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Tall dream comes true

With a list of burning questions in hand, Patricia Prance answered an incoming video call. On the other end of the line – a giraffe and his zookeeper. Prance has virtually visited not one but two giraffes thanks to St. Joseph's Health Care London's Palliative Care Unit at Parkwood Institute. Her interest in giraffes first sparked when she visited African Lion Safari as a kid. “I just fell in love with the way they ran and their tall necks. And I'm tall and lanky and run kind of like a giraffe,” she laughs. Prance always dreamed of meeting a giraffe and being able to pet it, but travel...

Women Leading with Purpose

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? The people, without a doubt. In my current role within the Regional Geriatric Program of Southwestern Ontario, I am meeting new people within our local communities across the southwest. Each person has a passion to improve the care for...

Spotlighting and Elevating the Voices of Progress

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? I’m very lucky to be a physician, researcher and leader at St. Joseph’s. The most rewarding part of my job is the ability to create new ways of caring for people with endocrine and bone disease, implement and then study them through...

Breaking Boundaries: Honoring the Visionaries Driving Change

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? The days that give me the most energy are the ones where I have the opportunity to bring together different perspectives, agencies and roles to work collectively and make change that addresses complex issues for those we serve. Having the...

Celebrating the Journey of Exceptional Female Leaders

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? Knowing the positive impact my research has on the people we serve and the ripple effect across the world is so rewarding. Helping one patient improve their mobility is amazing, but knowing that I can then share that knowledge with my...

Meet the Trailblazing Women Redefining Success

What is the most rewarding part of your role at St. Joseph’s? Working in the operating room (OR), we see patients at one point in their health care journey, but it’s a time of instant gratification because having their surgery is a time of relief for them. This is especially true for our breast care...

DocTalks Podcast: Season 4, Episode 26 - Breast Cancer with Dr. Sarah Knowles

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the most common cancer for women. However, early detection and new treatment options have improved the survival rate for breast cancer patients. On this episode of the DocTalks Podcast, host Ian Gillespie chats with...

Lynda Vanderaa standing in her home, watering plants

One step at a time

“I wouldn’t be walking today if it wasn’t for the staff at Parkwood,” says Lynda Vanderaa, who was initially left paralyzed in both legs following a car accident. It was the summer of 2008 when a car that Lynda was travelling in hit some gravel and went off the road. She spent two weeks in hospital...

Occupational therapy and physiotherapist assistant, working closely with Mitchell Skillings on his rehabilitation using the bike.

Firing up muscles

“It’s really a cool piece of equipment,” says Stephanie Cornell, physiotherapist and Coordinator in St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation Program, of the new functional electric stimulation (FES) bike. For people with partial or complete paralysis or loss of function of their muscles as a result of a stroke...

The Power of Passion: Discovering Joy Through Recreation Therapy

Across St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph's), recreation therapy is used to achieve the highest level of independence and quality of life. Therapeutic recreation staff work with patients, residents, families, and other health care professionals to create a seamless routine of leisure and...