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FILLING A UNIQUE GAP IN CARDIAC CARE
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Sports Cardiology BC is unique in Canada and Dr Saul Isserow and his team have taken a national leadership role in this area. They want to ensure fewer athletes, from high-performers to weekend warriors to active baby boomers, experience a sudden cardiac event — and of those that do, that more survive.
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Sports Cardiology BC meets a need that no other cardiac clinic does — pinpointing and treating hidden heart problems before lives are at risk.
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After five years of significant growth, the team is poised to cement their reputation and extend their reach globally in the area of sports cardiology. VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation is seeking to raise funds to not only support this locally established yet world-renowned specialty program, but also celebrate the vision Dr Isserow has and continues to champion.
Funds raised will ensure the program has the leadership and flexibility to reach new heights across its four foundational pillars: research, education, advocacy and clinical assessment. By supporting this cause, you will save lives, keep heartbreak away, and change the course of British Columbia’s heart health for the better.
Founded in 1925 by Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber and Chaim Weizman, HU is Israel’s most important scientific institution, conducting over one third of all academic scientific research in Israel and 43 percent of Israel’s biotechnology research. It is awarded one third of the competitive research grants in Israel, is affiliated with five major hospitals, and is committed to improving the wellbeing of communities in the region, and the world at large. The Hebrew University is Israel’s premier university as well as its leading research institution.
The recognition the Hebrew University has attained confirms its reputation for excellence and its leading role in the scientific community. It stresses excellence and offers a wide array of study opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, exact sciences and medicine. The university encourages multi-disciplinary activities in Israel and overseas and serves as a bridge between academic research and its social and industrial applications.
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The founding charter declared that the Institution would be open to every qualified man and woman irrespective of religion, race or nationality. Today the Hebrew University has 6 campuses, 7 faculties, 14 schools, 23,000 students, 1,000 senior faculty members and boasts 8 Nobel Prize and 1 Fields Medal in mathematics winners.
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The University has played an integral role in Israel’s first 70 years. Through the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, your support will help the Hebrew University strengthen Israel and world Jewry for the next 70 years.