In October, 2020, we lost a valued member of our RUH family – Dr. Jose Francisco TellezZenteno, Head of the Saskatchewan Epilepsy Program.

We have been honoured to support the work of Dr. TellezZenteno since 2007 when he received the RUH Foundation’s Mudjadik Thyssen Mining Professorship in Neurosciences providing him with dedicated research time for five years; partnering with the Saskatchewan Epilepsy Program’s annual Purple Day events; supporting peer reviewed research initiatives; engaging with donors for new epilepsy equipment and monitoring technology; and most recently supporting Saskatchewan Health Authority’s request to raise $1.2 million to support a new dedicated fourbed epilepsy monitoring unit at RUH. The Telemetry Unit was a program close to his heart and one Dr. Tellez successfully advocated for.

To learn more about Jose and his life’s work please visit
http://josetellezzentenoepilepsy.com/