Media Release

July 3, 2009

ATTN: NEWS / HEALTH EDITORS

The Doctors are in! Trillium - Summerville Family Medicine Teaching Unit offers increased access to family doctors for community

Mississauga/West Toronto – The Doctors are in! The Trillium – Summerville Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU) opened yesterday with the arrival of the first four family medicine residents.  Dr. Ravjit Ahluwalia, Dr. Casey Corkum, Dr. Laurence Biro and Dr. Gaurav Puri graduated recently from medical school and will be completing their specialized post-graduate training in family medicine at the Trillium – Summerville FMTU for two years.

Each of the residents will take on new patients, increasing access to family physicians for the community.

The opening of the FMTU is an exciting opportunity for Trillium Health Centre, one that advances Trillium in its evolution to an academically-affiliated hospital. The four family medicine residents, who are newly licenced physicians, are coming to Trillium - Summerville for two years.

The Trillium – Summerville FMTU is a joint partnership between Trillium Health Centre and the Summerville Family Health Team. It is one of three teaching units opening this year and one of thirteen in the province.  The FMTUs are part of the Ontario Government’s initiative to increase the number of family physicians in the province.

The family medicine residents will work out of the Summerville Family Health Team offices at 101 Queensway West.
For anyone who is in need of a family physician and is interested in registering with one of the residents, please go to Trillium Health Centre’s “Find a Doctor” section on our website at www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/health/findDoctor.html or call 905-272-9900.

About Trillium Health Centre
Trillium Health Centre is one of Canada’s largest academically-affiliated tertiary care hospitals with highly-specialized regional programs in advanced cardiac, vascular, stroke, neurosciences, orthopaedic, and sexual assault/domestic violence services. Housing a model ambulatory care centre and the largest free standing day surgery centre in North America, Trillium serves over one million residents in Peel and West Toronto and from other communities across Ontario. Last year Trillium’s doctors, staff and volunteers cared for more than 700,000 patients at the Mississauga (100 Queensway W.) and West Toronto (150 Sherway Dr.) locations. With the continued support of the Trillium Health Centre Foundation, the hospital’s fundraising arm, the two-site facility is attracting international attention for its innovative approach to providing safe, high quality health care services and has received numerous national awards for quality and innovation.

For more information, go to www.trilliumhealthcentre.org.

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Larry Roberts
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Trillium Health Centre
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lroberts@thc.on.ca

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