2019/2020

BRINGING LIFE-CHANGING CARE TO THE NORTH SHORE

Discover the +healing power MISSION of art at LGH p.8 CRITICAL Let's equip the next generation to meet the challenge of complex care p.10

HOW DONOR-FUNDED EQUIPMENT SAVED A PATIENT'S LIFE p.12 Well into the Future is published by Canada Wide Media Limited for Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. No part of this magazine may Magazine of be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Send change of address notices and covers of undeliverable copies to: Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, 231 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7. Publication Sales Agreement #40065475. 2019-2020 . VOLUME 13 NUMBER 1 For questions or concerns regarding any of the publication’s content please direct enquiries to 604-984-5785.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS AT LARGE Alan Holton LGHF Editor Yolanda Brooks 2019-2020 Curt Bernardi Joanne Houssian LGHF Liaison Louise Campbell EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Heather Buckley Barbara Inglis Contributing Writers Yolanda Brooks, Mike O'Callaghan, Chair Bruce Chan Bob McGill Anne McLaughlin Pierre Lebel, Past Chair Edith Chan Maria Morellato Contributing Photographers Chris Carter, Co-Vice Chair Dr. Daniel Heffner Clark Quintin Claudette Carracedo, Oliver Harden, Kevin Falcon, Co-Vice Chair Selina Ladak Ken Rekrutiak Carrie Marshall, Karen Smith-Tregillas, Greg Gutmanis, Treasurer Karin Olson Lorraine Rinfret Josh White, Miller Zhang Sandra Enticknap, Secretary Farah Sayani Yvonne Schmidt Michael R. Smith PRESIDENT & CEO Jamie Switzer Ross Southam Judy Savage, CFRE Yang Wang Jo-Ann Wood Grant Spitz Fred Yada Mark Stevens Judy Strongman HONORARY DIRECTORS Carmen Thériault Dr. Allan Burgmann Bob Wilds Chairman, CEO Peter Legge, LLD (Hon) Nancy Burke President Samantha Legge, MBA Mary Downie For a copy of the Foundation's Executive Creative Director Rick Thibert Don Foster audited financial statement Director of Editorial Michael McCullough Paul Hamilton for 2018-2019, please visit Copy Editor Matt Currie Kenneth G. Hanna lghfoundation.com/about-us/ Director of Production Kim McLane Mark Hannah financial-reports. Electronic Imaging Bernard Holzmann Coryn Hemsley Production Manager Kristina Borys

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YOUR IMPACT

Donor-Powered contents Revolution A NEW CT SCANNER which arrived at Lions Gate Hospital in the cover story spring will benefit thousands of seriously ill and injured patients. 10 NEXT-GENERATION Thanks to donations totalling $3 million to purchase a GE HEALTH CARE Revolution HD CT Scanner and refurbish a staff observation area, We’re focused on the future to the Medical Imaging support the more complex needs department can now of tomorrow’s patients. provide a round-the- clock CT scanning By Anne McLaughlin service. The scanner, which is one of the most advanced of its kind in North America, is now in full service and in just five months has performed 1,200 scans on hundreds of patients. Before it was installed, staff had use of just a single CT Egidio Pasin, Site Coordinator, Medical Imaging scanner. During scheduled maintenance, which took place 16 times a year, wait times would grow and emergency scanning capacity was severely limited. As a provincial Level 3 Trauma Centre and a Specialist Neurological and Stroke Centre, these down times at LGH created a real burden to 10 the imaging team, who were sometimes forced to send emergency patients across the bridge by ambulance to access a CT scanner at one of Vancouver’s downtown hospitals. features With the new scanner, physicians can now perform time-consuming guided procedures on one machine without having to worry about delays 3 YOUR IMPACT for patients awaiting diagnostic scans and emergency treatment. Donors double capacity for patients “We are indebted to the Foundation and the generosity of donors in need of CT scanning. who fund the technology and give us the opportunity to work with such 8 HEALING POWER OF ART cutting-edge tools,” says Egidio Pasin, Site Coordinator for Medical Imaging at LGH. “With your continued support, we can provide The walls of LGH come to life seamless service for all patients who need it, at the time they need it.” thanks to a magnificent collection Thank you for your generosity. You have made a tremendous of donated art. difference to the care we can provide at our hospital. By Yolanda Brooks

