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Highest honours for Dr. John Denstedt
Presented by the American Urological Association (AUA), the Ramon Guiteras Award is among the distinguished AUA awards, which annually recognize leading urologists from across the globe. The Ramon Guiteras Award for outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology is the AUA’s highest...
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A Celebration of Healing
Sitting across from her surgeon at 35, Genevieve (Gen) Kroeker was facing a scary and personal choice – did she want breast reconstruction after her bilateral mastectomy? In the middle of breast cancer treatment, with little time to think about her choice, Gen’s surgeon, Dr. Sarah Knowles, posed a...
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St. Joseph’s home team
It’s a phone call Ann and Bill Fleming never expected to receive. And the surprising news left them touched and humbled. On a rather cool afternoon in early April, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation’s President & CEO, Michelle Campbell, called the Flemings with a special request: to recognize their...
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Hope, healing, connection and wellness
An innovative, collaborative program of Joseph’s and Atlohsa Family Healing Services is transforming the mental health care experience of Indigenous peoples. In nature, a tree stump that is broken or rotting begins the vital process of providing essential nutrients for the growth of new life. It’s...
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Retirees return as volunteers
“When people work for so many years, some don’t want to come back anymore, but to me it was like coming home,” says Joanne Lawson, a retiree-turned-volunteer at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For most of her 42 years employed at St. Joseph’s, Lawson was a bright presence in patient registration at...
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National award honours innovator Frank Prato’s excellence in medical physics
Frank Prato is a man of many firsts: First in Canada to conduct magnetic resonance brain imaging. A pioneer in magnetic resonance cardiac imaging. Driving force behind the installation of Canada’s first PET/MR scanner. Founder of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) while president...
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A soldier's story of finding hope
Ten years ago, Wes McTeer, was on the battlefields in Afghanistan. At 21 years of age, alongside fellow soldiers, he cleared main supply roads of improvised explosive devices and mentored the Afghan National Police. It was an extremely dangerous mission, but from an early age, Wes knew he wanted to...
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How St. Joseph’s Diabetes Care Team is transforming lives through innovation and compassion
When patient Matt Griest switched to insulin pump therapy, he had no idea just how life-changing it would be and how the support, knowledge and compassion from the Diabetes Care Team would highly impact his transition. “They provide a wealth of knowledge and extensive resources,” says Griest. “I...
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Breaking new ground in facial reconstruction surgery
St. Joseph’s Corey Moore, MD, and Louis Ferreira, PhD, have developed a ground-breaking surgical technique using robotic technology to improve the lives of people with skin cancer.
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