| HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, TORONTO/UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | |
| Department of Genetics/Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine | |
| Degree granted: | M.S. in Genetic Counselling and Molecular and Medical Genetics, Ph.D. in Molecular and Medical Genetics |
| Training available: | Masters, Doctoral, M.D. Postdoctoral, Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Current enrollment: | 14 Masters, 15 Doctoral, 10 M.D. Postdoctoral, 27 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Number of graduates in last 2 years: | 10 Masters, 2 Doctoral, 10 M.D. Postdoctoral, 10 Ph.D. Postdoctoral |
| Faculty status: | 10 M.S., 14 Ph.D., 5 M.D., 4 M.D./Ph.D. |
| Areas of concentration: | biochemical genetics, clinical genetics, cytogenetics, developmental genetics, dysmorphology, gene mapping, genetic counseling, molecular genetics, oncological genetics, prenatal diagnosis, somatic cell genetics, ocular genetics |
| Clinical training fellowships: | clinical genetics, clinical molecular genetics, clinical cytogenetics, clinical biochemical genetics |
| ABMG accreditation: | |
| ABGC accreditation: |
Full status |
| CCMG accreditation: |
clinical genetics cytogenetics biochemical genetics molecular genetics |
| RCPSC accreditation: | Medical genetics |
| Financial support: | Funding for two clinical fellows at paediatric resident salary scale, fund for qualified candidates for graduate studies and postdoctoral positions. |
| Application deadline: | Genetic Counseling: February 1 Fellowships: July |
| Contact: |
Genetic Counselling: Cheryl Shuman, MS, CGC, Program Director, Dr. David Chitayat, MD, FRCPC, FABMG, FACMG,FCCMG, Medical Director, Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada, Tel: (416) 813-6374, Fax: (416) 813-5345, E-mail: deborah.taylor@sickkids.ca Dr. Roberto Mendoza, MD, MS, FACMG , FCCMG, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto/University of Toronto, Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Tel: (416) 813-6374, Fax: (416)813-5345, E-mail: deborah.taylor@sickkids.ca |
| Web homepage: | http://www.medgen4285.med.utoronto.ca/medgen/gencouns.htm |
| The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) is the main Toronto center for training in human genetics. The Department of Genetics at HSC consists of a clinical division and a research division. The former is also a division of Paediatrics in the Hospital; the latter is part of the Research Institute of the Hospital. Participating faculty members hold University of Toronto appointments in the Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Paediatrics, Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry. The Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics has major graduate training programs including one in genetic counselling. The Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics provides comprehensive training in all aspects of medical genetics in the setting of a large tertiary care institution. Disease-oriented research programs focus on cystic fibrosis, muscle diseases, mitochondrial cytopathies, several metabolic storage diseases, overgrowth syndromes, eye disorders, and microdeletion 22 syndromes. In addition, major research programs examine genome organization (chromosome 7 mapping), disease gene isolation, growth regulation and oncogenesis, retinal development, stem cell differentiation, and gene therapy. | |