SCAN POWER CT (Computerized Tomography) scanners departments use advanced X-ray technology to produce a series of detailed 4 Health Beat cross-sectional images of the inside of the body. 12 Donor Profiles They are used for the diagnosis of hard-to-see critical conditions ranging from heart disease and cancer to fractures and blood clots. 14 2019 Chairman’s Circle In emergency situations with trauma patients and stroke victims, 15 Physician Thanks fast access to a CT scanner can limit long-term damage and save lives. The technology also enables physicians to carry out complex guided- Cover & above: Claudette Carracedo; Inset right: Yolanda Brooks Cover stars (L-R): Charlotte Hill, North Shore resident and first-year imaging procedures such as bone and liver biopsies, deep-body tumour undergraduate at UBC, who’s planning on a career in health care; Luca Grace Harden, a fundraiser and lifelong LGH supporter; treatment, post-surgical drainage and spinal injections. and Jonathan Yeung, who did a hockey shirt fundraiser to lift the spirits of LGH pediatric patients.

2019/2020 • WELLINTOTHEFUTURE 3 HEALTH BEAT Back For SECONDS FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of the first-ever LGH Week last year, LGH Foundation is gearing up for another cavalcade of community celebrations in support of our hospital. This year’s Week, which is made possible with the backing of our local corporate partners McDonald’s, Save-on- Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart and Moja Coffee, will include public meet-and- greets, several in-store events and special offers, competitions, and prize draws – raising awareness and funds right across the North Shore. LGH Week 2019 will run from September 28 to October 5. To find out how you can support the event, go to: lghfoundation.com/lghweek. ■ SPRING SOCIALS LGH FOUNDATION’S SPRING galas raised more than $1.3 million to support patient care at Lions Gate Hospital. The 4th Annual LGH Community Cares Gala was held in April at the Vancouver Club in downtown Vancouver. A total of $208,152 (net) was raised – a record for the event. A month later, the 19th Annual Lions Gate Hospital Gala raised an impressive $1,182,207 (net) following a glamorous night of fundrais- ing at the sparkling Polygon Gallery in Lower Lonsdale. Thank you to our guests, sponsors and volunteers who Above: Asian Advisory Committee. Right: Gala Committee Chair Farah Sayani and dedicated many months of LGH Foundation Board Chair Pierre Lebel planning to ensure the at the 2019 Lions Gate Hospital Gala. success of these events. ■

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A COMMUNITY CELEBRATES

Thanks to the hard work of the LGH FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE to thank the Persian community of the organizing committee, more North Shore for launching a new fundraising event to support patient than 230 people attended care at Lions Gate Hospital. A Persian Celebration, which was hosted A Persian Celebration in 2018. at the Hollyburn Country Club in July 2018, raised an impressive total of $140,000 (net). A much-anticipated follow-up Celebration was hosted at the Pinnacle Hotel on September 21. For more details, go to: lghfoundation.com/event/pc2019. ■ NEXT-GEN MEDICS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR volunteer Youth Advisory Commit- Neurosurgeon Dr. Danny tee, who successfully hosted its Mendelsohn was first-ever MedEd Conference at The one of several HOpe Centre in April. The event, guest speakers aimed at senior secondary students to attend the inaugural MedEd interested in a career in health care, Conference. featured a stellar lineup of guest speakers including surgeons, nurses, medical students and residents. The sold-out event, sponsored by Options Solutions Educational Consultants, raised more than $2,100 for LGH. A second MedEd Conference is planned for the spring of 2020. Look out for details on our website at lghfoundation.com/events and our social media channels early next year. ■

