RHSCIR Sites

The Rick Hansen SCI Registry is active in every province, with partners at almost all major Canadian SCI trauma and rehabilitation centres collecting patient data.

Here is a listing of the participating institutions and their principal investigators/site leaders:

Vancouver, BC

> Vancouver General Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Marcel Dvorak)

> GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Jennifer Yao)

Edmonton, AB

> Royal Alexandra Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Richard Fox)

> University of Alberta Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Richard Fox)

> Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (Rehab Lead: Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau)

Calgary, AB

> Foothills Medical Centre (Acute Lead: Dr. Steve Casha; Rehab Lead: Dr. Chester Ho)

Saskatoon, SK

> Royal University Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Daryl Fourney)

> Saskatoon City Hospital (Rehab Lead: Dr. Gary Linassi)

Winnipeg, MB

> Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre (Acute & Rehab Lead: Dr. Karen Ethans)

Toronto, ON

> St. Michael's Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Henry Ahn)

> Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Acute Lead:Dr. Michael Ford)

> Toronto Western Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Michael Fehlings)

> Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - Lyndhurst Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Cathy Craven)

Hamilton, ON

> Hamilton General Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Brian Drew)

> Hamilton Regional Rehabilitation Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Brian Drew)

London, ON

> University Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Chris Bailey)

> Victoria Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Chris Bailey)

> Parkwood Hospital (Rehab Lead: Dr. Dalton Wolfe)

Ottawa, ON

> Ottawa General Hospital (Acute Lead: Dr. Eve Tsai)

> The Rehabilitation Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Eve Tsai)

Quebec, QC

> Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Acute Lead: Dr. Jérôme Paquet)

> Institut de réadaption en déficience physique de Québec (Rehab Lead: Dr. Laurent Bouyer)

Montreal, QC

> Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (Acute Lead: Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong)

> Center de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau (CRLB) and l'Institut deréadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal Rehabilitation Institute (IRGLM) (Rehab Lead: Louise Poissant)

Halifax, NS

> Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (Acute Lead: Dr. Sean Christie)

> Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Christine Short)

Saint John, NB

> Saint John Regional Hospital
(Acute Lead: Dr. Najmedden Attabib is on sabbatical, Dr. George Kolyvas is the interim PI)

Fredericton, NB

> Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation (Rehab Lead: Dr. Colleen O'Connell)

St. John's, NL

> General Hospital - Health Sciences Centre (Acute Lead: Dr. Andre Englebrecht)

> L.A. Miller Rehabilitation Centre (Rehab Lead: Dr. Andre Englebrecht)