From clinician to researcher to administrator — Dr. Melissa Forgie’s career touches just about every area of healthcare as we know it. She’s treated patients, conducted practice-changing research, and now, as Vice President of Medical Education at The Ottawa Hospital, Dr. Forgie is shaping the next generation of healthcare providers. Continue Reading Wrangling research and smashing glass ceilings — meet Dr. Melissa Forgie, medical education icon

The former Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Ottawa Hospital (2015-2021) has spent his career refining and redefining this art — specializing in the preservation and replacement of hips while maximizing patient outcomes. Continue Reading From Naval Officer to award-winning researcher: meet orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Paul E. Beaulé

“I work with patients who are having the worst day of their life, and I get to help them get better.” — Michelle Cummings As much as I love sports, I just felt like this fit my personality better. I love working as a team, and in the ICU. If there’s a really sick patient… Continue Reading A sprained ankle, ABBA, and hitting inanimate objects

Dr. Jean Seely is Head of the Breast Imaging Section at the hospital and a Clinical Investigator in our Clinical Epidemiology Program. Dr. Seely’s career is built on bringing research directly into patient care to improve the outcomes and reduce the mortality of breast cancer patients through better screening and diagnosis. Continue Reading A passion for medicine sparked by a grandmother and Star Trek

Dr. Dar grew up in Iran, lived briefly in France, and then moved to Canada in 1979 with his family. Today, Dr. Dar is a stroke neurologist and scientist at The Ottawa Hospital and the scientific director of the Ottawa Stroke Program. Continue Reading Sci-fi developments and rock ’n’ roll 

A nurse-by-day, hip-hop-dancer-by … well, pretty much all the time, Phil Nguyen has spent almost 10 years working with cancer patients at The Ottawa Hospital. Read on to learn what motivated Phil to drop his original university plans in favour of nursing, and where the self-proclaimed foodie recommends grabbing a bite to eat in town. Continue Reading Donning scrubs — and dancing shoes — in oncology

Harnessing her degrees in psychology and passion for supporting older adults, Emily Hladkowicz is studying the power of prehab as part of her work as a research associate in the Aging Innovation in Perioperative Medicine and Surgery (AIMS) Research Program at The Ottawa Hospital. Read on to learn about the exciting trial Emily is working on and what motivates her and her team. Continue Reading Getting ahead of rehab with prehab

Dr. Lauralyn McIntyre’s path to The Ottawa Hospital wasn’t necessarily a direct one — it took her all over Ontario and out west to the mountains — but she couldn’t do her groundbreaking sepsis research anywhere else, or with any other team. Keep reading to learn more about Dr. McIntyre's work and the exciting new support her research recently received. Continue Reading Making great strides in the lab or on the dance floor

Dr. Manoj Lalu is as much a juggler as a doctor, constantly balancing his roles at The Ottawa Hospital. But Dr. Lalu’s unique position as a clinician-scientist means not only is he balancing these roles, he’s also blending them — his research is informed by his clinical work seeing patients and vice-versa. Keep reading to learn what drew Dr. Lalu to The Ottawa Hospital and how he’s turning today’s research into tomorrow’s treatments. Continue Reading Infusing research with care