Oliver Harden (top); Josh White (bottom) 2019/2020 • WELLINTOTHEFUTURE 5 HEALTH BEAT

A TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT

THE NEW SKYLINE AT LGH is a sign of the changing times at our hospital. In May, three 42-metre-high stainless steel flue stacks were hoisted into place above the new underground energy centre which will service the future Medical & Surgical Centre as well as the rest of the LGH campus. Planning for this state-of-the-art Centre is now well underway following the successful completion of the campaign to raise $100 million. With the full support of the North Shore community, the $100-million goal was reached in just 23 months. More than 6,400 donors answered our call to support the development of the high-tech facility with gifts ranging from $25 to $25 million generously given by individuals, families, schools, businesses and community groups. “It was very exciting to hit the magic mark of $100 million,” says Paul Myers, whose exceptional $25-million donation set the campaign on the road to success. “We need this facility as soon as possible and I’m delighted that the North Shore community came together to make WITH GRATITUDE sure that we have the hospital infrastructure that can support advances in modern health care. Everybody involved in this campaign worked so hard and this is something very special.” LGH FOUNDATION WOULD like to offer sincere thanks When it is built, the new Medical & Surgical to Pierre Lebel, who is stepping down as Chair of the Centre will be the most technologically advanced Board of Directors after three years in this highly health care facility in B.C. It will have 108 private influential volunteer role. Pierre guided the Foundation patient rooms, eight state-of-the-art operating rooms, through one of the busiest periods in its history, a new medical device sterilization department including the completion of the Medical & Surgical and a surgical daycare. Campaign, the development of the Carlile Centre for Construction continues on the new energy plant youth mental health, the opening of the Outpatient and once it is completed early next year work will begin Care Centre and the expansion of North Shore Hospice. on the Medical & Surgical Centre next summer, with “I can’t describe how special and immensely completion slated for 2023. ■ rewarding these years have been,” Pierre says. “LGH is an extraordinary and seriously busy regional hospital staffed by skilled and caring professionals at every level. They are truly the very special among us.” “I have also enjoyed the unwavering support and contribution of our past directors, honorary directors, Doctors of Philanthropy and the very special families that have contributed time, talent and treasure to our many campaigns. I would like to express my great admiration and thanks to everyone who has made a contribution to improving health care at LGH.” Adds LGHF President & CEO Judy Savage: “Pierre has been a great advocate and cheerleader for improved care in our community; the Foundation and the wider hospital community are grateful for his wit, wisdom and impactful leadership.” Michael O’Callaghan has taken up the position of Chair, while Pierre will continue to serve on the Executive Committee of the Board. ■ Departing LGHF Chair Pierre Lebel with LGHF President Judy Savage.

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Music therapist Meaghan Jackson (left) alongside music therapy intern A HEALING SPACE Tracy Laslop.

A BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT program a loved one is still alive. The Kids just be kids,” Meaghan explains. to help children dealing with issues Grief Group supports children who “They need space to express of loss and the terminal illness of have suffered a loss. themselves and a place to be close family members has been Both programs offer a safe and themselves without feeling out of launched at the Every Day Counts understanding space for children to place. It is really nice to be in a Centre at North Shore Hospice. access free counselling, take part in space where everyone else has had Meaghan Jackson, a music shared activities and find much- a similar experience.” therapist who works across pallia- needed peer support. Following the success of the pilot tive services at LGH and the During the after-school pilot scheme, monthly drop-in sessions Hospice, saw a need to provide more program which ran in the spring, for the Kids Care Group and Kids support for families on the North families met at monthly drop-in Grief Group are scheduled to start Shore. With input from physicians, sessions at the Every Day Counts in early October. nurses, therapists and families, she Centre. After gathering as a group, These new services have been developed two child-focused pilot adults and children took part in made possible through the kindness programs to support grieving separate group therapy sessions. of donors who enabled the purchase families in need. The children’s meeting space of equipment, supplies and food to “It can be really scary for a kid on a colourful rug amongst bright, support the sessions. to not know anyone who has a sick cozy cushions provided a relaxed Kids Care Group and Kids Grief parent or know anyone who has had setting for them to express them- Group are just two of the many a parent that died,” says Meaghan. selves and share their stories, outpatient initiatives offered by the “It’s really about making connec- memories and feelings. Every Day Counts program. For full tions with other kids so it doesn’t “We need to offer this space details of support services available feel quite so lonely.” to allow their emotions to be for people dealing with life-threat- The Kids Care Group offers expressed through art, through ening illness, contact 604.363.0961 emotional support to children while play, imagination and also fun and or [email protected]. ■

