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Hospital community: A world-class team
![Clockwise from upper left: Dr. Meshach Asare-Werehene, Dr. Janine Malcolm, Dr. Alfredo E Walker, Ellen Odai Alie](images/stories/Black_History_Month_The_Ottawa_Hospital.jpg)
Celebrating four incredible trailblazers
This year during Black History Month, we spoke to four people who work at our hospital who made history in their fields and are laying the groundwork for others to follow.
![Dr. Kathleen Gartke](images/stories/Dr._Kathleen_ Gartke_Women_Physician_Leadership_Committee_The_Ottawa_Hospital.jpg)
Ten years of promoting equality for female physicians
From busting myths about women in leadership to recruitment and support, the Women Physician Leadership Committee celebrates a decade of fighting gender bias in health care.
![From left to right and top to bottom: Brahim Bizriken, Pheap Bun, Roxane Roussel, Phil Nguyen, Teresa Seguin, Lise Thibodeau, Mike Therrien](images/stories/Profile_project_for_annual_report.jpg)
Portrait project recognizes staff from all corners of our hospital
From the warehouse team to our supply attendants, porters and food service specialists–the one thing that ties all our staff together is their commitment to patient care.
World-class patient care
![Canadian equestrian Ian Millar and his horse riding over an oxer during a competitio](images/stories/Ian Millar_gallery.jpg)
Olympic equestrian thankful for 'unbelievable' trauma care
Airlifted to The Ottawa Hospital Trauma Centre with a severe arm injury and significant blood loss, Olympic equestrian Ian Millar was in awe of the skilled team ready to help save him.
![Karen Toop (right) and her son](images/stories/Karen Toop_rehab_TOH.jpg)
Catastrophic injuries require novel approach by our plastic surgery team
It was January 23, 2012, when Karen Toop was rushed into our Trauma Centre after being hit by a snowplow. The extent of her injuries and the complex care she would need to survive was something her care team would never forget.
![Michele Juma (third from left) and her family](images/stories/Michele-Juma_HERO.jpg)
Team races against the clock to save a mother’s vision
With vision in her left eye deteriorating quickly, Michele Juma travelled from her home in Sault Ste. Marie to The Ottawa Hospital for vision-saving treatment.
Research that is transforming care
![Owen Snider](images/stories/Owen Snider.jpg)
A Canadian-first clinical trial gives lymphoma patient a third chance
Faced with the return of his lymphoma for the third time in ten years, Owen Snider was running out of options. But there was new hope when he was accepted into a made-in-Canada CAR-T therapy clinical trial.
![Dr. Dean Fergusson holds a bag of blood.](images/stories/Dr. Dean Fergusson.jpg)
Making every blood transfusion count
Dr. Dean Fergusson received The Ottawa Hospital’s Grimes Career Achievement Award for trailblazing research that is saving lives and blood around the world.
![Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis looks through a microscope](images/stories/Dr. Cathy Tsilfidis.jpg)
'Dream Team' of researchers tackles leading cause of vision loss
Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis has assembled a world-class team to bring discoveries with game-changing potential to patients with retinal disease.
New Campus Development
![Video thumbnail of Dr. Guy Hébert speaking to a colleague in the Emergency Department](images/stories/Guy Hebert.jpg)
The future of health care at The Ottawa Hospital
Private patient rooms and bathrooms, a highly-advanced Trauma Centre and a world-class neurosciences institute. This is the New Campus Development.
![Rendering of the urban plaza on the Carling side of the New Campus Development site.](images/stories/The_Urban_Plaza.jpg)
New hospital construction to boost Ottawa’s GDP by $2 billion
Learn how the New Campus Development stands to dramatically boost Ottawa’s bottom line.
![Rendering of the main entrance of The Ottawa Hospital’s New Campus Developmen](images/stories/NCD_Rendering.jpg)
Green light from the Ontario government
In addition to approving our New Campus Development this March, the provincial government pledged more than $2 billion in construction costs.