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NAVIGATING
A BETTER WAY
HUGH BOLTON’S GIFT HELPS CANCER PATIENTS WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST
SCOTT BOLTON IS THE SON OF Hugh Bolton, one of the city’s true champions and a pillar of generosity and leadership in Edmonton’s philanthropic community.
“My father was first and foremost, a proud Edmontonian,” says Scott. “He really believed in loyalty to your roots and where you grew up and he truly believed in the future of what is a great city. I think a lot of his philanthropy really centred on that core belief.”
Through the University Hospital Foundation, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2019–20, Hugh established The Hugh Bolton Fund in Support of Excellence for Patients Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer.
“Hugh always wanted to make things better than they were,” says Dr. Jodi Abbott, President and CEO of the University Hospital Foundation. “For him, even in the condition he was in, establishing the nurse navigator position was so important. The last thing people stricken with cancer want to do is figure out the system on their own.”
Another area of interest for Hugh was diabetes. “One of Dad’s first philanthropic endeavors was to invest his own time
and donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association.” Donors to the University Hospital Foundation have long supported diabetes research by the likes of Dr. James Shapiro of the University of Alberta.
“He had a kind heart and was always wanting to help those less fortunate,” adds Scott. “Giving back to the community that he loved, and was loyal to, was very important. It was natural, for example,
to donate his time and funding to the University Hospital Foundation.”
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Dr. Michelle Noga
Medical Director, Servier Virtual Cardiac Centre Pediatric Cardiac Radiologist, Department of Radiology, University of Alberta Hospital
“Thanks to funding from Servier Canada through the University Hospital Foundation, the Servier Virtual Cardiac Centre at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute is one of the most advanced 3D imaging centres in Canada. I hope that in the future the imaging
will become faster and more patient-friendly for children; we have a lot of tests right now where we have to put children to sleep with an anesthetic.
The use of artificial intelligence and radiomics will also make our results faster, more robust, less prone to human error and will mean that we will need [fewer]
radiologists doing tedious tasks. We can have artificial intelligence pick up the abnormalities, while the radiologists look at the end result and decide if it makes sense.
Donors to the University Hospital Foundation can help offset the costs of conducting studies, [and support the] purchase of new equipment. It’s important to have up-to-date technology, especially when working with children. Having advanced equipment is clinically important, but it also drives research.”
Dr. Noga researches the use of 3D imaging displays in treating complex diseases.
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