably linked to the clinical programs of the MUHC, ensuring that patients benefit directly from the latest research-based knowledge.

A central future goal of the MUHC is to consolidate services on two campuses; this will involve modernization of the downtown Montreal General Hospital and the building of a new facility at the Glen Yard-a 43-acre site located in central Montreal. This two-campus redevelopment project will consolidate our patient care, research and teaching activities and support our continued excellence. For more information about the MUHC, please visit our web site at www.muhc.ca.

Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital

is located at 3755 Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2.

Since 1934, the Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital has served patients from diverse religious, linguistic and cultural backgrounds in Montreal, throughout Quebec and beyond. As one of the province's largest acute-care hospitals, this 637 bed McGill University teaching hospital admits more than 22,000 patients per year, while handling approximately 300,000 outpatient visits, 61,000 emergency visits and 3,700 births. The JGH is widely recognized for excellence in various specialties, including oncology, cardiology, neonatology, orthopedics, family medicine, aging and emergency medicine. As a result, the hospital has been designated by the government of Quebec as one of Montreal's five major service centres; a provincial centre for high risk obstetrical and neonatal care; and a breast referral and investigation centre. Treatment is provided by approximately 550 affiliated doctors-with teaching appointments at McGill University-as well as 300 medical residents per year. The Jewish General Hospital carries out more than 22% of the training for McGill's Faculty of Medicine and is home to several of the university's programs, including the McGill AIDS Centre, the McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, the McGill Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology Program, and the McGill Menopause Clinic. The hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research is acknowledged as a world leader in many fields of investigation, including cancer (the Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group), aging (the Bloomfield Centre for Studies in Aging), epidemiology (the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies), nursing (the Centre for Nursing Research), AIDS, cardiovascular disease, genetics, emergency medicine, nephrology, and the psychosocial aspects of illness. The outstanding quality of this work has enabled the Lady Davis Institute to attract more funding per researcher than any other hospital affiliated research institution in Quebec. More information is available at www.jgh.ca.

St. Mary's Hospital Centre

is located at 3830 Lacombe Avenue, Montreal, QC H3T 1M5.

St. Mary's is an acute care specialized hospital with 316 adult beds and 65 bassinets. About 3,600 babies are delivered annually at the Hospital. There is a progressive and active Family Medicine Centre recognized for its teaching. The Emergency Department is very busy and supervised by a staff physician 24 hours per day. The Hospital also provides numerous highly specialized services such as renal dialysis, oncology, organized geriatric and psycho-geriatric, nuclear medicine, C.T. scanning services as well as MRI exams. There are approximately 49,000 out-patient clinic visits, 5,000 procedures through the surgical day center, and over 15,000 patient admissions and 119,00 ambulatory care visits annually. The Hospital is noted for its devotion to patients, motivation to the achievement of excellence, and good spirit.

Specialty Teaching Hospitals

Douglas Hospital

is located at 6875 LaSalle Boulevard, Borough of Verdun, Montreal, QC H4H 1R3.

The Douglas Hospital is an internationally-recognized centre for mental health care, research and teaching. A member of the McGill Integrated University Health Network (RUIS McGill) and affiliated with the World Health Organization, it offers short- and long-term hospitalization and extensive out-patient ultraspecialized services.

The Hospital provides child and adolescent, adult, and geriatric clinical services, and is dedicated to treating patients in the least restrictive manner possible, with a major focus on rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community. It offers training for residents in psychiatry, as well as for medical and paramedical students from a wide range of disciplines. The Douglas Hospital Research Centre, a world-renowned facility for biopsychosocial and clinical research, trains researchers from around the world, and is home to McGill University centres in schizophrenia, aging and suicide. Also located at the Douglas Hospital is the Montreal Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Training in Mental Health, which offers consultation services and research and teaching programs here and abroad.

Hospitals Affiliated with McGill University

The following hospitals have been approved by, and have contracted with, McGill University for participation in teaching and research in one or more departments and services:

Centre Hospitalier de Vallées de l'Outaouais

Gatineau, and Hull, QC

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital

3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, QC H7V 1R2

LaSalle General Hospital

8585 Terrasse Champlain, LaSalle, QC H8P 1C1

Maimonides Hospital Geriatric Centre

5795 Ave. Caldwell, Montreal, QC H4W 1W3

Shriners Hospital For Children

1529 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, QC H3G 1A6