LGHF 2019/2020 • WELLINTOTHEFUTURE 7 HEALING POWER OF ART

Where the Walls C ome to The Healing Power of Art program enhances patient care by turning the halls of LGH into a vibrant gallery Life explains Joanne McLellan, LGH 2019, Doyle, an artist herself, was BY YOLANDA BROOKS Foundation’s Manager, Gift Plan- getting ready to participate in the ning. “The whole design of the annual North Shore Art Crawl. building was intended to help Instead, she spent the weekend as destigmatize mental health issues. a patient at LGH after her appendix ON THE WALLS of Lions Gate It was designed to look less institu- ruptured. “I had great pleasure in Hospital, flowers bloom, mountains tional and populating the building walking around the halls on rise, landscapes shimmer and North with art was part of the plan,” Sunday as I was recovering. I loved Shore landmarks are reimagined she says. seeing all the art on the walls and through the eyes of local artists. Since its inception, the collection what a difference the paintings Thanks to the art donation has grown into a major undertaking, make. Going to the hospital usually program, known as The Healing and even has its own volunteer means health worries and the Power of Art, the therapeutic curator. Local artist and member paintings help transport patients environment of the hospital and of North Shore Artists’ Guild Edith and visitors, even if for a few Osurrounding facilities have Warner was chosen for the role for moments, into a place of peace, come alive. her artistic skills and knowledge as relaxation and beauty.” Not only does the artwork well as her computer capabilities. The program would not be bring joy, solace, distraction and Edith is part of a team that possible without the generosity of a different perspective to patients, adjudicates donated works. She also hundreds of collectors and artists, staff and visitors alike, it has created plans appropriate locations for the especially members of the North a unique showcase for artists from artwork, arranges installations and Shore Artists’ Guild, who have across British Columbia. manages the database that keeps always been very supportive, says Beloved B.C. artist Gordon track of everything. Warner. “The donations from local Smith, who celebrated his 100th Installation days are her favourite. artists have been just wonderful birthday this year, gave us the first “We just spend the whole day and they’re so generous with the donation – Lighthouse Park, a making people happy and I love it,” work that they send in, and seragraph with acrylic – in 2012. says Warner. “We get such great are pleased to be part of the Since his original donation, the comments and people who have collection.” collection has grown to 500-plus been coming here for a long time The Healing Power of Art works valued at $1.3 million. comment about how wonderful it continues to flourish. Works are on Some, like Emily Carr’s Wind in has grown and what a difference it display at LGH, the Palliative Care the Woods, are donated by private makes to the hospital environment. Hub at North Shore Hospice, The collectors. Many others, like Anytime I stop and talk to people in HOpe Centre, Evergreen House and Lighthouse Park, are donated by the hallways they can’t say enough the community health centres in the artists themselves. good things about it. This is a really North and West Vancouver. ■ The project was inspired by wonderful program and there is no a similar one at Vancouver General doubt that art has a healing power.” You can enjoy more works from the Hospital and took shape during the Wanda Doyle is one such Healing Power of Art collection on construction of The HOpe Centre, appreciative patient. In March our Instagram page @lghfoundation.

