The MUHC Foundation's Health Matters The McGill University Health Centre Foundation

This week on Health Matters, Jean Charest discusses the reasons for championing health care as one of the core causes and the MUHC’s significance in ensuring Quebecers’ access to excellent health care and cutting-edge equipment. Norman Steinberg sheds light on the transformative power of philanthropy in empowering healthcare and his big dream with the MUHC Foundation. Julie Quenneville shares her remarkable journey of contributing to the evolution of the MUHC and fostering improved health out...

While Health Matters is coming to an end on CJAD 800 by next week, Tarah Schwartz shares some of the most memorable moments from the last three years on Health Matters. In this episode, Suzanne Legge Orr introduces her journey as a co-chair of the Dream Big campaign at the MUHC Foundation and the significance of giving back. Mark Goren speaks about his father’s battle with pancreatic cancer and how this experience inspired his family to fundraise for the MUHC Foundation to help other families...

This week on Health Matters, Tarah Schwartz speaks with Dr. Andrea Gomez about how personalized medicine is changing health care and how philanthropy helps push the boundaries throughout this process. Claudia Brown introduces what pelvic floor physiotherapy is and how people in Quebec can have access to physiotherapy. Lucie Guillemette shares her remarkable experience as a co-chair for Le Bal Rouge and a member of the MUHC Foundation Board of Directors. And, Dr. Anthoula Lazaris discusses the...

This week on Health Matters, Tarah Schwartz speaks with Professor Sara Mahshid about nanotechnology and how it can help in health care. Dr. Jonathan Meakins describes the Art and Heritage Centre at the MUHC and how a donation from RBC will help it bring more art into the hospital. Dr. Basil Petrof discusses how the funds raised at Le Bal Rouge will help push the boundaries of respiratory research and care. And, Dr. Ramy Saleh shares how SaRC-Q and uniting specialists from across Quebec will o...

This week on Health Matters, Tarah Schwartz speaks with Daniel Johnson from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier school board about Raise Craze and the impact of Pink in the City. Physiotherapist Lesley Singer debunks some common misconceptions about physiotherapy and how it can help with more than injury recovery. Dr. Wassim Kassouf details what you need to know about bladder cancer, the fifth most common cancer impacting Canadians. And Susan Avon describes the Doggone Foundation mission to support artis...

This week on Health Matters, Tarah Schwartz and Dr. Marc Rodgers discuss why it is significant to support physician-scientists with the Rising Star Program. Michael Mazza discusses a network of Canadian hospitals coming together with one goal in mind: to cure cancer. This year’s honouree of Le Bal Rouge, Dr. Kevin Schwartzman shares what makes the Montreal Chest Institute special. And are you at risk of hypertension? Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou shares what you need to know to prevent hypertensio...