About the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease

The Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease at Mount Sinai Hospital is a comprehensive centre integrating three pillars: excellent clinical care, cutting-edge research and advanced training in rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. It provides a variety of specialized clinics serving more than 15,000 patients annually for treatment of any of the 115 forms of arthritis, including the most serious, potentially life-threatening forms of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. The centre has programs specializing in the care of patients with early arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, cancer-related rheumatic diseases and vasculitis. In addition, there are general rheumatology and juvenile-adult transition clinics for patients in Toronto and from across Canada.

Clinical Trials

The Rebecca MacDonald Centre is  home to one of the largest clinical trial centres in the world and is a mecca for post-graduate education. Many of the clinical trials test innovative therapies for the first time in Canada, giving patients more treatment options.

In the same environment, the centre brings together, for the first time at Mount Sinai Hospital, world-class expertise in genetics, epidemiology and clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, vasculitis, lupus and several other immune-mediated rheumatological conditions.