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Pulse: The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Podcast

Feb 5, 2025

In the spring of 2023, Katie Skidmore was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder known as anti-GBM. It attacked her kidneys and left her critically ill. While she recovered from the disease, she was left without functioning kidneys and Katie learned to navigate her new world of being on dialysis. While that was...


Jan 8, 2025

The Ottawa Hospital’s mental health program provides early diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illness.

Major depressive disorder is a mental health condition in which someone is feeling very low and not able to enjoy things the way they normally would over a prolonged period. It’s persistent and can go on...


Dec 4, 2024

Brandon Peacock was an innocent victim of a shooting in June 2020. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. After being rushed to The Ottawa Hospital Trauma Centre by ambulance with a life-threatening injury, a team of medical experts was ready. Today, Brandon’s here to share how that moment changed his...


Nov 6, 2024

When Dr. Jay Baltz, senior scientist emeritus at The Ottawa Hospital, first started in his field, researchers struggled with a puzzle that blocked the progress of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Through pioneering research and his work with one of the creators of IVF, Dr. Baltz would go on to push fertility science to...


Oct 2, 2024

As the Founder and President of Gab Group Inc., Ginger Bertrand is a leading communications professional, award-winning publicist, talent agent, and business owner. She loves her hometown of Ottawa and we’re thrilled to have her as a co-chair of the Campaign to Create Tomorrow. 

Ginger is an Ottawa Forty Under...