Support
Together we can shape the future of health care
McMaster University’s community of surgeons, educators and researchers is strengthened by our community’s charitable contributions. This support results in both small- and large-scale projects that allow us to lead innovations in teaching and research to assure the highest quality care to patients.
Our department is so multifaceted that a single donation, big or small, can contribute to the education of the next generation of surgeons, the findings in some groundbreaking research study and to the installation of state-of-the-art technology, improving patient care both locally and abroad.
With your help, the McMaster University Department of Surgery can continue to save lives, make new discoveries and push surgical practice forward. Thank you, from all of us, for being partners in advancing surgical care in our community and beyond!
Chair, Department of Surgery
Our Work
McMaster Surgeons receive $14 million in funding for a revolutionary new study
McMaster University researchers Mohit Bhandari and Sheila Sprague, alongside Gerard Slobogean of the University of Maryland, have received more than $14 million in funding as they prepare to launch a new research program in fracture management. The program, Program of Randomized Trials to Evaluate Pre-operative Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Orthopaedic Trauma (PREP-IT), is a joint initiative coordinated by the Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics at McMaster University and the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland. This massive study will recruit almost 10,000 participants and these trials will take place at more than 20 hospitals across North America. Upon completion, PREP-IT will provide significant evidence to guide the prevention of surgical site infections as well as infections in open fractures. Funding was granted by the U.S. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the United States Department of Defense, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation and the McMaster Surgical Associates.
New grant will help optimize patient health before surgery
Waël Hanna, a thoracic surgeon and assistant professor with McMaster University’s Department of Surgery, recently procured a Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization (HAHSO) grant worth upwards of $182,000. This funding will be used by Hanna and his team to establish an all-new preconditioning program designed to optimize patient health before they undergo major lung surgery.