8 Learn more at lghfoundation.com Opposite: Claudette Carracedo (top); LGHF (bottom) Above: G7K10 Electric Crystal Landscapes, 2010, by artist Douglas Coupland. Below: Curator Edith Warner with Jilly Watson's Bridge to the Magical Forest, which now hangs in the adult unit of The HOpe Centre.

2019/2020 • WELLINTOTHEFUTURE 9 We need modernized equipment to ensure LGH is ready and able to support the changing health care needs of our community.

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NEXT-GENERATION HEALTH CARE The future is in their hands. Help us give them the tools they need to meet our changing health care challenges. BY ANNE MCLAUGHLIN PHOTOGRAPH BY CLAUDETTE CARRACEDO

ife-changing care is health authority, supporting not just and preparing to modernize critical coming to LGH faster than the North Shore but the Coastal Com- care provision. As well as specially we ever imagined and the munity of Care, which stretches from trained health care professionals and investments we make the North Shore up to Bella Bella and new innovations in clinical practice, Bella Coola on the Central Coast.” we will need to ensure that patient today will provide a strong The ability to deal with the care areas have the most up-to-date foundation for the next generation growing number of complex medical technology for diagnosis, ongoing Lof medical professionals as they cases has been aided by the support monitoring and treatment. deal with higher patient intake and of the LGH community of donors, “The finite resources of public provide treatment for patients with says Karin Olson, Chief Operating funding only take us so far,” Olson more complex conditions. We’re Officer for Vancouver Coastal Health’s says. “The Foundation is so commit- seeing these changes right now. Coastal Community of Care. ted to ensuring that anyone who Every day, around 120 people in “Thanks to the generosity of needs care on the North Shore – our community arrive in the Jim donors, we have been able to provide at Lions Gate, the hospice, The HOpe Pattison Emergency Centre at Lions such a high level of care, with new Centre or our other facilities – is Gate Hospital with a serious illness technology and equipment that has presented with the highest level or life-threatening injuries. They allowed us to reach beyond being a of care possible.” require urgent intervention and the typical community hospital.” To support the growing need for care they receive in the hours, days In response to the major shift critical care at Lions Gate and support and weeks following admission will in the needs of patients, there is an future patients, we need your help to have a lasting impact on their lives. ongoing need to offer increased purchase new equipment and tech- Since 2007, the number of Emer- critical care and “high acuity” nology. When seriously ill patients gency patients requiring advanced medical services, she says. arrive at LGH, time and technology levels of care at LGH has doubled; it’s Critical care services are provided are crucial. Quick access to the a trend seen at hospitals across the in several units across the hospital, right resources can be the difference Lower Mainland. There are multiple including the Intensive Care Unit, between life and death, or a faster reasons for this, including more Emergency, the operating room’s and fuller recovery. people now living in the communities post-anesthesia recovery room, the A donation from you will help served by the hospital and an aging Surgical Close Observation Unit and provide the equipment and resources population that tends to have more the Neurosciences Critical Care Unit. to staff working on the front line complex medical problems. Now, LGH is planning for the future, of critical care. ■ LGH is also a major Trauma Centre, one of only five Neurosurgical Centres in B.C., and a Regional Advanced CRITICAL CARE NEEDS Stroke Centre, so staff are called on to treat more seriously ill patients than Physiological Monitors/Central Station (12) $420,000 a traditional community hospital. Stryker S3 Ward Beds including gel mattress (12) $120,000 With sicker patients being Crash Cart $30,000 admitted, there is a greater need Infusion Pump (12) $72,000 to provide specialized critical care Hamilton T1 Ventilator (2) $90,000 services, explains Dr. Ross Brown, Patient Lifts (12) $120,000 Co-Senior Medical Director at LGH Bladder Scanner $16,000 and a trauma and general surgeon. Glucometer (3) $9,000 “We are seeing Lions Gate going from a small community hospital 100% of all donations received will go directly to support critical serving the North Shore into taking care facilities and equipment at LGH. Make a donation today at lghfoundation.com on a more significant role within the .

