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| Introduction : Who We Are | |
| Dr. Peter G. Chait is a Paediatric
Interventional Radiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr.
Chait has become increasingly involved in developing new, minimally invasive treatments
for children with bowel / fecal incontinence. He, together with Dr. Barry Shandling, has
pioneered a new antegrade colonic enema technique involving the insertion of a cecostomy
(catheter into the cecum) using image guidance. By the year 2000, Dr. Chait will
have performed approximately 150 cecostomy insertions in children ranging from 2 - 20
years of age. He has also designed and developed a new low-profile cecostomy called the
Chait Trapdoor™ Cecostomy catheter, which has aleady proven to have a significant
impact on the lives of these children with bowel / fecal incontinence. email: Peter.Chait@cecostomy.com |
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| Dr. Barry Shandling, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Surgery at the University of Toronto, is a Pediatric Surgeon who has devoted a lifetime of research to the problems of fecal incontinence complicating the lives of patients with such conditions as spina bifida, imperforate anus and paraplegia. He developed the Enema Continence Catheter, which is in use around the world, for the management of these problems, using a leak-proof enema device. Now, with his unique concept of the percutaneous cecostomy, and utilizing the expertise of Dr. Peter Chait, Interventional Radiologist, there is available a non-operative, inexpensive and predictably reliable method of ensuring complete bowel continence. | |
| Sergio Muraca is a graduate student in
Medical Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, under Dr. Chait's
supervision at the Hospital for Sick Children. Sergio has become increasingly
involved in Dr. Chait's research on cecostomies, and has applied his skill in internet
development to create this website. email: Sergio.Muraca@cecostomy.com |
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| Dr. Kevin Baskin is an Interventional
Radiology Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children, who will be joining the Interventional
Radiology Staff at Children's Hospital of Boston in the near future. Dr. Baskin has made
very significant contributions to research on cecostomies, and has developed innovative
interactive multimedia educational material to educate health care providers interested in
learning the Percutaneous Cecostomy procedure. email: Kevin.Baskin@sickkids.on.ca |
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| Helen Richards is a Registered Nurse at The
Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. She has been directly involved with Dr.
Chait's research studying children with bowel / fecal incontinence, and in defining
guidelines for patient's who recieve a cecostomy catheter. email: Helen.Richards@sickkids.on.ca |
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| Dr. Bairbre L. Connolly is a Paediatric
Interventional Radiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr.
Connolly has provided tremendous input into the research and development of the cecostomy
procedure. email: Bairbre.Connolly@sickkids.on.ca |
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| Dr. Mike Temple is an Interventional
Radiology Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Temple has considerable experience
with Dr. Chait's Cecostomy techniques, and has made significant contributions to research
on cecostomies and patient outcomes. email: Mike.Temple@sickkids.on.ca |
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| Dr. Sigmund Ein is a Paediatric General
Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada since 1969. With the
retirement of one of the originators of this procedure (Dr. Barry Shandling, a Paediatric
General Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children), he has taken over as the
"watchdog" for the very infrequent post-procedure intra-abdominal problems.
These patients, of necessity, are all admitted to the General Surgical Service at The
Hospital for Sick Children, with all of the hospital care carried out by the
Interventional Radiologists and their staff. email: Sigmund.Ein@sickkids.on.ca |
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| Dr. W. Douglas Biggar is the Physician
Director of the Musculoskeletal Program at Bloorview
MacMillan Centre in Toronto, Canada, and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of
Toronto. He and Sharon Avey Morrison provide follow-up support, post tube insertion, for
children with spina bifida who are clients of Bloorview MacMillan Centre. email: dougbiggar@bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca |
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| Sharon Avey Morrison is a Registered Nurse
with the Spina Bifida / Spinal Cord Injury Team at the Bloorview MacMillan Centre in
Toronto, Canada. She has been directly involved in teaching children / families about the
cecostomy procedure, providing follow-up support, and defining guidelines for patients who
receive the cecostomy catheter. email c/o dougbiggar@bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca |
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| Helene Dubois is the Team Leader of
Administrative Services in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the Hospital for Sick
Children in Toronto, Canada. She has a very active role in our cecostomy program,
scheduling appointments and procedures, preparing literature, and formatting and editing
the content in this website. email: Helene.Dubois@sickkids.on.ca |
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