Dr. Jack Newman 

Dr. Jack Newman's Biography

 
Dr. Jack Newman graduated from the University of Toronto medical school in 1970, interning at the Vancouver General Hospital.  He did his training in paediatrics in Quebec City and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1977-1981, to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 1981 as well as Board Certified by the AAP in 1981. He has worked as a physician in Central America, New Zealand and South Africa.  He founded the first hospital based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant for UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, evaluating the first Baby Friendly Hospitals in Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Canada.

Dr. Newman was a staff paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children emergency department from 1983 to 1992, and was, for a period of time the acting chief of the emergency services.  However, once the breastfeeding clinic started functioning, it took more and more of his time, and he eventually worked full time helping mothers and babies succeed with breastfeeding.  He now works in several clinics around the city of Toronto.

Dr. Newman has several publications on breastfeeding, and in 2000 published a help guide for professionals and mothers on breastfeeding, called, Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding in Canada (revised edition, January 2003), and The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers in the US.
 

The Newman Breastfeeding Clinic & Institute
in the Canadian College Of Naturopathic Medicine

The CCNM is right across the bridge from North York General Hospital.

We are located at the southwest corner of Sheppard and Leslie Street, off of Old Leslie Street at 1255 Sheppard Avenue East.

We are right at the exit of the Leslie Street Subway stop on the Sheppard line at Leslie Street.

Please go to this link for a map and directions

Please note: Stroller access is limited to the loading dock for now, but there are ramps inside.

Clinic visits are by appointment only and we ask that you get a referral for the baby from your doctor or midwife so that Dr. Newman can send them a consultation note and for OHIP billing purposes.

To book an apointment at the clinic, please email breastfeeding@ccnm.edu and then respond to the auto reply.

We are no longer located at NYGH as our clinic was closed down as of December 31st. If you are concerned about this closing please contact our Minister of Health, Mr. George Smitherman, or send an email to savetheclinic@rogers.com. and please sign the petition.

Montreal

1. Jewish General Hospital
   
   5757 Legare, Room E-0010
   Clinic open from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday

   Contact Samantha Dascal, Clinic Coordinator, for more information (514) 340-8222 ext. 3269