Thanks to the support of donors to St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, we are able to purchase the latest in lifesaving technologies, attract the brightest medical minds, provide inspired care to 380,000 patients every year and develop world-leading advances in research and medical teaching that benefit many more.
Here are some examples of what we have accomplished with your support:
Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., one of the world’s top 20 leading pharmaceutical companies, announced in May 2011 that it is making $225,000 in donations to both St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) to support the scientific development of young cardiology specialists. The Boehringer Ingelheim Physician Scholar Awards will provide cardiologists and cardiac surgeons Read More...
The first Canadian research chair in cardiovascular prevention research, the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research at St. Paul’s Hospital, was created through a $1.25 million contribution from Pfizer Canada, $1.5 million from Simon Fraser University, $1 million from an anonymous donor to St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation and $750,000 from the Heart Read More...
St. Paul’s is one of the first hospitals in Canada to use this technology, which is being used for advanced heart imaging as well as CT scans of the liver, kidney, lungs and other areas throughout the body. More than 600 donors contributed to completing the funding of this $2.2-million, high-definition, low-radiation CT scanner, which Read More...
Dr. John Webb, director of interventional cardiology and McLeod Family Professor in Valvular Heart Disease Intervention at St. Paul’s, is recognized internationally as a leader in transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI). Dr. Webb was the first in North America to perform this procedure, which involves inserting a new valve into the heart through a tiny incision Read More...
A three-year renovation of St. Paul’s emergency area resulted in one of the most efficient and technologically advanced emergency centres in the country and a 20 per cent reduction in patient wait times. The province of British Columbia, through Vancouver Coastal Health, provided $10 million to the project, while more than 1,200 individuals and corporate donors Read More...
Imagine a world where everyone with HIV receives treatment. This is what drives Dr. Julio Montaner and his team at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Montaner, UBC/St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Chair in AIDS and current director of the BC-CfE, was lead investigator of a seminal international clinical trial Read More...