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A HEALTHY INVESTMENT

The hospital is not charged for HOW TO DONATE STOCK the capital gains. iving securities and mutual The hospital Gfunds is straightforward but keeps the tax you should discuss options with and I get to give your investment adviser or broker more money to make the most efficient without paying donation possible. more taxes. It is Once you have decided which a win-win for assets you want to give, down- everyone.” load a Letter of Direction from Lions Gate lghfoundation.com/letter-of- Hospital is a place direction, fill it in and pass it on of great signifi- to your broker. cance for Joan; You will receive a tax receipt Joan Proudfoot for the full market value of your is one of a growing her siblings were number of donors born there and contribution and you will not be who give the gift she’s spent much taxed on the capital gains. The of stock. Foundation will get the benefit of of her life on the the capital gains. North Shore. For more information, go to AS A RETIRED ACCOUNTANT, Joan She’s been a supporter of lghfoundation.com/ways-to-give Proudfoot is a smart investor and LGH since 2001 and became more or call the Foundation at an even cannier donor – which is involved in fundraising during the 604.984.5785. why she gives the gift of stock to campaign to build the new Emer- LGH Foundation. gency Department back in 2005. She Making a donation of securities has been steadfast in her support can make a huge difference to staff (stocks, bonds and mutual funds) ever since and has made traditional and have an immediate impact on is a strategic way to make money go cash gifts to many different areas of patient care. further that benefits both the donor the hospital as well as stock gifts. “The team at the Foundation and LGH, explains Joan. She’s also a member of LGH does such an amazing job and it has “It allows me to give more Foundation’s Women’s Giving Circle, been a joy working with them to because I get the tax advantage. which funds smaller projects that support the hospital.” ■

Rosemary Hill, a Registered Nurse at LGH, is supporting the future of The Will to Give the hospital in her will.

FOR 37 YEARS, Rosemary Hill dealing with chronic wounds. watched and worked as LGH However, she knew there was no evolved. Fresh out of nursing money in her department’s budget school in 1982 she started her and turned to the Women’s Giving professional life in the Intensive Circle at LGH Foundation for help. Care Unit. After 12 years working With a donation of $6,500, with critical patients and a few the Wound Care Team was able career detours, she’s now a very to purchase the touchscreen experienced Registered Nurse MolecuLite i:X, which detects the specialized in wound, ostomy and presence of bacteria in wounds continence care at LGH. and the size of wounds on an In 2016, Rosemary came across easy-to-read display. a revolutionary device she believed “We were one of the first hospitals would transform the care of patients in Canada to use it and the device

12 Learn more at lghfoundation.com Tony Herunter and his dogs Henry & Harry enjoy a walk.

CHIPPING IN FOR CHARITY or the past two years, Tony FHerunter has been Co-Chair of the Lions Gate Hospital Golf Classic, which is the Foundation’s longest-running fundraising event. Together with Co-Chair Jamie Switzer and 12 volunteers, he helped organize the 23rd annual Golf Classic, which raised $451.611 (net). The event, which draws business and community leaders from across Metro Vancouver, is hosted by members of Capilano Golf & Country Club. During its 23-year history, over $8 million has been raised to support LGH.

