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, research and teaching. The MUHC is a merger of five teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill Universitythe Montreal Childrens, Montreal General, Royal Victoria, and Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, as well as the Montreal Chest Institute. Building on the tradition of medical leadership of the founding hospitals, the goal of the MUHC is to provide patient care based on the most advanced knowledge in the health care field, and to contribute to the development of new knowledge. www.muhc.ca

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Contact: Christine Zeindler
christine.zeindler@muhc.mcgill.ca
514-843-1560
McGill University
19-Feb-2007


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