Welcome to research at Kingston General Hospital
KGH is responsible for providing acute and complex care for the 500,000 people living in southeastern Ontario. Along with our partner hospitals in Kingston, Providence Care and Hotel Dieu Hospital, we are fully affiliated with Queen’s University, working closely with its Faculty of Health Sciences.
Together, the Kingston hospitals and the Faculty of Health Sciences receive more than $80 million per year in research funding from external sources, approximately one quarter of which supports research carried out at KGH.
Our program reflects a rich history of research excellence in areas such as:
Our research in these areas has made major contributions to:
- development of orthopedic devices and image-guided surgery
- understanding and management of common gastrointestinal diseases
- development of evidence based guidelines for respiratory conditions, critical care and emergency medicine
- characterization and treatment of male urogynecological disorders
- management of high-risk pregnancies
- controlled testing of common allergy medications
- novel therapies for certain types of cancer.
KGH is entering an exciting era of research. Building on our current strengths, we are in the process of creating a KGH Research Institute. This institute will be committed to excellence in patient-oriented research and will continue to guide the hospital’s delivery of outstanding patient care.
The institute’s creation comes at a time of change for all three Kingston hospitals. Clinical care is being reorganized at each of the three sites: ambulatory care at Hotel Dieu, rehabilitation and geriatric care at Providence Care and acute and complex care at KGH.
All three hospitals are, or soon will be, expanding and improving their facilities through major redevelopment projects. Across the street from KGH, Queen’s is also growing. Its new Medical School Building is under construction and will open in 2012. Meanwhile, the university is developing an important new academic plan to be unveiled soon.
With these changes comes exceptional opportunity. The stage is set for the growth of a dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary research program closely aligned with innovations in patient care.
At KGH, we look forward to being a major contributor to a research program that can shape the future of health care in our region and beyond.
Roger Deeley,
Vice President of Research, Kingston General Hospital