Dr. Brenda Gallie
University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children
MRC Distinguished Scientist Awards 1997

Thanks to Dr. Brenda Gallie's genetic research and to her clinical development work, new, safer treatments are available which can save the eyes - and the lives - of her young patients.

Dr. Helen Chan, MB., BS., FRCPC, FAAP
Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Dr. Elise Héon
University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Héon is a Pediatric Ophthalmologist Ocular Geneticist based at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the Toronto Western Hospital where she also has a molecular genetics laboratory. Her clinical practice is dedicated to inherited eye disorders including mostly retinitis pigmentosa and retinoblastoma.