One of downtown Montreal’s district offices (circa 1929) for the campaign to build the Jewish General Hospital. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversarySeptember 2024

90th anniversary flashback: The campaign to build the JGH kicks into high gear

In 1929, more than 3,000 members of the Jewish community gathered to launch the $1 million campaign to build the JGH.

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Sheila Kussner
August 2024News

In memoriam: Sheila Kussner

Sheila Kussner, the founder of Hope & Cope, has left an enduring mark on psychosocial support for cancer patients and survivors.

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Every morning, members of staff gather—in person and remotely—in C4 (the Command Centre) to prepare for the day ahead by reviewing the latest data about users of health care and social services across CIUSSS West-Central Montreal. Joining them are Dr. Shannon Fraser (second from left), C4’s Medical Director, and André Poitras (standing at right), Clinical Administrative Coordinator of C4. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryAugust 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Panoramic view of health care unfolds in Command Centre

C4 (the Command Centre) was launched at the JGH in 2020 to generate real-time data about care throughout CIUSSS West-Central Montreal.

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Bricks
90th anniversaryJuly 2024

90th anniversary flashback: Building the JGH, brick by brick

In the 1929 fund-raising campaign to build the JGH, Montreal’s Jews showed their support by buying symbolic bricks.

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Jasmine Alami, Head Nurse of the Oncology Clinic in the Segal Cancer Centre, speaks with Lionel Avila before his chemotherapy session.
April 2024News

New software overcomes complexities to transform scheduling in Oncology Clinic

A new scheduling application in the Segal Cancer Centre enables staff to more easily plan chemotherapy and immunotherapy sessions.

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Dr. Sarit Assouline
April 2024Milestones

Dr. Sarit Assouline appointed JGH Chief of Hematology

Dr. Sarit Assouline is the new Chief of Hematology, following the retirement of Dr. Hans Knecht after 10 years as Chief.

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At the JGH’s first robotic colorectal surgery on January 18, Dr. Allison Pang (at left, near the rear wall) sits at a console, looks through a viewfinder and guides the movements of the four robotic arms (at centre, over the operating table). Displayed on several screens are images of the interior of the patient’s body, relayed by a fibre-optic camera at the tip of one of the robotic arms. Observing the surgery is Dr. Susie Lau (right), an expert in robotic surgery for gynecologic oncology.
February 2024Spotlight feature

Robotic colorectal surgery launched at the JGH

Colorectal surgeons are using a robot to perform certain minimally invasive procedures with greater ease, accuracy and speed.

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Dr. William Foulkes
December 2023Milestones

Dr. William Foulkes appointed JGH Director of Medical Genetics

Dr. William Foulkes, an award-winning clinician-researcher at the Lady Davis Institute, has been appointed JGH Director of Medical Genetics.

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Cover of the newly published biography, Repairing the World: Sheila Kussner and the Power of Empathy.
June 2023Spotlight feature

From tragedy to triumph: New biography celebrates Sheila Kussner and Hope & Cope

New book examines how Sheila Kussner and Hope & Cope forged a breakthrough in supporting cancer patients.

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Just before a chemotherapy session at the Segal Cancer Centre, Alejandro Rincon meets with Hope & Cope volunteers Zoe Romano (left) and Anastasiya Gudymenko to discuss using virtual reality goggles (in the volunteers’ hands) to help pass the time.
April 2023Hope & Cope

Virtual reality goggles a welcome distraction for chemotherapy patients

Virtual reality goggles, available from Hope & Cope volunteers, are now helping patients pass the time during lengthy chemotherapy sessions.

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