Congratulations to the Medisys team for their participation in the 2011 Ride to Conquer Cancer® held on July 7 and 8, and for their fundraising efforts benefiting the Segal Cancer Centre at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital.
The goals of this annual event, which involves a 290-km bike ride from Montreal to Quebec City, are to raise cancer awareness, collect funds for research and treatment, and contribute to the ultimate conquest of cancer. This year, the Medisys team joined forces with the Mansfield Club and together raised $345,016, making our team the second highest fundraiser of the event for the third year in a row! Among 1,887 riders, our very own Medisys CEO, Dr. Sheldon Elman also took second place for funds raised by an individual participant. Congratulations!
In total, the Ride to Conquer Cancer raised more than $6.7 million in donations for cancer research.
To the donors who supported our team—thank you for your outstanding generosity. Together, in our support for the Ride to Conquer Cancer, we are helping to make the dream of conquering cancer a reality.
Back by popular demand to build on the successes of prior years, Medisys’ free health seminars for executives and HR professionals got underway in March in major centres across Canada. The first of the three national seminars in 2011 addressed stress and mental health issues and we were gratified by the positive comments that we received from attendees.
The second seminar is being presented in June and it forms part of the women’s health series that is intended for a female audience.
This year’s women’s health topic is cancer prevention. The speaker is Dr. Vivien Brown, Medisys’ National Director for Women’s Health. In addition to her responsibilities at Medisys, Dr. Brown is a family physician with a community-based practice in Toronto and she is also on staff at Mount Sinai Hospital, The University Health Network and North York General Hospital. She maintains her commitment to continuing education for family physicians by lecturing frequently on preventive medicine and she is in great demand as a speaker at national and international conferences.
Dr. Brown is sharing her insights into women’s cancer prevention at seminars in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver on the following dates:
- June 14 – Toronto
- June 16 – Montreal
- June 17 – Ottawa
- June 23 - Calgary
- June 24 - Vancouver
The sessions are free of charge but by invitation only. If you haven’t received an invitation and wish to attend, contact us and we’ll be happy to add you to the guest list if a place is available.
Request your spot at events@medisys.ca.
