$50,000 donation from Spectra Energy means better burn and wound healing care


Representatives from Spectra Energy, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, and the VGH Burn & Wound Healing Lab photographed with the High Performance Liquid Chromatography machine. L-R (top row) Dr. Mark Hill (Plastic Surgeon, VGH), Barb Wilson (Director, Major Gifts, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation), Angela Chapman (Senior VP, Philanthropy, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation), Dr. Aziz Ghahary (Director, Burn & Wound Healing Lab). L-R (bottom row) Bruce Pydee (VP, Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel, Spectra Energy), Gary Weilinger (VP, External Affairs, Spectra Energy)

VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation recognized a $50,000 donation from natural gas company Spectra Energy in support of burn and wound healing research.

Led by Dr. Aziz Ghahary, the internationally respected Burn and Wound Healing Research Laboratory at VGH continues to make great strides in innovative research that helps improve the lives of patients with burns and wounds due to trauma, non-healing diabetic ulcers or surgery. In the last four years, Spectra’s support to this area has totaled over $200,000 and contributed towards groundbreaking discoveries and equipment that helps adults in BC with the most serious burn and trauma injuries.

This donation has enabled the purchase of a High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) machine, a powerful tool that allows researchers to separate a mixture of compounds so they can identify, quantify or purify the mixture. This method takes only a few minutes and produces high resolution results that are easy to read and reproduce, thus saving researchers’ loads of time.

VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation thanks Spectra Energy for helping ensure excellence in the area of burn and wound healing research.

Help advance patient care for serious burn and trauma injuries.