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The Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF)’s Star Recognition Program invites patients and families to thank a staff member who improved their hospital experience by making a gift in their honour. Among our recent Star recipients is Dr. Geneviève Genest! As the founder of Canada’s first Reproductive Immunology Clinic, housed at the MGH and supported by …

Plastic surgeon Dr. Josh Vorstenbosch, Director of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)’s Surgical Lymphedema Program, wants to “give patients back what cancer took away,” he says. “Our job as oncologic reconstructive surgeons is to do what we can to restore that patient’s quality of life, to bring them as close as we can to …

On World Cancer Day 2024, the Cedars Cancer Foundation and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation launched our joint fundraising campaign, Together Against Cancer. Thanks to our generous donors, World Cancer Day 2025 sees us halfway to our $100M fundraising goal. Every day, patients, families, and medical teams give their best against cancer. This World Cancer …

The Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) is pleased to support the Centre for Precision Psychiatry – Quebec (CPP-Q), whose new open-source biobank project, Solutions for Psychiatric AI Research & Knowledge (SPARK) recently shared its first data release. Founded and led by Dr. Simon Ducharme, neuropsychiatrist and clinician-researcher at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), the …

January 9, 2025 – The Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) proudly announces the appointment of Margaux Watine to the role of Vice President, Development.   Ms. Watine joined the MGHF in 2022 in the position of Senior Director, Major Gifts, and since, her professionalism and dedication have been integral to our Foundation. She has built …

At the Dr. David S. Mulder Trauma Centre at the Montreal General Hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Evan Wong and his colleagues work tirelessly to meet the needs of patients in northern communities, from Cree territories along the James Bay to the Inuit population in Nunavik. As part of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), the …

The tropics came to the Four Seasons for dinner, dancing, and an auction at the Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF)’s Soirée en or on December 5. This annual fundraising evening supports transformative cancer research projects led by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)’s Division of Thoracic Surgery.   A heartwarming success, this year’s Soirée en …

Magic and mind games reigned at A Night of Magic, the annual fundraising event of the McGill IBD Research Group in partnership with the Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF). This entertaining evening took place at Porsche Prestige, where magicians and mentalists mingled with the crowd for tricks and illusions. Thanks to our generous donors, the event…

Visionary researchers, generous philanthropists, and medical leaders filled Maison Alcan in downtown Montreal for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation (MGHF)’s inaugural Impact & Innovation Evening. This exclusive event showcased the impact of the Foundation’s support of research and innovation and recognized the 67 recipients of this year’s MGHF Research Awards.   Thanks to our generous donors, these award …

From performing 38-hour surgeries to bringing augmented reality into the operating room, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) orthopedic oncology surgeon Dr. Ahmed Aoude loves a challenge. Yet his deepest passion comes from helping patients.   “The cool part of the job is the ability to think outside the box and do things that are not scripted …