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When you give to the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta, you are investing in the health of Alberta. Supporting research and academic activities for the successful discovery, prevention and treatment of the diseases that may affect you or someone you know.
Research and Education in the Department of Medicine leads to greater knowledge on treatments that best meet the needs of patients and not only affects over one and a half million residents in the metropolitan area of Edmonton, it also affects Alberta’s northern communities we serve providing complex patient care.
Help us ensure timely treatment enhancing quality of life of Alberta. With your generous donation, you make it possible for us to invest in our commitment to training outstanding physicians and researchers which supports health sciences learning.
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Your Generosity's Impact
Research by Dr. Soori Sivakumaran and Dr. Shane Kimber show that cardiac-resynchronization defibrillators is still saving lives after 14 years
A long-term followup study by Dr. Soori Sivakumaran (Division of Cardiology) and Dr. Shane Kimber (Division of Cardiology) reveals “tremendous survival advantage” of combining biventricular pacemakers with simpler implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for eligible heart failure patients.
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Research by Dr. Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert show that sickest long COVID patients face symptoms identical to chronic fatigue syndrome
Dr. Cohen Tervaert (Division of Rheumatology) does not believe that long COVID is a separate new disease, but it does require more attention as some infected may never leave their beds.
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Drs. Zaeem Siddiqi and Faraz Hussain uncover a universal biological marker for myasthenia gravis
Dr. Siddiqi (Division of Neurology), Dr. Hussain (Division of Neurology) and Dr. Fahlman (Department of Biochemistry) have found a simple and universal biomarker for all types of myasthenia gravis regardless of the stage of the disease.
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