Overview
    The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), located in Montreal, Quebec, is one of the most comprehensive university health centres in North America. The MUHC is a University Health Centre affiliated with McGill University, and consists of the Montreal Children's, Montreal General, Royal Victoria, and Montreal Neurological hospitals, as well as the Montreal Chest Institute. The most recent member of the MUHC is the Lachine Hospital and Camille-Lefebvre Pavillon to get hospital addresses and maps. Building on the tradition of medical leadership of these founding hospitals, the MUHC continues to shape the course of academic medicine by attracting clinical and research authorities from around the world and by training the next generation of medical professionals. And it continues to provide the best care for life to patients of all ages.

Mission
    Clinical Care: Our multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals provide tertiary and quaternary care to patients from across Quebec and elsewhere. We also provide primary and secondary care and trauma emergency services to adults and children in the Montreal region. The eight clinical missions of the MUHC are: Pediatric Medicine (The Montreal Children' s Hospital), Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Women's Health, Mental Health, Cancer Care, and Lachine & Camille Lefebvre.
    Research: The Research Institute of the MUHC (RI MUHC) is an international research powerhouse. It supports over 600 researchers and over 1,700 graduate and post-doctoral students and fellows devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental and clinical research producing over 1,400 publications per year. Further, over 1,000 clinical research studies are conducted each year and in the 2009-10 fiscal year, RI MUHC researchers attracted more than $130 million in external funding.
    Teaching: The MUHC prides itself on the quality and rigour of its clinical and scientific training. Each year, close to 3,000 people train at the MUHC, including 825 medical and surgical residents, 1,075 nurses, 450 medical students and 525 allied-health students. Continuing education programs are also an integral part of providing the best patient care. All physicians at the MUHC are cross-appointed to the McGill University Faculty of Medicine.

Education

Excellence in Teaching and Education
    Teaching is one of the core missions of the MUHC. Close to 4,500 students and post-graduate scholars train at the MUHC and the Research Institute of the MUHC, including some 800 medical and surgical residents, 200 medical students, 800 nurses, 500 allied-health students, 525 research fellows and postdoctoral trainees, 750 graduate students and 900 physicians in 64 post-MD programs. We are proud of our international reputation for the quality and rigour of our education and training programs.

Medical Education Programs
    The McGill Faculty of Medicine offers both clinical and scientific training programs. A large proportion of such training is carried out within MUHC hospitals. Programs are offered at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. Continuing education programs for faculty members are also offered, as well as a public education program in science and medicine.

Research
    The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and health-care hospital research centre. Research is organized by eleven research axes (or programs). Located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The Institute supports over 600 researchers, over 1000 graduate students, post-docs and fellows devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental and clinical research.

Clinical trail
    The MUHC has over 400 clinical trials currently underway, with approximately 160 new trials starting every year. For a listing of adult or pediatric trials taking place at the MUHC, please follow the links below. If a particular trial is 'recruiting' then it is accepting volunteers and you may contact the research coordinator if a phone number or email address is provided. To search for specific trials that are of interest to you, you can use the 'Refine Search' function at the top of each list.

 * Cancer Research
 * Clinical Research Cord Blood Bank
 * Genomics and Proteomics
 * Infection & Immunity
 * Musculoskeletal
 * Neurosciencl
 * Procure Quebec Prostate Cancer Biobank
 * Respiratory Health
 * Sheldon Biotechnology Centre
 * Vivarium