Team, who carried out a stress test, which can provide a true measure From the Heart of heart function when the heart rate is elevated. While he was on the treadmill and hooked up to AS A DONOR and active supporter make when he was admitted to monitors, the Cardiac Team could of LGH, Tony Herunter is a big the LGH Emergency Department see something was seriously wrong. believer in community support with chest pains and a racing heart. LGH’s Head of Cardiology, Dr. John for our hospital. While out walking his dogs, Vyselaar, was then able to diagnose For the past five years, the North shortness of breath and chest arterial blockages and following Shore management consultant has pressure was becoming a common more tests Tony was booked in volunteered on the Golf Committee, occurrence. At first, he suspected for quintuple bypass surgery, which organizes the Lions Gate a lung infection or common-and- performed at St. Paul’s. All of the Hospital Golf Classic – the Founda- garden middle age, but it turned equipment used in his stress test tion’s most successful outdoor out to be something much more was purchased thanks to donations. fundraising event. serious – coronary artery disease. “As an active family man, the Eighteen months ago, he saw From the Emergency Department, diagnosis was a shock,” reveals firsthand the difference donors Tony was referred to the Cardiac Tony. “I had no family history and my blood pressure and cholesterol were at acceptable levels. I had no reason to believe that I could have has been a game changer for the day, Rosemary receives messages heart issues.” patients in wound and ostomy care,” of thanks from ostomy patients, Tony looks back on his time as she says. “The Women’s Giving who can struggle to find practical a patient with a sense of relief and Circle listened to our proposal, saw support and information. gratitude. Not just for the technology the value in it and the gift they Rosemary was inspired to make available to him close to home on made continues to change and a gift of her own to LGH Foundation. the North Shore but to the “dedicated enhance people’s lives.” “I was long overdue renewing my and hardworking” staff who sup- As a longtime staff member, will and so when I was going ported him. “I kept thinking about Rosemary has seen the positive through that, I thought I would like how important it is to equip these changes that have taken place to leave something behind for Lions professionals with the tools to do because of generous donors. As Gate. It’s such a huge part of my life their jobs more efficiently. State-of- well as the MolecuLite, she has and I also see how much it impacts the-art equipment and systems make received funding through the patients. Donors make a difference hospitals more efficient and safer for Foundation’s staff education grants; in so many people’s lives and I want the patients and staff. They also help two years ago, the Women’s Giving it to continue after I’m gone.” retain and attract the best health Circle funded an educational Learn more at lghfoundation.com/ care professionals – and that’s what Ostomy Day for patients and to this legacygiving. ■ I had at LGH.” ■

LGHF 2019/2020 • WELLINTOTHEFUTURE 13 CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE

2019 CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP LGH FOUNDATION honours the visionary supporters who have made significant donations by welcoming them to our Chairman’s Circle. With cumulative contributions of $100,000, their philanthropic spirit has a tremendous impact on patient care across the publicly funded health care facilities on the North Shore. We are thankful for their continued support.

