Victor Blanchette

Biography

Dr. Victor Blanchette is the McCaig Magee Medical Director and Co-Chair for the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative: Enhancing Capacity for Care in Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders. Born in Barbados, Dr. Blanchette is a passionate SCI advocate and leader. In addition to his role as SCI Medical Director, Dr. Blanchette is co-lead for the SCI Clinical CareWorking Group. Dr. Victor Blanchette is a staff physician in the Division of Haematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Blanchette serves as Medical Director of the Paediatric Thrombosis and Haemostasis Program in the Division of Haematology/Oncology . He is a Senior Associate Scientist in the Research Institute and a Clinician Investigator in the Department of Paediatrics. Dr. Blanchette received his medical training at the University of Cambridge and St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the United Kingdom. His post-graduate medical training included a paediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the USA and a fellowship in paediatric haematology/oncology at McMaster University Medical Centre in Canada. Dr. Blanchette's research interest is in the area of the congenital and acquired bleeding disorders of children. He is Chairman of the Factor Prophylaxis Subcommittee of the Association of the Hemophilia Clinic Directors of Canada (AHCDC). Dr. Blanchette is Chair of the Canadian Paediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network and a founding member of an Intercontinental Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Study Group. In 2002, Dr. Blanchette was appointed as the Inaugural Holder of the Women’s Auxillary Millenium Chair in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology. Dr. Blanchette is Principal Investigator for the Hospital for Sick Children in the Children's Oncology Group (COG) and he is Co-Chair of the recently formed Council of Canadian Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Directors Group. Dr. Blanchette is a member of the Boards of the Paediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO), Camp Oochigeas, Camp Trillium and Candlelighters Canada. Dr. Blanchette is an elected fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom.

Research Interest

Clinical and Basic Science Studies of the Immune Thrombocytopenias of Childhood;