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Fall 2018
The Art
of the Senses
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
Provides Advanced Holistic Care to Patients
Living the Mission
Mission Office Keeps the Hospital Connected
Hospital Culture Inspires Doctors
Dr. Mike Moser and Dr. Tama Banerjee give back
Making Dreams Come True
The Kinsmen Foundation Makes Miracles Happen
(l-r) ENT physicians Dr. Peter Spafford, Dr. Rick Gore-Hickman and Dr. Anil Sharma.
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fromthetop
Message From SPH Foundation
Outside my office window is a rose Individuals too can make a significant Lise de Moissac and
garden, and I feel so fortunate to difference. Peter and Sylvia Kiziak Dr. Arne Paus-Jenssen.
see the beautiful blooms every thought about St. Paul’s Hospital in
day. The roses remind me to “Take their Wills. Their generous gift has I encourage you to take time out
time to smell the roses,” which is created the Sylvia and Peter Kiziak of your day to enjoy this magazine
exactly what this issue of the Spirit Endowment in support of staff and appreciate the difference your
Newsletter is providing for you. professional development. continued support is making at
This is your opportunity to take a Dr. Mike Moser, a transplant St. Paul’s Hospital. Everything we are
moment and read about how your surgeon, and his wife, Dr. Tama able to accomplish for the Hospital is
donations and support from others Banerjee, a pathologist, recently because of you.
are positively shaping patient care at made a substantial gift to St. Paul’s
St. Paul’s Hospital. Hospital. They say that working at
the Hospital and experiencing first-
One of this issue’s featured donors hand its unique, welcoming culture
is Kinsmen Foundation - a worthy inspired them to contribute. Bruce Acton
organization with a decades-long St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation CEO
history of supporting valuable It has been a year of change for
projects at our Hospital. Most the SPH Foundation Board. We’ve
recently, Kinsmen has supported welcomed new members and said
our newly established Ear, Nose thank you and farewell to others.
and Throat (ENT) Clinic that is Welcome to new members Kevin
putting Saskatchewan on the map Sharfe, Doreen Howlett, Nicole
internationally for its amazing Povhe, Gwen Dueck and Ron
contributions in its field. You can Hyggen. Thank you and farewell to
read all about it on page 5. Colleen Cameron-Bergan, Candace
Wasacase-Lafferty, Darlene Cooper,
SPH Foundation Volunteer Board of Directors 2018 – 2019
Standing centre (L-R): Chris Boychuk, SPH Foundation Chair
Seated (L-R): Shari Watson, Secretary; Kevin Sharfe; Doreen Howlett; John Agioritis, Past Chair
Back Row (L-R): Bruce Acton, SPH Foundation CEO; Alan Koop, Treasurer; Dr. Vivian Walker; Jean Morrison, President and CEO
of Emmanuel Health Inc. / St. Paul’s Hospital; Arlene Jorgenson; Neil Weber, Vice-Chair
Missing: Karen Barber, SPH Executive Director; Dr. Bruce Berscheid, SPH Local Council; Gwen Dueck; Ron Hyggen; Nicholle
Povhe
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The Art
of the Senses
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
Provides Advanced Holistic Care to Patients
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Dr. Anil Sharma and Dr. Rick Gore-Hickman examine a voice box in the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.
Inside
6 Making Dreams 9 Upcoming Events 11 Your Gifts in Action
Come True Stay in the loop with all the How donors like you are
Miracles can happen when upcoming events at making a difference
people come together to St. Paul’s Hospital
support a cause 12 Living the Mission
10 The Heart Matters and Values of
8 Collaborative Culture for Joyce and St. Paul’s Hospital
Inspires Doctors to Jerry Temple Mission Office keeps the
Give Back Making a legacy gift to Hospital connected to its
Dr. Mike Moser and support heart health in Catholic roots
Dr. Tama Banerjee support remembrance of a loved one
Operating Room 15 Thank-you Notes
advancements 11 Teaching Others Messages of gratitude from
to Give those whose lives have
Sylvia and Peter Kiziak been touched by
teach by example St. Paul’s Hospital
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The ENT Clinic uses cutting-edge technology to treat patients.
coverstory Pictured here: Dr. Rick Gore-Hickman with a patient, and Dr. Anil Sharma.