VISIONARIES Michael & Dorine Chernoff Peter & Anne-Marie Kains John & Jo-Anne Anderson Kerry & Ginny Dennehy Julian & Barbara Kirstiuk Ryan & Cindy Beedie Marie Genest Don & Jeri Krogseth Nat & Flora Bosa Lawrie & Barbara Groundwater Clive & Susan Lonsdale Ken & Sylvia Brewster Kevin & Patricia Huscroft Doreen Lougheed Rodney Briggs & Robin Pascoe Annemarie Locher Robin & Linda Louis Leone Carlile Bob & Brenda McGill Gordon & Barbara MacDougall Charles & Eve Chang Mike & Joan Michalson Reay & Lynda Mackay Dale Christy Joy Phelps Paul & Shirley MacPherson Dr. Philip Cohen Joan Proudfoot Kevin & Jo-anne Mahon Bill & Bonnie Couling Azad & Yasmin Shamji Stewart & Sunny Marshall Rene & Brigitte Fluri Irene H. McEwen Bill Hatswell LEADERS James & Carol Mercier Robert H. & Greta Ho Howard & Gail Addison Gerrit & Agnes Mey Margaret Hoar E. Edvard Anderson Dale & Marilyn Moscovitch Joe & Joanne Houssian Paul Balfour & Cynthia Miles Goli Nowtash Abdul & Shamim Jamal Patricia Bice Michael & Molly O’Callaghan Donald & Ruth James Michael & Laurie Borden Jack O’Neill Mansoor & Shanaz Lalji Ruth Brodie John & Leah O’Neill Woody & Sherrill MacLaren Rick & Priscilla Brooks-Hill Rob & Bev O’Neill Ian & Rosemary Mottershead Paul Chalmers & Barb Inglis Ken & Judy Rekrutiak Djavad Mowafaghian Eric & Tracey Christiansen Bill & Heather Riedl Paul Myers Jeff & Michelle Clay Daniel Russell Jim & Mary Pattison Allan Collings & Hilary Stevens Dr. Paul & Cathie Sabiston Axel & Dawn Rehkatsch Hugh & Sharon Cooper Dr. A.H. Somjee Noordin & Farida Sayani Steven Dean & Joanna Shillington Ross & Ursula Southam Salim & Farah Sayani Cindy Dekker Graham & Kyra Stanley Rod & Jeannie Senft Ken & Mary Downie Bill Stewart Betsy Smith Allan & Deborah Edgeworth Gerry & Judy Strongman Michael Smith Yvonne Elliott Brent A. Sutton & Lesley Ian Telfer & Nancy Burke Ken & Joan Fowler MacGregor Jeff & Kelly Fuller Andy & Cheryl Szocs BENEFACTORS Frank Giustra David & Joanne Unruh Tookie & Helen Angus Jon & Lisa Greyell Michael & Wendy Wan Robert & Barbara Atkinson Peter & Lynn Guernsey Fred & Maureen Wright Douglas W. Bell John & Cecilia Hall Talal & Christi Yassin Marilyn Bell Ken & Sigrun Hanna Roger & Sharon Brain Carol & Mark Hannah PATRONS Peter & Heather Buckley Paul & Coryn Hemsley Larry & Joan Achtemichuk Eric & Karen Carlson Peggy Horne Fareed & Sharon Ahamed

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Anthony Antisin & Douglas Fairhurst Doug & Shirley Argue Shelagh Ballard Gerry & Lesley Barré Ron & Ann Barré Oliver & Shirin Bock Steven & Karen Bruk Dr. Allan Burgmann Richard & Caroline Duncan Dr. Robert & Katharine Fingland Kia-Song (Archie) Foo Fraser & Sheilah Grant Paul Hamilton Dennis & Dorothy Holmes Alan & Barbara Holton Malcolm & Janice Hunter Richard & Lara Irwin Saeed Javadi & Sholeh Ojagh Bob & Bobbie Kadlec Alex & Sherry Klopfer Pierre & Betty Lebel Bernard Leroux & Sheri Weichel Charles & Margaret Loo Harald & Sharlene Ludwig Godfrey H. Lynum Joan Mann Ed Mowatt Farrokh Namdaran & Bella Tata Jon & Karle Palfrey Christopher & Shelley Philps THANK YOU! Clark & Joan Quintin Claude & Lorraine Rinfret I’M DR. JOHN VYSELAAR, HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY, and I’ve worked at Tommy Russell LGH for a decade. During that time, I’ve seen firsthand the difference John M. Sibley & that donors make to the level of care available to our patients. Carmen Thériault I know from experience that when patients are in need of life-saving Carol Slater and life-enhancing treatment, we can better meet their needs because Jim & Julie Szabo our donors give us access to modern technology, more care options Graham Thody and updated facilities. In the Cardiology Unit, the Foundation has invested your donations Bruce Waters & Beverley White in numerous pieces of testing and diagnostic equipment, which has improved the quality and depth of cardiac care available at the hospital. We would also like to thank Changes like this are happening all across the LGH campus – in outpa- those Chairman’s Circle members tient care, the NICU, the Palliative Care Hub, the Emergency Department, who have requested to remain Neurosurgery and more. And it’s happening because it’s what our com- anonymous. munity needs and what donors like you are generous enough to support. You really do have a huge impact on patient care, and my colleagues For more information, and I at LGH are thankful every day for your generosity. please contact Louise Campbell, Vice President, at 604.904.3561 or Dr. John Vyselaar [email protected]. Head of Cardiology at LGH

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