Shubhayan Sanatani
BSc, MD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Resident Research Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, UBC Department of Pediatrics. 2011-2012
Canadian Pacific Has Heart Cardiovascular Award. Heart and Stroke Foundation. Oct 2015
Every day, our researchers work towards breakthroughs to transform the lives of kids in BC and around the world. Learn about our latest innovations and advancements in child health.
Imagine a heart, barely the size of a small fist, tirelessly filling and emptying 60 to 100 times a minute to pump blood throughout a child’s body. Now, imagine a section of that heart’s muscle — the space between the left and right ventricles — is thicker than it should be, making the heart beat…
For the first time ever, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute has produced a mini Year in Review to publicly share a snapshot of research accomplished during the past fiscal year.
He wasn’t eating well — that was the first sign that something was wrong with baby Liam. The second was that his legs held a tinge of blue. When Juliane Khadra brought her three-day-old son to her doctor for a scheduled visit, she immediately burst into tears. She knew something was wrong with her second…
At BC Children’s, we are making discoveries that save lives and transform health care for children in our province and around the world. Our research portfolio includes basic, clinical, population, and public health research.
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