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Osler leads the way as first in Canada to offer life-changing precision cancer care technology

Revolutionary liquid biopsy cancer diagnosis and treatment now available at Osler

William Osler Health System (Osler) is the first Canadian hospital to offer in-house liquid biopsy testing for cancer care. This practice-changing technology offers considerable advantages for patients from initial diagnosis to individual cancer treatment.

To tailor cancer treatment for each patient, physicians need to perform genetic tests on DNA retrieved from the tumor – known as a tissue biopsy. A liquid biopsy...

Osler achieves RNAO prestigious Best Practice Spotlight Organization designation

William Osler Health System (Osler) is proud to announce it has been awarded the prestigious Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) designation by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), demonstrating Osler’s unwavering commitment to providing its patients with the highest standards of care.

“We are honoured to receive the Best Practice Spotlight Organization designation from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario,” said Dr. Frank Martino, President and CEO, William...

Comprehensive cancer care delivered with compassion

“I found a lump in my breast.” The voice was Othalie Graham’s 67-year-old mother, Marjorie. It was late 2019, and she was calling her daughter at her home in Philadelphia where Othalie, an internationally acclaimed opera singer and Brampton native, was on a month-long break between productions of MacBeth. Marjorie told her not to worry – she had scheduled a mammogram and it was likely nothing. Unfortunately, Othalie knew better.

“When she described to me what she was seeing and experiencing, I...

Dr. Cheung’s five tips for a safe summer

Dr. Joyce Cheung, MD CCFP (PC), is a Family Medicine and Palliative Care Physician, and William Osler Health System’s Site Chief for Family Medicine at Etobicoke General Hospital. After completing medical school at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Cheung completed her residency at McMaster University. Dr. Cheung is also an Interim Collaborative Program Director for Toronto Metropolitan University’s new School of Medicine in Brampton.

Summertime is a great time to enjoy the outdoors with...

Osler and Canadian Blood Services celebrate a decade of changing lives with Cord Blood Bank

Brampton Civic Hospital proud to be only community hospital cord blood collection site in Canada

William Osler Health System (Osler) and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Brampton Civic Hospital’s public cord blood collection site, one of only four collection sites – and the only community hospital – in the country.

Since July 2014, Brampton Civic’s Women’s and Children’s Unit, in partnership with CBS, has collected nearly 10,000 cord blood units from donor...