We were ready for a new challenge. And Cedars-Sinai, already a leader in discovering new approaches to treating lung cancer and emphysema, was poised to assume a preeminent position in the field of pulmonary disease.

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The idea was to establish a world-class research and treatment center for diseases of the lungs at Cedars-Sinai. This would require resources far beyond any fundraising goal we had ever set for ourselves.

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We didn’t let that stop us.

 

Former Women’s Guild President Vera Guerin and her husband, Paul, took the crucial first step, giving $5 million in 2007 toward a $20 million pledge to create the Women’s Guild Lung Institute. This was the largest pledge from a support group in Cedars-Sinai’s history. They also endowed the Vera and Paul Guerin Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research.

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Women’s Guild completed its $20 million endowment for the Women’s Guild Lung Institute in 2012 — two years ahead of schedule.

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Thanks to the Guerins and other generous donors who have followed their lead, two nationally recognized specialists — Paul Noble, MD, Director,  and Zab Mosenifar, MD, Medical Director — have combined forces at the Institute to fulfill what Dr. Mosenifar refers to as “a grand vision whose time has come.”