The Art
of the Senses
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
Provides Advanced
Holistic Care to Patients
Our physical senses play a vital role in our health and social interactions,
and in countless everyday pleasures such as enjoying music, art and
food. Thanks to our generous donors, St. Paul’s Hospital recently
acquired new equipment that provides extraordinary care to patients
whose senses have been impaired.
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The new Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) than ever. Dr. Sharma worked which Dr. Sharma says has
Clinic is giving a voice back to some at a hospital in Vancouver a few potential to be nationally and even
people and to others, the chance years ago and says there were internationally recognized: “Very
to hear their loved ones’ voices many times when he would see few centers have this equipment. It
perhaps for the first time ever. multiple patients in a single day has put us on the map for research.
Patients include both children and who had come all the way from We’re trying to become the national
adults who may have suffered from Saskatchewan for treatment. experts on swallowing and voice
vocal cord trauma, infection, cancer disorders.”
and other conditions. “In the past, a lot of patients
seeking therapies had to travel out Holistic Care and
Dr. Anil Sharma is an of province, especially for voice, the Art of the Senses
otolaryngologist (ENT specialist) swallowing and sinus disorders,” he When someone loses a physical
at St. Paul’s Hospital and a driving says. “With new technologies now sense, such as their ability to speak
force behind the ENT Clinic. available to us here at St. Paul’s, or to hear, the negative effects
Dr. Sharma had a vision for an ENT patients can be treated locally with may be not only physical. Social and
Clinic that would positively change expertise we have here.” emotional wellbeing can also be
the lives of a great many patients affected. That is why creative arts-
at St. Paul’s Hospital. Alongside the based therapy has been integrated
into the programming of the Clinic.
extremely talented and passionate
team of otolaryngologists at
Our senses are how
Marlessa Wesolowski, Artist in
St. Paul’s and Dr. Sharma, the
new equipment would provide
we experience the Residence for the Healing Arts
program at St. Paul’s Hospital, has
significant opportunities for
advancing compassionate patient
world... partnered with the physicans at the
ENT Clinic to conduct research into
care. In his words, “It’s a very special
how creativity can benefit people
Hospital. Everyone has one common
He says the new equipment is during times of ENT-associated
goal: patient-centric care.”
especially beneficial for patients illness.
Dr. Sharma collaborated with his who need extended treatment.
Because she herself suffers from
colleagues, and together they The centralized ENT clinic allows
hearing loss, Wesolowski knows
brought to life a vision for an ENT patients with ongoing medical
from firsthand experience just how
Clinic. concerns to see an ENT physician, a
important the senses are: “Our
speech language pathologist and/or
In 2017, SPH Foundation began senses are how we experience the
rehabilitation therapist in the same
raising funds to purchase the world,” she says. “And art, or any
appointment and under the same
advanced equipment that includes kind of creative act that allows for
roof.
microscopes, new endoscopy tools imagination and play in a health
and a digital stroboscope. Most ENT clinics in Canada focus crisis, can really help support the
only on voice-related issues, discovery of inner strengths.”
Our team of ENT physicians were but St. Paul’s ENT Clinic is the
so passionate about this project Dr. Sharma, himself an art
first in the country to treat all
that they made a significant gift of enthusiast and a painter, recognizes
kinds of ENT disorders, including
$17,000 to complete the fund raising the world of difference these kinds
offering treatments for ear tube
and ensure the ENT Clinic became a of therapies can have on patients.
insertions, vocal cord issues and
reality at St. Paul’s Hospital. “Holistic therapies like the Healing
sinus issues. Combined with the
Arts can have a tremendous impact
Patients Can Now Be innovative equipment at the Clinic,
on healing, and we are so pleased
Treated Locally this approach puts St. Paul’s at the
to be able to offer them alongside
Today, thanks to the generosity forefront of ENT technology in
state-of-the-art equipment to bring
of donors like the ENT physicians, Canada.
advanced ear, nose and throat
St. Paul’s has a fully equipped ENT treatment options to Saskatoon and
Some of the equipment also will
Clinic and patient care is better area.”
allow the team to do research,
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Dr. Anil Sharma gives a tour of the ENT Clinic to Kinsmen Foundation Executive Director Richard Kies and
Kinsmen Foundation Board of Directors Chair Pam Massine.
