Pediatricians are doctors who care for infants, children and adolescents. Pediatricians in PEI act as consultants, along with your family doctor or nurse practitioner and other members of your child’s health care team. Appointments Your child must be referred to a pediatrician by...
Louise Campbell gives back as a patient and family partner. Louise Campbell is not a doctor. She’s not a nurse. She’s not a health care professional at all, and yet, she has an important voice in how health care is delivered on Prince Edward Island. Louise is one of many...
Excitement is written all over Alyson MacCormack’s face as she talks about being accepted into the first class at UPEI’s new Medical School this fall. “I opened the email, saw ‘Congratulations’ —and just burst into tears,” she laughs. “My coworkers thought the sky was falling...
The patient medical home model is working at the Kinlock Medical Centre. Four years ago, a group of Charlottetown-area doctors came together for a meeting. “We didn’t even have a name for what we were talking about, but we all knew the current system isn’t working,” said Dr...
At Spinal Cord Injury PEI (SCI PEI), the walls tell a story. Photos, news clippings, and personal testimonials show how their work has made a difference in people’s lives—reminders of resilience, advocacy, and the ongoing fight for accessibility and inclusion. Now, thanks to...
PEI’s Glucose Sensor Program takes the pain out of diabetes management. Will Gibbon just wasn’t interested in a glucose sensor to manage his diabetes. Now that he’s been using one for six months, he wonders what took him so long. “I can be pretty stubborn like that,” he joked....