Join us for the 12th annual Bionic Golf Tournament
September 10, 2022 at the Gull Lake Golf course
in support of the University Hospital Foundation & the Human Organ Procurement and Exchange (HOPE) program.
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WHY & HOW IT ALL BEGAN
50 years ago, reconstructing a human being was nothing more than science fiction. Today it is not. Every day in Alberta, trained surgeons are standing ready to save lives and improve quality of life through organ transplants. Although there have been remarkable improvements in past years, waiting lists remain long. Presently a patient waiting for a cornea to stop impeding blindness may wait seven years. Someone waiting for a kidney may live several years on dialysis. Bone marrow transplants save the lives of leukemia patients. There are many on lists for heart, lung, and liver transplants.
The first eleven golf tournaments were huge successes in terms of awareness and fundraising for HOPE , but the need remains. Our goal is to create awareness of the compelling need in our province for organ donors. We want to promote the concept of signing donor cards and sharing your wishes with family members while you are able to do so. Funds raised by this exciting project will be directed to HOPE in order that they may continue their great effort to make human tissue more readily available for transplant in Alberta, and continue to advise and assist medical professionals in transplant situations in other areas.
Our tournament features 18 holes of golf with some fantastic prizes. As well, we will once again feature a silent auction at the clubhouse with a wide variety of items for golfers and non-golfers alike.
OUR CAUSE
The University Hospital Foundation was created in 1962 by an act in the Alberta legislature. In the decades since, we have evolved into one of the most successful hospital fundraising organizations in Canada. They raise funds to advance patient care and innovation at the University of Alberta Hospital, the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic.
The University of Alberta Hospital is home to the most complex organ and tissue transplant program in Canada. No other program offers this range of transplant procedures – heart, heart/lung, kidney, liver, small bowel, bone, eye, tissue and islet cells.
The specialized 18-bed, multi-organ transplant unit enables surgeons, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, social workers and other specialists to provide complex care before and long after transplant surgery to adult and pediatric patients.
Ongoing donor support is needed to drive innovation in these critical areas:
1PREVENTING ORGAN TRANSPLANT REGECTION | 2ELIMINATING THE CAUSE OF ORGAN FAILURE | 3ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY |
INNOVATIONS IN TRANSPLANT
What if we could . . .
Double or even triple the number of transplantable organs?
Science fiction, right? No, this is real.
Doctors at the University of Alberta Hospital have developed a system that’s transforming the way donor organs are “kept alive” outside the body, giving surgical teams time to fix damaged organs, and make them suitable for transplantation.
Predict the outcomes of transplants before surgery?
Impossible? Not with today’s technology – and the combined expertise and resources of our clinical and research teams.
By virtually cross-matching organ donors with potential recipients, doctors can more accurately predict outcomes – even for the most hard-to-match patients. Next up? Tailoring immunosuppression therapies so each patient gets exactly the support they need to live a healthy, productive life after their transplant.