Making Dreams
Come True
Miracles Can Happen When People
Come Together to Support a Cause
The people of Saskatchewan have been making miracles happen
for the past 42 years through the Kinsmen Foundation’s annual
Telemiracle. The telethon runs for 20 uninterrupted hours and
features talent performances and presentations, with hosts
encouraging viewers to “Ring those phones!” to help raise money
for a variety of charitable causes. At the 2018 telethon, a new
record was set when donations exceeded the $7 million mark!
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The Kinsmen Foundation sorts Same-day Diagnosis
through hundreds of applications and Treatment
for funding every year, and it’s not The Kinsmen Foundation donated
always easy to decide where to more than $275,000 to purchase a
direct the support. Sometimes it Kay Pentax Digital Stroboscope. It’s
funds small items that will help one the first of its kind in Saskatchewan,
(l-r) Dr. Anil Sharma, Pam Massine and Richard Kies
person, such as a walker or a railing and allows ENT physicians to carefully with the Kinsmen Foundation, and SPH Foundation
for stairs. Other times, it supplies and closely examine the vocal cords CEO Bruce Acton.
larger items such as the Digital and surrounding structure as well as
Stroboscope for St. Paul’s Hospital’s see and record an extremely high- Every year, as many as 800
new ENT Clinic. resolution video in real time. Vocal volunteers work for months to stage
cords are complicated, so having the 20 hours of Telemiracle. The
“Miracles can happen when people a real-time video of how they are walls in the Kinsmen Foundation
come together to support a cause,” working is key to accurate diagnosis office are covered with photos from
says Richard Kies, Executive and successful treatment. the Telemiracle fund raising events
Director of Kinsmen Foundation. over the years – in fact, they’re
“It’s about quality of life and quality With a Digital Stroboscope, an ENT starting to run out of wall space!
of care.” physician can often make a diagnosis Since the first time it aired in 1977,
and move directly to treatment in the Telemiracle has raised almost $130
“That single piece of equipment same day.
could positively affect hundreds of million for charity.
people,” says Pam Massine, Chair of Scott Lamb, Past Chair of the All of it depends solely on the
the Kinsmen Foundation Volunteer Kinsmen Foundation Volunteer Board support of the community, and the
Board of Directors. of Directors, says it’s important that Foundation says that the people of
the fund raising they do will stay Saskatchewan are some of the most
She says that in the case of the in the province and will help many
Digital Stroboscope and the ENT generous in the country.
people. “We look at the greater
Clinic, the Kinsmen board liked good of the community,” Scott says. “I truly think it comes down to being
the idea of bringing new and “Does it serve the greatest needs? proud,” Pam says. “We’re proud
progressive health care equipment That piece of equipment is going to of where we’re from; we’re proud
to the province. change lives and communities in the of this province. We are one giant
whole province.” community.”
Fall 2018 Hospital Home Lottery ticket sales will support all three Saskatoon hospitals. At
St. Paul’s Hospital, proceeds will support state-of-the-art equipment including a Labscan Luminex
to identify gene sequences for organ and bone marrow transplant patients, a Draeger PulmoVista
that produces a real-time view of the ventilation of patient lungs, and a Supine Cycle to provide
leg and arm therapy for Intensive Care Unit patients.
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Collaborative Culture
Inspires Doctors to Give Back
St. Paul’s Hospital, a Special Place for Dr. Mike Moser and Dr. Tama Banerjee
“Transplants are unpredictable,” in the transplant. They know “St. Paul’s has always been a
says Dr. Mike Moser, a the difference that it’s going to special place for us,” Dr. Moser
kidney transplant surgeon at make for the person getting that said. “We’ve worked all over the
St. Paul’s Hospital. “We never kidney. It doesn’t seem to faze the country, and St. Paul’s has this
know when an organ donation staff. It’s a priority and they really certain warmth about it and
will become available but once pull together to make it happen.” this pulling together when stuff
it does, the operating room needs to get done that we both
will be busy for quite awhile.” This patient-focused culture is really like.”
Sometimes transplant surgeries one of the reasons why
can take up to 12 hours or more. Dr. Moser and his wife, Dr. Tama Dr. Moser says both he and
Banerjee, made a gift of $25,000 his wife chose health care as a
“The operating room is a busy to the Foundation’s Operating profession so they could help
place,” he adds. At other hospitals Room Advancements campaign people, and that same sense
where he’s worked, he sometimes in support of the Transplant Suite of a duty to help is why they
heard staff complain about the and Operating Theatre. donated to this campaign: “It
disruption when an organ came Dr. Banerjee is a pathologist who feels good to know you’re a
in. But not at St. Paul’s: “At St. worked at St. Paul’s for several part of this, and giving back to a
Paul’s there’s a buzz that happens. years before recently moving to place that means so much to us
People are lining up to take part City Hospital. is also important.”
Dr. Mike Moser and his wife Dr. Tama Banerjee say the positive culture at St. Paul’s Hospital made a big impression on them.
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The Heart Matters
for Joyce and
Jerry Temple
If you work at St. Paul’s Hospital, you the bitterness
have likely engaged in conversation and hatred,
with housekeeper Joyce Temple. but through
Joyce has been with St. Paul’s Hospital forgiveness
for the past 14 years. I’ve become a
much happier
“Everyone at St. Paul’s works hard to person.”
help others. I love the place and the
people and I’m always having fun at These days,
work,” says Joyce, whose infectious Joyce and her
laughter is sure to bring a positive husband, Jerry, Joyce and Jerry Temple at St. Paul’s Hospital.
outlook to your day. are regular
volunteers at their church and enjoy Joyce believes everyone should
“I am generally a very positive person,” serving others in their community.
she says. “But I wasn’t always this way.” consider leaving a legacy gift that will
The Temples now want to “spread help others. “It’s all about the heart.
Only after many years of personal the love” by making a legacy gift to Even if your life is not the best life,
struggle and building her relationship St. Paul’s Hospital in honour of their you can still do good and pass the love
with God did Joyce get to where she is mothers. Because both of their on to the next person,” she says. “You
today. She encourages others who are mothers had heart issues, they have would be surprised at the reward it
suffering to forgive those who have chosen to designate half of their gift to gives. Sometimes the smallest things
hurt them: “It’s very easy to hold on to support heart health. result in the biggest feelings.”
Thank You!
$1.2 Million Goal for a New
CT Scanner is Complete!
Thanks to donor support for Give & Grow,
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has completed a
$1.2 million campaign to purchase an urgently
needed CT Scanner.
We deeply appreciate all of our generous donors
and supporters including 2017 Hospital Home
Lottery, Orme and Shirley Asher and Give & Grow
sponsors Ron and Carol Schira, Saskatchewan
Indian Gaming Authority, and Furniture World.
Special thank you to media partners 650 CKOM,
C95 and Rock102. We are very grateful.
Back row (l-r) Shane Timm; Dr. Nicolette Sinclair; Carol Schira and Ron Schira, Owners -Schira Subways;
Brent Loucks, 650CKOM; Front row (l-r) Bruce Acton, SPH Foundation CEO; Heather Bonynge, 650CKOM;
Marla Komaransky; Kari Sinkewicz, SPH Foundation Manager of Annual Giving
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Sylvia and Pete about how happy they were to
Battleford, though they also had give to others.
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation a home in Vermilion, Alberta.
recently received a planned gift Their granddaughter Bobbie-Jo When they told Bobbie-Jo they
from Peter and Sylvia Kiziak. The McCarthy says she was very close were arranging a planned gift
generous funds from this estate to them, more like a daughter as part of their Wills, Bobbie-Jo
have established the Sylvia and than a granddaughter. knew it was a good decision for
Peter Kiziak Endowment, which them. Their choice reminds her
will support staff professional Bobbie-Jo says Sylvia and Peter of what is important to herself,
development at St. Paul’s Hospital. were both inherently altruistic as well: “When you see the joy
people. They met later in life, and giving brings, it reminds you that
Sylvia and Peter Kiziak spent from the time they were first you are making the right choices
most of their time in North married they made charitable yourself.”
Your Gifts in Action
How Donors Are Making a Difference at St. Paul’s Hospital
Thanks to your support, there have required and the balance came from
been some amazing achievements at donor gifts and funds raised through
St. Paul’s Hospital over the past year. our new radiothon “Give & Grow.”
Our Seeds of Hope campaign at Other equipment ordered and
Easter funded a Point-of-Care purchased thanks to donors includes
Ultrasound machine used to a 2D Echo Cardiac Machine for heart
diagnose patients directly at their ultrasounds, a Green Light Laser for
bedside. We also completed fund urology patients in the Dubé Urology
raising for a new CT Scanner for the Centre for Health, and an Angiojet
Diagnostic Imaging Department. Ultra Thrombectomy for patients
The Government of Saskatchewan with clots in arteries and/or veins in
pledged half of the $2.4 million Medical Imaging.
