Dr. Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCP(C), joined SickKids as a resident in paediatrics in 1975 and as a staff endocrinologist in 1981. He was named Paediatrician-in-Chief in 2006. The Chief Paediatrician is the leading physician at SickKids. The incumbent holds the R.S. McLaughlin Foundation Chair in Paediatrics and is Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto.