40 years: VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
With your support, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation has been transforming health care in BC for over 40 years with over $1 billion in philanthropic funding. Join us as we look back at some of the vital projects your donations have supported.
Historic look back
1957
The first open heart surgery in BC takes place at VGH.
1960
Surgeons at VGH perform BC’s first ever organ transplant.
1978
VGH becomes BC’s first hospital capable of assessing heart ventricle anatomy and function,
1980
The first balloon angioplasty
Vancouver General Hospital Foundation established
1989
Jack Bell Research Centre opens
1990
VGH becomes the first hospital in BC to adopt ECMO use
1996
Two catheterization labs open at VGH.
Catheterization Labs Open
1998
Vancouver Prostate Centre established
2000
Ovarian Cancer Research program (OVCARE) established
2003
Jim Pattison Pavilion opens
2006
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre opens
2007
Jack the Robot, Western Canada’s first surgical robot installed at VGH
2009
Leslie Diamond Women’s Heart Health Clinic opens
2010
Dr. David Wood standardizes minimally invasive heart valve replacement technique called TAVR,
Nursing bursary education awards established
2011
Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre opens
Robert & Lily Lee Family Community Health Centre opens
2012
Pancreas Centre BC established
Sports Cardiology Clinic opens
2014
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health opens
2015
Brain Bolt introduced at VGH
2016
The first Hybrid OR opens at VGH,
UBC Hospital Cardiovascular Centre of Excellence Opens
2017
Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre opens
3M TAVR
2018
Psychiatric Assessment Unit (PAU) opens at VGH
2019
Geropsychiatry and Rehabilitation Intensive Day (GRID) launched
2020
Foundation celebrates $1 Billion raised
2021
Doctors at VGH perform the first double lung transplant in Canada for a COVID-19 patient,
The Phil & Jennie Gaglardi Surgical Centre opens.