11Living the
Mission
and
Values
of St. Paul’s Hospital
Mission Office Keeps the Hospital
Connected to Its Catholic Roots
The Mission Office is the bond that ties the Hospital to its mission
of building a community of health, hope and compassion for all.
Brian Zimmer, former Director of Mission, says he sees the Office
as a way to connect peoples’ beliefs as individuals to the larger
picture of the mission of the Hospital.
(l-r) New Director of Mission Leah Perrault, Mission Office Coordinator Diane Boechler and former Director of Mission Brian Zimmer.
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“People already want to live those with Emmanuel Care as Executive Community Day and the Healing
core values, or they wouldn’t be Lead for Corporate Initiatives. Arts program – don’t explicitly
here,” says Brian. “People are promote the Hospital’s mission
compassionate or they wouldn’t “I’m eager to join the Mission but rather are embodiments of
be working in health care. People team at St. Paul’s,” Leah says. “I’m mission.
like holistic care; they like that looking forward to learning with
we’re dealing with the whole and from the staff in all areas “Our own mission statement for
person and not just this injury or and departments, and getting to the Mission Office is to make it as
that disease. So we celebrate the know all the extraordinary people easy as possible for all Hospital
ways people actually do live our here who bring health, hope staff to live the mission and values
Mission.” and compassion for all in our of St. Paul’s Hospital,” Brian says.
community.”
Brian Zimmer Retiring Coordinator Diane Boechler is
Brian was the Director of Mission A Catholic history a fixture in the Mission Office,
for 18 years. He’s 63 years old St. Paul’s Hospital was founded ensuring all programs, events and
this year and while he’s still in by the Grey Nuns in 1907 and that initiatives go off without a hitch.
good health, he says the time has history still runs strong. We’re She says donor support is crucial
come to pass the torch on. We a Catholic hospital, owned by to carrying out the Hospital’s
thank Brian for his many years the Bishops of Saskatchewan Mission of caring for the whole
of exceptional service. He will be through Emmanuel Health. person: body, mind and spirit.
greatly missed by all. The Mission Office organizes
events, programs and services “Only with donor support can we
Leah Perrault will take on the at the Hospital that connect to offer important services such
role of Director of Mission in this history, including Ethics, as our Healing Arts program and
September. Leah holds a Master Mission Week, the Long Service Spiritual Care department that
of Arts in Theology, has served as Awards and The Lifeline, St. support patients in exploring
the Director of Pastoral Services Paul’s Hospital staff newsletter. feelings and vulnerabilities in
for the Roman Catholic Diocese Other Mission Office events times of crisis and uncertainty,”
of Saskatoon, and has worked and initiatives – for example, Diane says.
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Thank-You Notes
My friend passed away at S
PH. He was cared for extrem
family was so pleased with ely well! The
his care. My heart was warm
and his family were so well ed knowing he
cared for! Great front line st
them on their backs! Thank aff – please pat
you so much! - Patricia
My aunt fe lt ve ry special in he r last momen
ts surrounded by the staff at St. Paul's
Palliative Care. She was in peace and appeared
ready to go. This was a blessing to know
that she was we ll surrounded and we ll taken ca
re of. - Linda
I wish to thank the St. Paul’s Hospital F
continuing education for the nursing staff. Th oundation for their support of
one of continual evolution and change. The abe atmosphere that we work in is
and respond to them with up-to-date educ ility to be aware of the changes
the knowledge to accommodate new and innoation and experiences gives us
challenges of our ever-changing environment vative ideas when meeting the
in patient care.”- Rita
I would like to formally take the
opportunity to thank you for the
received through the Professiona funding I
l Development Fund. Without th
opportunity for participation in ese funds, my
this conference would not have be
Thank you again for your genero en possible.
us contribution and ongoing supp
professional development opport ort for
unities. - Karla
I have just returned from
a
thanks to the generosity of conference I was able to attend
yo
the opportunity to attend othe ur Foundation. I have been given
rs in the past and always
it revitalizes and refocuses fe
me to continue offering inve el that
and valued service in my wo ntive
rk. - Brenda
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