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Twice the robots, twice the care.

In the operating rooms at KHSC, surgery is starting to look more like science fiction. From behind the console of the new Da Vinci Xi robotic surgery system, surgeons can perform minimally invasive procedures with precision, ease and accuracy, doubling the capacity of a program already transforming hundreds of lives across Southeastern Ontario each year.

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The current MRI scanner at the KGH site

Construction for second MRI to begin on July 30

You might start hearing some extra noise around the Diagnostic Imaging department of the Kingston Health Sciences – Kingston General Hospital site in the upcoming week’s as construction will begin soon for a second MRI scanner. “We are thrilled about...

Neurosurgeon Dr. DJ Cook has been named to this year's list of Canada's Top 40 Under 40

Kingston physician named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40

Each year Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 serves as a showcase for emerging leaders across the country, and this year a Kingston surgeon has been named to the prestigious list. KHSC Neurosurgeon, and Associate Professor at Queen’s University, Dr. DJ Cook...

KHSC CEO Dr David Pichora and Board Chair David O'Toole

2017-2018 Annual Report

We first must recognize our staff, physicians, learners, volunteers, and patient experience advisors across both of our hospital sites for all their hard work this year. Together we have made hundreds of small improvements, that when viewed together...

Compressing, packing and applying a tourniquet to a wound are all part of Stop the Bleed training provided by KHSC Trauma Program staff including Cathy Dain, Advanced Practice Nurse, and Dr. Chris Evans, Program Medical Director.

KHSC trauma experts training the public to 'Stop the Bleed'

Saving lives is the specialty of trauma experts at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and now they’re taking the basics of one of their most critical skills—stopping uncontrollable bleeding—directly to the public. The goal is to train people to act...

Physiotherapy at KHSC

Research focuses on novel approach to physiotherapy

The worlds of physiotherapy and psychology might seem unrelated. However, one physiotherapist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) wants to find out if blending the two fields can lead to better patient care. Kyle Vader has worked in the Chronic...

Dr. Boyd and Cathy MacGillivary lead the post discharge clinic at KHSC

Post ICU discharge clinic recognized with prestigious award

An innovative clinic for patients of the ICU at Kingston Health Sciences Centre was recently recognized with an international award for its work in helping patients transition from the ICU back to their homes and community. Known as the THRIVE Post...

Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri in the operating rooms at our KGH site

KHSC joins international study looking at aortic valve surgery

Patients with aortic valve disease have a new option for treatment at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. The treatment approach, first used at Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) Kingston General Hospital (KGH) site in 2016, involves a keyhole...

Dr. Gianluigi Bisleri

KHSC joins international study assessing new approach to aortic valve surgery

Patients with aortic valve disease have a new option for treatment at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. The new approach, first used at KHSC’s Kingston General Hospital site in December 2016, uses a sutureless valve and keyhole surgery to replace a...

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KHSC accredited in first year of integration

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has been successfully accredited by Accreditation Canada, signaling our success as a newly integrated organization in achieving almost 98 per cent compliance with close to 3,000 criteria for providing safe, high...