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80 press releases
April 6, 2020
The Montreal Heart Institute Foundation is proud to announce today that philanthropist Sophie Desmarais will be supporting the Montreal Heart Institute’s research projects thanks to a $1 million donation that will be used by the Research Centre for their ColCorona study.
April 6, 2020
The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) Research Center today announced a strategic partnership with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City for its COVID-19 clinical study to evaluate whether colchicine will have an effect on preventing the phenomenon of major inflammatory storm present in adults suffering from severe complications related to COVID-19.
January 13, 2020
First year of the Montreal Heart Institute’s Diabetes Prevention Clinic supported by Sun Life Financial
March 23, 2020
The Montreal Heart Institute announces that its Research Center is launching today a COVID-19 clinical study in Canada to determine whether short-term treatment would reduce the risk of pulmonary complications and related deaths.
November 22, 2019
Fundraising event to benefit the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation
October 31, 2019
The Montreal Heart Institute is proud to announce that the milestone of 500 heart transplants has been successfully completed recently.
November 16, 2019
The COLCOT clinical trial demonstrates that it is possible to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events with a low-cost drug already available.
September 6, 2019
The Montreal Heart Institute Foundation and the Chairman of its Board of Directors, Mr. Lino A. Saputo, Jr., took advantage of this annual event to pay tribute to Desjardins Group and Mr. Guy Cormier.
May 6, 2019
Several generous donors gathered together on May 6 to celebrate the launch of Investing in Excellence, a project whose first foundation stones were laid last September.
July 16, 2019
The Chair of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation, Mr. Lino A. Saputo, Jr., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alain Gignac as Chief Executive Officer of the organization.