SickKids VS

Jun 06 2024 37 ep. 18 mins 1.4k
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Big breakthroughs often start with a simple question. SickKids VS takes you behind the scenes of remarkable discoveries to answer questions like: How can we diagnose faster? What if we could prevent cardiac death? And why do we need artificial intelligence in our hospital? Join us to heal the future.

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Why Do Emergency Departments Need AI? SickKids VS Wait Times

Jun 06 2024 23 mins  
Many families rush to hospital emergency departments every day. Some don’t know why a child is sick. Some do. But they all share a common concern: how long will we have to wait? Hear how one emergency physician (who’s also a computer scientist) is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to address wait times so more patients and caregivers can see health-care experts so

A Child Survives — But What’s Around the Corner? SickKids VS Cancer’s Shadow

May 30 2024 23 mins  
More children survive cancer than ever before. But the disease and the treatments take a toll. In adulthood, many survivors face serious or life-threatening effects stemming from their therapies. Dr. Paul Nathan works tirelessly to improve the lives of survivors, and he’s been collaborating with someone who has a unique perspective on how to take post-cancer care to a whole new l

Are the Answers in Our Genes? SickKids VS Unexplained Seizures

May 23 2024 22 mins  
As a baby, Noel was diagnosed with a severe form of epilepsy. There are many types and causes, so to really help patients like him, it’s not enough to know they have the disorder — but rather why they have it. To find out, Noel’s family joined a groundbreaking global study to see what happens when you dig into the genome for answers.(To advance breakthrough research and care

Why Is My Child Wheezing? SickKids VS Breathlessness

May 16 2024 21 mins  
Around one in five kids struggle to breathe at least twice a year. They miss school and soccer games. And they often end up in hospital for treatment — but fail to receive a diagnosis. Breathing disorders, whether mild or severe, can be deadly. Meet the doctor who designed a new tool to better predict the risk of getting asthma. (To advance breakthrough research and care like thi

What If We Could Prevent Sudden Death? SickKids VS Cardiac Collapse

May 09 2024 22 mins  
Seth was 10 when he collapsed on the schoolyard without warning. As a baby, he’d been diagnosed with a disease in which the heart can suddenly quit. Some people with his condition can go their whole lives without experiencing this. Others die from it. And there’s no way of knowing who’s at risk – until now. (To advance breakthrough research and care like this, please visit&

Our Hospital CEO on How We’ll Heal the Future. SickKids VS The Odds

May 02 2024 22 mins  
Dr. Ronni Cohn is leading SickKids through a new frontier in medicine — to diagnose faster, treat smarter, and predict better. The CEO (who’s also a geneticist and paediatrician) reveals how Precision Child Health works as we kick off a new season of breakthroughs, from using AI to help ease wait times in the emergency department and pinpointing the roots of unexplained seizure

Who’s Betting on the Next Big Breakthroughs? SickKids VS The Valley of Death

Jun 22 2023 19 mins  
A new wave of venture philanthropists is pooling their money to fuel major medical discoveries. The return on their investment? Saving lives. Meet these changemakers plus the scientist behind a new way to diagnose brain tumours in kids.(For bonus content or to advance similar research, please visit SickKidsFoundation.com/podcast. The SickKids VS Podcast is generously sponsored b

What Happens When We Pull a Neglected Disease into the Spotlight? SickKids VS Sickle Cell Disease

Jun 15 2023 21 mins  
Dr. Isaac Odame is making life easier for children with sickle cell disease—about half of whom in Canada will be seen at SickKids. Hear how he implemented an early detection and treatment program, and how he's tackling even bigger obstacles, including toxic treatments, anti-Black racism, and limited care capacity in other parts of the world.(For bonus content or to advance

How Do We Treat the Untreatable? SickKids VS Rare Disease

Jun 08 2023 23 mins  
Five-year-old Michael is one of less than 100 people in the world with SPG50, an ultrarare genetic disease. In March 2022, a SickKids team dosed Michael with the first-ever gene therapy for SPG50 in an unprecedented clinical trial. We tell the remarkable story of what it took to deliver a customized drug for Michael’s particular genetic variant, and what it means for SickKid

Why Heart Patients Shouldn’t Fear Exercise. SickKids VS Fragility

Jun 01 2023 22 mins  
For families whose children have had major heart surgeries, the idea of exercise can be terrifying. Is their heart strong enough? What if their heart fails? This fear is understandable but can be damaging in the long run. That’s why Dr. Barbara Cifra launched a first-of-its-kind exercise counselling program for children with congenital heart disease. Hear how the program empowers