A focused report by: Matthew Nichols, Candice K. Silversides, Anna Woo, Felix Leung, Jennifer Taher, Qianghua Zhou and Davor Brinc. Introduction: A patient presented to hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath on 2 occasions 4 weeks apart. Clinical examination revealed an elevated jugular venous pressure consistent with heart failure or elevated filling pressures.... Continue Reading →
Yvonne Bedford Retires after 21 years with LMP
After 21 years as an Administrative Assistant, Yvonne Bedford will retire from the Laboratory Medicine Program at UHN. Yvonne spent over two decades in various administrative roles, including 15 years supporting the Program Medical Director. “I’m proud of myself,” says Yvonne. “I was really dedicated and available and I worked hard. The time I spent... Continue Reading →
Berit Cameron Retires after 57 Years with UHN
After more than 57 years with the Laboratory Medicine Program, Berit Cameron will be retiring on May 27, 2022. Berit has worked in a variety of administrative roles over the years including hematology, surgical pathology, liver, and gastrointestinal pathology. Berit started out working in Pathology at Princess Margaret Hospital on Sherbourne Street in 1965 where Berit... Continue Reading →
UHN’s Laboratory Medicine Program published Canada’s first study on Optical Genome Mapping used in a clinical setting
In a Canadian first, a team from UHN’s Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP) published a study of a very rare translocation, described using Optical Genome Mapping (OGM). Drs. Peter Molony, Adam Smith, Shamini Selvarajah and Ali Sakhdari published MDS/MPN-Unclassifiable with t(X;17)(q28;q21) and KANSL1-MTCP1/CMC4 Fusion Gene, a study that first described the t(X;17) in MDS/MPN-U and also... Continue Reading →
New LMP Education Strategic Plan Launches
The launch of our inaugural LMP Education Strategic Plan marks an exciting time for TeamLMP. It is the culmination of a year of collaborative work to establish our needs in education, determine our priorities and vision for the future, and to pull this all together in an ambitious but feasible set of goals for education... Continue Reading →
The Pathology Report 