Rémillard family establishes the Yosh Taguchi Chair in Urology
Million-dollar gift to help accelerate cancer research will be announced at Sept. 20 event
Â鶹AV's Division of Urology has a long history of excellence in patient care, pioneering urologic innovation, fundamental research and education. The Division's legacy, thanks to the generosity of Lucien Rémillard and his family, has been strengthened.
On Sept. 20, Â鶹AV's Faculty of Medicine will host prominent businessman and philanthropist Lucien Rémillard, his family and invited guests at an event to officially announce the creation of the Yosh Taguchi Chair in Urology. The new Chair will focus on cancer-related research in urology.
"I have known Dr. Taguchi for several years and I have great
admiration and a profound respect for the work he has been doing in
urology for almost 40 years, treating thousands of patients,
amassing knowledge and training the next generation. I am deeply
convinced that we must sustain research and development in this
field of medicine as well as in many other areas," said Mr.
Rémillard.
"When I found out that Mr. Rémillard wished to help urology by
honouring Dr.Taguchi, I immediately thought of establishing a
Chair,'' explained Dr. Armen Aprikian, Head of Â鶹AV's Division of
Urology and Urologist-in-Chief at the MUHC. "We have a very strong
research culture. It has been an integral part of the Division for
more than 40 years and this Chair will continue to build on this
tradition."
The $1 million Yosh Taguchi Chair in Urology, established at Â鶹AV
and to be based at one of the MUHC hospitals, is an academic
appointment that will serve to attract and retain a world-class
scholar in the field of urology and oncology. The recruitment of
the first Chairholder will begin over the coming weeks.
"These gifts are vital to the work being conducted at the
University and across its hospital network," said Dr. Samuel
Benaroya, Interim Vice-Principal of Health Affairs and Interim Dean
of the Faculty of Medicine at Â鶹AV. "Not only will this Chair
give a tremendous boost to the leading research that is ongoing, it
will help us attract the brilliant new talent that will realize the
next wave of breakthroughs. We are very proud to partner with the
Rémillard family to help us achieve this."
The Chair is being named in honour of Dr. Yosh Taguchi, a long-time
Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Urology at Â鶹AV
and Senior Urologist at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the MUHC.
Dr. Taguchi has dedicated the better part of his career to prostate
cancer research, treatment and training the next generation of
urologists. Outside Â鶹AV, he is best known for his best-selling
books Private Parts: An Owner's Guide to the Male Anatomy and The
Prostate: Everything you Need to Know about the Man Gland.
PHOTO: Lucien Rémilliard, Dr. Yosh Taguchi, Dr. Arman Aprikian (CLAUDE DAGENAIS)