Sinai Health’s Paediatrician-in-Chief from 2009-2019, Dr. Shoo Lee, O.C., is a tireless advocate for knowledge exchange. During his tenure, he brought neonatologists together to share clinical outcomes and identify the most effective ways to help fragile newborns.
Through the Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) initiative, Dr. Lee helped guide Canadian neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to improve infant survival without serious health complications. Family integrated care (FICare), a model developed and pioneered at Mount Sinai, is just one of the innovations that powered those results.
Engaging parents as full partners in their baby’s care, FICare empowers NICU parents to participate in feeding, diaper changes, bathing, growth tracking and sharing observations during medical rounds. Research has shown that these babies grow faster and have less stress, spend fewer days in the NICU and are less likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge, compared to infants cared for primarily by NICU staff. In addition to transforming NICU care delivery across Canada, this model has also been adopted by hospitals in New Zealand, Australia, England, the U.S. and China.
Dr. Lee also oversaw the establishment of Ontario’s human donor milk bank. Mother’s milk offers newborns a wealth of health benefits, reducing life-threatening complications in hospitalized preemies and other medically fragile infants. Supporting the seventy percent of hospitalized newborns who do not have access to an adequate maternal milk supply, the Rogers-Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank has collected, processed and distributed over one million ounces of donor milk since its establishment in 2013.
A leader in practice-changing research, a respected educator and a mentor to many, Dr. Lee is revered above all for his big heart and his mission to improve the lives of families everywhere. In recognition of his transformative leadership, he was invested as an Officer into the Order of Canada in 2022.
Engaging parents as full partners in their baby’s care, FICare empowers NICU parents to participate in feeding, diaper changes, bathing, growth tracking and sharing observations during medical rounds. Research has shown that these babies grow faster and have less stress, spend fewer days in the NICU and are less likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge, compared to infants cared for primarily by NICU staff. In addition to transforming NICU care delivery across Canada, this model has also been adopted by hospitals in New Zealand, Australia, England, the U.S. and China.
Dr. Lee also oversaw the establishment of Ontario’s human donor milk bank. Mother’s milk offers newborns a wealth of health benefits, reducing life-threatening complications in hospitalized preemies and other medically fragile infants. Supporting the seventy percent of hospitalized newborns who do not have access to an adequate maternal milk supply, the Rogers-Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank has collected, processed and distributed over one million ounces of donor milk since its establishment in 2013.
A leader in practice-changing research, a respected educator and a mentor to many, Dr. Lee is revered above all for his big heart and his mission to improve the lives of families everywhere. In recognition of his transformative leadership, he was invested as an Officer into the Order of Canada in 2022.
Engaging parents as full partners in their baby’s care, FICare empowers NICU parents to participate in feeding, diaper changes, bathing, growth tracking and sharing observations during medical rounds. Research has shown that these babies grow faster and have less stress, spend fewer days in the NICU and are less likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge, compared to infants cared for primarily by NICU staff. In addition to transforming NICU care delivery across Canada, this model has also been adopted by hospitals in New Zealand, Australia, England, the U.S. and China.
Dr. Lee also oversaw the establishment of Ontario’s human donor milk bank. Mother’s milk offers newborns a wealth of health benefits, reducing life-threatening complications in hospitalized preemies and other medically fragile infants. Supporting the seventy percent of hospitalized newborns who do not have access to an adequate maternal milk supply, the Rogers-Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank has collected, processed and distributed over one million ounces of donor milk since its establishment in 2013.
A leader in practice-changing research, a respected educator and a mentor to many, Dr. Lee is revered above all for his big heart and his mission to improve the lives of families everywhere. In recognition of his transformative leadership, he was invested as an Officer into the Order of Canada in 2022.
He changed the face of neonatal care by understanding how important parents are in the care of their infants. The best thing that happened to medicine and nursing is Shoo Lee coming along.
Marianne Bracht, RN, former NICU parent resource nurse
About Mount Sinai 100 Chairs
In 2023, Mount Sinai Hospital will mark its 100th anniversary. To honour the physicians and scientists who have made breakthrough discoveries and whose achievements have elevated Sinai Health’s reputation for world-class care, we are pleased to introduce our Mount Sinai 100 Chairs. These legacy chairs carry the names of Sinai Health’s most eminent trailblazers and will help recruit and fund the work of a new generation of clinicians and scientists, securing the next century of caring at Sinai Health. We invite you to help us imagine the next 100 years.
About Mount Sinai 100 Chairs
In 2023, Mount Sinai Hospital will mark its 100th anniversary. To honour the physicians and scientists who have made breakthrough discoveries and whose achievements have elevated Sinai Health’s reputation for world-class care, we are pleased to introduce our Mount Sinai 100 Chairs. These legacy chairs carry the names of Sinai Health’s most eminent trailblazers and will help recruit and fund the work of a new generation of clinicians and scientists, securing the next century of caring at Sinai Health. We invite you to help us imagine the next 100 years.
About Mount Sinai 100 Chairs
In 2023, Mount Sinai Hospital will mark its 100th anniversary. To honour the physicians and scientists who have made breakthrough discoveries and whose achievements have elevated Sinai Health’s reputation for world-class care, we are pleased to introduce our Mount Sinai 100 Chairs. These legacy chairs carry the names of Sinai Health’s most eminent trailblazers and will help recruit and fund the work of a new generation of clinicians and scientists, securing the next century of caring at Sinai Health. We invite you to help us imagine the next 100 years.
