Volume 7, numéro 3
A New Direction for Research
A Prescription for Success
PPP process begins for the Glen while current site renovations continue
Planned Giving Primer with Alexander Gross
Bronchoscope
Montreal Cooks!
Alexander Dougall Blackader
Another Cedars Success
New Faces, New Ideas 2007
Health Perspectives is published by the McGill University Health Centre Foundation.
Editor: Dianne Fagan | Assistant Editor: Yuri Mytko | Writer: Christine Zeindler
Copy Editor: Jane Pavanel | Designer: Shari Blaukopf
Photographer: Christian Fleury | Translators: Andrée Michon, Marie Gouin
Produced by Knockout Communications



Internationally renowned researcher Vassilios Papadopoulos has been named the new Scientific Director of the MUHC’s Research Institute (RI MUHC).
From the moment a patient is admitted, a pharmacist is intimately involved in his or her care. 800 hospital pharmacists work under the supervision of Patricia Lefebvre, Director of the MUHC’s Department of Pharmacy.
While fundamental planning for the Glen campus is taking place, the redevelopment continues to advance with the completion of a number of critical renovation projects across the current sites.
Alexander Gross, a professional accountant practising as an investment advisor with HSBC Securities, explains the benefits of planned giving vehicles, in particular, charitable gift annuities.
If a physician suspects a patient has lung disease, a a diagnostic instrument called a bronchoscope is passed through the patient’s mouth or nose and into the lungs to inspect the airways and retrieve a tissue sample.
The MUHC Foundation is proud to announce the launch of Montreal Cooks, an elegant cookbook featuring hand-picked recipes from more than 25 of Montreal’s best restaurants.
A pioneer in the field of pediatrics in North America, Alexander Dougall Blackader was among the first physicians to maintain that children’s diseases should be regarded as a specialty, distinct from
adult diseases.
A sold-out crowd of 264 golfers who brought their clubs and their philanthropic spirit to the Elm Ridge Golf and Country Club on July 9 for the 29th Annual Cedars Cancer Institute Golf Tournament.
The new season of New Faces, New Ideas lectures got off to an impressive start when Drs. Ariane Marelli and Luc Jutras treated a rapt audience to an inside look at the treatment of congenital heart disease at the MUHC.




