The MUHC Foundation's Health Matters

The McGill University Health Centre Foundation

Join host Julie Quenneville, McGill University Health Centre Foundation President, as she takes you behind the scenes of the innovative health care and research underway at the MUHC. Each week, physicians and researchers will join the show to explore today’s most urgent medical challenges. /// La présidente de la Fondation du Centre universitaire de santé McGill, Julie Quenneville, vous amène en coulisses des soins de santé et de la recherche au CUSM. Chaque semaine, des médecins et des chercheurs discuteront des dernières nouvelles en matière de soins de santé.

Episodes

This week on Health Matters, how concerned should we be about the COVID-19 variants? MUHC infectious disease specialist Dr. Donald Vinh weighs in on the latest COVID-19 news and answers listeners’ questions. And February is Heart Month! Nurse Wendy Wray...

Feb 14, 2021

37 min

Changing the course of lives and medicine

This week on Health Matters, Dr. Lucy Gilbert, the MUHC’s director of Gynecologic Oncology has been named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada. She discusses supporting women pursuing careers in medicine and the DOvEE project. Cheryl Bertoia...

Feb 7, 2021

33 min

Connecting patients and doctors

This week, Dr. Miguel Burnier, the Interim Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Research Institute of the MUHC, discusses his research into uveal cancer. Adamo Donovan chats about PPE Portraits Canada as a way to help doctors connect...

Jan 31, 2021

34 min

Le projet DOvEE: éliminer les cancers de l’ovaire et de l’endomètre

Dans cet épisode de Question de santé, apprenez-en davantage au sujet du projet DOvEE en compagnie de Joelle Malek, l’infirmière gestionnaire du projet. Elle explique comment la Dre Lucy Gilbert, directrice du département de gynécologie oncologique du...

Jan 27, 2021

21 min

Research and innovation: advancing medicine and saving lives

This week on Health Matters, we highlight some of the latest research being conducted by teams at the RI-MUHC and the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4). Dr. Jonathon Campbell discusses a study that finds saliva tests...

Jan 24, 2021

34 min

Consult the experts at the MUHC

This week on Health Matters: your questions, answered. MUHC cardiologist, Dr. Nadia Giannetti answers listeners’ questions about their heart health. And, Dr. Don Sheppard, infectious disease specialist & director of MI4, shares the latest...

Jan 17, 2021

28 min

Eliminating obstacles to COVID-19 vaccinations

This week on Health Matters, Dr. Kevin Lachapelle discusses what you should know about aortic aneurysms. Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy shares a ‘shock and kill’ approach to treating HIV. And, the MUHC Foundation is supporting new research projects on...

Jan 10, 2021

34 min

Philanthropy in health care: impact in 2020

This week, we revisit the stories of inspirational patients and the caring doctors who are helping them. Discover how Dr. Lucy Gilbert, the MUHC’s Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Division is working to eliminate ovarian and endometrial cancers...

Jan 3, 2021

34 min

Mysterious illnesses diagnosed thanks to doctors at the MUHC

This week, we revisit stories from inspirational patients and the caring doctors who are helping them. Skip Beloff had mysterious symptoms for months before getting a diagnosis. He shares why he is raising funds for the MUHC so no other patient has to...

Dec 27, 2020

33 min

Organ Donation: More than signing the back of your health insurance card

This week, multi-organ transplant recipient Rosa Shields shares how she owes her life to her organ donors, and two MUHC surgeons take us inside the operating room to describe what happens during an organ transplant surgery. Also, Pfizer Canada discusses...

Dec 20, 2020

33 min