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Tiffany Johnston

Fowler Kennedy gets varsity soccer player game ready

When a knee injury almost ended Tiffany’s varsity soccer career, the team at Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic (FKSMC) created a care plan to get her back to where she belongs. Before she came to

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A Helping Hand in the Darkest Hour

Words can’t quite describe the impact of the Mental Health Patient Assistance Fund, which is 100 per cent donor funded. For those on the receiving end, this fund can be life-saving. Jake was already a

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Paying Forward the Kindness of Strangers

Sometimes the smallest gesture can have the greatest impact. For Carol Weekes Schacter, it was a brief moment five years ago at LHSC’s London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP)*. Carol’s sister Judy was

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Jason Lessif

Jason Supports A Need That Hits Close to Home

Support FEMAP McDonald’s franchisee Jason Lessif is a community-oriented family man with a desire to help others. That’s why when Barb and Paul Hebert spoke about their son’s tragic battle with mental

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Women's Simulation Session

Women’s Simulation Education Expands Training Program

DONATE TODAY "See one, do one, teach one" was once the practice for medical education and training - health care professionals learned by observing and practicing in real patient-care situations

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Jessica Thompson and her family

Jessica Thompson

Celebration Giving Jessica Thompson of Sarnia was just 24 years old when she noticed a lump on her stomach. She didn’t think much of it at first, but it grew so quickly within two months that people

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bob hardie and family

Bob Hardie & The Hardie Family Foundation

The family that keeps on giving for Giving Tuesday. For over 20 years, Bob Hardie has been an unwavering supporter of London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF), and is no stranger to philanthropy and

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Dr. Adrian Mendez

Head and Neck Cancer: A Focus on Surgery and Survivorship

One of only two surgeon/scientists of his kind in Canada, Dr. Adrian Mendez recently joined the Head and Neck Cancer team at LHSC! Dr. Mendez has contributed a vast body of knowledge to the field of

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Melissa Selmes

Melissa Selmes was a 31-year-old new mother when she was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer. Originally given just one year to live, Melissa and her medical team at London Health Sciences Centre