Affiliates | Pathology | School of Medicine

Hospital Affiliates
Research Affiliates

After months of behind the scenes preparations, Hotel Dieu Hospital and Kingston General Hospital have now joined together to create Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). The new hospital corporation became an official legal entity on Saturday, 2017 April 01.

Clinical laboratory services are primarily located at the Kingston General Hospital. The Department works very closely with hospital leadership to ensure that timely, quality diagnostic testing is provided to the patients of Kingston General Hospital, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is extensive consultative support in all disciplines of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine available on site.

The Department provides full laboratory support for the Hotel Dieu Hospital. Recently, a Mass Spectrometry was established at HDH to provide cutting edge diagnostic testing.

Providence Care

The Department provides laboratory testing and infection control.

School of Medicine Departments

Sinclair Cancer Research Institute (SCRI) (formerly the QCRI)

Many of the Department’s cancer researchers are located in the Sinclair Cancer Research Institute (SCRI). Very strong connections exist between the Departments clinicians and the cancers researchers located in the SCRI. Dr Andrew Craig, Professor, the Institute Director.

Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network (OMPRN)

OMPRN is a province-wide network of pathologists collaborating to carry out high-quality cancer research with a clear potential for clinical impact.

Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG)

The Department houses and administers the tissue bank associated with clinical trials originating from CCTG. Departmental members are closely linked and assist with correlative studies associated with trials. The Dr. Lois Shepherd, a Hematopathologist in the Department, is the Physician Coordinator of the tissue bank.

Indoc Research (Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network (OCBN))

Indoc is a not-for-profit company that helps medical research teams manage, share and analyze their complex data. It has a strong and close relationship with Queen's University. Dr Feilotter was directly involved in the original infrastructure grant application to OICR, and has been Principal Investigator on collaborative grants with Indoc, as well as being directly involved in numerous Indoc projects and activities, including the Steering Committee.

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

OICR is a collaborative, not-for-profit research institute accelerating the development of new cancer research discoveries for patients around the world while maximizing the economic benefit of this research for the people of Ontario.